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  • The Ad Based Internet is Dying – But You Can’t Afford Subscriptions

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    Curtis McHale

    Today we discuss how the Internet will slowly stop being so “free” and we’ll have to start paying for stuff because ads just don’t work. If you want to read this post become a member..

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  • The Web has become Corporate

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    Curtis McHale

    I enjoyed this rant about how business focused/corporate the internet has become. Yes, most blog post prompts are all about business/traffic and it seems that more people want to turn everything into their full-time gig. Going down that road leads to chasing SEO, chasing hot topics, and burnout. This is why I just keep writing

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  • Cory Doctorow breaks down how MyQ Garage Door Openers go so bad

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    Curtis McHale

    Great post from Cory, as usual. You lost access to the API for your garage door opener because of a Private Equity roll up strategy. We need to start pushing the politicians around us to put out the proverbial rat poison that Doctorow is calling for. The tools are there, we just haven’t use them

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  • Paris Marx – We’re Distracted by Tech Fantasies

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    Curtis McHale

    Paris Marx has an excellent look at the fantasy of self-driving cars. I particularly like the idea near the end that the longer we let ourselves be distracted by tech fantasies, the worse off we’ll be. I enjoy technology, but so much of what Venture Capital companies try to push on us is merely a

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  • There is a enviable simplicity in sticking with defaults

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    Curtis McHale

    Greg joined the trend of showing off your default apps, which I did a few days ago as well. But Greg’s is a bit different in that he uses the default apps for his system, and then apologises for it. There should be no apology from anyone for using what works for you and just

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  • Code to the Moon on Ergonomic Keyboards

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    Curtis McHale

    Okay his top pick at the end is one I want to try out now. Unfortunately like most ergo boards of this nature it’s over $500 Canadian so I’ll need to budget for it.

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  • Handle PDFs Natively in Obsidian

    Handle PDFs Natively in Obsidian

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    Curtis McHale

    While I currently don’t store PDF’s, or really anything but text files, in Obsidian I know that many other users like to have everything in Obsidian. I’m still also not entirely sold on Zotero for my storage needs after leaving DEVONthink behind so let’s look into how Obsidian handles PDF files. Native PDF Handling To

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  • Industrial Jam and Industrial Software

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    Curtis McHale

    From Steph Ango Industrial fruit jam is filled with cheap ingredients and shelf stabilizers. Industrial software is filled with privacy-invasive trackers and proprietary formats.Google, Apple, and Microsoft make industrial software. Like industrial jam, industrial software has its benefits — it’s cheap, fairly reliable, widely available, and often gets the job done. This is a good

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  • Default Apps for 2023

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    Curtis McHale

    I’ve had fairly large change in 2023 in that I no longer use macOS as my primary operating system. Now I’m on Fedora with my Framework 13″ laptop. Some things have thus stayed the same, but some had to change because they don’t exist on Fedora.

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  • PKM Weekly Nov 5 2023 – Issue 095

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    Curtis McHale

    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. Some Tips for

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