Do people ask you which vaccine you got? Here in Poland, whenever I mention someone has had the vaccine, I get a follow up question of “which one?" Is this true in other places?
Creating a personal status board in Trello - Learn Create Share
I’ve been creating a series of minimalist animal faces with my daughter in procreate. A limited colour pallet, square design, set of pens and that’s about it. It’s a fun little challenge we can do together. There are A LOT more.
I think we're doing the anti-best approach...
Best communication channels to provide content/web design updates at my work.
- A document with comments/track changes.
- Project management system with comments/attachments etc
- Email, so there is an easily found record later.
- Real-time chat application like Slack. (I’m open to hear about better ideas)
I haven’t counted to know for sure, but I’m fairly certain that our usage is reversed. From what I’ve heard about Cal Newports new book (a world without email) he seems to advocate for moving from email and real-time chat tools to those more asynchronous and focused channels.
I’m certainly wondering how I can encourage more of that at work.
Surprising outcome from my Readwise subscription: noticing punctuation errors in books.*
*pobodies nerfect
“How can I disturb your work as little as possible”
I ask this question whenever I need to contact someone at work.
My superpower is having the instinct to have a hair cut JUST before new lockdowns come into place. What’s yours?
Just ordered two pairs of classic earpods (3.5mm jack) as backup headphone for the computer. I don’t often think about the removal of the headphone jack from the iPhone/iPad but… it would be nice if it was still there.
🎙Against the Rules - The Coach in your head
I’ve listened to this podcast episode a couple of times now. The part that really caught me this time was how the leader is the interference. This resonated with me as I’ve seen work culture which comes from the top-down (the micro-managing CEO breads micro-managing managers etc. When the CEO looks for the person to blame, the buck gets passed down the chain) but I realised that I must be causing issues I’m unaware of. The idea that our attitude in one sphere might influence/reflect our attitude in another is one that is both obvious and counter-intuitive at the same time.
A mid day walk
I think about this a lot.
🔗 Jazz keys “When I write I hear music.”
Because this website literally turns your keystrokes to …well piano keystrokes. 🎹
I’m making a little Obsidian starter kit. A few pages that can help provide some structure and show how ideas like Maps of Content, backlinks, daily notes etc can work. While there are things like the LYT kit which have more, this shouldn’t impose too much.
Obsidian show and tell session - register free
tl;dr: I’m doing a guided tour of my obsidian system. provisional date April 6: 20:00 UTC
Obsidian can be really confusing, but I don’t believe it has to be.
I’ve been using Obsidian for a while and while I know my system is perfect, I’ve solved some of my core problems and it’s working for me.
So after a couple of people mentioned they’d be interested in seeing my system, I thought I’d host a “show and tell” session going through my system.
The date may change if it’s not a good fit for people so sign up even if you can’t make it.
Let me know any questions you have and I’ll do my best to address them.
I’m I the only person wondering what silly prank Google will pull tomorrow that will have a wider repercussion than they expect?
A small adjustment to my obsidian system. I’m adding the 🌱 emoji to notes that are starting out/have no content. This makes it easy to search for and identify notes that are young sproutlings and emerging ideas and should encourage me to revisit and add more content. This is a brand new addition so oIll have to see if the reality matches the idea.
A journaling idea. Make a tag/notebook/whatever with “if this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.” and add picture or notes appreciating these small moments.
Anyone else?
It’s funny how the $44 annual price for craft seemed less like a bargain when I thought of it as a note app, but when I considered it as a hosted digital garden, it’s a bargain! (And to be fair, $44 a year is much less than Roam $15 a month which is worth it if you use it.)
(P.s. this is a psychological phenomenon called “anchoring” but it also shows how depending on the way you use things, something may be great value, while for someone else it isn’t)
A morning trip to the forest. A great way to start the day as a family.
