Task Managers Make it TOO EASY to Input Tasks
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Jamie Todd Rubin on the ease of entry for task managers. The fact that to-do apps makes it easier for us to record what we have to do is part of the problem. We accumulate more stuff because it is easy to accumulate. The fact that there are market forces driving us to feel more…
Sync Obsidian Settings
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As I said when I talked about how to sync your Obsidian files, you can also sync your settings if you use the Obsidian Sync service. To do this, purchase Obsidian sync then under your sync settings, turn on the sync of your system settings. You can even choose to sync your settings differently depending…
Mt Cheam Chilliwack – Gravel Bike, Run, Gravel Bike
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Join me on a long day of gravel riding, trail running, and some more gravel riding up and around Mt Cheam in Chilliwack BC. Ride to Cheam: https://www.strava.com/activities/5644271193 Cheam Trail Run: https://www.strava.com/activities/5644273932 Ride/walk till a truck picked me up: https://www.strava.com/activities/5644277592 Ride wife picking me up: https://www.strava.com/activities/5644277974 Garmin Enduro Sports Watch: https://amzn.to/3g6reTt Apidura bags: https://www.apidura.com Salomon…
Things 3.14 Markdown Update
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Things just put out a new update with some nice features around adding text to your tasks via markdown formatting. Specifically it now includes formatting for headings, highlights, bold, italics, code, and various list formats including a checkbox style list format. To go along with this they’ve rolled out a new keyboard command to search…
The Productivity Project by Chris Bailey
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What is the point of productivity books? For some, it’s really just productivity porn, a way to say you’re being productive as you read about getting stuff done. If that’s you then Chris Bailey’s The Productivity Project tells you early on that this is not the book you’re looking for. According to Bailey productivity is…
Is OmniFocus Legacy Software?
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With OmniFocus 4 in TestFlight I thought I’d check it out for my regular light task needs again. The specific draw was the automation available, which is their own thing and is cross-platform. This is far better than what Things 3 provides, with little automation on macOS and on iOS you need to create a…
Download Markdown Notes from Kindle
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Dr Brad Davis did an excellent video about how to use Readwise to get your Kindle notes into your Obsidian database. I don’t actually use my Kindle enough for reading to warrant an extra fee for Readwise regularly so I use his second free option in the form of Markdownload as a Chrome extension. Today…
6 Obsidian Creators I Follow
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Clearly you’re watching my channel so you know about me and I always mention my Discord channel which is getting more and more discussions, but today I want to focus on other excellent creators and resources you should be following if you want to learn more about how to use Obsidian and how to organize…
The Data Detective by Tim Harford
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We’re bombarded by claims using data every day. In BC during COVID we are currently talking about our vaccination rates in terms of “eligible” people. In some ways this makes sense, but when we talk about vaccination rates for other diseases, do we use the same term? Are “eligible” people the same group in both…
The Allure of a Digital Journal
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From Jamie Todd Rubin Over the years, for instance, I have made several attempts at keeping my journal in digital form, instead of in notebooks of various kinds. My reasons for doing this always seem pure. I type faster than I handwrite. It My typing is not illegible when I type faster. My hands grow…
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