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As I’ve lurked productivity twitter I’ve noticed that a lot of the digital Zettelkasten1 systems that I’ve seen fall into two categories: ones using markdown plain text files, and ones using a dedicated tool like Roam/Notion/Evernote. Systems using...

A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.

During the pandemic, millions of people have transitioned to working remotely. But how do workers and managers actually feel about it?

During unrest and crisis Black employees are experiencing heightened stress and trauma. Learn 5 ways your organization can respond and support.

Apple's iOS 14 update adds several new features to the Photos app, including an option to add captions to images right from the iPhone, which is...

Marble Mountain Wilderness in the remote north state is one of the best options for getting away from it all. It spans 241,000 acres, 235 times the size of Golden Gate Park, with 24 trailheads, 89 lakes and 600 miles of trails. It’s so distant and huge that you don’t even need a wilderness permit.

America’s favorite highway usually evokes kitschy nostalgia. But for black Americans, the Mother Road’s lonely expanses were rife with danger.

Inclusivity matters, obviously, in every single aspect of life — and the internal mechanics of the software application development industry are in no way excluded from this core truism.

The supervised, structured and balanced use of Minecraft could allow students to fully benefit from the potential of this game to build skills and increase motivation.

Diversity and inclusion experts are sought more than ever by entertainment companies: "It's about dismantling racism."

Early research on how people are — and aren’t — adapting and how leaders can help.

The minute we make any decision—I think COVID-19 is serious; no, I’m sure it is a hoax—we begin to justify the wisdom of our choice and find reasons to dismiss the alternative.

This guide also available in Spanish In 2016, I read 57 books. I read like I was running out of time. It felt like an achievement, yet by the end of the year, I could scarcely recall even one useful idea from each book. That moment was a turning point. I realized very little of the ... Read more

How whiteness dilutes voices of color at public radio stations

If you promise not to check your email while we’re talking, we promise to not waste your time. If you agree to look me in the eye and try to absorb the gist of what I’m saying, I agree …

Ibram X. Kendi's 'How To Be An Antiracist' has been parked at the top of the bestseller list for most of the year. He talks about how that success has upended his life—and where he'll take his ideas from here.

No more dogs, chips or “lurkers”—as video-conferencing becomes a fixture in working life, it’s time to shed the rookie moves.

Doug Leen has made it his life’s work to discover, restore and reproduce W.P.A. renderings of America’s threatened public lands.

Those who are anxious to open up the economy have led harder lives than those holding out for safety.

Our top picks for the best glamping spots in California.

Ruth Bader Ginsberg

If done well, the 9-word email works like magic. There are always potential customers among your stale leads. The strategy is a quick path to re-engagement.

Make it time-based, apply metacognition & active recall, and learn what you’re curious about.

Ride a bike, take a hike, attend a ranger program, become a Junior Ranger, watch the stars and more things to do with kids in the canyon.

Features Ron Williams

Cal Newport