Travel is my Kryptonite—JOURNAL

It ruins all my normal habits and rhythms and tanks my productivity.

…but Running is Sunlight—JOURNAL

(Why yes, that is a riff on Superman.)

25,462 Words—JOURNAL

Reflections on a month of writing.

Some Thoughts on micro.blog—JOURNAL

I like the service. But I’m not using it.

Adieu to 2019—JOURNAL

A year of rest and recovery, for which I’m profoundly grateful.

The Infra Engineer’s Blind Spot—JOURNAL

Why I ended up down a rabbit hole instead of shipping.

A Git Workflow for Managing Long-Running Upgrades—JOURNAL

Using some lessons learned in the trenches of large upgrades.

On Ending “This Week I Learned”—JOURNAL

At least for now, I don’t have time for this particular bit of blogging. And that’s okay.

Wrapping Up 2020 and Starting 2021—JOURNAL

Goodbye, good riddance, won’t look back fondly on this one.

2021 End-of-Year Thoughts —JOURNAL

Another year behind, another reflection on what happened (and what didn’t!) in this latest circuit of the sun.

Don’t Sprint the First Mile of a Half Marathon—JOURNAL

On establishing a sustainable pace at the start of a new year.

What Can I Do With 10 Minutes?—JOURNAL

What can I do when I do not have long stretches of time to give deep attention to a task?

Flow State—JOURNAL

Maybe it’s less important than we like to think?

Long and Short—JOURNAL

The value of different kinds of writing.

Obsidian—JOURNAL

A reply to an acquaintance’s question about what Obsidian is doing for me.

Organizing Many Software Projects—JOURNAL

How I lay out my file system and how I tweak Git for working on literally dozens of different repositories.

Writing Down What I Do—In Obsidian—JOURNAL

An update on my years-long habit, with a new tool.

John Cook and Brief Notes—JOURNAL

Journaling—JOURNAL

But in a very specific way.

Journaling, One Day Along—JOURNAL

A progress report: It had the desired effect. I like it!

Supernote, Dropbox, and Transmit—JOURNAL

A handy little flow for getting documents onto and off of the SuperNote via Dropbox… without having Dropbox installed locally.

2022 in Review: Professional —JOURNAL

My fourth year at LinkedIn: odd, and challenging—with some failures!—but not bad.

2022 in Review: The Rest of life —JOURNAL

Less than I wanted of music, running, etc.; but some good things on the financial and spiritual fronts.

Goal-Setting—JOURNAL

On setting goals I might not meet—and adjusting them proactively throughout the year.

Generative Work and Productive Puttering—JOURNAL

They sometimes feel similar, but they aren’t the same. (And both can be good!)

Build Yourself Small Tools—JOURNAL

Just Keep Climbing—JOURNAL

Or: how to make progress.

Tools for Thought, Not Shortcuts for Thinking—LIBRARY

Being a Fast, Cogent Writer Is Useful—JOURNAL

It is also something you can get better at!

A Structure for Personal Reviews—NOTES

Part of a habit I have been working on building for the past year.

“Working Effectively” Instead of “Productivity”—NOTES

A subtle distinction that has come to mean a great deal to me.

A Year of Shipping—NOTES

…details to be determined as I go.

Big Picture Planning Makes Little Picture Planning Easier—NOTES

Year, month, week, day, hour—and probably not further.

Momentum—NOTES

On the potential positive power of inertia.

How I Use Freedom to Focus—NOTES

Some work is boring, and blocking distractions helps.

Indurate—NOTES

A lovely, too-little-used word.

Using mise-en-place for dotfiles—NOTES

Lots of ways to do this; this is mine for now.