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Happy Valentines Day, Becky! I love you dearly. I’m incredibly blessed to do life together with you. You have an amazing, infectious personality and love for God. I am honored to be your husband.
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“Sometimes they accused demons of making their minds wander.”
Definitely using this excuse in the future.
https://aeon.co/ideas/how-to-reduce-digital-distractions-advice-from-medieval-monks
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I’m a terrible NFL fan. I forgot all about the Super Bowl the day of the game. Didn’t check who won until the afternoon on Monday. And only watched highlights today. Also, I’m (supposedly) a Chiefs fan. 🙈
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In 2015, I read two books. Now I’m reading a book every two weeks. Here’s my side of the story behind Bookworm and how my view of books has changed in the last four years.
https://www.analogjoe.com/posts/what-happens-after-reading-100-self-help-books
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Learn to pause… or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you. - Doug King
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Here’s a trip down memory lane.
Old CSS, new CSS - fuzzy notepad
https://eev.ee/blog/2020/02/01/old-css-new-css/?ref=vincentapp.io
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If you’re still on the fence about whether or not the new Fantastical subscription is worth it, check out @MacSparky’s Fantastical Field Guide. It’s free and gives you the chance to see everything in action before you commit.
https://joebuhlig.com/macsparky-has-a-new-field-guide-on-fantastical/
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I have been watching a number of @curtismchale’s videos lately. And one of his latest on book notes struck a chord with me. I’m coming back to analog book notes.
https://joebuhlig.com/curtis-mchale-has-me-reconsidering-how-i-take-book-notes/
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Fountain pen goals right here. A few of these are overlaps in different colors, but I have one version of the Pilot, Lamy, and TWSBI pens. Does that mean I have a problem? 🤔 - 📸: @tinajan
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Last week on The Weekly Impulse: Reviewing My Suggested TextExpander Snippets
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The Sweet Setup has a new course on mind mapping! Maybe now is the time to bring it into my workflows.
https://joebuhlig.com/a-new-course-on-mind-mapping-from-the-sweet-setup/
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Extreme busyness, whether at school or college, kirk or market, is a symptom of deficient vitality. - Robert Louis Stevenson
This is starting to get a bit scary. Think about what would happen if you accidentally autofilled your email password in a username field.
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I used to check in on the App Store daily to see the new articles. But since Apple Arcade came out, it’s mostly games anymore. Now I only open the App Store to update apps. Sorry, app developers.
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One of my favorite Dr. Seuss quotes. I used to send this to clients when we finished projects.
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I highly recommend developing this habit if you’re a @draftsapp fan and want to take control of your phone.
The “Pre-Launch Drafts” Habit
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I’ve been hanging out on IRC lately. Outside of the normal developer channels, any recommendations for where to go?
I’ve seen some of these unknown-brand deals with cheap phones in the past. But it never occurred to me that there’s a reason they’re cheap.
“Buying a smart phone on the cheap? Privacy might be the price you have to pay”
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I’m looking to add microblog and webmention support to a Wordpress site. Any plugin recommendations for doing so? I’d rather not build it as it looks like I need a Custom Post Type.
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I failed as fast as you can fail. 🤷🏻♂️
Game: Can You Defeat the Privacy Chicken? - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/21/opinion/privacy-chicken-game.html
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We have a double 5.0 on @bookwormfm this week! I would highly recommend this one to anyone wanting to improve their gatherings.
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I have been working my way off of Google’s services for almost two years now. Here’s what I’m using instead.
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Notion users: if you decide to leave, how easy is it to get your data out in a usable format? I haven’t found anything that eases my mind.
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“Inaction, more than anything else, is the cause of our failures and our miseries.”
Why is Taking Action Hard? - Scott H Young
https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2019/12/16/why-is-action-hard/
My two favorite books from 2019: Digital Minimalism and Atomic Habits.
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Before you try to change something, increase your awareness of it. - Tim Gallwey
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At one point I saw this but I just rediscovered the ability to install custom fonts on iOS. Unfortunately, that means I can fiddle with my presentations from my phone. 🤷🏻♂️
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Not sure I would wear this. But I understand the motivation behind it.
Anti-surveillance mask lets you pass as someone else - CNET
https://www.cnet.com/news/urme-anti-surveillance-mask-lets-you-pass-as-someone-else/
The one and only @MacSparky has done it again. And this time he’s covered Fantastical!
https://joebuhlig.com/macsparky-has-a-new-field-guide-on-fantastical/
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The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order. - Alfred North Whitehead