Unwanted invitations
When a conversation doesn't go as planned, perhaps it's because we made it so.
Way of Being
Your Way of Being in the world is the current filter through which you experience it.
Productively Lazy
I'm proud of being productive lazy; setting up my support systems to maximise output and minimise effort.
33 hours in isolation is easier with the right mood behind you
Accepting the consequences arising from a cough and slightly sore throat, even though I preferred things were different, helped make 33 hours of isolation easy to do.
Reflections on learning
Learning about new web development technologies this week has proven energising and rewarding. It's now time to reflect on what it means to have been a learner this week with material that is a real challege to me in many respects.
New ways to host a website
Wowsers have times changed in the world of website creation since I began my first website in 1999. Today's technologies combine the best of all worlds balancing what's needed for content creators and their content consumers.
Are you deceiving yourself? Let me count the ways.
Until recently I was deceiving myself and I had no idea. That's the insidiousness of self-deception as described in the book Leadership and…
Reversing my habit of not taking notes
I write notes all the time. Instructions I don't want to remember, work I'm thinking through, tasks I have to do. That last is important to…
Ghost of Tsushima
My thoughts on this exhilarating and immersive journey through feudal Japan.
How to embed OneDrive files in Roam Research
Step-by-step outline of how you can use OneDrive to 'embed' files in Roam Research without needing to upload them and losing the advantages that come with OneDrive. Can be adapted for other systems such as Dropbox.
Welcome to my digital garden
Mary, Mary, quite contrary How does your garden grow? With new ideas and wonder And possibility all in a row I'm about half way through the…
We are just starting this Covid-19 journey in Australia. Don't think it's anything otherwise.
Today the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Australia has crested 16,000. In my home state of Victoria, cases have been rising steadily…
The Wickedness of Covid-19
"In planning and policy, a wicked problem is a problem that is difficult or impossible to solve because of incomplete, contradictory, and…
They Gave Us Laughter (revisited)
This is a revisit of a post originally from May 20th, 2012. The world has moved on once again and we're now in uncharted territory. At a…
Remembering the small tasks too
I've been a proponent of the Getting Things Done methodology for many years and I use OmniFocus as my implementation tool. Each day it…
Moving from The Brain to Roam Research
Identification of the the major issues faced when moving from TheBrain to Roam Research and some brief learnings picked up along the way.