A Time Tracked Life
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As we roll on to 2024 I’ve started to think about where I’m spending my time, specifically, how I can use time-tracking to see if I’m spending my time doing the things I want to be doing. I’m not talking about my work hours time-tracking, I sorted that out in 2012 and really don’t have…
Read Hard Things and the Elite Capture of Substack – PKM Weekly December 3 2023 – Issue 099
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If you get value out of this newsletter consider supporting it by becoming a member. You can either get my weekly thoughts or all my courses and my weekly thoughts. You could also purchase a course if that fits your needs better. You can get this in your inbox by signing up. The Elite Capture…
On US Turkey Day I was a Productive Canadian
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On US Turkey day I worked lots at hard to understand high risk projects for work and at the end of the day felt like I had energy to spare. This contrasts with regular weeks when I feel spent. Today we talk about some ideas about what causes burnout…it may not be doing too much.…
Yes Someone has Written Your Blog Post
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As my friend Tom writes, someone has written your blog post. But I don’t write because I’m sharing entirely new things, I mostly write and do videos to help cement my knowledge. Much as Tom suggests. Writing for others is important, but it may be just as important if not more important than writing for…
Issues with TickTick
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Since I work across macOS, Linux and iOS I need to use a task manager that supports all of those environments well which is why I’ve been using TickTick for a while. Most of it’s features are supported on every platform, and overall the function of the application is nice, but that doesn’t mean it’s…
Matt Gemmell an a Second Screen with his iPad
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Matt writes about using an e-ink screen to scribble on as a secondary screen with his iPadPro as the main device. The main issue he’s trying to solve is wanting to scribble on the iPad while it’s also his main screen for writing. I’ve solved this by having my iPad on a VESA arm on…
PKM Weekly Nov 26 2023 – Issue 098
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If you get value out of this newsletter consider supporting it by becoming a member. You can either get my weekly thoughts or all my courses and my weekly thoughts. You could also purchase a course if that fits your needs better. You can get this in your inbox by signing up. What Do you…
Overwork is a Systematic Issue – Member Update Nov 25 2023
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The world around us wants us to believe that it’s our fault we feel overworked. If we just watch one more video from the currently hot productivity guru, we’ll be able to tame our task lists. Today we’ll talk about how the system built around us is built to overwork us, and make it think…
Chris Lawley’s 2023 iPad Desk
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Much like Chris, I’ve been using my iPad more again with the changes in iPadOS 17. My biggest problem was Obsidian being slow for a while, but after some testing Obsidian is no longer slow on my iPad.
Disable Super P in Gnome 45 to Stop Resetting Your Monitors
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Since I’ve moved my control keys to the home row I’ve had an issue where I hold a key too long and accidentally reset all my monitors. That leaves me with a system that is unusable until I head back to settings and reorganize my screens. After some research today, the keyboard command was Super…