Does this sound familiar? You have a great idea for a new project. You're so excited about this project that you immediately drop everything else you're working on and focus on nothing else for the next few days, maybe weeks. Soon you hit a tough spot. You realize that this...
One area I've studied a lot is the area of personal productivity. If left unchecked I procrastinate like crazy. I focus on what I'm interested in and all those other pesky things that I "need" to get done just don't get done, or at least until the last minute. When...
What stories are you telling yourself? "I can't lose weight! No matter what I try, I sabotage myself. I have no self-control." I'm good at telling this story. I've been practicing it for years. Probably, most of my adult life. I'm a big dude. I'm six feet tall, and...
Today marks the first day of the October cohort of Ship 30 for 30. It's a writing challenge to publish an atomic essay (like this) every day for 30 days. Why did I join Ship 30 for 30? I've been writing online at least since 2004 and for the most part, it's been pretty...
This morning I read Peter Akkies Newsletter and he asks: I’ve been spending way too much considering whether to buy one of those shiny new iPad Pros. If you own one, which screen size do you prefer? Peter Akkies I was going to respond via Twitter, but realized I had more than...
This is the first of a series of screencasts I want to do demoing different writing and collaboration tools I find interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcb-y8X8xKQ
I talked to a friend yesterday about all the artifacts I collect and want to collect. I have a growing collection of software from Living Videotext, a complete set of Mondo 2000 magazines, and I was debating whether or not I wanted to spend $500 on Origins of Cyberspace. He...
In this video, Douglas Engelbart answers a question about issue-based structured argumentation. I'm very interested in the idea of structured text. I've referenced Dorian Taylor's The Symbol Management Problem before, which is where I first learned about an IBIS (issue-based...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmtaARlUmMY Notes Bullet Journal TomatoTimer Pomodoro Technique
I have a friend that writes node.js code with callbacks. There are some cases where I think using promises or async/await syntax might be advantageous. Here, I'm going to try to connect the dots. Here is an example of an asynchronous function that uses callbacks: function...