I’ve got back into listening to Apple tech podcasts in preparation for starting my new job. I’m so excited that I get to work in an space that is a real intersection of my interests.

I was using some cheap notebooks for a while but I think I want a nice leuchttrum again. Do you use an alternative?

it’s my last day at my old firm and I’m doing it iPad only.

We traveled to my in-laws yesterday and then we’re going on holiday. I didn’t take my computer, just the iPad as what was the point for one day (I had also got by last year when I left my computer at home one day.

So now I’m about to present in a meeting with just my iPad! Wish me luck!

Hum ghost 5 adds multiple newsletters.

Seems like some good improvements especially for newsletter sites.

The Sketchnote Roundup Issue #53: Designing for happiness just dropped. • Happiness in product design by Amanda Wright
• Choice theory from Dani Saveker • Drawing cartoon faces (video)

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Although I feel far more positive on Chelsea post-Abramovic, I still want to see Liverpool achieve the quadruple (even though I think Man City will stop that).

I’ve been thinking about how the things we pursue in life. I’m wondering if the more we pursue them the more out of reach they are. Examples:

  • happiness - often found by not seeking it.
  • meaning - searching for meaning can lead to deeper existential grief.
  • pleasure - we get diminishing returns from pleasurable actions.

There may well be exceptions to each and this list isn’t conclusive but I think there’s some truth to this. Certainly, the better we are at a skill, the harder it becomes to improve at that skill and the less noticeable improvements become.

I can’t tell you the implications of thoughts like this, but it’s what is on my mind.

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The current elections in the UK completely snuck up on me.

I had no idea they were happening before today and that’s the first time of any elections.

Not sure how I feel about that.

Surprise!

I was on the sketchnote army podcast talking sketchnotes and obsidian with @rohdesign . (The video version has some screen sharing!)

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