Now that is both clever and unexpected.
My highlights in various domains are beginning to appear in Readwise, so taking a closer look.
Each highlight can be shared to FB and Twitter ( @manton - shouldn’t MicroBlog on that list? ), but you can also save to a png, like this …
Trying out ReadWise - using a two month free test thanks to a Nick Milo link … and yes - I am exploring the Readwise integration with Obsidian … it was Nick that gave me the idea!
“It would be difficult to use “warlords, racists, scammers, politicos, dictators, secret police, surveillance experts, manipulators, medical quacks, ponzi perpetrators, predators, misogynists, revisionists and opportunists ‘First’ as a slogan”
note consolidation emergence!
🎶🎵Alan Parsons reveals new video for single “The NeverEnding Show”
[ Source : Progreport ]
The usual Parsons flair - which I have to say, I am a sucker for.
I often use dates in my file names for ‘version control’.
It confuses US people, who change the date to US format, to ‘help’.
It seems hard for them to understand that EDF is the correct format.
If only I had known about Zettelkasten earlier, I could have explained so much!
“Some people can forcefully occupy the People’s House, while others—those who are prevented from voting, who are aggressively policed, who are imprisoned at rates unmatched even by South Africa at the height of apartheid—are locked out.”
Eula Biss
If you know The San Francisco Bay Area, then you might have passed through Redwood City and recognise this sign - or at least the ‘strap line’.
The line dates back to the twenties!
Short little podcast from KQED that explains why that line is a pile of codswallop
I still think The Doors should have produced the Windows ‘sound brand’ for Bill Gates.
Sometimes Dave Winer really comes across as miserable. Hope he finds salvation soon.
I have just been awarded the Obsidian Basic Badge - have to say, suffering a little from imposter syndrome on that one!
I’m worried. They don’t even have digital vaccine certificates and their Covid app i just won’t use ( though I do carry a pen to sign in manually ).
I just kept nodding my head!
New terms that I like
BOAT - Block Of Atomic Thought
MoC - Map of Content
“The trouble with being punctual is that nobody’s there to appreciate it.”
💬Franklin Jones
”Before having a second brain: “That’s important, I’ll keep it in mind” “After having a second brain: “That’s important, I won’t keep it in mind”
💬Tiago Forte
”Everything interesting begins in the “unimportant and not urgent” quadrant. Eliminating it is the dumbest thing you can do and the worst advice Covey gave.”
💬Venkatesh Rao
Really enjoying Nick Milo on his Linking Your Thinking YouTube channel. If you are trying to learn Obsidian he has a nice style and delivers in easily manageable chunks.