A computer is in front of me most of every day, but I’m terrible at knowing what I’ve accomplished there. It’s a source of play and work (which is often itself a sort of play). My platform of choice is macOS split with work in Ubuntu linux at the terminal. As a longtime “computer aficionado,” …
Category Archives: brain
Usage I Dislike
I agree with Merlin Mann’s “Usage I Dislike,” so I’m saving his GitHub Gist here for posterity.
The modern curriculum | Seth’s Blog
The modern curriculum | Seth’s Blog: It’s been a century of biology, chemistry, arithmetic, social studies and the rest. So long that the foundational building blocks are seen as a given, unquestioned and unimproved. The very structure of the curriculum actually prevents school from working as it should. I think that a significant shift is …
Five useful questions | Seth’s Blog
I am a longtime reader of Seth Godin’s daily blog, but sometimes a post knocks it out of the park. Five useful questions is one of those. It’s short so I’m only listing the questions here. What’s the hard part? How are you spending your time? What do you need to know? What is the …
“Prejudice, Racism, and Assumptions”
I have a friend, more of a brother, who posted his thoughts about the current #blacklivesmatter state of things. It’s damn near perfect.
A Simple Guide to Working / Learning From Home: HOW TO ADJUST
A Simple Guide to Working / Learning From Home: HOW TO ADJUST: Brett Terpstra has been working from home for a long time. He knows everyone has to find their own flow, but shared this great video below on a recent post all of you should read if you’re suddenly working from home. For more …
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Explaining ADHD
OMG it me!
Know When You're Full
“I’m full.”: A few months ago, I started telling Anne, “I’m full,” when we are out with friends, my brain has had enough social interaction, and I’ve crossed a threshold from having fun to feeling overwhelmed. When I get full, it’s time for me to leave, and I don’t beat myself up for that… I …
Keep Podcasts on RSS
I’m still upset that Google provided Reader, then killed it. Don’t let the same mess happen with podcasts. Big companies are trying to monetize and monopolize an open standard. Please don’t let this happen. Learn more: PODCAST WARS: $100 MILLION STARTUP LUMINARY LAUNCHES TOMORROW WITHOUT REPLY ALL OR THE DAILY Spotify gets serious about podcasts …
Your terminal is not a terminal
Your terminal is not a terminal: An Introduction to Streams: Streams are just that: streams. In the same way that a river has a stream of water, programs have streams of data. Moreover, just like you can use steel pipes to carry water from one place to another, you can use UNIX pipes to carry …