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PTPL 091: I'm Using One Big Text File in Obsidian as a Digital Bullet Journal
It's a perfect companion to my discbound paper notebook
X 上的 Marc Köhlbrugge：“Building a product is like running a marathon with a backpack. Adding features adds weight to your backpack. Some product features will add a lot of weight to your backpack. They make you go slower by a small percentage for the rest of your run. They make it harder to change…” / Twitter
Building a product is like running a marathon with a backpack.Adding features adds weight to your backpack.Some product features will add a lot of weight to your backpack. They make you go slower by a small percentage for the rest of your run. They make it harder to change…— Marc Köhlbrugge (@marckohlbrugge) February 21, 2024
entrepreneurship
A music workflow for 2024 • Cory Dransfeldt
I think, I think I've found a music workflow I'm happy with for 2024 and it looks like this.
tool
George Saunders's Advice to Graduates
George Saunders shared with us his notes for a speech he gave at Syracuse University, in which he shares how one of his biggest regrets sprang from something very small.
mindsets
Just a Series of Garden Offices
Creator Cabins seem to be a growing business – thanks in part to the increase in remote work. Who doesn’t aspire to have a place of their own for uninterrupted creative work?
Within that genre resides the more-within-the-grasp-of-an-actual-human cabins for backyards and “gardens.” This seems to be bigger in the
10 Reasons Why Flickr is the Best Site on the Internet for Photographers
Photographer Thomas Hawk shares why he believes Flickr is still the best online photo sharing service nearly 20 years into its existence.
Using Cloudflare to Customize Your Mastodon Username Domain
You can use Cloudflare to customize your Mastodon username domain without needing to host your own Mastodon.
How the Acquired Podcast Became a Sensation - Cal Newport
My podcast producer recently turned me onto a show called Acquired, which features its co-hosts, Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal, diving deep into the backstories ... Read more
Drastically Reduce Stress with a Work Shutdown Ritual - Cal Newport
Schedule Shut Down, Complete Here’s what happens, without exception, at the end of my normal work day. First, I make sure my master task lists ... Read more
How to Close Out Your Work Day Like Cal Newport
Why you need a shutdown ritual to maintain work-life balance and maximize productivity
Wallpaper Frenzy: A Roundup of My Favorite Wallpaper Apps, Tools, and Artists in 2024
Wallpapers have always been a reflection of my often chaotic energy. I can sometimes spend months, or even years, without ever changing my wallpaper, and I can spend that same amount of time just frenetically changing it every day until I’m completely satisfied. A lot of that decision process is completely irrational, but I do
Chickens and pigs
Chickens and pigs is a metaphor for who's got skin in the game. Or to leave metaphors behind, who's involved in a project vs who is fully committed. Also known as the bacon and eggs principle, it's from the old joke (sometimes told as a short story), "In a bacon and eggs breakfast, the chicken is involved, but the pig is committed." Many people may be interested in and share their opinions on a project or decision. But only some will be responsible for delivering the project and directly accountable for its success. Everyone may be interested in a bet, but only some players have money to lose. The chickens and pigs metaphor used to be part of the scrum guide for developing software but was removed. While it memorably distinguishes accountability in a project, there's a danger that it alienates or diminishes valuable input that might make a project successful. For a more conventional grouping of stakeholders in a project, see RACI
50 Places to Eat and Drink Before You Die
There are 1,000 entries in Gastro Obscura's global database—here are the ones on our bucket list.
Liberating Structures - 8. Troika Consulting
liberating structures, social invention.net, microstructures, disruptive innovation, behavior change, collaboration, social invention, diffusion of innovation, strategy, transformation, heuristics, complexity science, emergence
EWG’s 2023 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™
Check out EWG's list to help decide when you should splurge for organic produce – part of our annual Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™
crypto32-Bit Cafe
A web space community that focuses on building websites for self-expression and creativity, made up of professionals, hobbyists, and enthusiasts of the personal web.
creative
Watch An Irish Goodbye — Oscar® and BAFTA® winning short film Online | Vimeo On Demand
Academy Award® Winner - Best Live Action Short Film 2023 BAFTA® Award Winner - Best British Short Film 2023 On a farm in rural Northern Ireland, estranged…
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How to Get Into a Focused State Quickly - Scott H Young
Here's a simple question to ask yourself - any time you find yourself facing the impulse to give up and distract yourself.
100 Little Ideas
A list of ideas, in no particular order and from different fields, that help explain how the world works…
1st Podcast: The Godfather of Dry-Aged Beef
Meet Bryan Flannery and hear about all things beef, cattle & dry-aging.
Things That Aren't Doing the Thing
Preparing to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Scheduling time to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Making a to-do list for the thing isn't doing the thing.
Telling people you're going to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
Messaging friends who may or may not be doing the thing isn't doing
the thing.
Writing a banger tweet about how you're going to do the thing isn't
doing the thing.
Hating on yourself for not doing the thing isn't doing the thing.
Hating on other people who have done the thing isn't doing the
thing. Hating on the obstacles in the way of doing the thing isn't
doing the thing.
Fantasizing about all of the adoration you'll receive once you do
the thing isn't doing the thing.
Reading about how to do the thing isn't doing the thing. Reading
about how other people did the thing isn't doing the thing. Reading
this essay isn't doing the thing.
The only thing that is doing the thing is doing the thing.
William Gibson on Cultivating a “Personal Micro-Culture”
On the building blocks of creativity and acquiring a sense of what feels right.
P&B: Jamie Thingelstad – Manu
This is the 16th edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Jamie …