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Things 3 and Reminders

Things 3 is my main to-do list. Its design is simple, elegant, and fits well with how my brain works. The funny thing (ha) is, Things 3 is not too dissimilar from Apple’s built-in Reminders app. The app’s layouts are strikingly similar; there are two columns: one for

RSS and Email Subscription

There are no ads, no engagement-thirsty UI patterns, no invasive interference. Just pure, uncut, personally-chosen content delivered in a calm, orderly environment. It's the Marie Kondo method of information consumption - only content that sparks joy, delivered in a way that itself sparks joy. I’ve wrestled with

Interviewing as a proxy

Unless we’re interviewing for people who have interviewing as their job, there isn’t a lot of evidence that doing a great job in the interview means you’re going to do a great job. Learning to interview decently is a skill I’ve acquired over years of effort.

Default wins

Something changed in me today with my password habits. After over a decade of using 1Password as my default for account login management, I finally had a break in my habits. I went to create a new account for a piece of software, saw Apple’s suggestion for a new

Easy vs useful

There will forever be a struggle between the simplicity of a thing and how useful it is. I deal with this in software every day. I want something to be easy and I want it to do all the things I could dream of. Those two are, of course, complete

Thinking and productivity

Productivity methods, no matter which you turn to, revolve around intentionality. It’s applying a system, a tool, or a practice to a thing that could be made better. More efficient. But if applied without intention, none of that will help a bit. I’ve found that my ability to

Owning my site

As a followup on the previous post, I’m feeling so disconnected from WordPress these days in terms of my ability to tinker. Back in the day I worked very closely with my templates and files; editing things directly via Transmit in SFTP. Now with the new WordPress page editor

Kirby as a CMS

For the past year or so I’ve been on a journey to look at other options for publishing my writing. I’ve poked around with Ghost, Medium, and others. I am currently working on checking and adapting the Kirby CMS system to my needs. It is very possible that

Adobe‘s subscription goes long

The US government is suing Adobe for allegedly hiding expensive fees and making it difficult to cancel a subscription. Whenever I start a monthly subscription I immediately go in and cancel it. If I need it I’ll renew again the next month. I I’ve been through the pain

Apple Passwords

I’m excited about the passwords app from Apple. As a 1Password user for years, I've love great password management and, controversies aside, feel like 1P has nailed it. I keep hundreds of logins locked away in my 1Password vault, protected by TouchID and a long safe password,