Back in 2003, right after university, I read a book that completely upleveled my productivity. The book was called Getting Things Done, by David Allen. As the image above shows, it’s full system, but I’m going to save you a ton of time and just tell you the most important takeaway. This is for things you’re worried about…
Archives for September 2019
My Current Verdict on Nootropics
I’ve always been into vitamins. If I heard that it could make me stronger or faster, I was all about it. I’m still all about some supplements. But as I got older my priority moved from being strong to being smart. Back in the day the smart supplement was Ginko Biloba. I’ve probably had 30 lbs. of that…
The Difference Between Studio Headphones and Regular Headphones
After too many decades on this planet, I now understand the benefit of studio headphones, and what makes them different than normal (consumer) options. My old set of Denons just died, so I decided to go with a pair of Audio-Technica ATH-M70’s. An early TL;DR! Just to save you some time, the answer is threefold, in order of…
Unsupervised Learning: No. 193
AIG says BEC has overtaken ransomware as the primary claim type against their cyber insurance policies in EMEA, accounting for 23% of claims. More Paper
The NSA Cyber Chief wants to share digital threat information early and often. I like the fact that they’re opening up a bit, and I think it’s only good for everyone (except bad guys). More
The Philosophy Behind My New Product Discovery Idea
I am currently experimenting with an idea for the show that I’m calling Product and Service Discovery. It’s pretty self-explanatory, except that I am fairly anti-ad and my show is subscriber (direct) supported, so I think the concept needs some introduction. Basically, the idea is that I want to be able to do three things simultaneously: Surface really…
My Favorite Superhuman Shortcuts
As I talked about in an earlier post, I just started checking out Superhuman. And the first thing I like to do with a new tool is learn its shortcuts. Here are my core ones so far: Basics & nav This is how you search in Vim! / — search shift-u — show unread shift-s — show starred…
First Impressions of the Superhuman Email Service
Like many others, I’ve been observing the hype around Superhuman for a while now. I signed up to get on the list forever ago, but forgot about it until a member sent me an invite a few weeks back. Looks like the marketing worked. That’s when I found out it was $30/month, which seems exorbitant in the current…
The Fundamental Differences Between Vim and Other Editors
I’ve been deep-diving on Vim lately, as I tend to every couple of years. Check out my Vim 2019 Update. In this rotation I’ve gone deeper than ever before—including going back to what makes Vim, well, Vim. So this piece will capture as succinctly as possible what makes Vim different from other editors. Emacs Reminds me of Android…
A Conversation with Ken Modeste
A while back I had the opportunity to chat with Ken Modeste, Director of Connected Technologies at UL, and I wanted to capture some of my takeaways from that conversation. I had the conversation as part of the media at Blackhat 2018. Here are some of the questions I asked: What is the mission of UL at this…
Unsupervised Learning: No. 192 (Member Edition)
Ring has already partnered with over 400 police departments. As you know, I’m torn on this kind of tech. Neighborhood watch can be a good thing, and it can also be a bad thing. Technology tends to magnify both weaknesses and strengths, so it can make neighborhood watch really great, or it can turn it into a nightmare. The problem is that you can easily start on the positive side, build it all the way up, and then in a few legal, policy, and tech changes have it turn into the oppressive form.