Intrigued by the new update to iA Writer. I wasn’t expecting them to add wikilinks or anything along those lines to the app. It’s an interesting development and the fact it’s not electron is appealing. Looks good on my iPad.
Does anyone know of an inbox app? A universal Quick Capture, where I can shove anything throughout the day. Links to read, ideas, tasks, basically anything, then at the end of the day process the inbox and send things where they need to go.
Reliving my teenage years while designing this morning. 🎶
Picked up a copy of How To Take Smart Notes with a gift card I got from work and had forgotten about.
Connected Matter to Notion to give it a try as a place to store all my reference material. Starting to wonder if how I’m using Obsidian is the way for me or whether I need a combination of apps to replace it. Notion for databases, Day One for Journal, something else for notes/writing…
Really want this for the wall by my desk. Dieter Rams10 Principles Limited-Edition Letterpress Print
My personal Mac has reached the age where it’s not eligible for new updates to macOS. My iPad Pro is a 2018 one that won’t work with the extended desktop. I bought the iPad with the intention it would replace my Mac but it doesn’t feel like it’s progressed enough to do that and I can’t play Steam games on it.
Watching the WWDC keynote. Interesting start to iOS 16.
WE DID IT!! NOTTINGHAM FOREST ARE IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE!!!!!!!!! ⚽️ 🌳🔴
Happy play off finals day! Half time and Forest are 1-0 up… we can do it 🫣 ⚽️
Happy Jerusalem Day! 🇮🇱
I love articles that show the tools of choice for designers and artists like this one from Jonny Ive. Some of the items are a little unrelatable but still fascinating to look at.
Inside arun.is · Writing
Saturday, May 7, 2022
Over the last few months I’ve come across a number of personal blogs which have been inspiring me and fuelling my own desire to blog more. One of those is from Arun Venkatesan. His most recent post about his writing process is fascinating and worth a read. I like how each of his posts is seen as a creative exercise about something he is interested in. It’s more of a slow blogging process than the stream of links and sharing that’s became popular in the mid 00’s and has lasted until now.
Decided to give the Fastmail app a go on my iPhone instead of using mail. We’ll see how I get on.
I made a mistake and read the comments. Never. Read. The. Comments.
Enjoyed watching Mr Gregory Porter at the Jazz Festival tonight. Wonderful music. 🎵
I enjoyed David Sparks’ calendar tricks webinar about getting the most from a digital calendar. I’ve tried some of his tips in the past but I think it might be time to have another look at them.
Love this project by Max Braun to bring an iSight back to life. I bought a Logitech stream cam as it was the nicest high quality webcam I could find. If only they still made the iSight.
In Atomic Habits author James Clear states:
The greater the obstacle—that is, the more difficult the habit—the more friction there is between you and your desired end state. This is why it is crucial to make your habits so easy that you’ll do them even when you don’t feel like it. If you can make your good habits more convenient, you’ll be more likely to follow through on them.
Reducing friction is a concept I’m very familiar in my work as a designer, but for some reason it’s something that I forget in my day to day life. So I’m trying a little experiment with my blogging. I’m going to test a few different ways of posting and then whichever has the least friction thus enabling me to post more regularly then that’s what I’m going to go with.
Giving Ulysses another go to see if I should keep the subscription or not.