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February 14, 2019

The Plain Text Life: Note Taking, Writing and Life Organization Using Plain Text Files

“The power of the unaided mind is highly overrated. Without external aids, deep, sustained reasoning is difficult.” Don Norman, professor and author of The Design of Everyday Things

Writing Writing Tools Productivity Knowledge Management Networks Plain Text Markdown Organization Typora The Archive

January 8, 2019

A Year in Data: 2018

What can one learn from a year in data? What lessons and observations can be drawn from tracking a life?

Tracking Data Visualization Quantified Self Personal Data Analysis Python Goals Personal Development Track Everything Health Running Year-in-Review Year-in-Data

January 3, 2019

What should you be tracking in 2019?

Measuring a Life, Understanding Progress, and Checking Your Status Towards a Goal

Tracking Quantified Self Track Everything Goals Health Goal Tracking Data Visualization Weekly Review Productivity

January 1, 2019

My Year in Book Reading: 2018

I’m striving to be more conscious about what I read, how I learn from books and articles, and how I apply those lessons to my life, my work and my projects. So, in the spirit of that, I’m continuing a...

Tracking Track Everything Data Visualization Year-in-Review Books Articles Reading Tracking Reading

December 26, 2018

Learning to Learn: On the Science of Memory and Effective Learning

One of the most useful and interesting things I learned in the last year was not so much a specific subject or skill but a meta-skill. I learned how to learn.

Learning Memory Anki Flashcards Science Creativity

December 11, 2018

Post-Evernote: How to Migrate Your Evernote Notes, Images and Tags into Plain Text Markdown

14,147. That’s the number of notes I had in Evernote.

Smart Notes Evernote Plaintext Tech Guide Migration Note-taking Organization

November 26, 2018

The Power of Systematic Notes: A Book Review of How To Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens

Smart Notes Zettlekarten Knowledge Management Writing Creativity Organization Organized Mind Personal Development

November 21, 2018

Towards A Science of Goals: Goal Setting as a Key Influence on Performance

Goals Goals Tracking Psychology Science Goal Setting Theory OKR Personal Development Science of Goals

October 4, 2018

How to Create a Time Tracking Dashboard using RescueTime, IFTTT and Google Sheets

Time Tracking Track Everything Quantified Self Self-Tracking Time Management Data Analysis Dashboard Data Visualization

October 4, 2018

How to Create a Time Tracking Dashboard using RescueTime, IFTTT and Google Sheets

Time Tracking Track Everything Quantified Self Self-Tracking Time Management Data Analysis Dashboard Data Visualization

June 25, 2018

How to Export, Parse and Explore Your Apple Health Data with Python

Tracking Track Everything Quantified Self Self-Tracking Health Health Analytics Data Analysis Python Data Visualization

June 8, 2018

Why People Self-Track: Research on the Motivations Behind the Quantified Self and Self-Trackers

Tracking Track Everything Quantified Self Self-Tracking Sociology Psychology

May 16, 2018

How to Track Your YouTube Watching (And Understand It)

Tracking Track Everything YouTube Online Video Consumption Media Tracking Quantified Self Self-Tracking Python

April 20, 2018

How I Write (2018): My Favorite Tools and Apps for Writing

Writing Productivity Tracking Mac OSX Tools Writing Tools Evernote Ulysses

April 11, 2018

A Matter of Fecal Matter: A 31-Day Scatological Self-Tracking Experiment

Health Poop Tracking Lifelogging Track Everything Health tracking health analytics 30-Day Challenge

March 27, 2018

Know Thy Blood: Common Questions and Answers about Blood and Blood Testing

Health Fitness Blood Testing Biomarker Blood tracking health analytics

March 22, 2018

How to Track Your Money and Finances: Where Your Money Goes is Where It Grows

Finances Money Tracking Track Everything Personal Finances Investing

March 14, 2018

Heart Rate Variability: Science and Advanced Concepts for Understanding a Key Health Indicator

Tracking Quantified Self Personal Data Track Everything Heart Rate Variability Fitness Health Heart Rate Heart Biomarker Science

March 8, 2018

Common Sense Money Management: What are Your First Principles of Personal Finance?

Finances Money Personal Finances Investing

March 1, 2018

An Experiment in Mood Tracking: How I Tracked My Mood and What I Learned

Tracking Quantified Self Track Everything Mood Mood Tracking

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