coefficiencies

I’ve been a fan of Anybox for a while now.

In 2022 or so, I leaned hard into Obsidian for my note-taking.

There is a common debate that I’ve encountered many times throughout my career in technology around the use of software tools and their effectiveness in solving problems for a team or business as a whole.

I had a common household problem: remembering to turn on the bathroom fan during a shower.

I spent most of the past year using Apple Reminders.

Ugh, what a week for computer failures.

I gave Framous a shot with my last post and I love it.

I have consistently used RSS to follow sources for almost 20 years, which is amazing to think about given that during that time: Social media has eclipsed RSS feeds for most people as a way to follow feeds.

I’m trying to get better at the habit of starting all texts (including social media posts) in Drafts.

I’ve gotten into the habit of using the “draft: true” label on my blog posts and committing them as drafts as I work on them.

It’s a cliché at this point to say that the current infinite access to music that we enjoy through streaming services is both a blessing and a curse.

Well, my Quick Posts workflow seemed to work pretty well except that that post was actually done from my Mac.

My latest site publishing workflow has been working fairly well so far.

I went ahead and set up Mastodon and Bluesky accounts for the site this weekend and placed links them and the RSS feed under the new Follow menu.

Intro Whether it’s working on my new site, helping to administer our Mastodon instance, or various other nerdy endeavours, I’ve been using the Terminal on MacOs a lot lately.

Intro I’d like to make the case — hear me out!

Cool new app for iOS that sort of helps you brainstorm using ai and then creates items in Reminders for you based on what you come up with.

I’m not a frequent cook in our household, but I do like to collect recipes that I come across or keep old favourites that I want to come back to using the great recipe manager Mela for iOS and iPad.

At some point I’ll actually get around to writing about, you know, topics again, and not just futzing around with how I publish to the site.

I’ve owned various iPads since about 2010.

I had long admired / lusted after the Ember mug for keeping your drinks at a perfect temperature, and have heard great things about them from people who have them.

I recently insulated my shed so that I could work there throughout the year, with the aid of a space heater.

I just updated my site to include full-text RSS feeds, as God intended.

With another year complete, I thought I’d look back on my favourite software of 2024 and share here.

My semi recent publishing workflow for this site initially relied on iCloud Drive to send completed posts from Ulysses (on my phone) to a Mac I have at home to process the files and publish to this blog.

So after I created my post creation workflow, I realized I’d made a mistake in the Markdown formatting that I needed to correct, which then made me realize I really needed an efficient way to easily update posts.

If all goes well, this post should now be up and running on the new coefficiencies.

I would venture to guess that most people, when they want to write something on their computer, default to one of two options: Microsoft Word Google Docs If you’re on your phone, and you would like to write something, maybe you default to Apple Notes, or…

Intro I’ve managed my personal budgets in basically the same way since I started working a regular job, which, according to personal finance experts, is probably wrong but has always worked really well for me.

There’s a now relatively old The Oatmeal comic about buying software that’s always resonated with me.

Intro Like most people my age, I’ve been witness to a total transformation in how people watch TV over the course of my life.

Intro Finding ways to deal with all the information that comes our way and pay attention to the right stuff is hard.

Intro It’s actually amazing how much cars have advanced in terms of features in the past 5–10 years.

Intro I’ve been professionally involved in some sort of project management now for almost 20 years.

Living in a house, or even an apartment or condo, as an adult, requires periodic maintenance tasks, like cleaning the bathroom, changing your sheets, replacing the furnace filter, etc.