I’m using Keener’s IVP New Testament Bible backgrounds commentary and D.A. Carson’s contribution to the Expositors Bible Commentary on Matthew for an essay. Both are very good quality.
“There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it.” - Simon Sinek in Start With Why.
Installing Hugo on my mac… Stand back, I’m about to try science! I mean basic web design.
Orthodox friends (@ReaderJohn @JohnBrady ) How similar/different is the hermeneutical approach for the orthodox church to a) St.Augustin approach to the Good Samaritan (looking for deeper symbolic meaning) b) Evangelical that claims to be looking for the authors intent even if projecting.
My son has discovered the original Thomas the Tank Engine from 1984. It looks so much better than the new computer generated version.
I’ve used an automatic tool to share my mental model sketchnotes across different platforms (but not Microblog). I expected twitter, where I have 1000+ followers somehow) to be the biggest source of traffic. No. For the last 30 days, I’ve seen more visitors from mastodon!
Carrd has just announced their Black Friday sale (40% off pro plans with the code BF2023). I’ve made a few mini sites over the last couple of years using carrd (and it’s saved me tones on WordPress hosting fees!) Here’s my affiliate link if you’d like to try it.
I would expect someone should get to grips with the oxford comma after 6 months of a writer being in a company that requires it. And yet, here we are. Every. Single. Article.
Something I’ve learned from the design team at my current company. Things that you think must be simple to do (Making a design ready to print) can take a lot of work. It’s like development when you want them to “just add a button” but there’s a lot that needs to go into getting that ready.
My recent sketchnote on divergent and convergent thinking is probably my favourite I’ve made in ages. It really feels like “Me” and that I actually have a style. Plus its an interesting topic (to me).
Recently, I’ve had to download direct updates to obsidian (rather than get automatic updates in the background). The first time it happened didn’t seem that strange but it now feels (although it’s clearly not this often) that it’s every update.
Loki season 2 was just fantastic.
Took my daughter to see her first firm in the cinema today. Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie. And now we’re drawing pictures of Skye.
My daughter is very excited for the final Mario kart expansion. And she’s not the only one.
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).