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Thinking with pen and paper
With the world inundated with productivity apps, it feels nice to return to the tried and tested pen-and-paper methods. In this blog post, I'll share my anal...
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iOS Ships Dvorak, Finally
I’m a huge fan of the Dvorak keyboard layout, but if there’s one thing I love more than “Evolved vs Engineered” solution debates, is that nothing wins the ”standardized” debate.
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Your work matters – Build your schedule accordingly
About halfway through Laura Vanderkam’s sharp new productivity guide, Tranquility by Tuesday, we’re introduced to Elizabeth, an education professor who, worried about her ticking tenure ... Read more
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Using email wrong
If you don’t like email, try a different strategy.
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What have we got to lose? (1998)
Some of the most revolutionary new ideas come from spotting something old to leave out rather than thinking of something new to put in. The Sony Walkman , for instance, added nothing significantly new to the cassette player, it just left out the amplifier and speakers, thus creating a whole new way of listening to…
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You can't afford to be an artist and/or author, let alone be respected
Us denizens of the Internet have become familiar with concepts that were foreign more than a decade ago, one of the most that causes the most influence is going viral. There’s so much variety on the web with content providing the impression that anything could essentially make you rich. However, hid
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How to work with me
A user guide for David Bauer. About this document If you start working with a new person, wouldn’t it be nice if you had some sort of user guide that gives you a basic understanding of how to work with them? This document is exactly that. It captures my guiding principles, how I work as […]
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I Love My PinePhone
An attempt to document my experiences and rationale for wanting to use a PinePhone, as well as my thoughts on mobile Linux in general.
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Entropy Is Fatal
Like a lot of people, I used to be a pathological maximalist. A phone with more features is necessarily better, a company with more people is better, a program with more lines of code is better, a house with more stuff is better. Until the day when reality hit me
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The magic of the Japanese convenience store sandwich
Why is the Japanese Convenience Store Sandwich so iconic? After eating (a lot of) them on my past trips I decided it was time to find out exactly why they are so moreish! There are
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My Notebook System
This year is going to see my journal/log’s 10th anniversary and 100th notebook. (Update: 10 years reached 2022-03-31, 100th notebook 2022-07-28.) After many attempts to write this up, I’m just going to disgorge it all. This article is long and rambling and I make no apology for it. Feel free to skip around to any part…
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Vets today are like doctors yesterday
And doctors today are miserable
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How to Drop Out (2004)
People who work get bored when they don't work. People who don't work never get bored.
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My next main browser: a review of Orion
Orion is currently my favourite browser, and has replaced Safari entirely on one of my primary Macs. Here's why.
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Japanese vegetable cutting techniques (2021)
Want to improve your knife skills? Take a look at this list of Japanese vegetable cutting techniques. Start from the basics, and work your way up to master.
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I decided to move away from big tech for my children and myself
I have two children, 7 and 9, and they have friends who have phones. I've read 'digital vegan' and I'm convinced social media has a net negative effect (even if you disregard the terrible effect of being monitored). So they are starting to ask for a phone, and while we won't give it to them anytime soon, they are at…
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How to Stop Procrastinating on Your Goals by Using the “Seinfeld Strategy”
Don't break the chain.
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Efficiency is the enemy? (2021)
If you ever find yourself stressed, overwhelmed, sinking into stasis despite wanting to change, or frustrated when you can’t respond to new opportunities, you need more slack in your life. Here’s how slack works and why you need more of it.
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The definitive guide that you never wanted: Backpack fabrics (2017)
As you’re reading through our reviews or researching the best backpacks yourself, you may see a profusion of various technical terms being…
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Brandon Sanderson’s advice for doing hard things
A reader recently sent me a video of a keynote speech, delivered in 2020 by the popular fantasy novelist Brandon Sanderson. The title of the ... Read more
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How many Linux commands can a 7 year old learn?
How I taught my 7½ year old 4 bash commands in one hour
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Tracking Everything I Wore For 1 Year
Semi-Automated Clothes Tracker using NFC Buttons
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I'm Too Risk-Averse for Index Investing
Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Stock Market
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Train Travel in the UK: A Foreigner’s Perspective
Although British people love to complain about the state of their railways, my impressions about train travel in the UK were mostly positive.
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Literate programming is much more than just commenting code
Most programmers haven’t heard of literate programming , and the few that have tend to think it means writing a lot of comments around your code. However, simply explaining code with prose, does not constitute literate programming. Consider the following quote from it’s inventor: