The old internet died and we watched and did nothing… …but this old blog is still up and running smoothly.
The old internet died and we watched and did nothing… …but this old blog is still up and running smoothly.
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Optimal is ultimately sterile. It leaves no room for much of anything else, including joy.
Prettige kerstdagen | Bon nadal | Feliz navidad | Merry christmas
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We get what we pay attention to. Our narration determines what we experience and what we remember.
Why everyone’s mornings seem more productive than yours.
Solid advice from Tim Casasola: Don’t adopt frameworks. Test practices.
This is not only applicable to team collaboration, but also to personal effectiveness.
In the 16 years after publishing this list of all 23 different operating systems I have used, I have only used 3 new OSes:
Over the years, I find IFTT easier to use, but more difficult to tweak.
This is a treasure trove of useful information: Surveillance Self-defense: Tips, tools and how-tos for safer online communications
How to obtain perspective and a sense of what is important × Michael Wade
This is an instant subscribe: The Happy Broadcast, an antidote to negative news and “the vitriolic rhetoric that pervades our media”. (via Jason Kottke)
Seth Godin asks us what if we did the work that matters?
In preparation for a post about my blog’s history, I reviewed all posts from 1997–2002. Wow, what an emotional trip through memory lane.
Really WordPress?!
So true: with enough white space, deadlines don’t matter.
Make no mistake, real deadlines are irritating impositions upon the desire to be free of any such responsibilities
Though I own no dog, I too start my days reading insightful blogs. I already followed a few of them, but (re)discovered a few gems in this list of blogs.
I should never work with a bag of snacks or candy on my table. I don’t know how, but I will finish the whole bag within an hour.
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When you feel like you’re not productive, it’s not necessarily because you’re lazy or because you have bad habits, it’s because you’re not working on the right projects and you haven’t found the ones that are intrinsically motivating and meaningful to you.
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When you rush you maybe do more. But you also miss more.
Such a great read: What’s the Point of Productivity?
I have only one suggestion for Scott: start using the word effectiveness for the ‘good’ kind of productivity.
11 years ago I was using Movable Type to host my sites, but playing around with other platforms to learn and enjoy. I had already installed WordPress on my own server, but wanted to check out the hosted version. It would take another 9 years before I would actually run a live site on WordPress (and it still isn’t my favorite CMS).
Would you be comfortable giving contact details of your best customer, spouse or friend to a stranger?
Then why did you give Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Google access to your complete address book?
Sèquia tercera del canal d’Urgell
Why do Microsoft Office apps ask me whether I want to save my work when I close the app? Of course I want to save it!
I would like for Microsoft to adapt the macOS way of saving always and everything without asking.
The main reason I don’t like #blackfriday is that I feel stupid and ripped off for having paid the full price for products and services in the last months.