It doesn’t get said enough. @dnsimple’s service and support are amazing.
Lately my email has been getting the better of me. Despite numerous attempt are curbing email, I still get quite a number of emails each day. Even if I skip my email for day, I know the following day will take twice as long to curb. The thing about email though is that it's still one of the easiest way of communicating.
Might be time for something better than Apple's Mail app which I've been using on my iPhone and MacBook Pro for years now. Might be time for Spark.
It's never too late...
... to set those goals.
You should have your goals and major projects decided before November begins, but starting today is better than some planned time in the future.
— Get Help Achieving Your Goals For Next Year by Curtis McHale
Another Social Network Entrant
Gab aims to be an honest and open network for people to converse online. Their basic features appear to be great. Honestly though, what are the chances of this thing taking off?
The MacBook Pro - Great for Hackers
It struck me odd how so many people took to the Internet announcing their disgust that the new MacBook Pro isn't made for developers. One particular blog post stood out amongst the rest as just being laughable. The glaring fact is that no-one had used it yet and were basing their opinions on a suggested outcome.
Glad to see that Adam Geitgey reserved his opinions until after he used it.
I’m not here to change your mind about the MacBook Pro. Yes, it’s probably too expensive and more RAM is better than less RAM. But everyone posting complaints without actually using a MBP for a few weeks is missing out on all the clever things you can do because it is built on USB-C. Over the past week or two with a new MacBook Pro (15in, 2.9ghz, TouchBar), I’ve been constantly surprised with how USB-C makes new things possible. It’s a kind of a hacker’s dream.
— The new MacBook Pro is kind of great for hackers by Adam Geitgey
Rogue One tickets booked. Plumped for the Saturday morning showing. Can’t wait!
Tickets are on sale today for Rogue One. With the kids in tow we went for the Saturday morning rather than the Friday night. Also it will be Drew's first Star Wars movie experience on the big screen!
With each trailer this movie just keeps getting better and better.
Nicholas Bate reminds us that Mondays are for those who take action.
Are simply there to sort the leaders from the followers, the serious from the not-so-serious and those who are taking action from those who are waiting. Love your local Monday.
“Even though Paul isn’t a professional unboxer, he’s a great entertainer.” - Professional unboxing? I had no idea there was such a thing.
Why Notebooks Work For Me
This week I've highlighted the three notebooks I am using to replace my task manager app.
The reason that I find that notebooks work so well is because while notebooks are more versatile, they also need input and I don't mean of the mouse and keyboard kind.
Digital task managers have a number of features that allow you to take shortcuts. I took these shortcuts as a way of avoiding planning and reviewing my next block of work. I simply let my task manager do it for me using features like lists and tags.
I can't take shortcuts with a notebook. I can't quickly filter out a subset of tasks. I can't move a group of tasks in a few seconds. Given time I could do these but just not quickly. And that's the reason I find that notebooks work so well.
Managing your tasks using notebooks means that you need to spend more time planning, reviewing and making decisions about what's important.
They need that little bit of extra work. Work that I think is worth putting in.
So far, everything is going well. The only significant change was the introduction of the bullet journal, but I've already have plenty of use through my other notebooks to make the switch to the bullet journal easy.
To find out more follow Patrick Rhone and Belle Beth Cooper who are real notebook aficionados. Both update their blogs on a regular basis and feature posts around notebooks and how to use them. Patrick also has a website called The Cramped that you might revolves around analog writing.