If your job is doing something trivially easy, you’re in trouble. There is always someone willing to do that job for less money than you, and that job may just be replaced by a robot eventually. There’s a time in our life when flipping burgers for a summer might make sense, but that shouldn’t be […]
The WordPress Community
There’s something unique about the community of people that work with WordPress, and I absolutely love it. When explaining our Meetup to people, I generally say something like “We stand up and give away all of our secrets to our competition, and they stand up and give theirs away too“. We all leave the meeting […]
Am I an expert on that?
I mentioned David Perell’s “Write of Passage” course a few days ago, and even if the course doesn’t interest you he’s a great guy to follow. A few days ago, David tweeted this: If you’re unable to read the embedded tweet, it says: Writing is humbling because you realize that you don’t understand things you […]
You should save your published content in Roam Research
I saw this little tip in a recent video from Nat Eliason, and found it be very helpful. When you publish content on the web, such as in a blog, saving a full copy of it in Roam Research can be quite valuable. This short video shows you why.
PDFs are starting to go away
The UK has updated their content design guidelines in major way, and I suspect similar guidelines will find their way to the US before too long. Specifically, they now say: If you publish a PDF or other non-HTML document without an accessible version, you may be breaking the law. The reason for this is pretty […]
Seriously, start your own blog
While I’d love to see some kind of open-source, distributed social network start up, nothing is on the immediate horizon. However, we already have the tools in place to mostly do it ourselves. Here’s some thoughts about how we could make a better social network by starting our own blogs. If you need help getting […]
A better use of text expanders
I’ve loved the idea of text expanders for a long time, tools that allow you to type a short snippet like “;addr” and it instantly converts into a full string (such as your full mailing address). Over time though, I’m finding it more helpful to use it for specific quick keys rather than expanding larger […]
Proper expectations make life better
This past Christmas I got my wife a Cricut machine and a variety of accessories, so she can create various craft projects around the house. So far she’s done great! However, there are a lot of things she’s still unable to do and it can be frustrating, but she recognizes that it’s just part of […]
Write of Passage, Start your Blog
I recently listened to David Perell’s full Write of Passage podcast. It’s 21 episodes, but each one is only a minute or two so you can knock out the whole thing in under an hour. He has some great insights and inspiration to get you going. He has a full “school” you can join that […]
How does interstitial journaling work?
A few months ago I said that I think blogging beats journaling, for a number of reasons. I still stand by that, but that’s certainly not to say that journaling is a bad thing. I recently read an article from Anne-Laure Le Cuff about the idea of interstitial journaling, and it seems to work well […]