Finished reading: Antinet Zettelkasten by Scott P. Scheper, 📚 a book about how to create an analog Zettelkasten (slip box) that acts as a “communication partner” for thinking and creating. After seeing a couple of videos from Scott and keeping up with his website, I expected this book to be a deep … read more

I updated my Books page to show what I’m currently reading and what I finished reading (each year). I’m using the Bookshelf shortcode plugin by @kottkrig and Book Reading Goals by @manton.

Play, by Loop Apps LTDA, is an app for iOS and macOS that lets you easily save videos from YouTube, Vimeo, and other sources so you can manage your playlist and watch them later. If you get frustrated by the Watch later feature built into YouTube, this app could solve your problems. read more

If you would like to add a simple effect to your website that makes the page appear to fade in, you can do this through some simple CSS. Add the following CSS. Adjust the seconds as desired. This determines how quickly the page will fade in. Next, update your HTML body tag to include this onload … read more

Currently reading: Antinet Zettelkasten by Scott P. Scheper 📚

If you are interested in analog note-taking, this is the book to read—the book details the analog Zettelkasten system and how and why it works.

You won’t succeed with a digital detox unless you replace what you are removing from your life with other things you enjoy. You also need to become comfortable being bored. It’s an opportunity to let your mind wander.

I started playing around with a new custom theme today. I applied the first draft to my blog. I have some fixes to apply, and I’m still tweaking things, but pretty happy with it so far. 🎨

I’m trying TeuxDeux again to see if it can be suitable for time blocking. One of my favorite things about TeuxDeux is that I can see an overview of my week and keep as many lists as I need on one clean page. TuexDuex supports Markdown headers, links, recurring tasks, configurable colors, and more. … read more

I played around with Obsidian’s Canvas feature (only in the Insider Build). I also played with Apple’s new Freeform app and think Obsidian canvas is better. Quite impressive for such a small dev team.

Here is a pass at my “PKM” system. This doesn’t do the app justice, though.

The Cards Theme has been updated to support “Reading Time” on posts that take longer than 1 minute to read. This option will appear when you upgrade to v1.1.5 in the Micro.blog Plugins. There is a known issue with Micro.blog where your plugin settings will be overwritten when you update the plugin. … read more

Currently reading: The Staff Engineer’s Path by Tanya Reilly 📚

Finished reading: The Laws of Creativity by Joey Cofone 📚

I added Reading time to my blog. It was easy to do since it’s part of Hugo. It only displays if the reading time exceeds 1 minute. I think this makes sense because it will exclude it from short posts. In the layouts/posts/single.html template, add the following line below the date (or where ever you … read more

A productivity technique created by Tony Stubblebine, Interstitial Journaling combines note-taking with time tracking. To implement Interstitial Journaling, you write down the current time and what you’re doing or thinking at that time. Try to write in this log after completing tasks, meetings, etc. … read more

Through my Hacker News feed, I found a post to some interesting statements on Twitter saying that “Substack is now officially powered by Ghost!” The original message was posted by John O’Nolan, Founder/CEO of Ghost. It was quickly corrected by Substack Co-founder/CEO Chris Best. Substack is not … read more

This interesting essay explores the “Ghost in the Box” metaphor and how it applies to a Zettelkasten. The main idea (as I understand it) is that when you build a complex system of notes, they appear unfinished and confusing when others view them, but to you, they’re useful and full of insight. It is … read more

I wonder if today’s search engines will be replaced by AI or at least incorporate AI into the results.

Rather than searching for a website with an answer to something, the AI will tell you the answer and allow you to fine-tune the outcome based on your needs.

I just purchased my copy of Mars Edit 5. A great app from @danielpunkass that works great with Micro.blog.

Update! The Cards Theme v1.1.4 has been updated to automatically show the Conversation and Reply By Email plugins if they are installed. You no longer need to update the theme as per the instructions below.  Suppose you are using the Micro.blog Cards Theme and want also to use the Conversations or … read more

The Cards Theme has been updated with Dark Mode support! Thanks to inspiration and help from @danielsantos, the Cards Theme for Micro.blog now has an option in the plugin settings to enable a dark mode toggle. When toggled on, your site visitors will see a theme toggle in the top-right corner. When … read more

The Microsoft Graph Developer Proxy allows testing of how our apps handle errors and even throttling limits when accessing the Microsoft Graph API. Verify your code yourself before your customers do it for you!

I’m trying out MarsEdit 5 from @danielpunkass. The integration with Micro.blog looks to be outstanding. I wish there were a mobile version!

The new Canvas feature in the Obsidian v1.1.0 (Insider Build) looks crazy brilliant. I can see how this would help brainstorm directly in Obsidian. I will be trying it out soon. Here is a short video from Danny Hatcher that shows precisely what the Canvas view can do.

“How we spend our hours is how we spend our days. And, as the writer Annie Dillard so eloquently pointed out, “How we spend our days is . . . how we spend our lives.”” (Brad Stulberg, The Practice of Groundedness) 💬

I watched the first episode of Willow last night. It brings back memories! I loved the movie when I was a kid.

While I’m not yet blown away by the effects and story, it’s still fun, and I‘ll undoubtedly continue watching. 📺