I need to pick up a UPS. Thanks for the nudge, Jason.
Tech lessons from 72 hours without electricity | Macworld by @jsnell
Backup batteries, solar charges, and UPS boxes kept me afloat during three days mostly cut off from the world.
Ha! I had no idea companies did this. #genius
TV, or not TV: the story of our bike box - VanMoof Blog
Behind the scenes with VanMoof product designers and Bike Hunters, our kickass riders, and of course, all the cities they’re outsmarting on two wheels.
It was worth a try. Seems like most folks come back to third-party apps in the end.
Revisiting the Apple Stock App Experiment by @joshuaginter
In early September, I put myself up to the task of converting all my third-party apps in these categories to Apple’s own stock apps. After a few months, it's time...
+1 to the Peak Design end of the scale. This is the one I’m leaning towards as a replacement. https://twitter.com/marcoarment/status/1195000906821099520
I’ve been using the @brave browser for almost a year and love it. Super excited to see an iOS version now available! https://joebuhlig.com/brave-browser-goes-ios/
MBP 16 is in my near future. Either early December or early January. Working out budget. 🎊 🤓💻
I’m doing something (formally) I’ve never done before. More tomorrow on The Weekly Impulse. https://joebuhlig.com/newsletter/
Sometimes I'm a bad influence. https://twitter.com/initialcharge/status/1194121168950878209
I'm breaking the rules with tags... and perspectives... and pretty much everything else. https://twitter.com/LearnOmniFocus/status/1194285735395893249
I’ve run a Cocoon Slim backpack for four years or more. Zippers are finally going bad so I’m looking at a Peak Design Everyday or a Mission Workshop Rhake. Anyone have experience with these as a techy? Have a better recommendation?
I'm Leaving Hover
I have used Hover for almost four years. They were the first dedicated domain registrar I used, which was primarily due to the ridiculous number of times I h...
A friend is looking to leave SharePoint. Uses Lists, web pages, cloud storage, and email. Wants to avoid Microsoft and Google. What would you recommend?
If you have one of these, do you find the benefit worth the risk? I've debated some form of video monitoring in/on my home, but every option seems riddled with problems.
Security researchers have discovered a vulnerability in Ring doorbells that exposed the passwords for the Wi-Fi networks to which they were connected. Bitdefender said the Amazon-owned doorbell was sending owners’...
I didn't know this page existed, but it's awesome.
Working on an article about #gtd habits that make the practice successful. What are some you’ve found helpful?
Locking and Unlocking. So true.
In 1978, Kurt Vonnegut gave the commencement speech at Fredonia State College in upstate New York. The speech was published under
Yep. Still doing this for every book I read.
For years I have wanted to read more books. Prolific readers rave about the benefits and world-renowned leaders often attribute their ideas and successes to ...
Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed. - Khalil Gibran
Tomorrow on The Weekly Impulse I'm sharing details about Working With OmniFocus 3.0... and a launch date. 😱
On Analog Joe: My Favorite Fountain Pens
Ah! Now where did my quill go again? It appears this page is missing, too. Maybe try looking through the homepage again?
“It’s disrespectful for people who have the pathology of addiction to say, ‘Oh, we all have this disease,’” he said. “No, we don’t.”
Nir Eyal, who wrote the industry manual for hooking people on tech, now has a recipe to free you — even though it was your fault to begin with.
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next. - Mignon McLaughlin
"We would rather skim the headlines we find, get our answer, and move on."
I hear people refer to information overwhelm more often than I would expect. The context varies but the idea is the same: finding information on the internet...
The superpower of "time multipliers" (and how to use them)
Time multipliers are strategies and habits that give you a disproportionate return on how you spend your time. Here's how to bring them into your day.
My rough outline is done and being tweaked. I’ll be unveiling a personal project management system I’ve been refining for a few months now. https://twitter.com/EABowers/status/1190968029036855296
So fitness apps know where you live. Which means a data breach would reveal your home address to the hackers. I knew I didn't want one of these.
Find out what data fitness and health apps collect, who they share it with, and what you can do to protect your privacy.
Can you turn the healing process into a game? @avantgame is certain that the answer is yes. In today's episode, Mike and I discuss SuperBetter and the potential behind gaming. https://twitter.com/bookwormfm/status/1190266741244477440
👋 I'm Joe. I strive to build productivity systems that stand the test of time and help me do more than check boxes. I'm here to help you do the same.
🎙 I read a lot of books and talk about it.
🐿 I can't focus on one thing for long, so I write a lot of code for an eclectic grouping of projects.
📓 And I'm a bit obsessed with finding non-proprietary solutions to digital problems. Thus, text files for the win! 🎉
