Apple Reminders iOS Widgets
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While not everyone uses widgets on iOS, they can be used to achieve a good overview of what you have going on for a specific day. Adding a Widget To add a widget long press on your iPhone/iPad screen until you enter jiggle mode. Then you need to tap the plus icon in the top…
OmniFocus Task Templates in Obsidian
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Recently I shared a video on sharing an Obsidian note to OmniFocus as a task. Well as I test out OmniFocus again to think about doing a course on it, I realized I needed a few other shortcuts to make draw out some more power. On the Obsidian side, you’ll need to get the Shortcut…
PKM Weekly Dec 25 2022 – Issue 050
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This is the Christmas edition of the newsletter which means I filtered much harder than normal so I didn’t waste my time and you don’t feel any obligation to read this. I’ll be off next week so you’l even have a break. If you get value out of this newsletter consider supporting it by becoming…
I’ve Heard Students Don’t Like School
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Today we look at some of the good and bad from Why Don’t Students Like School by Daniel T. Willingham. If you want to read the entire post, become a member. Members get all my courses included..
Can You Learn to Love Reading
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I picked up Learn to Love Reading by Alex Wieckowski after learning about his site, Alex and Books. I like books and figured I’d find a kindred spirit, then I noticed his book and was ready for an insightful look at how to turn reading into a passtime you love. Unfortunately that’s not what I…
I Predict RSS is Coming Back
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Matt pointed this article out to me, which basically says that RSS is “coming back”. All of these articles strike me the same as “blogging returns” articles. It seems that the author stopped using RSS or stopped blogging. They’ve now got some interest in it for some reason (currently RSS because Twitter is a pile…
GoodTask and Reminders
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Before Apple added Smart Lists, and many other features, to Reminders there was GoodTask. GoodTask has used Reminders as it’s sync system for a number of years, and then layered a bunch of excellent features on top of Reminders to make it a very powerful task management system. If you use SetApp then GoodTasks is…
Blog from Obsidian to Ulysses
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In the comments on my video about sending an Obsidian note to OmniFocus as a task, Andy noticed that I had a Ulysses integration and asked if I’d share it. Today’s quick video is just that, my Shortcut to share Obsidian text to Ulysses so I can publish it on my site.
PKM Weekly Dec 18 2022 – Issue 049
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Welcome to the PKM weekly newsletter. My goal is to round up good resources in the PKM space so you don’t have to. 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…
I’m Not Bullish About Big Tech
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Does big tech do anything good for us? What about VC money, has it brought any benefit outside enriching already rich people? To read this post become a member. Members get my courses included..