Productivity

Systems, habits, workflows, and personal optimization

  • Beast Mode

    It can be amazing what is possible to accomplish in a day, week, month or year with the right motivation and habits. My life is documented in over 1500 blog posts on this website. My weekly routine for blogging has fallen to the wayside the past little while because of – new house purchase, packing,…

  • Da Vinci

    The Science and tech museum hosted an exhibit about Leonardo da Vinci which we went to go see over the weekend. One thing for sure is that it made me feel inadequate. He was able to get so much stuff designed and built that it just makes my efforts to be productive look like a…

  • My Unique Productivity Hacks

    I like to think that I do a good job of getting things done. Certainly the way I do things is not going to be the perfect solution for everyone, but perhaps readers will get some ideas. Probably the best, most effective and unique productivity tool I use is a custom notification script. I have…

  • Resist Simplifying the Complexity of Complex Systems

    Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. Albert Einstein When looking at the world there are lots of things that are beyond the limits of human cognition. Not only do we not understand these complex systems but it is physically impossible for us to ever understand them. This is information theory,…

  • Velocity vs Speed

    This past year has been one of the most interesting I’ve had. Quitting my job gave me the time to pursue a wide variety of interests. And I did use the time this year to get a lot of unique things done – blockchain development, built a chat/finance app, wrote a space strategy plan/planned a…

  • Two years of Bullet Journaling

    It was two years ago that I learned about a system of keeping an agenda/journal that really made sense to me.  Bullet Journal is a flexible way to organize a plain physical journal so that you get exactly what you want out of the practice without the rigid space limitation and structure of pre-printed agendas…

  • Scary Future

    If the climate models recently published by the IPCC are accurate, then things are not looking great for the future. Indeed, if we continue on the same path that we are currently on then it is unlikely that my daughter will live long enough to die of old age. When rising ocean levels force a…

  • Media Distractions

    “Are you distracted by breaking news? Then take some leisure time to learn something good, and stop bouncing around.” – Marcus Aurelius It can be difficult to block the media from your view. Over the last year or more I have been trying to limit my access. Several years ago, I was having a conversation…

  • Creating Structure

    Leaving my job and subsequently taking a month long vacation to visit family and reset was quite disruptive to my usual routines. Focusing again on my entrepreneurial adventures is very different now that I’m back.  On the one hand it is amazing to be fully in control of my schedule, I can allocate time between…

  • Work in progress Beer Fermentation Cabinet

    After thinking about how to make better beer at home last week and a successfully brewed cerveza I wanted to up my game and build a fermentation box to lager. The number one objective is to make the brewing process with the least amount of effort – no lifting heavy things, transferring fluids around as…