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For the last month, I’ve been going to the gym. It’s been incredible. I’m less stressed, feel stronger and healthier and have much more mental clarity and focus. I also feel like more things are possible now I’ve made this change. I wish I had restarted sooner.
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- RIP: Amy Wilson
- AI for thee, but not for me
- Growing in Graphic recording.
- Your so vain, you probably think this post is about you
- I've gone "Tech independent"
- 'Go back to Ukraine' War refugees complain of abuse in Poland
- I might finally have a good use for an LLM in Obsidian
- New iPad Day for Me 🎉
- A Few Reflections on The Traitors, Psychology and Conspiracy Theories
- Not making the healthy decision
- What thinking about doing a video tutorial taught me about simplicity
- The Year of Health
- Live by the attention economy, die by the attention economy.
- Being the (blogging) change I want to see
- So I have a drone...(yes, I have pictures and a video)
- Two theological topics I think would be be interesting to explore (and someone must have already)
- Back from Szczyrk - Polish mountain town
- Toys my kids use more than once
- The irony of Tim Keller's winsomeness that his detractors will never get
- Camera decision fatigue
- A 10 minute play with the new iPads
- When saving time costs you more
- Why is “comments next to tasks” such a crazy idea?
- I’m not looking to change my iPad, but…
- The power of knowing what you want
- A change to my morning routine
- A new, partially recycled iPhone case
- Unsolicited iPad Positioning Advice
- ...What if I didn't use an iPad?
- The History of Evernote in Screenshots - by Jon Tromans
- [spoilers?] Thoughts on the Dr Who specials
- Essay on OT references in Matt 4 - Jesus temptation - Book four of the Psalter
- The action button isn't a great camera shutter button
- A hike through ojców national park
- Turning my iPad into a focused creation device
- What's in my dad bag?
- Play the ball, not the man.
- Internet points
- The best way I've found to overcome my parenting rage
- Actually, tools do matter (sort of)
- On practicing patience
- Keeping things special in an age of abundance
- A bad habit list
- Who's the adult here?
- The simple but effective end of week review I totally stole
- Anti-human trafficking isn't about being a hero
- I’m indifferent on the Oxford comma
- Technology gaslighting
- You don't have to go full YouTube guru to benefit from the thing
- A journaling prompt I'm trying to turn gratitude into generosity
- A journaling experiment I'm trying to help improve my patience
- On boring blogs not brand sites.
- 3 Quick Journaling Prompts That I Keep Coming Back To
- Random thoughts on the person who keeps plugging themself.
- 🔗 I disconnected from the electric grid for 8 months—in Manhattan | Ars Technica
- Revisiting minimalism
- Appreciating the inbetween week
- Turning down an upgrade
- My 3 favourite pieces of tech hardware from 2022
- I wouldn't have believed a random project 6 years ago would turn into this.
- A return to stock apps?
- The images we live by
- 🔗 The Perils of Audience Capture - by Gurwinder
- 🔗 Facebook's TikTok-like redesign marks sunset of social networking era
- 🔗 How Reels Have Impacted Engagement Rates on Instagram - Later
- 🔗Instagram gets worse with dark patterns lifted from TikTok TechCrunch
- So long and thanks for all the todoist
- Joining PomPom as a Marketing Executive
- The perfect time to change todo app
- Episode 2 - 5 WWDC impressions
- Starting is the first step
- A brief reflection on hitting issue 50 of my newsletter
- Making the right choice for me.
- Managing vs leading.
- A lack of flow
- My fears about doing a roundup newsletter
- awkward product placement in Ted Lasso and The Morning Show
- 🔗 First Look at WordPress’ Upcoming Twenty Twenty-Two Default Theme: “The Most Flexible Default Theme Ever Created for WordPress” – WP Tavern
- 🔗 Scotland's version of 'hygge' - BBC
- 🔗 Best Habits to Track in 2021. Analyzing Habit Tracking Behavior from… by Coach Tony Coach.me App Medium
- Bullet journaling just isn't for me...or is it?
- How do you know if they're a good app reviewer?
- Podcast Appearance: Sharing and Privacy; Delayed Reaction [Podcast #328] - ChurchMag
- 🔗 Why Italian football does not make sense in the English language Serie A The Guardian
- A Week off social
- A break
- 🔗 Amazon is using algorithms with little human intervention to fire Flex workers - ArsTechnica
- AI as a helper, not a replacement
- Podcasts appearance: On Logos Daily [Podcast #325] - ChurchMag
- Satisfied with my setup
- Do a rep
- 🔗 Eric Carle Very Hungry Caterpillar author dies aged 91 - BBC News
- Netflix Reportedly Hiring Executive For Expansion Into Video Games
- Why I love being in the Apple ecosystem
- When simple is more complicate.
- A technique for producing ideas sketchnote summary
- The value is in the summary (or is it)
- I don't care about iPad only anymore.
- 🔗 All widget iPad home screen coming?
- Finished reading 📖 Dominion by Tom Holland
- "How do you not see it?"
- I think we're doing the anti-best approach...
- Obsidian show and tell session - register free
- No goldilocks option
- It's okay to take it easy somtimes
- Do as I say, not as I do.
- Parkinson’s law, but for stuff.
- 🔗 Google Nest 2 home device tracks body activity in bed - BBC
- 🔗 Kings of Leon Will Be the First Band to Release an Album as an NFT
- Do I need to interrupt them?
- A return to time blocking
- Nikon z50 review
- Graceful accountability
- 🔗The Management Myth
- 🔗Asking, Giving And Blogging – Greg Morris
- Two responses to problems
- That’s not your really challenge.
- There's a whole world out there
- Closing the idea - action gap
- It's good enough for me
- My job is to put out fires.
- Don't repeat the subheadline
- One site or two? And which name?!?
- Two pronoun questions
- 🔗 Overthinking? Try this iOS Shortcut.
- Re-reading Celebration of Discipline
- Parabloa ideas
- Early Thoughts on "Proper" Bullet Journaling.
- Minimalism and Physical Books
- 2020 election polls: Did the pollster learn?
- Thank You, GTD
- The procrastination mistake most of us make when writing
- Fun, meaningful, or profitable.
- Monthly vs Annual Subscriptions
- I'd like a pro camera mode from Apple
- The best Apple product I bought?
- A couple of apple event observations and thoughts
- Trying to overcome self-censorship
- "What do you mean you don't have access?"
- I hate newbie shaming
- Three things that are making me happy
- Monteising the #Humblebrag
- The Inescapable Nature of US News
- Future You Is Dumb (sorry!)
- Blessed are the Seekers of Justice and Peacemakers.
- A Thought on Cancel Culture — There's a Lot We Don't See
- How to Be a Genius [It's Not What You Think]
- My Simple Trick to Tackle Writers Block
- 🔗 The Big Three - The Accidental Creative
- Epic vs Apple thoughts: Whoever wins, we lose.
- 🔗The end of secularism is nigh - UnHerd
- Malcolm Gladwell on His Dad Asking Dumb Questions
- 🔗 Posing for selfies - Seth's Blog
- A Case of Messy Head
- 🎧 Ask Daily Stoic: Ryan and David Epstein Talk Range & Resilience
- A List of Mentors
- 🔗 A look inside Paradise Street from Hoxton Mini Press
- Some thoughts on Substack - Yeah...it's okay
- 5 MicroBlog plugin ideas
- Hell Yes I'll buy Derek Sivers New Book
- 🔗The Covid Pandemic Has Changed Our Sleep. Here's How - Jeff Huang
- The never ending quest for the best note system
- 🔗 The forgotten political roots of Bridge over Troubled Water - BBC Culture
- 🎵 Mike Love Playing Bridge Over Trouble Water on a Baratone Ukulele 📽
- The Transfiguration Sketchnote
- The Easiest to Use
- That's Not My MacBook
- A simple writing tip: adjectives and adverbs are lazy
- Welcome to beta season, where all we can talk about is the beta
- WWDC Hopes And Wishes 💻
- Not good Apple. Not good at all.
- Some illogical camera upgrade thoughts
- 30 Creative Prompts — activities to get you exercising your creative muscles
- Twinkies don't exist (spoiler, it's not about twinkies)
- Not to speak is to speak.
- 🔗 Expert sandwich tips that will change your lunches for ever - BBC Food
- Great focused device / Great distraction device
- Okay, I'll try speed reading.
- May micro challenge 📚 2 Atomic Habits
- Micro May Challenge Book Recommendation 1: Celebration of Discipline 📖
- Being a Non-Expert in a World of Gurus Rocks!
- Investing in my health
- 🔗 Shipping The First Version of Ghost - Twitter
- What sketchnote course would you like to see next?
- A 10-Second and 10-Minute Impression of Using a Mouse with an iPad
- A Couple of Revelations Connected with Work
- Reconsidering things
- Keeping up with the Internet Joneses
- My kingdom for a good research tool
- Taking a course on what you teach
- 30 days of sketchnoting the course is live
- Answer the question.
- No, your "brilliant guest post" isn't right for me
- Treating other people's time as valuable
- Em dashes on the web: Chicago confusion
- A Quick Thought on Focal Lengths in Street Photography
- Dear Aspiring Writer. Keep Going.
- 🔗 The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up (Your Writing)
- One thing I wish was better with MB-hosted Micro.blogs...but then again
- Podcast idea: Coffee conversation
- 🎥 Why We Still Love Film: Analog Photography in the Digital Age | NBC Left Field
- 🔗 Dark Patterns Website
- Why I like and don't like yearly themes
- Maybe minimalism isn't enough.
- Evergreen creator recommendations?
- Company values
- 🔗 Fiona Hill, Boris Johnson and the tyranny of the plummy British accent - FT
- How 10 Famous Artists Would Plate Thanksgiving Dinner - Colossal
- How Ryan Holiday Reads - YouTube
- Unhappy at home, unhappy in Rome.
- 🔗 Desirable difficulties — Wikipedia
- Reference Your Sources and Inspiration
- Just start (even if you only have five minutes)
- A time to rest
- There's Never Been a Better Time to Be a Creator
- Be kind to yourself
- On Small Phones
- I'm an Unprofessional Blogger
- Goodbye Apple UK, Hello Apple Poland.
- Stay Curious — Advice to Myself
- Challenge: Use a voice assistant more
- So, who wants to start sketchnoting
- You could use some eyerollers
- The Best Tool, Is the One You Want To Use More (Most of the Time)
- Introducing Ukulele.MicroBlog
- Where did the inspiration go
- The Third Law of Creativity
- You are fine without advice and suggestions - Austin Kleon 🔗
- Stock and Flow Creating
- On Drawing a Circle ⭕️
- Actually Listening, Not Waiting to Speak
- Curating Friction
- Out of the box 📦
- Sometimes a Tweet Should (And Does) Become a Blog Post