itsmemattchung

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by itsmemattchung 4y ago
While I still do create "atomic notes" in my slip box and approach writing using a bottom up approach advocated by Zettelkaten professionals and enthusiasts, I no longer exclusively use this technique. I approach my writing not
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The power of an outline when writing. Over the past few years, I've been teaching myself how to write better. I'm not talking about elementary syntax or grammar. I'm not talking about writing the traditional, American English
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Comment and then question. - Scattered (How Attention Deficit Disorder originates and what you can do about it) by Gabor Mate Question: how do folks discover new books to read — Goodeads? Friend recommendations? Book Clubs? Any other sort o
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During the 3 minutes: mildly physically painful and mentally challenged. After, though, very rewarding — the adrenaline helps wake me up and helps me transition fairly quickly into a state of focus. > If not, perhaps you could change som
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I think context is key: who, what, when, where, why. If I'm picking up my daughter from school, striking up a conversation with someone (i.e. another parent) would be totally different than making chit chat with someone at the bar&#x2F
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> Anyone that has taken a little MDMA at a party will have experienced it: when you make a point of introducing yourself to everyone, people tend to be quite friendly and open Especially if everyone else is on MDMA as well...
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In general, I agree. But most recently, there's one thing that's not (for me, at least) getting easier despite doing it every day: cold water exposure. I'm someone who HATES HATES HATES cold temperature. Once, while camping
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> Using some older/unfashionable languages or maintenance-only frameworks indicates a lack of investment or interest in technology. Not necessarily. Although many would consider C an older language, it's often the right languag
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Agree with your disagreement! Whether classified as cost center or profit center largely depends on the type of company or organization. For the first half of my career, I would agree with OP: that engineering was viewed as a cost center. H
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My own procrastination boils down to this: fear of looking stupid. From the outside, I've been praised on my "thoroughness", my "attention to detail" but those are all positive byproducts of avoiding the visceral fe
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> On November 24, 2022, a fatal residential apartment building fire broke out in Urumqi, China, killing several residents who had been locked into their apartments from outside as part of China’s zero-COVID effort. Meanwhile in the state
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> This systematic review and meta-analysis showed that oral honey intake reduced fasting glucose, total cholesterol, LDL-C, fasting triglycerides, and ALT and increased HDL-C, IL-6, and TNF-α I was surprised to find out that the average
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I recently interviewed[0] a professional writer who transitioned away from a purely digital workflow (e.g. "getting things done", "mind mapping") to one that incorporates good old paper and pen with flashcards: a hybrid
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Instead of following the notorious "do what you love and money will follow" advice, the author suggests instead to: > And so, the advice I would give to young people is this: structure your life so that you have the time and mo
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> So if you have a problem that needs solving and are inclined to solve it yourself, ask these three questions: > Do you enjoy doing it? > No? Find someone who enjoys doing it. Although I generally agree with the author's pos
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I'd argue that the most important thing to consider when trying to communicate effectively is this: know your audience. One "low resolution" (using author's terminology) sentence might actually communicate more effecti
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> For us, pods generally include 5 to 7 engineers (including an engineering manager), a product manager, a designer, and a data scientist. Similar approach to Amazon's internal two pizza team philosphy[0]: every internal team should
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While I think writing tests for the "happy" path builds good momentum, especially for a code base with no existing tests, the real value lies in writing tests that exercise the edge cases. Guy Steele put it best: "I spent a l
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by itsmemattchung 4y ago
https://digitalorganizationdad.substack.com and https://mattchung.me
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I have not yet tried Logseq. Checking it out now!
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I'm very very very disorganized by nature. Some people I know seem to be organized at birth. All the systems I put are really just mechanisms are really aspiration, ways for me to emulate their behavior, keep me accountable, and gamify
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by itsmemattchung 4y ago
Would be interesting to see how to capture this metric within Obsidian. I can imagine a similar metric: "elapsed time between note created and first time note opened." This data might help answer whether or not we are creating not
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Love love love obsidian. The tool is aesthetically pleasing, built-in vim mode surprisingly well (a few minor glitches with the cursor blinking) — but above all else, the plug-in community takes the cake. Finally, a note taking application
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Have had to learn this the hard way — with friends and family— and reprogram myself to: never assume what's going on inside of someone else's head.
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Did I over-engineer my note-taking process? From the outside, probably. But I've tweaked my system overtime so I spent less time fiddling with it and more time writing and producing creative work. I take lots of notes using Obsidian an
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> The Onion now enjoys a daily readership of 4.3 trillion and has grown into the single most powerful and influential organization in human history Love it. 4.3 trillion people..
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2 minutes in, Paul types out [xfs] and then later [xtc] — what do you think these symbols are for? My best guess from watching the video is that they are temporary place holders, breadcrumbs he leaves himself to return to, allowing him not
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> Waiting 5 to 8 minutes before laydown prevents infant awakening LOL. Definitely did not work on my (now 3 year old) daughter during the infant phase.
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Lunch/Dinner — of my favorite: walk and talks — with former colleagues a couple times a month. I really have to nudge myself for social contact since I'm a hermit by nature and can easily go long stretches without connecting with
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