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Continuously Editing May 18, 2016
Stop Googling. Let’s Talk. Nov 01, 2015
Joy Thieves Oct 29, 2015
The Case for Bad Coffee Oct 29, 2015
Ditched the Tracking Sep 18, 2015
Can old world be more modern than new school? Aug 31, 2015
Why We Encrypt Jun 30, 2015
William Zinsser on Clear Writing Jun 05, 2015
Stop Hacking Your Life May 15, 2015
Your Knowledge Base as a Wiki Mar 06, 2015
Simple Needs Feb 08, 2015
Hacking Better Jan 29, 2015
Sometimes You Only Need One Hammer Dec 18, 2014
The Technical Constraints That Made Abbey Road So Good Nov 10, 2014
Back To Getting Better Nov 10, 2014
Not Being Special Oct 26, 2014
The Simplest Tool Built for the Job Oct 10, 2014
Changing Perspective using Trello Oct 08, 2014
Anthologies in Scrivener Sep 25, 2014
Made to Last Sep 05, 2014
“Define Creativity” Aug 29, 2014
Get Outside Your Bubble Aug 13, 2014
The never-advertised, always coveted headphones built and sold in Brooklyn Aug 10, 2014
Paradox and Perspective Aug 05, 2014
“Don’t Focus on Enjoying the Cigar” Jul 08, 2014
Dogmatic vs. Practical Minimalism Jun 14, 2014
Memory Book May 28, 2014
1000 Miles May 14, 2014
Empathy and the CODE Keyboard May 12, 2014
GORUCK GR1 Sale May 02, 2014
The Unique Pleasures of Analog Writing May 01, 2014
Just One Thing Apr 29, 2014
No New Tools Apr 29, 2014
Practical Advice for the Obsessive Compulsive Traveler Apr 29, 2014
The Bombay Highway Code Apr 24, 2014
Strip It Down Apr 02, 2014
Making Tools, Technology, and Ideas Accessible Mar 17, 2014
The Myth of Bourbon Mar 01, 2014
Honesty Feb 20, 2014
Graceful Failures Feb 13, 2014
Considered and Stateless Jan 24, 2014
Bleed Out on Blank Pages Jan 19, 2014
Writing Is Thinking Jan 17, 2014
How to Have a Year That Counts Jan 13, 2014
The Builder’s High Jan 10, 2014
A Reddit Quick Start Guide for Geeks Who Aren’t Into Memes and Listicals Jan 09, 2014
Twenty Thirteen Dec 31, 2013
Speaking of Wants Dec 11, 2013
Buy Some Wine, Happiness Dec 11, 2013
Life without Dropbox Nov 11, 2013
The Problem Isn’t Technology Nov 10, 2013
Toothbrushes Nov 03, 2013
“The Tedium of the Blossoming” Oct 27, 2013
Flavor Oct 17, 2013
Introducing Paperback Oct 03, 2013
It Takes a Village to Raise a Framework Sep 08, 2013
Link / Make Aug 31, 2013
Hone A Craft Aug 19, 2013
The Flexible Mind Aug 15, 2013
Chapters Aug 11, 2013
Wide Open Canvas Aug 07, 2013
Committing to Experiments in Speed Jul 29, 2013
Hold The Light Jul 22, 2013
words.txt Jul 22, 2013
The Life Cycle of Gear and Its Impact on Our Lives Jul 09, 2013
A Glacial Pace Jun 19, 2013
By Design with Yours Truly on Mikes on Mics Jun 14, 2013
The Root of Non-Writing Jun 09, 2013
Truth in Design May 26, 2013
Seeing Scaffolding Everywhere May 14, 2013
Minimal Is Not (Necessarily) Frugal May 13, 2013
A Ritual May 10, 2013
Scaffolding May 05, 2013
Reference Section Apr 27, 2013
Bending the Stiffest Arrow Apr 27, 2013
Switching From Google Apr 27, 2013
Batch Capture OmniFocus Tasks with Drafts Apr 26, 2013
Status Board Apr 22, 2013
Everything Takes Care of Itself Apr 16, 2013
Purposeful and Passionate Work Apr 09, 2013
The Annotated Wisdom of Louis C.K. Mar 25, 2013
Your Favorite Thursday Sandwich Mar 25, 2013
GORUCK Challenge Light Class 001 Mar 24, 2013
Missing the Subway Mar 23, 2013
The Very Essence Mar 23, 2013
On Keeping a Notebook in the Digital Age Mar 23, 2013
The Royal Mar 18, 2013
Shipping Imperfections Mar 18, 2013
What It Takes to Ship Mar 04, 2013
‘Concentrate Your Sweat on One Story’ Mar 04, 2013
Taking Off Feb 18, 2013
Forward Momentum Feb 13, 2013
Drafts for Scratchpads Feb 09, 2013
Life’s Accents Feb 09, 2013
Get Lost Feb 09, 2013
Craftsmanship Means Caring Feb 03, 2013
Techniques for Rising Early Jan 28, 2013
Don’t Say The ‘e’ Word Jan 26, 2013
My “Stream of Tasks” OmniFocus Perspective Jan 21, 2013
Get The Hell Outside Jan 20, 2013
That Daily Hunger Jan 17, 2013
How to Get a Job Like Aaron’s Jan 17, 2013
Methodical Jan 13, 2013
Three Words Jan 11, 2013
Workflow is Practice Jan 10, 2013
A Relative Process Jan 08, 2013
Selling Success Jan 08, 2013
Book Update Jan 07, 2013
Coffee Shop Contemplations (Buy My Book) Jan 02, 2013
To Bow is to Thank and Respect Dec 30, 2012
Be Organized and Productive Dec 30, 2012
Don’t Look Down Dec 30, 2012
A Workflow vs. A Life Hack Dec 30, 2012
Mindfulness of Concentration Dec 21, 2012
Inbox Intentions Dec 21, 2012
GTD Overview Dec 17, 2012
Java Earns His Keep Dec 15, 2012
Out of the Box Dec 14, 2012
What Sets Art Apart from Crafts Dec 12, 2012
A Cautionary Tale Dec 11, 2012
Having Big Things Happen Dec 11, 2012
Over and Over Again Dec 10, 2012
Consider Every Tree Dec 09, 2012
The Fourth Wall Dec 05, 2012
The Benefits of Carrying Cash Dec 02, 2012
What The Internet is Doing To Our Brains Dec 02, 2012
The Empty Place Dec 01, 2012
The Significance in Keeping a Journal Dec 01, 2012
Shoshin: The Beginner’s Mind Nov 26, 2012
Blank Page Nov 22, 2012
The Art of Living Nov 20, 2012
A Well Made Tool Should Be Boring Nov 19, 2012
‘Change Your Mind and Recognize Mistakes’ Nov 11, 2012
Scripts and Hacks Grab Bag Nov 10, 2012
Simplicity Nov 08, 2012
Dark Sky Alfred Extension Nov 07, 2012
Writing Tools and Workflow Nov 05, 2012
When You Think You’re Done Nov 03, 2012
Step One Nov 03, 2012
The Philosophy in Bozeman, Montana Nov 03, 2012
For the Sake of Becoming Oct 31, 2012
‘Innovation is Just Reinvention and Rethinking’ Oct 31, 2012
Nature Is Information Rich Oct 26, 2012
Vonnegut on How To Write With Style Oct 21, 2012
More People Should Write Oct 17, 2012
Getting Things (You Don’t Want to Do) Done Oct 13, 2012
My Blog, My Outboard Brain Oct 13, 2012
“Thriving Takes Grit” Oct 13, 2012
On Humility and Hubris Oct 13, 2012
Letting Projects Get Empty Oct 13, 2012
Notesy and Launch Center Pro Oct 12, 2012
The Benefits of a Bag You Trust Oct 07, 2012
Setting up a Cough Button for Podcasting with Skype Oct 06, 2012
Father of “Life Hacks” Oct 06, 2012
Your Human Capital Oct 06, 2012
Functionality, Practicality, and an Element of Good Taste Oct 04, 2012
Mac Brain: Automatically Processing Email with Mail.app Oct 04, 2012
Proving the Kit Bag Oct 03, 2012
Uncomforting Episode 01 — “Dread has Hope” Oct 02, 2012
Tips on Writing And How They’re Really Just Tips on Life Oct 02, 2012
My Financial Framework and System Oct 01, 2012
The Benefits of Getting Up Early Sep 25, 2012
Are You Willing To Look Foolish? Sep 25, 2012
Adjustable Wrench Sep 23, 2012
Mac Brain: Managing Files with Hazel Sep 23, 2012
The Important Part of a Decision Sep 20, 2012
Mac Brain: Server.app Sep 19, 2012
The Benefits of Fussy Coffee Sep 18, 2012
The Importance of How and Why Sep 18, 2012
Wasted Opportunity Sep 18, 2012
Fraser Speirs Went From OmniFocus to Evernote Sep 18, 2012
Design is Problem Solving Sep 17, 2012
Mac Brain: The Hardware and Software Sep 16, 2012
The Speech Sep 12, 2012
The Habit of Starting Sep 11, 2012
“Finding The Right Tools is a Process” Sep 11, 2012
Mac Brain: Automating and Simplifying My Computing Sep 10, 2012
Ritual and Routine Sep 10, 2012
Full-Screen Living Sep 09, 2012
Plain Text Primer: nvALT 101 Sep 09, 2012
The Joy of Quiet Sep 08, 2012
You’re Not Listening Sep 08, 2012
Why I look at OmniFocus Sep 08, 2012
Plain Text To-Dos from OmniFocus Aug 28, 2012
Pay Attention to the Quiet Parts Aug 28, 2012
20,000 Feet Aug 25, 2012
The Benefits of Carrying a Pocket Knife Aug 25, 2012
The Disciplined Pursuit of Less Aug 23, 2012
Good Design is Long Lived Aug 22, 2012
Offline Aug 21, 2012
Not Your War Aug 21, 2012
Foolproof Aug 16, 2012
An Intentional Life Aug 15, 2012
What Daring Fireball is About… Aug 13, 2012
It’s the notes you take after the meeting Aug 13, 2012
For Some Moment Aug 10, 2012
Destination Aug 09, 2012
The Big Rocks Aug 08, 2012
“So I Went Out and Did It” Aug 06, 2012
Building Email Templates into OmniFocus Tasks Aug 06, 2012
Conscious Spending in Action Aug 05, 2012
The Same Things Aug 05, 2012
Reviewing the Review Process Aug 05, 2012
Gaining Some Perspectives Aug 04, 2012
Louis CK — “The Verb of My Life is Learning” Aug 03, 2012
Markdown Thumbnail Preview in Mountain Lion Jul 31, 2012
“We Mistake Comfort for Happiness” Jul 30, 2012
“Figure Out Your Values” Jul 30, 2012
New Second Crack Draft from Pinboard Pins Jul 30, 2012
Regrets From Dying People Jul 25, 2012
Reducing The Interface of Email Jul 20, 2012
We Met on the Internet Jul 19, 2012
Concrete Ideas Jul 19, 2012
Pay Too Much Jul 17, 2012
The English Language and Your Ideas Jul 15, 2012
Launch Center Pro Adoption Strategy Jul 14, 2012
Simplify Jul 14, 2012
Teaching “Be Productive: An Intro to Getting Things Done” Skillshare Class Jul 12, 2012
Automating the Basic Things Jul 10, 2012
Favorite Things: Summer 2012 Jul 09, 2012
The Cure For Getting Sick of Things Jul 08, 2012
“Bring Your Own Ladder” Jul 08, 2012
Better Jul 06, 2012
OmniFocus Contexts, Folders, Perspectives, and Tasks in Launch Center Pro Jul 05, 2012
The Busy Trap Jul 01, 2012
Why I Switched From Things to OmniFocus Jul 01, 2012
Just start. Again. Jul 01, 2012
First, care. Jun 29, 2012
Quick Text and Fast Learning with Launch Center Pro Jun 27, 2012
A Simple Guide to Getting Better at What You Do Jun 17, 2012
When Friction is Fiction Jun 12, 2012
Notifications No More Jun 12, 2012
Pioneer A World and Discover a Name Jun 10, 2012
“True Wealth Isn’t About Money” Jun 10, 2012
The Ultimate Guide to Writing Better Than You Normally Do Jun 07, 2012
GTD for Creative Work Jun 07, 2012
Shay Colson On Altitude Jun 06, 2012
Evolutionary Revolution Jun 06, 2012
It’s the Little Things Jun 06, 2012
Navigating Unknown Territory Jun 04, 2012
Philosophy on Hotels and Wristwatches Jun 01, 2012
Sweep the Sleaze Jun 01, 2012
Please Learn to Write May 29, 2012
Fear and Writing May 28, 2012
Architecture Astronauts May 25, 2012
The Neurological Loop of Habits May 25, 2012
Living Declaration May 23, 2012
Fully Off May 15, 2012
Rain or Shine May 10, 2012
How to Make Observations like a Scientist May 09, 2012
Improving The Minutiae in Other People’s Lives May 09, 2012
Shell Apps and Silver Bullets May 09, 2012
Lasting Value May 03, 2012
Markdown Language Setting for New BBEdit Documents May 02, 2012
Text File Notes in Things.app Repeating Task and Projects May 02, 2012
Jotting Notes and Stealing Ideas Apr 30, 2012
39th Lesson Apr 30, 2012
Guide to Getting Rid of Your Crap Apr 28, 2012
Appetite and Limiting Hunger Apr 28, 2012
Breaking Through Small Talk Apr 27, 2012
Daily Scratchpad Script Hack Apr 26, 2012
Range Apr 22, 2012
Good Design Apr 20, 2012
Surfing A Sea Apr 19, 2012
Tools Are Just That Apr 17, 2012
The Courageous Artist Apr 17, 2012
Just One Thing Apr 16, 2012
35 Mile Lesson Apr 15, 2012
On Suffering Apr 11, 2012
Reflections on 10 years of packing light Apr 11, 2012
Design For Purpose Apr 04, 2012
Enough Apr 03, 2012
Why Scott Britton Stopped Learning to Code Mar 28, 2012
The Tool Works at Both Ends Mar 27, 2012
Train Your Brain for Monk-Like Focus Mar 25, 2012
The Case Against Google Mar 24, 2012
Tools Mar 24, 2012
The Farmer Mar 23, 2012
“The Heart of a Good Lifehack” Mar 23, 2012
Forget About Push Notifications for Your Email Mar 22, 2012
Moving Up The Stack Mar 20, 2012
Are You As Busy As You Think? Mar 20, 2012
When Office Technology Overwhelms, Get Organized Mar 20, 2012
Hacking Is Important Mar 19, 2012
Moving From Tumblr Mar 17, 2012
Brain Hacks to Wake Up Fully in the Mornings Mar 12, 2012
With The Eyes of a Poet Mar 03, 2012
Give It Five Minutes Mar 03, 2012
Active Ownership vs. Minimalism Feb 27, 2012
“It Must Ensue” Feb 24, 2012
PSA: Updating RSS Feed URL Feb 20, 2012
Dealing with Thought Projects Feb 20, 2012
Alfred.app Customization and Hacks Feb 15, 2012
My Ikea Hack Standing Desk Feb 04, 2012
GORUCK Challenge Metaphor: The Log Feb 02, 2012
One Year at My Standing Desk Feb 02, 2012
GORUCK GR1 Accessories Jan 31, 2012
Q. What ideals have you embraced from Steve Jobs? Jan 31, 2012
100 Tips About Life, People, and Happiness Jan 28, 2012
Fastmail Friendly With ifttt Jan 28, 2012
An Exodus from Google Jan 27, 2012
Google: Product vs. Policy Jan 27, 2012
Asking The Right Questions Jan 25, 2012
Work/Life Balance Is A Myth Jan 23, 2012
Tolerances In Personal Goals Jan 22, 2012
How to Prioritize When Everything Is Important Jan 20, 2012
Clippings in BBEdit Jan 18, 2012
Make Your SOPA Protest Jan 18, 2012
GORUCK: The Most Passionate Brand Following in the World Jan 17, 2012
GORUCK GR1 Review Jan 16, 2012
10 Things to Do Right Now to Simplify Your Digital Life Jan 13, 2012
Lifehack BS (Literally): Get Paid To Poop Jan 13, 2012
Lifehack BS: Speak in a Lower Pitch to Boost Your Confidence Jan 10, 2012
Why Your Resolution Is a Lie Jan 07, 2012
Better Stuff Jan 05, 2012
Favorite New Things From 2011 And Why Jan 05, 2012
Hack/Make Jan 05, 2012
Manifesto Jan 05, 2012