What If I Didn’t Do Social Media?
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So the news that Elon Musk is trying to purchase Twitter has many people saying they’ll leave Twitter for other pastures. Today that mostly means a Mastodon instance if you’re looking for a Twitter-like experience. How about a bigger question, why do you even need social media anyway? You’re reading a members only post I…
I’m A Terrible Parent and Proud of It
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I’m a terrible parent. Just a few weeks ago I left my kid stuck in a tree in our yard for an hour. She wasn’t very high, her head barely reached past mine, but she was stuck. Both my wife and I figure that some harm will happen to our children so we try not…
How I Keep Creating
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My friend Chris asked how you keep writing. I don’t find this question hard. How do you keep doing anything you find valuable, you schedule time to do it. I keep writing by scheduling time to write almost every day of the week. There is no secret. Inspiration isn’t the key. Sit down and write…
PKM Weekly for April 24 – Issue 016
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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…
The Happiness of Eating Food off the Ground
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Today I ask some questions about happiness and talk about the charming contentedness of Beau Miles. If you want to read my member posts become a member. Members get my courses included..
STOP Taking Notes, it’s a waste of time
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The cult of note-taking is failing most of us. It’s convinced us that we need to take lots of notes on far too many things that come across our desks or screens when the truth is 95% of it is all that’s worth reading and maybe 5% of that stuff that’s worth reading is worth…
PKM Weekly for April 17 – Issue 015
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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…
Childhood Mental Health Issues Puts Parents at Risk Too
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Sure some people say that Canada has Universal Health Care, but we do almost nothing to support mental health. This compounds the issue for parents of children with mental health issues. We expect them to be perfect all the time and keep any mental health breakdowns of children at home where society doesn’t have to…
Migrate Daily Tasks in Craft
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While I don’t love any note system as a full-time task management tool, I do keep track of things to do on a specific day in a daily note. Today we’re going to look at a Craft eXtension that makes the process of moving tasks around between notes much easier. The Craft Todo Filter plugin…
PKM Weekly for April 10 2022 – Issue 014
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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…