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Member Reads for August 19 2023
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In this weeks member reads we have a look into building your own solar generator. I talk about the catch-22 of waiting until you find the right tools to get started on something, what is self-serving bias, and why you should let kids fail. If you want to read this whole post become a member.
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Goodbye Grammarly
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So Grammarly is training AI based on my writing, and your writing too if you use Grammarly. While I bet there is a way to optout of this, I’m pretty tired of companies taking my writing without compensation and then allowing me to pay them to use the AI trained on writing I’ve done. So
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Can Joplin Replace DEVONthink
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Today we’re taking a live look at Joplin for note-taking. Ultimately I’m looking for a DEVONthink replacement. I’m now in a mixed operating system environment and DEVONthink doesn’t support anything but macOS. Some highlights from the video. Joplin supports embedded PDFs but you need to create a note, then drop the PDF into the note
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PKM Weekly August 15 2023 – Issue 082
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Reads for August 16 2023
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In this members newsletter we talk about the rug-pull that is Uber (and really it’s most tech companies), how the routines of others probably don’t suit you, paying taxes at the higher end of income, and opting out of the capitalist dream of endless purchasing. If you want to read this whole post become a
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Research With Me – The Good Enough Job
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Today we’re going to look at my notes from The Good Enough Job by Simone Stolzoff. Some highlights of the topics the book addresses: During the video, I show you how I take notes. How I turn some notes into writing ideas for my members newsletter and how I clean up my vault as I
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PKM Weekly August 6 2023 – Issue 081
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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. Bigger Ideas Platform
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Should I still Read Liberal Facism
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What do you do when a book on your shelf you haven’t read turns out to be a political hit-piece that has no solid backing and ignores most of history? Today I discuss Liberal Fascism, which sits on my shelf and I’ve learned is a thinly veiled poorly researched hit-piece on the left. If you
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Maybe the Friction of Mastodon is a good thing
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Matt has a good point. As I’ve thought about before, I’m learning that I’m personally more excited about ActivityPub than I am about Mastodon specifically. I’m excited about the idea of being able to use Ivory to log into my Mastodon account and talk to people using Micro.blog, Tumblr, or Threads (one day). RSS currently
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The Dilemma of Content Creators
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From Sebastien Dubois: The one part I’m disappointed about is the MRR of this newsletter. As I write edition after edition, week after week, I notice how little progress I manage to make. You are now 800+ subscribers, and I’ve only managed to convince 6 of you (❤️) that my work is worth supporting (i.e.,
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