| Date | Title | Categories |
|---|
| Jan 1 |
Learning a little more quickly |
learning |
| Jan 2 |
2014 in review |
review, yearly |
| Jan 4 |
Review: Week ending January 2, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Jan 5 |
Morning, afternoon, evening, commute: thinking about what to do when (sketched) |
productivity |
| Jan 6 |
Monthly review: December 2014 |
monthly, review |
| Jan 7 |
Emacs kaizen: ace-isearch combines ace-jump-mode and helm-swoop |
emacs |
| Jan 8 |
Predictable advice about productivity |
productivity, writing |
| Jan 9 |
Thinking about how to make better use of Yasnippet in my Emacs workflow |
emacs, org |
| Jan 11 |
Weekly review: Week ending January 9, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Jan 12 |
Sketched Book: Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action – Simon Sinek |
purpose, visual-book-notes |
| Jan 13 |
Deliberately making sense |
pkm, learning, writing |
| Jan 14 |
2015-01-09 Emacs Hangout |
emacs |
| Jan 15 |
Think more effectively by typing to yourself |
writing |
| Jan 16 |
Thoughts in context: Connecting posts to my blog post index |
pkm, wordpress |
| Jan 17 |
Drawing thoughts on index cards |
blogging, drawing |
| Jan 18 |
Weekly review: Week ending January 16, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Jan 19 |
Minimizing upward or downward skew in your sketchnotes |
drawing |
| Jan 19 |
Improving my evil plans for Emacs |
emacs, sharing |
| Jan 20 |
Breaking down the skill of outlining |
writing |
| Jan 21 |
Developing Emacs micro-habits: Abbreviations and templates |
emacs |
| Jan 22 |
Move your goalposts to get around an inability to finish projects |
productivity |
| Jan 23 |
Emacs Chat with Steve Purcell |
Emacs Chat, podcast |
| Jan 23 |
Visualizing the internal citation network of my blog |
pkm, visual, wordpress |
| Jan 24 |
Filling in the occupational blanks |
experiment |
| Jan 25 |
Weekly review: Week ending January 23, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Jan 26 |
Sketchnote Hangout: Playing with colour |
drawing |
| Jan 26 |
Emacs kaizen: helm-swoop and editing |
emacs |
| Jan 27 |
Writing: Open loops, closed loops, and working with forgetfulness |
pkm, blogging, writing |
| Jan 28 |
Emacs microhabit: Switching windows with windmove, ace-window, and ace-jump |
emacs |
| Jan 29 |
Read business books more effectively through application, visualization, or reviews |
learning, reading |
| Jan 30 |
Learning to work on my own things |
experiment |
| Jan 30 |
Getting data from Org Mode tables |
emacs, org |
| Jan 31 |
Finding a model for my sharing |
experiment |
| Feb 1 |
Weekly review: Week ending January 30, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Feb 2 |
Learning from artists: making studies of ideas |
drawing, learning, writing |
| Feb 2 |
Monthly review: January 2015 |
monthly, review |
| Feb 3 |
Meta-post: Revising my post on emptying one’s cup |
writing |
| Feb 4 |
De-dupe and link: Using the Flickr API to neaten up my archive and link sketches to blog posts |
development, geek |
| Feb 5 |
Clear out your drafts by scheduling Minimum Viable Posts |
blogging, writing |
| Feb 6 |
The 5-year experiment: A conversation with my anxious side, and how sharing time might be better than giving money |
delegation, experiment |
| Feb 6 |
Digital index piles with Emacs: Rapid categorization of Org Mode items |
emacs, org |
| Feb 7 |
Japanese curry at Hacklab, curry udon at home |
cooking |
| Feb 8 |
Weekly review: Week ending February 6, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Feb 9 |
Let’s have a virtual Emacs conference in August – help me make it happen! |
conference, connecting, emacs |
| Feb 9 |
Colour update |
drawing |
| Feb 10 |
Envy and other people’s writing |
writing |
| Feb 11 |
Getting started with Emacs? Empty your cup |
emacs |
| Feb 12 |
Help your readers discover more posts by organizing your content with a reverse outline |
blogging, writing |
| Feb 13 |
Experimenting my way to an awesome life |
life, purpose, quantified |
| Feb 13 |
Continuous integration and code coverage for Emacs packages with Travis and Coveralls |
emacs, elisp |
| Feb 14 |
Weekly review: Week ending February 13, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Feb 15 |
Miscellaneous memories |
life |
| Feb 16 |
Visual book notes: Take Charge of Your Talent: Three Keys to Thriving in Your Career, Organization, and Life – Don Maruska, Jay Perry (2013) |
career, visual-book-notes |
| Feb 16 |
Org Mode: Reusing the date from file-datetree-prompt |
emacs, org |
| Feb 17 |
Learning from people |
connecting, learning |
| Feb 18 |
Windows: Pipe output to your clipboard, or how I’ve been using NodeJS and Org Mode together |
emacs, geek |
| Feb 18 |
Experimental Emacs Hangout 2015-02-18 |
emacs |
| Feb 19 |
Break down what people mean so that you can learn from the specifics |
learning |
| Feb 20 |
Intentionally interrupting momentum and limiting flow |
productivity |
| Feb 20 |
Emacs: Peer-to-peer coaching is easier when you use impatient-mode to share your buffer |
emacs |
| Feb 22 |
Weekly review: Week ending February 20, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Feb 23 |
Visual book notes: So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love – Cal Newport |
career, visual-book-notes |
| Feb 23 |
Learn how to take notes more efficiently in Org Mode |
emacs, org |
| Feb 24 |
Different dimensions of scaling up |
business, experiment |
| Feb 25 |
Using Emacs to prepare files for external applications like Autodesk Sketchbook Pro |
emacs, org |
| Feb 26 |
Tell the difference between diminishing returns and compounding growth when it comes to investing in skills |
learning, productivity |
| Feb 27 |
Trying on common goals |
life, planning |
| Mar 1 |
Back to sewing! |
sewing |
| Mar 1 |
Weekly review: Week ending February 27, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Mar 2 |
Sketched Book: Write Faster, Write Better – David A. Fryxell |
visual-book-notes, writing |
| Mar 3 |
Shrinking my learn-do-share-review cycle |
learning, sharing |
| Mar 4 |
Getting Helm and org-refile to clock in or create tasks |
emacs, org |
| Mar 5 |
Cultivate memories deliberately |
life |
| Mar 6 |
Alternatives to sitting meditation: How I clear my mind |
reflection |
| Mar 7 |
Weekly review: Week ending March 6, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Mar 8 |
Monthly review: February 2015 |
monthly, review |
| Mar 9 |
Visual book notes: The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right – Atul Gawande |
kaizen, visual-book-notes |
| Mar 10 |
Getting better at writing other-directed posts |
writing |
| Mar 11 |
Emacs Org Mode and the power of plain text |
emacs, org |
| Mar 12 |
Enjoy the prep work |
productivity |
| Mar 13 |
Future pull and the power of imagination |
planning |
| Mar 15 |
Weekly review: Week ending March 13, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Mar 16 |
How can I make better use of my index card drawing process? |
drawing, learning |
| Mar 17 |
A reflection on otium |
philosophy |
| Mar 18 |
Thinking about when I enjoy helping people |
teaching |
| Mar 19 |
Emacs Hangout 2015-03-18 show notes |
emacs |
| Mar 20 |
The imperfect fungibility of time: thinking about how to use money to accelerate learning |
learning |
| Mar 22 |
Weekly review: Week ending March 20, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Mar 23 |
Visual book notes: The Obstacle Is The Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph – Ryan Holiday |
philosophy, visual-book-notes |
| Mar 24 |
Learning to live slowly |
experiment, life, slow |
| Mar 25 |
Dipping my toes into the ETF waters |
finance |
| Mar 26 |
The balance between doing and improving – evaluating yak-shaving |
emacs, learning |
| Mar 27 |
Quantified Self: How can you measure freedom? |
quantified |
| Mar 29 |
Weekly review: Week ending March 27, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Mar 30 |
Visual book notes: Self-compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind – Kristin Neff |
visual-book-notes |
| Mar 31 |
What do I want to get ready for next? |
experiment |
| Apr 1 |
John Wiegley on organizing your Emacs configuration with use-package |
emacs |
| Apr 2 |
Starting from a small life |
experiment |
| Apr 3 |
What can I do to support friends? |
connecting |
| Apr 5 |
Weekly review: Week ending April 3, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Apr 6 |
Laser cutting registration experiments and cutting long pieces of fabric |
geek |
| Apr 6 |
Monthly review: March 2015 |
monthly, review |
| Apr 8 |
Thinking about my sewing next steps, particularly with the laser cutter |
sewing |
| Apr 8 |
2015-04-08 Emacs Lisp Development Tips with John Wiegley |
emacs, Emacs Chat, podcast |
| Apr 9 |
To never need to be needed |
connecting |
| Apr 10 |
Experimenting with spending more time at Hacklab |
connecting, geek, time |
| Apr 12 |
Weekly review: Week ending April 10, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Apr 13 |
Squirrel brain |
writing |
| Apr 14 |
Laser cutting update: Marvel version |
geek, sewing |
| Apr 15 |
Emacs Hangout 2015-04-15 show notes |
emacs, podcast |
| Apr 16 |
Considering tech and the home |
experiment, geek |
| Apr 17 |
Being extra-kind to myself |
experiment, life |
| Apr 19 |
Weekly review: Week ending April 17, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Apr 20 |
What I’m learning about small talk |
connecting |
| Apr 21 |
More ideas for tech and the home |
geek |
| Apr 22 |
What Stoicism means to me |
philosophy |
| Apr 23 |
Cultivating coping mechanisms |
happy, reflection |
| Apr 24 |
Learning from a diversity of ways to live a significant life |
experiment |
| Apr 26 |
Weekly review: Week ending April 24, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Apr 27 |
Assorted sewing-related sketches and thoughts |
sewing |
| Apr 28 |
More thoughts on fuzzy days |
life |
| Apr 29 |
Tech and the kitchen |
cooking, geek |
| Apr 30 |
Reading while fuzzy |
book |
| Apr 30 |
2015-04-30 Emacs Hangout – hosted by Philip Stark |
emacs |
| May 3 |
Weekly review: Week ending May 1, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| May 4 |
Monthly review: April 2015 |
monthly, review |
| May 5 |
Embracing the fuzziness |
productivity |
| May 6 |
Planning the next things I want to sew |
sewing |
| May 7 |
Quiet afternoons and weeks |
experiment |
| May 8 |
Quantified Self: The numbers on sewing |
quantified, sewing |
| May 10 |
Weekly review: Week ending May 8, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| May 11 |
Laser-cutting bias tape in off-cut regions |
sewing |
| May 12 |
From dreams to experiments |
experiment, philosophy |
| May 13 |
What kind of tribe do I want to build around Quantified Self in Toronto? |
connecting, quantified |
| May 13 |
2015-05-13 Emacs Hangout |
emacs |
| May 14 |
Shifts in my writing |
blogging, quantified, reflection |
| May 15 |
Laptops and lap cats |
life |
| May 17 |
Weekly review: Week ending May 15, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| May 18 |
What do I want instead of or in addition to advice roundups? |
blogging |
| May 19 |
Mapping knowledge |
pkm, learning |
| May 20 |
Fuzzy brain; also Ni No Kuni |
life |
| May 21 |
What it’s like to work with data |
business |
| May 22 |
Building tools for my future self |
idea, planning |
| May 24 |
Weekly review: Week ending May 22, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| May 25 |
Thinking about adaptive menus for tracking |
design, development, geek, quantified, research |
| May 26 |
Building tools for myself: grocery receipt tracking |
quantified |
| May 27 |
Various cooking-related notes |
cooking |
| May 28 |
Leaning into absent-mindedness |
kaizen, research |
| May 29 |
A constant observer |
reflection |
| May 31 |
Weekly review: Week ending May 29, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Jun 2 |
Monthly review: May 2015 |
monthly, review |
| Jun 2 |
A deeper dive into absent-mindedness and misplacing things |
analysis |
| Jun 3 |
Thinking about changing interests |
learning, reflection |
| Jun 4 |
Thinking about simplifying capture on my phone |
android, geek |
| Jun 5 |
Recreating and enhancing my tracking interface by using Tasker and Javascript |
android, geek |
| Jun 7 |
Weekly review: Week ending June 5, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Jun 8 |
Adding calculations based on time to the Org Agenda clock report |
emacs, org |
| Jun 9 |
Using Emacs Org Mode tables to calculate doses to buy |
emacs, org |
| Jun 10 |
Tweaking my daily routines for that feeling of progress |
experiment, life |
| Jun 11 |
Thinking about problem-solving and sequencing |
development, learning |
| Jun 12 |
Growth, experiments, and shifting my preferences |
philosophy, reflection |
| Jun 14 |
Weekly review: Week ending June 12, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Jun 15 |
Providing values to functions in org-capture-templates |
emacs, org |
| Jun 16 |
Using your own Emacs Lisp functions in Org Mode table calculations: easier dosage totals |
emacs, org, elisp |
| Jun 17 |
Working with fragmented thoughts |
drawing, reflection, writing |
| Jun 18 |
Finding missing dates in PostgreSQL |
geek |
| Jun 19 |
Moving past getting things done |
experiment, reflection |
| Jun 21 |
Weekly review: Week ending June 19, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Jun 22 |
Past, present, and future |
reflection |
| Jun 23 |
Notes from helping with physics |
teaching |
| Jun 24 |
Summer |
canada, life |
| Jun 29 |
Weekly review: Week ending June 26, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Jun 30 |
Emacs Hangout June 2015 |
emacs |
| Jul 3 |
Exploring our grocery numbers |
quantified |
| Jul 4 |
Weekly review: Week ending July 3, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Jul 6 |
Monthly review: June 2015 |
monthly, review |
| Jul 7 |
Gradually evolving my data entry interfaces |
quantified |
| Jul 12 |
Weekly review: Week ending July 10, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Jul 15 |
July 2015 Emacs Hangout |
emacs |
| Jul 19 |
Weekly review: Week ending July 17, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Jul 21 |
What I’m learning from Borderlands 2 |
life |
| Jul 29 |
Weekly review: Week ending July 24, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Jul 31 |
Pleasure and utility |
reflection |
| Aug 3 |
Weekly review: Week ending July 31, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Aug 3 |
Monthly review: July 2015 |
monthly, review |
| Aug 5 |
Thoughts about time |
philosophy, reflection, time |
| Aug 6 |
Org Mode date arithmetic |
emacs, org |
| Aug 11 |
Weekly review: Week ending August 7, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Aug 12 |
Life as a 31-year-old |
review, yearly |
| Aug 14 |
August 2015 Emacs Hangout |
emacs |
| Aug 19 |
Weekly review: Week ending August 14, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Aug 27 |
Weekly review: Week ending August 21, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Sep 3 |
Making things around the house |
life |
| Sep 4 |
Weekly review: Week ending August 28, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Sep 4 |
Monthly review: August 2015 |
monthly, review |
| Sep 6 |
Emacs Conf video tech notes: jit.si, twitch.tv, livestreamer, ffmpeg |
emacs, geek, ffmpeg, streaming |
| Sep 7 |
Weekly review: Week ending September 4, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Sep 12 |
Weekly review: Week ending September 11, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Sep 20 |
Weekly review: Week ending September 18, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Sep 25 |
Update on Emacs Conf 2015 videos; Org Mode tables and time calculations |
emacs, geek, org, ffmpeg |
| Sep 26 |
Bubble tea and tapioca pearls |
cooking |
| Sep 28 |
Weekly review: Week ending September 25, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Sep 29 |
Pattern-making: Generating SVGs for sewing with Python and tmtp |
geek, sewing |
| Oct 3 |
Weekly review: Week ending October 2, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Oct 6 |
Learned how to replace a zipper |
sewing |
| Oct 6 |
Monthly review: September 2015 |
monthly, review |
| Oct 11 |
Weekly review: Week ending October 9, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Oct 14 |
2015-10-14 Emacs Hangout |
emacs |
| Oct 16 |
Wow, literate devops with Emacs and Org does actually work on Windows |
emacs, org |
| Oct 17 |
Weekly review: Week ending October 16, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Oct 18 |
2015-10-18 Emacs link round-up |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Oct 19 |
Decision review: Mid-range phone (Moto G), and thinking about how to get even more out of it |
decision, geek, review |
| Oct 20 |
Fabric from the thrift store |
sewing |
| Oct 25 |
Weekly review: Week ending October 23, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Oct 26 |
2015-10-26 Emacs News |
emacs, emacs-news, review |
| Oct 27 |
Programmatically rescaling and manipulating the darts in sewing patterns |
geek, sewing |
| Oct 28 |
Python + sewing: Making basic shapes and splitting up larger patterns |
geek, sewing |
| Nov 1 |
Weekly review: Week ending October 30, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Nov 1 |
Monthly review: October 2015 |
monthly, review |
| Nov 2 |
2015-11-02 Emacs News |
emacs, emacs-news, review |
| Nov 4 |
Capturing links quickly with emacsclient, org-protocol, and Chrome Shortcut Manager on Microsoft Windows 8 |
emacs, org |
| Nov 8 |
Weekly review: Week ending November 6, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Nov 9 |
2015-11-09 Emacs News |
emacs, emacs-news, review |
| Nov 15 |
Weekly review: Week ending November 13, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Nov 16 |
Exploring neighbourhood libraries and other notes from the Toronto Public Library Hackathon |
development, geek, kaizen |
| Nov 16 |
2015-11-16 Emacs News |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Nov 18 |
2015-11-18 Emacs Hangout |
emacs |
| Nov 20 |
Mail with Gnus on Windows |
emacs |
| Nov 22 |
Weekly review: Week ending November 20, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Nov 23 |
2015-11-23 Emacs News |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Nov 26 |
Org Mode tables and fill-in quizzes – Latin verb conjugation drills in Emacs |
emacs, org |
| Nov 28 |
Weekly review: Week ending November 27, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Nov 29 |
Trying out dual-booting Linux again |
geek, linux |
| Nov 30 |
2015-11-30 Emacs News |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Dec 2 |
Monthly review: November 2015 |
monthly, review |
| Dec 5 |
Making my to-do list more detailed; process versus outcome |
emacs, org, productivity |
| Dec 5 |
Weekly review: Week ending December 4, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Dec 7 |
2015-12-07 Emacs News |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Dec 9 |
Scripting and the Toronto Public Library’s movie collection |
geek |
| Dec 10 |
2015-12-10 Emacs Chat: John Wiegley on maintaining Emacs and how you can help |
emacs, Emacs Chat |
| Dec 12 |
Weekly review: Week ending December 11, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Dec 14 |
2015-12-14 Emacs News |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Dec 14 |
Scan ~/bin and turn the scripts into Emacs commands |
emacs |
| Dec 18 |
Scripting and the grocery store flyer |
geek |
| Dec 19 |
Weekly review: Week ending December 18, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Dec 21 |
2015-12-21 Emacs News |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Dec 21 |
2015-12-21 Emacs Hangout |
emacs |
| Dec 23 |
What’s worth making? |
sewing |
| Dec 26 |
Weekly review: Week ending December 25, 2015 |
review, weekly |
| Dec 28 |
2015-12-28 Emacs News |
emacs, emacs-news |
| Dec 28 |
Learning about patchwork and sewing |
sewing |
