It was 17c yesterday…it’s snowing today. And it’s spring?

Micro:blog idea: I’d love a way to filter my timeline to just see links to longer articles.

I’m working on cleaning up my pages a bit. First task was the tools page where I’ve removed some old items, added some new ones and fixed some links. I still need to update my pens and apps though!

I spent most of the evening looking for my Apple Pencil. It seems it’s really gone. My top theory is my son put it in the bin (as he’s been doing recently) and we didn’t notice. I’m still holding out some hope to find it though.

Started reading: The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin 📚

I can predict someone’s views on Twitter with about 85% accuracy based on whether they have a blue checkmark next to their name. It goes up if it’s not a legacy one.

An increasingly useful rule of thumb I’ve found:

The side with nuance is probably the right side.

Every time I find someone lay down an absolute rule (no ifs or buts) it usually means they haven’t thought it through.

Ironically, this is an absolutely statement so my rules says it’s wrong :P

This is me.

If you’d like to make sketchnotes but have never given it a go, I’d love to know what holds you back. (Or what held you back before you started).

For me:

  • I hated my drawings
  • I had no idea how to make things fit in the limited space.
  • Freeform doc on Mac “What on earth is this mess of half images”.
  • Same freeform doc on iPad “Oh hello useful collaboration document with pictures, drawings, links and more.”

Clint Eastwood by Gorillaz was made with a drum synth preset

I remember hearing that the drums on Umbrella by Rhianna are a default garageband set. Great examples of take advantage of creative help.

I used to have my streamdeck mini setup so I could pull up my obsidian daily note with a button and save a web page with a click. Somewhere along the way I lost those shortcuts so I guess I need to recreate them again.

A major strength and weakness of obsidian is that you make the structure.

  • The strength is that makes you think about the ideas you save.
  • The weakness is that slows down quick capture and can lead to more time organizing than using. I’m starting to think that maybe I need a separate app for capture, bookmarking and then use obsidian as an idea / essay factory.

Unexpectedly using my iPad a whole lot again. Not sure why exactly but probably more reading, more sketchnoting and maybe a small element of obsidian too (in contrast to word docs, logos and video editing which I was doing more on the Mac.)

If you’re a Christian, you might enjoy this little lent devotional series i’m doing. Each day has a verse, a reflection, a prayer and a sketch.

Universal control is so magical when it just works…but right now my Mac has no idea my iPad is right next to it so I’m typing on the screen like an animal.

My professor sent us some non OCRd pdf as part of our reading. It wasn’t great for reading in reader by Readwise but then I found owlocr which can ocr a pdf as a quick action on the Mac. So now I’m reading and highlight as I like in reader which I’ll sync with obsidian and attack to my course notes. I’m pretty cuffed with this workflow.

Wrote something. Not sure if I should publish it. Saved to journal for now. It’s one of the reasons I love drafts and it’s quick actions. Start a blog post, save it as a journal; start a journal entry, share it on your blog. You never know where your writing might take you.

I replaced my tiny little light for video calls with a Godox ES45 and it’s a real improvement! Now if I could just get the cabin that they used for the background 🤔

I see so much stuff about doing X faster. I can understand the desire to get more things done or not have to wait for some long process, but it’s absolutely bizarre when the process is the point. Why on earth would you want to cut down on the thing you enjoy?