I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but a while back I added a nifty feature to posts on this site which displays activity from Twitter and Mastodon (likes, retweets, replies) on each post. In most cases, more responses to my work happen on social media than in post comments, so I really wanted to be able to integrate those social mentions with the existing comments. This is a static site running on Jekyll, so it took a little extra work and relies on a few external services.
comments, indieweb, social
We’ve been exploring SearchLink lately in a series of posts. If you’re following along, you’ve installed SearchLink and explored the various !bang searches, and maybe even added a custom configuration and a few custom searches of your own. And you’ve probably realized that an important step is being able to quickly verify the search results.
browser, markdown, popclip, search, searchlink, service, shortcuts, tips, urlpreview
It’s come to my attention that the way I brainstorm has a lot to do with my ADHD. Brainstorming is kind of a superpower of the ADHD mind. It takes some work to go deep on a single topic, but we’re great at the surface level associations and development. I believe that the techniques I share can apply to anyone’s brainstorming, the ADHD connection just helped clarify for me why the things I do (and the tools I use) work for me.
adhd, brainstorming, keyboard, mentalhealth, mindmapping, organization, productivity, shortcuts
Looking back at last year’s picks, almost every one of them is still in regular use. I’ll skip repeating most items from that list this time, with the exception of apps that had notable updates in 2019. I do recommend taking a look back, though!
appreview, hardware, ios, macos, markdown, review, setapp, tools
I recently stumbled upon a web project from about 17 years ago that really put into perspective how far certain technologies have come in the last couple of decades. The project was a travel “blog” for my younger brother, Wesley, who was on a long walk…
email, facebook, history, personal, travel
Back in 2014 I wrote a Bash script called that made creating and connecting to tmux sessions and windows a bit easier. I’ve been using it ever since, pretty much daily, with a few revisions. I thought it was probably about time I shared the updates.
fish, scripting, terminal, tmux
