Dealing with Task Overwhelm
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If you find yourself staring down a day with way too many tasks in it, then this is a good way to deal with them. I think that the truth is, you have a bigger problem though because you let this happen in the first place. If you’ve done your weekly review, and daily reviews…
Tarah Pro Headphones by Jaybird – Reviewed
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I’ve had a love/hate relationship with Jaybird products. The first pair of headphones they ever released worked for years in all conditions. They easily handled 6 hours in the pouring rain or bushwhacking in the mountains. My wife still uses a pair of their first generation headphones many times a week running and they work…
Reset by Ronald J Deibert
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While many other books tackle your personal digital life, Reset doesn’t take this approach to the subject. Instead Ronald Deibert looks at the overall tech ecosystem to see it’s impact on society as a whole. The purpose of this book is to synthesize what Deibert sees as an emerging consensus about the problems that relate…
Revisiting Your Ideas – Friday Notes 129
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While listening to [Bookworm talk about The Practice](https://bookworm.fm/108/) they mentioned that Godin revisited the same topic a bunch of times. Far from a complaint, Mike and Joe looked at it as Godin tweaking his thoughts on something as he had a better understanding of a subject. While I’m not trying to compare myself to Godin,…
Analogue Timeblocking
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This is a video from my course on Skillshare on Timeblocking. You can get it by visiting [curtismchale.ca/skillshare](https://curtismchale.ca/skillshare). You can see my take on digital timeblocking in [my previous video](https://curtismchale.ca/2020/12/09/digital-timeblocking-with-things3-and-calendar).
My Data iPadOS and macOS Backup Strategy
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At least a few times a year someone comes to me with a big problem they think I can fix. Their computer died and they want me to help them get it back up because they have some crucial data that exists no where else. They’re always surprised to find out that I have no…
A Brief History of Misogyny by Jack Holland
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I’m a dude and thus benefit from a history of misogyny. I’ve been raised in a world that views misogyny as alright, and have perpetrated behaviours towards my wife that felt normal to me at the time. Over the years I’ve grown to see them as petty and harming to my wife. I’m sure I…
New Apps are NOT Magic Bullets – Friday Notes 128
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I’ve been finding the Zettelkasten system revolutionary in the way I take and organize my notes. I felt the same way about my reading when I read How to Read a Book, all the reading before was worth so much less than I realized. Now, all the notes before I started using a Zettelkasten system…
Digital Timeblocking with Things3 and Calendar
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This is a video from my course on Skillshare on Timeblocking. You can get it by visiting [curtismchale.ca/skillshare](https://curtismchale.ca/skillshare). Watch for my video on analogue timeblocking next week.
Issues with Shortcuts and Things 3
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While there is lots to love about Things 3 and it’s capabilities with automation, it’s also got one huge problem if you’re trying to automate it with Shortcuts on iOS. Things 3 offers separate purchases for iOS and iPadOS, which means they’re different applications and get different intents in Shortcuts. The result of this is…
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