I hope this email finds you well.
And other pointless, time-consuming, and possibly dangerous email rituals.
Topic
☕️ general
A collection of 21 issues
💪 Anyone can strategize: Sun Szu for 4X wargame Space Empires 4X
Now the general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations beforehand.
neatly bookending a body of work
The most recent Write the Docs newsletter starts with a sign off by Beth, this being their last newsletter as editor.
Remote work vs work from home vs distributed work: they're not the same
We have preferences in how we like to work. But my experience leads me to pin three practices as non-negotiable for effective distributed work.
Pandemic restrictions have made me more self-sufficient, and will help me save $10k over 10 years
This is a story about haircuts. And the rare, light side of a particularly difficult year.
relationships don’t scale
You've got to be ok with that. Each quality relationship takes more time.
Spot unexpected URLs: Firefox Containers for visual signals
I found a phishing attempt, using search engine results, for Bitwarden credentials.
Update, 2023.02.22: seems a recurring, if not regular, occurrence for Bitwarden users 🧐
Now, avoid using search engines for regular logins－save your regular URLs. But I visit lots of URLs, and it's tough to
Feeling overwhelmed? You may need a clean start
This is, unintentionally, almost like what I did to my email when I first decided to target Inbox Zero. I archived everything that was more than a day old. I gave myself a fresh start.
setting up LeechBlock NG
Originally published elsewhere.
I'm using LeechBlock NG to make myself bored again.
It's important that the extension be trustworthy because the browser permissions needed for functionality that blocks URLs are possibly dangerous.
First I went to Options and made list initial set of URLs.
The *.* tells
when boredom is a superpower
Reading time: 978 words in approx 5 minutes
Originally published elsewhere.
I live in a world where novelty (and its accompanying buzz) is only a click, tap, or voice command away.
It's easier to find novel stimuli instead of "suffering" through boredom. But boredom is the