Zotero is one of those tools that I know can be amazing, but gives me no help in working out HOW it can be amazing. It feels like there’s such a gap in assumed knowledge in most resources I find.
🎥 Brain Fog / how i cured it with one simple remedy - YouTube
Summary: Intermittent Fasting is the best cure.
I’ve struggled with brain fog recently, especially since covid times. I thought it was long covid (and there may be something related to that) but reading the list of causes (Medications, caffeine, social media, insomnia, lack of exercise, poor nutrition, stress) made me realise that I’m definitely not helping myself!
I’m not going to take this video as the only source of authority, but certainly some of it matches my quarter goals around health.
Also, this is just a really well created video.
The year is almost over. What’s the best book you’ve read this year? Fiction and nonfiction suggestions please.
Random morning thoughts: Are we basically using the PARA (Projects, Areas, Resources, Archive) at work? (Maybe not exactly but the main ideas are there). What would it look like if we adopted those ideas more? (not sure). Is PARA a good system for organising data in companies? (I think so).
The action button isn't a great camera shutter button
I started using the action button for the camera, but this is not the best choice. It’s fine for opening the camera (I quite like that), but as a shutter it doesn’t work (for me). I find I put my finger too close to the lens and so it can sneak into photos, especially when used one handed. Plus, it’s just not a comfortable position. It would be better if a) the volume down was the action button. b) it was under the power button on the other side c) Maybe on the bottom left hand corner or top right hand corner for two handed use? I think I’m going to switch to using it with a shortcut, maybe some sort of quick capture system.
iPhone photographers. What’s your favourite editing app? I’ve used darkroom for a long time and snapseed before that. I’ve got a tone of legacy VSCO filters but I hate the import / export process. @maique @pcora @jemostrom @zsbenke @numericcitizen
People who use third party camera apps on the iPhone: What’s your favourite?
I’ve basically just used the stock camera for years but I’m interested in using a third party one again. Is Halide the best?
Touch typing feels like a superpower…
Until you look up from the text you’ve been copying and realise your finger was one space off and now you have lines and lines of gobbledegook.
Yes, it just happened.
Just wanted to say thank you everyone for your kind words, thoughts and prayers. Everything did go well and smoothly and my son’s been running around like nothing happened at all. I’m really grateful for your messages and encouragement even if I didn’t reply at the time. @rcrackley @odd @aa @danalcantara @KyleEssary @maique @crossingthethreshold @V_ @philbowell
This is just a small surgery and yet it’s wrecked me emotionally. I don’t know how parents whose kids have more serious conditions do it.
A hike through ojców national park
Yesterday my team at work decided to do a more unusual team building than the typical go karting or axe throwing that happen in IT companies across krakow. Instead, we walked through a national park and had grilled trout, caught from the river.
It was a great, relaxing time.
In the evening, we went for a more traditional outing — contemporary Israeli cuisine — but the park was the real star.
The current chapter in my intro to hermeneutics books is just footnote after footnote for Vanhoozer’s “Is there a meaning in this text?” Almost makes me wonder why we were issued with that book! (I have that book too!) although the application exercises are very good.
I went to work with my colleagues in town today for the first time in 3 months (or more)…and my new phone was finally delivered. Sod’s law.