7 days ago

tasks.txt is a free native macOS app for people who run tasks in a .txt file. Plain text todo.txt format, keyboard shortcuts for everything. No cloud, no account.


06 Jul 25

generally I loathe this kinda writing, but found this idea/framing useful especially when contextualized within the space of the attention economy

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04 Jul 25

generally I loathe this kinda writing, but found this idea/framing useful especially when contextualized within the space of the attention economy

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16 Feb 25

So constant digital interruptions, colliding double-booked appointments, no awareness of last-minute deadlines, phoned in lectures, and using tech to isolate rather than to connect. All in a world driven to the brink by fires and drought. I’ll say one thing for 1987 Apple: they did make a cyberpunk video that’s more of a warning than a utopia.


16 Jan 25

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T-Rex burst onto the scene, saying: “Shocking news, everyone: I just got a letter… …from myself. It’s a version of myself that’s trapped in the past!! And this letter contains a very precise list of things that I need to do, as soon as possible, to change our future!”

Dromiceiomimus said: “Holy smokes!!”


12 Oct 24

Gleb Tsipursky.

First question: what important information did I not yet fully consider?
Second question: what relevant dangerous judgment errors did I not yet address?
Third question: what would a trusted and objective adviser suggest I do?


26 Jun 24

Both are the li’l monologue narrator in your head going “OK, two plus two is four. Seventeen times twenty four is, uh, well, hmm, seven times times six is one-oh-two, and that times four is four-oh-eight”.

I’m more interested in thoughts vs, uh, let’s call ‘em “emotions”. There’s also feelings and sensations and all kinds of stuff. The parts of our heads that “the li’l narrator” doesn’t always know to consult or examine.


28 Mar 24

ADHD Productivity Fundamentals.

Remember why you are pursuing this.

Good rule when tweaking your system (or when considering whether to even tweaking your system; sometimes don’t mess with a good thing).

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16 Jan 24

Nancy: I have so many tasks I have to do. Ritzi: Don’t think about having to do them, Nancy. Think about getting to do them. Nancy: “Getting” to do them makes it sound like there’s someone out there who’d try to stop me from doing them. Somewhere out there… there’s an angel who’d try to stop me from doing all these tasks.