Content Component
-{profile.name}
-{profile.name}
-{profile.name}
-{profile.name}
-{profile.name}
-Hello World
`; - -class HelloWorld extends HTMLElement { - constructor() { - super(); - this.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' }); - this.shadowRoot.append(template.content.cloneNode(true)); - } -} - -customElements.define('hello-world', HelloWorld); - -``` - -This is the most simple component you can write, but there’s already so much going on. For someone completely new to web components, and without the background knowledge I provided above, they’re going to be left with a lot of questions, and a lot of confusion. - -For me, there are at least two key reasons why web components can be challenging to write, at least within the context of the hello world examples. - -### The markup is decoupled from the component logic - -In many frameworks, the markup of the component is often treated as a first-class citizen. It’s often the content that gets returned from the component function, or has direct access to the component’s state, or has built-in utilities to help manipulate markup (like loops, conditionals, and so on). - -This isn’t the case for web components. In fact, the markup is often defined outside of the component’s class. There’s also no built-in way for the template to reference the current state of the component. This becomes a cumbersome limitation as the complexity of a component grows. - -In the world of frontend, components are designed to help developers reuse markup in several pages. As a result, the markup and the component logic are inextricably linked, and so they should be colocated with one another. - -### ==Writing a web component requires understanding all of its underlying technologies== - -==As we saw above, web components are made up of three technologies. You can also see in the hello world code snippet, that we explicitly need to know and understand these three technologies.== - -1. ==We’re creating a== **==template element==** ==and setting its inner HTML== -2. ==We’re creating a== **==shadow root==**==, and explicitly setting its mode to ‘open’.== -3. ==We’re cloning our== **==template==** ==and appending it to our== **==shadow root==** -4. ==We’re registering a new== **==custom element==** ==to the document== - -There’s nothing inherently wrong with this, since web components are supposed to be a “lower-level” browser API, making them prime for building abstractions on top of. But for a developer coming from a React or a Svelte background, having to understand these new browser features, and then having to write components with them can feel like too much friction. - -## More Advanced Web Components - -Let’s take a look at a more advanced web component, a counter button. - - - -You click the button, and the counter increments. - -The following example contains a few extra web component concepts, like lifecycle functions and observable attributes. You don’t need to understand everything going on in the code snippet. This example is really only used to illustrate how much boilerplate is required for the most basic of interactive interfaces, a counter button: - -```kotlin -const templateEl = document.createElement("template"); - -templateEl.innerHTML = ` - -You pressed me 0 times.
-`; - -export class OdysseyButton extends HTMLElement { - constructor() { - super(); - this.attachShadow({ mode: "open" }); - this.shadowRoot.appendChild(templateEl.content.cloneNode(true)); - this.button = this.shadowRoot.querySelector("button"); - this.p = this.shadowRoot.querySelector("p"); - this.setAttribute("count", "0"); - } - - // Note: Web components have lifecycle methods, - // If we're setting event listeners when the component is added to the DOM, it's our job to clean - // them up when it gets removed from the DOM - connectedCallback() { - this.button.addEventListener("click", this.handleClick); - } - - disconnectedCallback() { - this.button.removeEventListener("click", this.handleClick); - } - - // Unlike frameworks like React, Web Components don't automatically rerender when a prop (or attribute) - // changes. Instead, we need to explicitly define which attributes we want to observe. - static get observedAttributes() { - return ["disabled", "count"]; - } - - // When one of the above attributes changes, this lifecycle method runs, and we can - // react to the new attribute's value accordingly. - attributeChangedCallback(name, _, newVal) { - if (name === "count") { - this.p.innerHTML = `You pressed me ${newVal} times.`; - } - if (name === "disabled") { - this.button.disabled = true; - } - } - - // In HTML, attribute values are always strings. This means that it's our job to - // convert types. You can see below that we're converting a string -> number, and then back to a string - handleClick = () => { - const counter = Number(this.getAttribute("count")); - this.setAttribute("count", `${counter + 1}`); - }; - -``` - -==As web component authors, we need to consider a lot of things:== - -* ==Setting up the shadow DOM== -* ==Setting up the HTML templates== -* ==Cleaning up event listeners== -* ==Defining properties that we want to observe== -* ==Reacting to properties when they change== -* ==Handling type conversions for attributes== - -And there are still so many other things to consider that I haven’t touched on in this article. - -That isn’t to say that web components are bad and that you shouldn’t write them. In fact, I’d argue that you learn so much about the browser platform by building with them. - -But I feel that there are better ways to write components if your priority is to write interoperable components in a much more streamlined and ergonomic way. - -## How to Write Web Components with Less Boilerplate - -As I mentioned earlier, there are a lot of tools out there to help make writing web components much easier. - -==One such tool is called Lit, which is developed by a team at Google.== ==[Lit](https://lit.dev/)== ==is a lightweight library designed to make writing web components simple, by removing the need for the boilerplate we’ve already seen above.== - -As we’ll see, Lit does a lot of heavy lifting under-the-hood to help cut down the total lines of code by nearly half! And because Lit is a wrapper around web components and other native browser features, all your existing knowledge about web components is transferable. - -To start seeing how Lit simplifies your web components. Here’s the **hello world** example from earlier, but refactored to use Lit instead of a vanilla web component: - -```scala -import { LitElement, html } from "lit"; - -export class HelloWorld extends LitElement { - render() { - return html`Hello World!
`; - } -}` - -customElements.define('hello-world', HelloWorld); - -``` - -There’s a lot less boilerplate with the Lit component, and Lit handles the two problems I mentioned earlier, a little bit differently. Let’s see how: - -1. The markup is directly defined from within the component class. While you can define your templates outside of the class, it’s common practice to return the template from the `render` function. This is more in line with the mental model presented in other UI frameworks, where the UI is a function of the state. -2. Lit also doesn’t require developers to attach the shadow DOM, or create templates and clone template elements. While having an understanding of the underlying web component features will help when developing Lit components, they’re not required for getting started, so the barrier for entry is much lower. - -So now for the big finale, what does the counter component look like once we’ve migrated it over to Lit? - -```typescript -import { LitElement, html } from "lit"; - -export class OdysseyCounter extends LitElement { - static properties = { - // We define the component's properties as well as their type. - // These properties will trigger the component to re-render when their values change. - // While they're not the same, you can think of these "properties" as being - // Lit's alternatives to "observed attributes" - // If the value is passed down as an attribute, Lit converts the value - // to the correct type - count: { type: Number }, - disabled: { type: Boolean }, - }; - - constructor() { - super(); - // There's no need to create a shadow DOM, clone the template, - // or store references to our DOM nodes. - this.count = 0; - } - - onCount() { - this.count = this.count + 1; - } - - render() { - // Instead of using the attributeChangedCallback lifecycle, the - // render function has access to all of the component's properties, - // which simplifies the process of manipulating our templates. - return html` - -You pressed me ${this.count} times.
- `; - } -}` - -``` - -The amount of code we’re writing is cut down by almost half! And this difference becomes more noticeable when creating more complex user interfaces. - -## Why am I going on about Lit? - -I’m a big believer in web components, but I recognise that the barrier to entry is high for many developers. Writing complex web components requires understanding heaps of browser features and the education around web components isn’t as comprehensive as other technologies, like React or Vue. - -This is why I think it’s important to use tools like Lit can make writing performant and interoperable web components much easier. This is great if you want your components to work within any frontend framework. - -If you’d like to learn even more, this is the approach I teach in my upcoming course [Component Odyssey](https://component-odyssey.com/). This course is excellent for anyone who wants to understand how to write components that work in any framework. - -I do this by covering the absolute basics of web components, before moving on to tools like Lit that simplify the process of writing web components without complicating your development environment. By the end, you’ll learn how to build and publish a component library that works across any frontend framework. - -If you want early-bird discount codes for Component Odyssey, then head on [over to the site to get notified](https://component-odyssey.com/subscribe). - ---- - ---- - - Learn to code for free. freeCodeCamp's open source curriculum has helped more than 40,000 people get jobs as developers. [Get started](https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/) \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Read Later/Let's Get Webby! 🦀 🕸️.md b/Read Later/Let's Get Webby! 🦀 🕸️.md deleted file mode 100644 index 8309a5a..0000000 --- a/Read Later/Let's Get Webby! 🦀 🕸️.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,68 +0,0 @@ ---- -id: 46eadaec-733a-11ee-aae2-4b1c5b8d8405 -title: | - Let's Get Webby! 🦀 🕸️ -status: ARCHIVED -tags: - - read-later - - Newsletter -date_added: 2023-10-25 10:27:43 -url_omnivore: | - https://omnivore.app/me/let-s-get-webby-18b6705008a -url_original: | - https://omnivore.app/no_url?q=bec70357-3199-44e0-9c84-40dd5a7bf774 ---- - -# Let's Get Webby! 🦀 🕸️ - -## Highlights - -> [!quote] ㅤ -> ...and front-end frameworks like [Yew](https://letsgetrusty.krtra.com/c/y9r3LFJzeRCp/OQKy) and [Seed](https://letsgetrusty.krtra.com/c/mN30voJhWLXc/OQKy) letting you write web apps in Rust! -> -> [source](https://omnivore.app/me/let-s-get-webby-18b6705008a#7065ade5-765c-4d60-bd89-1ecb0d919389) -> -> ->> [!info] ㅤ ->> I can create front end web apps with this libraries - ---- -## Original - - - -Hey Alexander, - -JavaScript isn't the fastest language out there. - -In fact, it's **pretty dang slow** compared to C/C++! - -Unfortunately, this limits the type of web apps we could build. - -How great would it be if we could write code that runs **at native speeds** in the browser? - -This would allow computationally intensive apps like video editors, AAA games, and IDEs to be run in the browser! - -Great news... **this is possible today** with the help of WebAssembly. - -WebAssembly or WASM for short, is a technology that allows code written in languages such as C/C++, Java, Swift, and Rust to run in the browser at native speeds! - -**And Rust has first-class support for WASM!** - -With crates such as [wasm-bindgen ](https://letsgetrusty.krtra.com/c/Fv1n9JiwhxdT/OQKy)facilitating high-level interactions between Rust and JavaScript... - -==...and front-end frameworks like== ==[Yew](https://letsgetrusty.krtra.com/c/y9r3LFJzeRCp/OQKy)== ==and== ==[Seed](https://letsgetrusty.krtra.com/c/mN30voJhWLXc/OQKy)== ==letting you write web apps in Rust!== - -Are you ready to give Rust + WASM a try? - -Check out this video I made: **[\>> Building a Rust App with Yew! <<](https://letsgetrusty.krtra.com/c/6AUVThScIsa4/OQKy)** - -Have you built any WASM projects in Rust? Let me know! - -Stay Rusty my friend! - -Bogdan, Let's Get Rusty - -**[Website](https://letsgetrusty.krtra.com/c/FBKvcPOtTzlF/OQKy)** | **[YouTube](https://letsgetrusty.krtra.com/c/4KIGD3ocszdT/OQKy)** - -© Copyrights by Let's Get Rusty. All Rights Reserved. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Read Later/Study shows stronger brain activity after writing on paper than on tablet or smartphone - Science....md b/Read Later/Study shows stronger brain activity after writing on paper than on tablet or smartphone - Science....md deleted file mode 100644 index af2f7cd..0000000 --- a/Read Later/Study shows stronger brain activity after writing on paper than on tablet or smartphone - Science....md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,72 +0,0 @@ ---- -id: bcb6f4ba-cb8e-4e8d-847f-911cda184b83 -title: | - Study shows stronger brain activity after writing on paper than on tablet or smartphone | ScienceDaily -status: ARCHIVED -tags: - - read-later -date_added: 2023-10-23 10:56:32 -url_omnivore: | - https://omnivore.app/me/study-shows-stronger-brain-activity-after-writing-on-paper-than--18b5cd2abed -url_original: | - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210319080820.htm ---- - -# Study shows stronger brain activity after writing on paper than on tablet or smartphone | ScienceDaily - -## Highlights - -> [!quote] ㅤ -> "Our take-home message is to use paper notebooks for information we need to learn or memorize," said Sakai. -> -> [source](https://omnivore.app/me/study-shows-stronger-brain-activity-after-writing-on-paper-than--18b5cd2abed#1c9a0a5a-c3a9-40d8-a6de-9e986dd27aec) -> > [!quote] ㅤ -> Researchers say that personalizing digital documents by highlighting, underlining, circling, drawing arrows, handwriting color-coded notes in the margins, adding virtual sticky notes, or other types of unique mark-ups can mimic analog-style spatial enrichment that may enhance memory. -> -> [source](https://omnivore.app/me/study-shows-stronger-brain-activity-after-writing-on-paper-than--18b5cd2abed#85a6ad74-1b87-4f32-95b3-f0a549d32089) -> > [!quote] ㅤ -> Although the current research focused on learning and memorization, the researchers encourage using paper for creative pursuits as well. -> -> "It is reasonable that one's creativity will likely become more fruitful if prior knowledge is stored with stronger learning and more precisely retrieved from memory. For art, composing music, or other creative works, I would emphasize the use of paper instead of digital methods," said Sakai. -> -> [source](https://omnivore.app/me/study-shows-stronger-brain-activity-after-writing-on-paper-than--18b5cd2abed#aeb79efa-7582-4493-94e1-6a7004b5ed80) -> --- -## Original - -FULL STORY - ---- - -A study of Japanese university students and recent graduates has revealed that writing on physical paper can lead to more brain activity when remembering the information an hour later. Researchers say that the unique, complex, spatial and tactile information associated with writing by hand on physical paper is likely what leads to improved memory. - -"Actually, paper is more advanced and useful compared to electronic documents because paper contains more one-of-a-kind information for stronger memory recall," said Professor Kuniyoshi L. Sakai, a neuroscientist at the University of Tokyo and corresponding author of the research recently published in _Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience_. The research was completed with collaborators from the NTT Data Institute of Management Consulting. - -Contrary to the popular belief that digital tools increase efficiency, volunteers who used paper completed the note-taking task about 25% faster than those who used digital tablets or smartphones. - -Although volunteers wrote by hand both with pen and paper or stylus and digital tablet, researchers say paper notebooks contain more complex spatial information than digital paper. Physical paper allows for tangible permanence, irregular strokes, and uneven shape, like folded corners. In contrast, digital paper is uniform, has no fixed position when scrolling, and disappears when you close the app. - -"Our take-home message is to use paper notebooks for information we need to learn or memorize," said Sakai. - -In the study, a total of 48 volunteers read a fictional conversation between characters discussing their plans for two months in the near future, including 14 different class times, assignment due dates and personal appointments. Researchers performed pre-test analyses to ensure that the volunteers, all 18-29 years old and recruited from university campuses or NTT offices, were equally sorted into three groups based on memory skills, personal preference for digital or analog methods, gender, age and other aspects. - -Volunteers then recorded the fictional schedule using a paper datebook and pen, a calendar app on a digital tablet and a stylus, or a calendar app on a large smartphone and a touch-screen keyboard. There was no time limit and volunteers were asked to record the fictional events in the same way as they would for their real-life schedules, without spending extra time to memorize the schedule. - -After one hour, including a break and an interference task to distract them from thinking about the calendar, volunteers answered a range of simple (When is the assignment due?) and complex (Which is the earlier due date for the assignments?) multiple choice questions to test their memory of the schedule. While they completed the test, volunteers were inside a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, which measures blood flow around the brain. This is a technique called functional MRI (fMRI), and increased blood flow observed in a specific region of the brain is a sign of increased neuronal activity in that area. - -Participants who used a paper datebook filled in the calendar within about 11 minutes. Tablet users took 14 minutes and smartphone users took about 16 minutes. Volunteers who used analog methods in their personal life were just as slow at using the devices as volunteers who regularly use digital tools, so researchers are confident that the difference in speed was related to memorization or associated encoding in the brain, not just differences in the habitual use of the tools. - -Volunteers who used analog methods scored better than other volunteers only on simple test questions. However, researchers say that the brain activation data revealed significant differences. - -Volunteers who used paper had more brain activity in areas associated with language, imaginary visualization, and in the hippocampus -- an area known to be important for memory and navigation. Researchers say that the activation of the hippocampus indicates that analog methods contain richer spatial details that can be recalled and navigated in the mind's eye. - -"Digital tools have uniform scrolling up and down and standardized arrangement of text and picture size, like on a webpage. But if you remember a physical textbook printed on paper, you can close your eyes and visualize the photo one-third of the way down on the left-side page, as well as the notes you added in the bottom margin," Sakai explained. - -Researchers say that personalizing digital documents by highlighting, underlining, circling, drawing arrows, handwriting color-coded notes in the margins, adding virtual sticky notes, or other types of unique mark-ups can mimic analog-style spatial enrichment that may enhance memory. - -Although they have no data from younger volunteers, researchers suspect that the difference in brain activation between analog and digital methods is likely to be stronger in younger people. - -"High school students' brains are still developing and are so much more sensitive than adult brains," said Sakai. - -Although the current research focused on learning and memorization, the researchers encourage using paper for creative pursuits as well. - -"It is reasonable that one's creativity will likely become more fruitful if prior knowledge is stored with stronger learning and more precisely retrieved from memory. For art, composing music, or other creative works, I would emphasize the use of paper instead of digital methods," said Sakai. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Read Later/The Complete Guide to Time Blocking.md b/Read Later/The Complete Guide to Time Blocking.md deleted file mode 100644 index 9378f01..0000000 --- a/Read Later/The Complete Guide to Time Blocking.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,286 +0,0 @@ ---- -id: 04745848-2b0d-482d-802c-8872ac9043dd -title: | - The Complete Guide to Time Blocking -status: ARCHIVED -tags: - - read-later -date_added: 2023-11-10 23:43:20 -url_omnivore: | - https://omnivore.app/me/https-todoist-com-productivity-methods-time-blocking-18bbc432143 -url_original: | - https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/time-blocking ---- - -# The Complete Guide to Time Blocking - -## Highlights - -> [!quote] ㅤ -> Time blocking is a time management method that asks you to divide your day into blocks of time. Each block is dedicated to accomplishing a specific task or group of tasks, and only those specific tasks. Instead of keeping an open-ended to-do list of things you’ll get to as you can, you’ll start each day with a concrete schedule outlining what you’ll work on and when. -> -> [source](https://omnivore.app/me/https-todoist-com-productivity-methods-time-blocking-18bbc432143#6ca022ff-400a-4f70-8031-1a3caa0e7246) -> > [!quote] ㅤ -> With days that are time blocked in advance, you won’t have to constantly make choices about what to focus on. -> -> [source](https://omnivore.app/me/https-todoist-com-productivity-methods-time-blocking-18bbc432143#21fb5ecc-b00e-4f14-8d60-84eec666e8a9) -> > [!quote] ㅤ -> Task batching is when you group similar (usually smaller) tasks together and schedule specific time blocks to complete all at once. By tackling similar tasks in a group, you’ll limit the amount of context switching you have to do throughout your day, saving precious time and mental energy. -> -> [source](https://omnivore.app/me/https-todoist-com-productivity-methods-time-blocking-18bbc432143#ce3acd05-a296-4204-acfe-e0822f8a83d2) -> > [!quote] ㅤ -> Instead of setting aside time blocks for each area of responsibility each day, day theming dedicates a full day each week to each responsibility. -> -> [source](https://omnivore.app/me/https-todoist-com-productivity-methods-time-blocking-18bbc432143#5d5543a9-0d8d-42ed-aa24-4ecfeb07d6ac) -> > [!quote] ㅤ -> time boxing asks you to limit how much time you'll dedicate to a specific task. -> -> [source](https://omnivore.app/me/https-todoist-com-productivity-methods-time-blocking-18bbc432143#e342c6ce-607b-4482-af54-4ffbf81ab7ab) -> -> ->> [!info] ㅤ ->> Is _"I'm gonna finish this in X time"_, instead of _"I'm gonna work on this for X time"_ - ---- -## Original - -...and its cousins task batching and day theming. Control your schedule so it doesn't control you - - - -1. [What is time blocking?](#what-is-time-blocking) -2. [Time blocking variations](#time-blocking-variations) -3. [Why is time blocking so effective?](#why-is-time-blocking-so-effective) -4. [But will time blocking work with my job?](#but-will-time-blocking-work-with-my-job) -5. [Some common time blocking missteps and how to avoid them](#some-common-time-blocking-missteps-and-how-to-avoid-them) -6. [Time blocking with Todoist](#time-blocking-with-todoist) - ---- - -> "A 40 hour time-blocked work week, I estimate, produces the same amount of output as a 60+ hour work week pursued without structure." -> -> — Cal Newport, Author of _Deep Work_ - -If there's one thing that can be said about the modern workplace, it's this: If you don't control your schedule, it will control you. - -How do you balance the necessary evils of meetings, email, team chat, and "busy work" with focused time for the things you truly care about? Since becoming a digital hermit isn’t an option for most of us, we need concrete strategies to help us focus in a world designed to distract us. - -That’s where time blocking comes in. - -Time blocking (and its close cousins, time boxing, task batching, and day theming) is a simple yet effective way to take back control of your time. - -Try time blocking if you... - -* Juggle many different projects/responsibilities (Jack Dorsey used day theming to run two major companies at the same time) -* Spend too much time in “reactive mode,” responding to emails and messages -* Find their day chopped up by meetings -* Battle constant interruptions throughout the day -* Struggle to find the time and mental space for big-picture thinking - -This guide will give you an overview of what time blocking, task batching, and day theming are; how a combination of these strategies can help you reclaim your schedule, and the best way to use your calendar and task manager to start time blocking yourself. - -==Time blocking is a time management method that asks you to divide your day into blocks of time. Each block is dedicated to accomplishing a specific task or group of tasks, and only those specific tasks. Instead of keeping an open-ended to-do list of things you’ll get to as you can, you’ll start each day with a concrete schedule outlining what you’ll work on and when.== - -The key to this method is prioritizing your task list in advance — a dedicated weekly review is a must. Take stock of what’s coming up for the week ahead, and make a rough sketch of your time blocks for each day. At the [end of every workday](https://doist.com/blog/end-work-day/?itm%5Fcampaign=time%5Fblocking&itm%5Fmedium=referral&itm%5Fsource=productivity%5Fmethods%5Fguides), review any tasks you didn’t finish — as well as any new tasks that have come in — and adjust your time blocks for the rest of the week accordingly. - -==With days that are time blocked in advance, you won’t have to constantly make choices about what to focus on.== All you need to do is follow your time blocked schedule. If you get off-task or distracted, simply look at your schedule and get back to whichever task you blocked off time for. - -### Dig deeper - -We've written a separate, comprehensive [guide to weekly reviews](https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/weekly-review) that will walk you through how to create a routine that works for you. - -## Time blocking variations - -Time blocking has a few close but distinct cousins that are worth considering: task batching, day theming, and time boxing. - -| **Method** | **What is it?** | **Example** | -| ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | -| Time Blocking | Dividing the day into blocks of time with each block dedicated to accomplishing a specific task or activity and only that specific task or activity. | "I will write every day from 9am to 11am." | -| Task Batching | "I will answer all of my emails at 3pm." | | -| Day Theming | "Every Monday, I will focus on content creation. Every Tuesday, I will focus on content promotion. Every Wednesday, I will focus on research and ideation. Etc." | | -| Time Boxing | "I will write 1,000 words between 9am and 11am tomorrow." | | - -### Task batching - -==Task batching is when you group similar (usually smaller) tasks together and schedule specific time blocks to complete all at once. By tackling similar tasks in a group, you’ll limit the amount of context switching you have to do throughout your day, saving precious time and mental energy.== For example, scheduling two 20-minute blocks to process email during the day is more efficient than checking your inbox every 15 minutes. - -Time blocking pairs well with task batching because it saves you from scheduling every individual task on your calendar. Just block off chunks of time each day or week for when you want to complete a certain batch of activities, e.g., email, invoicing, workouts, meetings, writing, coding, deep work, errands, meal prep. - -### Day theming - -Day theming is a more extreme version of task batching for people who have a lot of areas of responsibility competing for their attention. For example, an entrepreneur often has to pay attention to marketing, sales, product development, customer support, and HR all at the same time. ==Instead of setting aside time blocks for each area of responsibility each day, day theming dedicates a full day each week to each responsibility.== - -Mike Vardy, founder of [Productivityist](https://productivityist.com/theming-days-made-better-dad/), uses day theming to set his overarching focus for each day. Here's how he themes his week: - -Dedicating each day to a single theme creates a reliable work pattern and further limits the cognitive load of context switching. Vardy explains that theming offers mental clarity that allows him to focus on his family: - -> “Knowing what the day ‘means’ to me allows me to get the things I need and want to accomplish without seeing undetermined ‘ought to do’ items on a to do list. As a result, I have less decision fatigue and even have more energy when I spend time with my kids.” - -### Time boxing - -Time blocking and time boxing are often confused as being synonymous, but there's an important difference. Time blocking asks you to set aside certain chunks of time to focus on a given task or activity. For example, "I will work on a first draft of my blog post from 9am to 11 am tomorrow." - -In contrast, ==time boxing asks you to limit how much time you'll dedicate to a specific task.== Here's a time boxed version of the time blocking example above: "I will finish a first draft of my blog post tomorrow between 9am and 11am." - -This self-imposed "time box" forces you to work efficiently because you have a limited amount of time in which to complete the task. It can be a fun way to challenge yourself and gamify your productivity. - -## Why is time blocking so effective? - -This technique seems simple on the surface, but has profound impacts on your capacity to get things done: - -### It promotes focused “deep work” - -Cal Newport, author of [Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World](https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Work-Focused-Success-Distracted/dp/1455586692/ref=asc%5Fdf%5F1455586692/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312741934517&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7753978193869239626&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9019660&hvtargid=pla-421604508630&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=64940825031&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=312741934517&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7753978193869239626&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9019660&hvtargid=pla-421604508630), is a [big proponent of time blocking](http://www.calnewport.com/blog/2013/12/21/deep-habits-the-importance-of-planning-every-minute-of-your-work-day/). He dedicates 20 minutes every evening to scheduling out the next work day: - -> “Sometimes people ask why I bother with such a detailed level of planning. My answer is simple: it generates a massive amount of productivity. A 40 hour time-blocked work week, I estimate, produces the same amount of output as a 60+ hour work week pursued without structure.” - -When you schedule a chunk of time to work on a single project, problem, or task, you bring all of your mental resources to bear on one thing rather than spreading your attention thin across several tasks. The more you “single task”, the more you build the mental muscles required for deep work, and the easier it becomes to stay focused. - -### Dig deeper - -Learn more about Newport’s approach to meaningful productivity and how to incorporate more focus into your life with [The Complete Guide to Deep Work](https://doist.com/blog/deep-work/?itm%5Fcampaign=time%5Fblocking&itm%5Fmedium=referral&itm%5Fsource=productivity%5Fmethods%5Fguides). - -### It helps you knock out “shallow work” more efficiently - -Shallow work is the busy work that’s [urgent but not important](https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/eisenhower-matrix) to achieving your long-term goals — think paperwork or responding to (most) emails. When you time box shallow work, you’re setting clear limits on how much time you’ll dedicate to it. Plus, grouping similar tasks together reduces the cost of context switching. By batching all of your shallow tasks together in a dedicated time block or two, you’ll be able to power through them more efficiently and protect the rest of your workday for higher-impact work. - -### It makes you aware of how you spend your time - -Most people are bad at time management. We are [terrible at estimating](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning%5Ffallacy) how much time tasks will take, and we have a tendency to [overcommit our future selves](https://doist.com/blog/neuroscience-achieving-long-term-goals/?itm%5Fcampaign=time%5Fblocking&itm%5Fmedium=referral&itm%5Fsource=productivity%5Fmethods%5Fguides). Time blocking forces you to confront your current priorities and commitments and get intentional about how you spend your finite time. For each new commitment you let into your life, you’re forced to find physical space on your calendar. As a result, the opportunity cost of saying “yes” becomes more concrete, and it becomes much easier to [say “no](https://doist.com/blog/how-to-say-no/?itm%5Fcampaign=time%5Fblocking&itm%5Fmedium=referral&itm%5Fsource=productivity%5Fmethods%5Fguides).” - -### It counteracts perfectionism - -Fuzzy timelines are a perfectionist’s worst enemy. There’s always something to be tweaked and improved. It can be difficult to know when an open-ended project is finished, especially if you are aiming for perfection. At some point, you need to be able to say “good enough” and move on. Time boxing can help by imposing time limits on your projects. If you often prolong tasks by trying to get everything just right, set a strict time box for finishing the task and stick to it. - -### It helps you follow through on your goals - -In the article “[Beyond good intentions: Prompting people to make plans improves follow-through on important tasks](https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/todd%5Frogers/files/beyond%5Fgood%5Fintentions%5F-%5Fprompting%5Fpeople.pdf)” researchers Dr. Todd Rogers and Dr. Katherine L. Milkman review several studies supporting the idea that “concrete plans help people follow through on their intentions.” - -From following an exercise regimen to scheduling a flu shot, people were more likely to act on their intentions when they wrote down a specific place, date, and time for the activity. Yet most people rely on vague intentions rather than concrete plans: - -> “Paradoxically, people frequently underplan when they begin with strong intentions. They mistakenly believe that their strong intentions are enough to propel them to perform desired behaviors, and that belief keeps them from using strategies that could help translate intentions into actions.” - -The takeaway: When you schedule your tasks and goals, you’re more likely to follow through. Time blocking forces you to make concrete plans that ensure you’re working toward your goals every day. As William Faulkner famously quipped: - -> “I only write when inspiration strikes. Fortunately, it strikes at nine every morning.” - -## But will time blocking work with my job? - -One of the biggest criticisms of time blocking is that it doesn’t account for reactive jobs where it’s impossible to anticipate what will come in at any given moment. Is time blocking really a realistic strategy for a customer support specialist whose job is to respond to tickets? Or an account manager who needs to be available to respond to client requests? - -We’d argue yes — asserting even a small amount of control over your schedule can be helpful no matter your job. Cal Newport put it this way: - -> “Periods of open-ended reactivity can be blocked off like any other type of obligation. Even if you’re blocking most of your day for reactive work, for example, the fact that you’re controlling your schedule will allow you to dedicate some small blocks (perhaps at the schedule periphery) to deeper pursuits.” - -When your workday is run by external forces, it’s easy to lose sight of your own goals. Time blocking can help you gain a greater sense of control over even the most unpredictable of schedules. - -## Some common time blocking missteps and how to avoid them - -While time blocking is pretty straightforward in theory, it can be hard to stick to in practice. Here are some tips to help you apply the method successfully (and not become a slave to your calendar in the process): - -### Underestimating your time - -You’ll get better at estimating how long tasks take over time, but until you’ve honed your instincts, err on the side of blocking off too much time for tasks rather than too little. Pad your schedule with extra time to complete and transition between tasks. You can even create “conditional blocks” of time you can tap into if you fall behind. - -### Try these tools - -Improve your sense of how long you actually spend on tasks with time trackers like [RescueTime](https://www.rescuetime.com/ref/1403570) or [Toggl](https://toggl.com/). - -### Being too rigid - -Things will come up and ruin your plans. But remember that your plan is a guide to help focus your attention on what’s important, not a binding contract. - -Even productivity expert Cal Newport edits his plans throughout the day by crossing out original time blocks and filling them with updated plans as circumstances demand: - -Newport deals with changes in his schedule by seeing it as a game: - -> “This type of planning, to me, is like a chess game, with blocks of work getting spread and sorted in such a way that projects big and small all seem to click into completion with (just enough) time to spare.” - -See your time blocks as a flexible way to challenge yourself, not strict tools to punish yourself when you fall short. - -### Overscheduling your leisure time - -Though [Elon Musk and Bill Gates](https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-elon-musk-scheduling-habit-2017-8) have been said to schedule their days down to 5-minute increments, overscheduling your leisure time can be a self-defeating exercise. [Studies](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2018/07/31/want-to-be-happier-stop-scheduling-your-free-time/?noredirect=on&utm%5Fterm=.c7b6c4e1f8d1) have shown that scheduling leisure activities has a “unique dampening effect” on the overall enjoyment of the activity. - -Instead, you can block out time to disconnect and relax without a set plan for how you’ll spend that time. It will give you the flexibility to decide more spontaneously what you want to do-- call friends to grab a drink? Check out that new Xbox game? Read? Whatever you decide, just remember to keep at least some of your free time free. - -## Time blocking with Todoist - -You can implement time blocking with any tool, but in this section, we'll focus on how to use Todoist alongside your favorite calendar app — or even good, old-fashioned pen and paper. We'll cover how to implement three different time blocking variations: task batching, day theming, and scheduling individual tasks. - -### Task batching variation - -Strict time blocking — dedicating a time block to each individual task — can be tedious and hard to maintain over time. We recommend combining time blocking and task batching for a more streamlined system. Instead of one time block per individual task, you’ll assign a time block for each category of task you batch together. Here’s how that looks in practice: - -First, decide on which broad categories of work need to be reflected in your daily or weekly schedule. For example, a freelance writer might have the following category list: - -* Email -* Work admin -* Sales -* Meetings -* Research -* Writing -* Professional Development -* Yoga -* Meal prep -* Personal admin -* Reading -* Free time - -Now, sit down with your favorite calendar app or paper planner and create time blocks for the coming week that reflect the times you’ll work on each category. Make sure all of your priorities and commitments are given enough space on your calendar. If you struggle to find room, you may need to start cutting down on your commitments. The end result will look something like this: - -If you find it difficult to stick to your digital schedule, we recommend planning your day out on paper. A paper schedule forces you to start fresh each day and makes it easy to scribble things out and adapt as the day goes on. Plus, it's also easier to keep your paper schedule open on your desk as a visible reminder of what you had planned to focus on. - -If you work at a company with shared calendars, you may find it helpful to publicly block off time for “Deep Work” to keep a sufficient chunk of the day meeting free. Khoi Vinh, a [Principal Designer at Adobe](https://doist.com/blog/how-khoi-vinh-gets-things-done/?itm%5Fcampaign=time%5Fblocking&itm%5Fmedium=referral&itm%5Fsource=productivity%5Fmethods%5Fguides), uses this strategy at his office: - -> “I look for blocks of time on my calendar that I can cordon off for “deep work”. Sometimes I’ll move around meetings to create longer contiguous blocks, and then I’ll create a meeting called “Do Not Book” or, if I suspect someone will ignore that, I’ll name it something like “Collaboration Session” or “Research Review.” You have to get crafty.” - -You now have time blocks for each category, but you still need to know which specific task — or group of tasks — to work on when the time comes. That’s where a task manager like Todoist comes in. - -[Create a Todoist label](https://get.todoist.help/hc/en-us/articles/360000029000-How-to-best-use-labels?utm%5Fsource=dots%5Fblog&utm%5Fmedium=referral&utm%5Fcampaign=time%5Fblocking) for each batched category you came up with in step one, then review all of your current tasks and assign the appropriate label to each one. - -Now, when you come to a time block, all you have to do is pull up the corresponding label list and choose from the relevant tasks. Tasks with dates will automatically be sorted at the top so you’ll know when something is due soon and needs your attention first. - -### Todoist Tip - -You can also [create a new filter](https://get.todoist.help/hc/en-us/articles/205248842-Filters?itm%5Fcampaign=time%5Fblocking&itm%5Fmedium=referral&itm%5Fsource=productivity%5Fmethods%5Fguides) with a query like “@personal\_admin & next 7 days” to see just the tasks due in the upcoming week with that specific label. - -To make sure nothing slips through the cracks, every task should have a label. However, you’ll likely find that not every category needs to be tracked in Todoist. For example, you may want to keep track of your meetings or exercise classes in your calendar rather than in your task manager. And as we said before, you don’t want to overprogram your free time. Experiment with your setup to figure out what makes sense for your specific circumstances. - -### Day theming variation - -If you try time blocking and still feel too scattered and unfocused, you may want to try out day theming. We recommend this [free Skillshare course](https://www.skillshare.com/classes/Productivity-Habits-That-Stick-Using-Time-Theming/1216959000) by Mike Vardy. He walks you through setting up a day theming system, including detailed examples using both paper and Todoist. - -### Scheduling time blocks for individual tasks - -Of course, if you want to keep a more granular schedule, you can always create separate time blocks for each task. The easiest way to do that with Todoist is via the [2-way integration with Google Calendar](https://get.todoist.help/hc/en-us/articles/115003128085-How-can-I-use-Todoist-with-Google-Calendar?itm%5Fcampaign=time%5Fblocking&itm%5Fmedium=referral&itm%5Fsource=productivity%5Fmethods%5Fguides). - -When setting up the integration: - -* Create a new calendar for just your Todoist tasks so you can toggle them on and off inside your calendar as you need. -* Choose to sync your entire Todoist account or create separate calendars for each of your Todoist projects. -* Choose to sync tasks with just a due date in addition to tasks with a due date and time. - -Any Todoist task with a date and time will automatically appear as an event in your new Todoist calendar. Any task with a date but no time will appear as a day-long event. - -During your [weekly review](https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/weekly-review), give each task you want to accomplish a date and/or start time by typing something like “Monday at noon” or “Every Friday at 9am” into the task field. Todoist will automatically recognize and highlight the date and set it when you save the task. - -Now, when you open your daily or weekly view in your calendar, you’ll see each of your tasks scheduled as separate events (aka your time blocks). You can extend, shorten, edit, and move your time blocks inside your calendar. Any changes you make in Google Calendar will automatically sync back to your Todoist (and vice versa). - ---- - -Scheduling your days and weeks in advance can seem like a waste of precious time you could be using to actually get things done. But when you aren’t controlling your calendar, it’s easy to let distractions take over. By front-loading your decision-making on what to work on for the day or week, you’ll be saving time and mental energy when it comes to actually getting to work. - -Give time blocking and task batching a try for a week and see how it feels to take back control over your time and attention. - -### Todoist Tip - -If you have a Pro or Business plan, you can supercharge your time blocking with [task durations](https://todoist.com/help/articles/whats-new#reclaim-your-schedule-with-task-durations-aug-30). Simply: - -* Select your Due Date, then Time, to set the start time and duration of your task. This forms your time block. -* You can also add a task’s duration via Todoist’s natural language recognition by typing “for” followed by the length of time you think the task will take. (e.g., “Team meeting today 4pm for 45min” or “Write first draft 9am for 2 hours 30 minutes”.) -* If you’ve connected your Todoist to a calendar app, the task duration will sync to your calendar automatically (and, on Google Calendar, vice versa with 2-way sync so you can update your tasks from your calendar). - -#### Laura Scroggs - -[Laura](https://laurascroggs.wordpress.com/) is a freelance writer, PhD candidate, and pug mom living in Minneapolis, MN. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Read Later/The First Rule of Comments in Code.md b/Read Later/The First Rule of Comments in Code.md deleted file mode 100644 index 0fed1ab..0000000 --- a/Read Later/The First Rule of Comments in Code.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,43 +0,0 @@ ---- -id: 24bd8d1e-b118-4930-a86d-3929f2dad34c -title: | - The First Rule of Comments in Code -status: ARCHIVED -tags: - - read-later -date_added: 2023-11-02 23:25:19 -url_omnivore: | - https://omnivore.app/me/https-youtu-be-hxsx-3-vbf-qq-si-c-5-qy-m-mg-8-j-yhc-bbq-18b92ffccf6 -url_original: | - https://youtu.be/hxsx3vbf-QQ?si=-C5QyMMg8JYhcBBQ ---- - -# The First Rule of Comments in Code - -## Notes - -Comments are bad by nature: -- They get outdated pretty quickly, and you don't know if the comments is updated with the code. -- A comments is most probably noise, because it's not gonna provide more information than the code itself. -- Commented code is broken code, because it's probably outdated compared to it's context. - -Some rules to evade writing comments: - -**Code that needs a comment, needs to be rewritten**. Always try to put the information in the code. if it needs a comment, it's not good enough. - -**Move information somewhere else**. this is similar to the previous, move to a variable name, or to a documentation file in the worst case. - -**How quickly the information will goes out of date**. It's so simple that a comments goes out of sync with the code, to prevent that transform the comment in code. - -**If a comment gives no more information than the code, delete it**. - -**"I need to explain the complexity"**. No, you need to fix the complexity. If the complexity is so big, put in the documentation instead. A comment cannot fix complexity, and will require hard work to change that code. - -**Don't comment out code, delete it**. Commented code goes quickly out of sync with it's context, is not tested in any way and the effort of updating it is almost the same if not higher that writing it over with better knowledge, so it's better to just delete it. If we need this code back, we can recover it with git. - ---- -## Original - -[The First Rule of Comments in Code](https://youtu.be/hxsx3vbf-QQ?si=-C5QyMMg8JYhcBBQ) - -By [Bran van der Meer](https://www.youtube.com/@branvandermeer) \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Read Later/The Secret Power of ‘Read It Later’ Apps.md b/Read Later/The Secret Power of ‘Read It Later’ Apps.md deleted file mode 100644 index 49dc719..0000000 --- a/Read Later/The Secret Power of ‘Read It Later’ Apps.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,316 +0,0 @@ ---- -id: 85f31880-6935-11ee-86f4-f7cb87ce263e -title: | - The Secret Power of ‘Read It Later’ Apps -status: COMPLETED -tags: - - read-later -date_added: 2023-10-12 16:28:29 -url_omnivore: | - https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-18b255ca194 -url_original: | - https://fortelabs.co/blog/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps ---- - -# The Secret Power of ‘Read It Later’ Apps - -## Highlights - -> [!quote] ㅤ -> > People who cling to paradigms (which means just about all of us) take one look at the spacious possibility that everything they think is guaranteed to be nonsense and pedal rapidly in the opposite direction. Surely there is no power, no control, no understanding, not even a reason for being, much less acting, in the notion or experience that there is no certainty in any worldview. But, in fact, everyone who has managed to entertain that idea, for a moment or for a lifetime, has found it to be the basis for radical empowerment. **If no paradigm is right, you can choose whatever one will help to achieve your purpose.** -> -> > It is in this space of mastery over paradigms that people throw off addictions, live in constant joy, bring down empires, get locked up or burned at the stake or crucified or shot, and **have impacts that last for millennia**. -> -> > In the end, it seems that mastery has less to do with pushing leverage points than it does with **strategically, profoundly, madly letting go.** -> -> [source](https://omnivore.app/me/the-secret-power-of-read-it-later-apps-18b255ca194#42edb9e2-3799-430e-bbff-db1170ebbad1) -> -> ->> [!info] ㅤ ->> Read again and understand it better - ---- -## Original - - - - Image via Nuno Cruz - -_By Tiago Forte of_ [_Forte Labs_](http://fortelabs.co/) - - At the end of 2014 I received an email informing me that I had read over a million words in the ‘read it later’ app Pocket over the course of the year. - - - - This number by itself isn’t impressive, considering our daily intake of information is equivalent to [34 gigabytes](http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/the-american-diet-34-gigabytes-a-day/), 100,000 words, or [174 newspapers](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/opinion/sunday/hit-the-reset-button-in-your-brain.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share), depending on who you ask. - - What makes this number significant (in my view) is that it represents 22 books’-worth of long-form reading that would not have happened without a system in place. - - We’ve made a habit of filling those hundred random spaces in our day with glances at Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. But those glances have slowly become stares, and those stares have grown to encompass a major portion of our waking hours. - - The end result is the same person who spends 127 hours per year on Instagram (the [global average](http://www.businessinsider.com/people-spend-21-minutes-per-day-on-instagram-2014-10)) complains that she has “no time” for reading. - - The fact is, **the ability to read is becoming a source of competitive advantage in the world**. - - I’m not talking about basic literacy. What has become exceedingly scarce (and therefore, valuable) is the physical, emotional, attentional, and mental capability to sit quietly and direct focused attention for sustained periods of time. - - A [recent article](https://hbr.org/2005/01/overloaded-circuits-why-smart-people-underperform) in the Harvard Business Review puts a name to this new neurological phenomenon: Attention Deficit Trait. Basically, the terms ADD and ADHD are falling out of use because effectively the entire population fits the diagnostic criteria. It’s not a condition anymore, it’s a _trait_ — the inherent and unavoidable experience of modern life characterized by “distractibility, inner frenzy, and impatience.” - - - - Start Building Your Second Brain - - Subscribe below to learn more about the next cohort of the Building a Second Brain course - -### Read It. Later. - - Before I explain the massive, under-appreciated benefits these apps provide, and how to use them most effectively, a quick primer in case you’re unfamiliar. - - So-called “Read It Later” apps give you the ability to “save” content on the web for later consumption. They are essentially advanced bookmarking apps, pulling in the content from a page to be read or viewed in a cleaner, simpler visual layout. - - On top of that core function they add features like favoriting, tags, search, cross-platform syncing, recommended content, offline viewing, and archiving. The most popular options are: - -* [Instapaper](https://www.instapaper.com/) -* [Pocket](https://getpocket.com/a/) -* [Send to Kindle](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/send-to-kindle-for-google/cgdjpilhipecahhcilnafpblkieebhea?hl=en) (for sending articles to your Kindle) -* [Feedly](https://feedly.com/i/welcome) (for those RSS fans) -* and [Safari’s built-in “Add to Reading List” feature](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT200294). - - The app I use, Pocket, adds a button to the Chrome toolbar that looks like this: - - - - Chrome toolbar - -_Note: at time of writing, I was using Pocket, but have recently switched to Instapaper because of Pocket’s “Share to Evernote” bug mentioned below._ - - Clicking the button while viewing a webpage turns the button pink, and saves the page to your “list.” Navigating to getpocket.com, or opening the Pocket app on your computer or mobile device shows you a list of everything you’ve saved: - - - - Mac desktop client - - You can also view your list in a “tile” layout on the web, making it into essentially a personalized magazine. Personalized, in this case, not by a cold, unfeeling algorithm, but by your past self: - - - - Web browser “tile” view - - Marking an item as read in one version of the app will quickly sync across all platforms. It will also save your current progress on one device, so you can continue where you left off on a different device (for those longer pieces). - -### The highest leverage point in a system is in the intake — the initial assumptions and paradigms that inform its development - - I’ve [written previously](https://medium.com/forte-labs/how-to-use-evernote-for-your-creative-workflow-f048f0aa3ed1) about how to use Evernote as a general reference filing system, not only to stay organized but to inspire creativity. - - But I didn’t address a key question when creating any workflow: how and from where does information enter the system? The quality of a workflow’s outputs is fundamentally limited by the quality of its inputs. Garbage in, garbage out. - - There are A LOT of ways we could talk about to improve the quality of the information you consume. But I want to focus now on the two that Read It Later apps can help with: - -1. Increasing consumption of long-form content (which is presumably more substantive) -2. Better filtering - -### #1 | Increasing Consumption of Long-Form Content - - In order to consume good ideas, first you have to consume many ideas. - - This is the fundamental flaw in the “information diet” advice from Tim Ferriss and others: strong filters work best on a larger initial flow. Using your friends as your primary filter for new ideas ensures you remain the dumbest person in the room, and contribute nothing to the conversation. - - The problem is that our entire digital world is geared toward snackable chunks of low-grade information — photos, tweets, statuses, snaps, feeds, cards, etc. To fight the tide you have to redesign your environment — you have to create affordances. - -> Affordance (n.): a relation between an object and an organism that, through a collection of stimuli, **affords the opportunity for that organism to perform an action.** - - Let’s look at the 4 main barriers to consuming long-form content, and the affordances that Read It Later apps use to overcome them: - -#### 1\. App performance - - We know that the most infinitesimal delays in the loading time of a webpage will dramatically impact how many people stay on the page. [Google found](https://blog.kissmetrics.com/speed-is-a-killer/) that increasing the number of results per page from 10 to 30 took only half a second longer, but **caused 20% of people to drop off**. - - If you think your behavior is not affected by such trivialities, think again. Even on a subconscious level, you will resist even opening apps that don’t reward you with snappy response times. Which is a problem because the apps most people turn to for reading are either ebook apps like iBooks and Kindle, or web browsers like Chrome and Safari. I’m not sure which category is slower, but they’re both abysmal. - - Meanwhile, your snaps and instas refresh at precog-like speeds. - - Read It Later apps, by slurping in content (articles, videos, slideshows) into a clean interface, eliminate the culprits — ads, site analytics, popups — all the stuff you don’t care about. - - A [recent analysis](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/01/technology/personaltech/ad-blockers-mobile-iphone-browsers.html) by The New York Times of 3 leading ad-blockers (which have the same effect) measured a **21% increase in battery life**, and in the most egregious case of Boston.com, a drop in loading time **from 33 seconds to 7 seconds**. Many other leading sites were not that far off. - - - - Effect of ad-blocker on loading times of Boston.com, via [NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/01/technology/personaltech/ad-blockers-mobile-iphone-browsers.html) - - Yeah that’s pretty much an eternity in mobile behavior land. - -#### 2\. Matching content with your context - - - - My Pocket list on iPad - - Much of the time when we pull out our phone, we’re looking for something to match our mood (or energy, or time available, or other context). We use our constellation of shiny apps as mood regulators and self-soothers, as time-fillers and boredom-suppressors, for better or worse. - - So you need a little entertainment, and you open…an ebook? Yeah right. Monochrome pages don’t attract you. They don’t draw you in. - - Pocket gives reading some of this stimulatory pleasure by laying out your list in a pleasing, magazine-style layout (at left). Not only is it generally attractive, but it gives you that same magazine-flipping pleasure of engaging with something that interests you _right in that moment_. - - David Allen puts it this way: - -> “It’s practical to have organized reading material at hand when you’re on your way to a meeting that may be starting late, a seminar that may have a window of time when nothing is going on, a dentist appointment that may keep you waiting, or, of course, if you’re going to have some time on a train or plane. Those are all great opportunities to browse and work through that kind of reading. People who don’t have their Read/Review material organized can waste a lot of time, since **life is full of weird little windows when it could be used.**” - - You’re not fighting your impulses forcing yourself to read a dense tome after a long work day. Willpower preserved ✓ - -#### 3\. Asynchronous reading - - This is one of the least understood barriers to reading in our fragmented timescape. - - There is something deeply, deeply unsatisfying about repeatedly starting something and not finishing it. This is what we experience all day at work, being continuously interrupted by a stream of “emergencies.” The last thing we want after a stressful day starved of wins is to fail even at reading an article. - - The [2015 revised edition (affiliate link)](https://www.amazon.com/Getting-Things-Done-Stress-Free-Productivity-ebook/dp/B00KWG9M2E/ref=as%5Fli%5Fss%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=ll1&tag=fortelabs07-20&linkId=fe6db72d8e5bbb38b1ea43241924f7e9&language=en%5FUS) of _Getting Things Done_ [cites the work](http://users.wfu.edu/masicaej/MasicampoBaumeister2011JPSP.pdf) of Dr. Roy Baumeister, who has shown that “uncompleted tasks take up room in the mind, which then limits clarity and focus.” The risk of cognitive dissonance at not being able to finish a long article (much less a book) keep us from even beginning it. - - Read It Later apps address this by simply saving your progress in a given article, allowing you to pick back up at a different time, or on a different device, and clearly marking items as “read” once you’re finished. - -#### 4\. Focus - - A common response when I recommend people adopt _yet another_ category of apps is “Why don’t I just use Evernote?” Or whatever app they’re using for general reference or task management. Evernote even makes a Chrome extension called [Clearly](https://evernote.com/clearly/) for reading online content and [Web Clipper](https://evernote.com/webclipper/?downloaded) for saving it. - - It is a question of focus. Why don’t you use your task manager to keep track of content (i.e. “Read this article”)? Because the last thing you want to see when you cuddle up with your hot cocoa for some light reading is the hundreds of tasks you’re not doing. - - Likewise, the last thing you want to see when you (finally!) have time to read is the thousands of notes you’ve collected from every corner of the universe, only some of which you haven’t read, only some of which you _want_ to read, only some of which are _meant_ to be read. - -> Actionable info ≠ Reference info ≠ To Read pile - - Ergo, - -> Task manager ≠ Evernote ≠ Pocket - -### #2 | Better filtering - - Now you’ve got the funnel filled. It’s time to narrow it. - - Most advice on this topic focuses on being more selective about your sources. Cutting out the email digests that just throw you off track, unfollowing people posting crap, or even [directly replacing ads with quality sources](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ad-replacer-turn-spammy-a/eckeeomlpacfhejaameopnmgipghaoam). - - The problem is that this assumes you are always at your best, always at 100% self-discipline, totally aligned with your life values, priorities ship shape. - - Yeah. - - In the moment, with your blood sugar at a negative value and every fiber of your being screaming for a dopamine hit, _of course_ that Buzzfeed article seems like the best conceivable use of your time. If you think you can permanently seal off your life from the celebrity news, content marketing, and spammy friends that dominate the web, the NSA has a job for you. - - Procrastination is the most powerful force in the universe. _It will find a way._ - - I have a different approach: **waiting periods**. Every time I come across something I may want to read/watch, I’m totally allowed to. No limits! The only requirement is I have to save it to Pocket, and then choose to consume it at a later time. - - I’ve found that even just clicking a link to open the URL, in order to save it to Pocket, is too much of a temptation. The first glimpse of a cute GIF and I’m off to Reddit, completely forgetting my morning email session. - - So instead I just **command-click** every link I’m interested in (or **right-click > Open link in new tab**), which opens each link in a separate tab _without taking me to that tab_. - - Here’s what a typical Monday morning link-fest looks like, just from email: - - - - Then, because I’m still in **collection mode**, not in read mode, I cycle through each tab one at a time (**shift-command-}** or **control-tab**), saving each one to Pocket using the shortcut I set up: **command-p** (chosen for irony and to avoid inadvertent printing). - - There’s only one rule: **NO READING OR WATCHING!** - - Bringing this back to filtering, not only am I saving time and preserving focus by batch processing both the collection and the consumption of new content, I’m **time-shifting the curation process** to a time better suited for reading, and (most critically) removed from the temptations, stresses, and biopsychosocial hooks that first lured me in. - - I am always amazed by what happens: no matter how stringent I was in the original collecting, no matter how certain I was that this thing was worthwhile, I **regularly eliminate 1/3 of my list before reading**. The post that looked SO INTERESTING when compared to that one task I’d been procrastinating on, in retrospect isn’t even something I care about. - - What I’m essentially doing is creating a buffer. Instead of pushing a new piece of info through from intake to processing to consumption without any scrutiny, I’m creating a pool of options drawn from a longer time period, which allows me to make decisions from a higher perspective, where those decisions are much better aligned with what truly matters to me. - -> Remove any feature, process, or effort that does not directly contribute to the learning you seek. — Eric Ries, The Leader’s Guide - - Here’s a visual of how this works, from my Pocket analytics: - - - - You can see that I save more things toward the beginning of the week and the weekend, and then draw down the buffer more towards the end of the week. - -**_/sidebar_** - - Imagine for a second if we could do this with everything. On Saturday morning, well-rested and wise, you retroactively decide everything you _want to have done_ during the previous week. Anything you decide was not worthwhile, you _get that time back_. - - I experienced this recently with email — after returning from a 10-day meditation course during which I was completely off the grid, I was surprised to notice it took only 1.9 hours to process almost 2 weeks’ worth of email (I track these things). I normally spend on average 2.19 hours on email **per week** — _what happened to those extra 2.48 hours?!_ Besides the gains from batch processing such a large quantity of emails at once, I believe the main factor was that I evaluated my emails from a longer time horizon and higher perspective, more correctly judging whether something was worth responding to or acting on. - - If only this method would scale. - -**/end\_sidebar** - -### Mo’ apps, mo’ problems - - There are drawbacks, which I’ve glossed over until now. The two main ones: - -#### 1\. Formatting issues - - Many sites, including popular ones, aren’t presented correctly within the Pocket app (and I imagine others). There’s always the option of opening the link in a web browser, but this eliminates all the positive affordances and then some. If there wasn’t so much value provided otherwise, this would be a deal breaker. - - The worst part is that, sometimes, the article is cut off or links don’t appear _without any indication that something is amiss_. On Tim Ferriss’ blog, for example, links (of which there are many) are simply removed. - - One solution is to tag problematic items with “desktop” so you know that these need to be read/viewed on your computer. - -#### 2\. Dependence - - Every productivity tool eventually becomes a victim of its own success. In this case, I’ve become so dependent on Pocket that bugs really affect me. - - For example, the Share to Evernote feature, which I use to highlight and save key passages, has been broken for at least a month. My hysterical tweets to Pocket Support have been answered but not resolved. - - You wouldn’t think such a minor feature within one app could be so disruptive, but it has been massively so. This simple workflow: - -_Highlight > Share > Share to Evernote > Save_ - - …has been replaced with this: - -_Highlight > Copy > Switch to Evernote > New note > Paste > Switch back to Pocket > Share > More > Copy URL > Switch back to Evernote > Paste URL > Switch back to Pocket_ - - Worse, I often forget to go back and grab the URL, so I have to hunt it down at some later date. - -**/rant\_over** - -### Progress Traps and Paradigms - - The amount of information in the world is a [progress trap](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progress%5Ftrap). Too much stuff to read is just as limiting as too little. - - As the inimitable Venkatesh Rao [has written](http://breakingsmart.com/season-1/), we’re moving from a world of **containers** (companies, departments, semesters, packages, silos) to a world of **streams** (social networks, info feeds, main streets of thriving cities, Twitter). Problems and opportunities alike resist having neat little boxes drawn around them. There’s way too much to absorb. Way too much to even guess what you don’t know. - - As the pace of change in the world accelerates, we double down on all the methods that created the problems in the first place — more planning, more forecasting, more control and risk management. We’re left with massive institutions that nobody trusts, that are simultaneously brittle and too-big-to-fail, creating precarity at every level of the socioeconomic pyramid. - - What would it look like instead to solve problems (and explore opportunities) in a way that gets better the faster we go? - - I can’t do justice to Rao’s blog series linked above (it’s in 20 parts — may want to save it for later ;), but the first step he proposes is “exposing yourself to as many different diverse streams as possible.” - - When you’re immersed in a stream, the faster it goes, the more novel perspectives and ideas you’re exposed to. You develop an [opposable mind](http://rogerlmartin.com/lets-read/the-opposable-mind) — the ability to juggle and play around with different perspectives on any issue, instead of seeing it through one lens. - - Increasingly, the only metric that will matter in your journey of personal growth will be **ROL: Rate-of-Learning**. We’ve heard a lot in recent years about the importance of hands-on learning and practical experimentation. We get it. Burying your head in a book by itself gets you nowhere. - - But the pendulum is swinging too far in that direction. Yes, you can be _too_ action-oriented. Ideas, while cheap when compared to effective execution, are still more valuable than many of the other things we spend time on. - - There’s another way to learn faster: assimilate and build on the ideas of others. Sure, you won’t understand every tacit lesson their experience gave them, but you can incorporate many of them, and in a fraction of the time it would take you to make every mistake yourself. - - Ideas are high leverage agents. They become more so when arranged in highly cross-referenced networks. The only tool we have available that is capable of both creating and accessing these networks on demand is the human brain. - - I lied before. There is one form of leverage even more powerful than the initial assumptions and paradigms that inform a system’s development: the **ability to transcend paradigms**. - - I can’t put it any better than Donella Meadows, in her [seminal piece](http://www.donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to-intervene-in-a-system/) on complex systems: - -> People who cling to paradigms (which means just about all of us) take one look at the spacious possibility that everything they think is guaranteed to be nonsense and pedal rapidly in the opposite direction. Surely there is no power, no control, no understanding, not even a reason for being, much less acting, in the notion or experience that there is no certainty in any worldview. But, in fact, everyone who has managed to entertain that idea, for a moment or for a lifetime, has found it to be the basis for radical empowerment. **If no paradigm is right, you can choose whatever one will help to achieve your purpose.** - -> It is in this space of mastery over paradigms that people throw off addictions, live in constant joy, bring down empires, get locked up or burned at the stake or crucified or shot, and **have impacts that last for millennia**. - -> In the end, it seems that mastery has less to do with pushing leverage points than it does with **strategically, profoundly, madly letting go.** - - Reading is the closest thing we have to thinking another’s thoughts. It’s long and sometimes ponderous, but that work is required to wrap yourself in another person’s paradigm. Which is the first step in madly letting go of your own. - - The amazing thing about ideas is that it takes zero time for one to change your paradigm. It happens in time, but takes no time, like an inter-dimensional wormhole, one entangled particle in your brain mirroring its twin across a chasm even more vast than the universe — the chasm between two minds. - - And that is the secret power of Read It Later apps. - -**P.S.** _My latest setup has 2 parts: 1) using_ [_this IFTTT recipe_](https://ifttt.com/recipes/182352-instpaper-to-evernote) _to automatically send “liked” articles in Instapaper to an Evernotebook called “Instapaper favorites” (for things I want to save in general but don’t have any particular notes on), and 2)_ [_this recipe_](https://ifttt.com/recipes/368728-send-instapaper-highlights-to-evernote-default-notebook) _that saves anything I highlight in Instapaper to a new note, and sends it to the Evernote default notebook where I can decide where it belongs later (for when I have specific passages I want to extract)_ - ---- - -_**Subscribe below to receive free weekly emails with our best new content, or follow us on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/fortelabs/), [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/fortelabs/), [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/fortelabsco/), [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiagoforte/), or [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/simulacrumsquared/). 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I'll send you my Top 10 All-Time Articles right away as a thank you. - -* POSTED IN: [Building a Second Brain](https://fortelabs.co/blog/category/topics/building-a-second-brain/), [Curation](https://fortelabs.co/blog/category/topics/curation/), [Free](https://fortelabs.co/blog/category/types/free/), [Note-taking](https://fortelabs.co/blog/category/topics/note-taking/), [Technology](https://fortelabs.co/blog/category/topics/technology/), [Workflow](https://fortelabs.co/blog/category/topics/workflow/) \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Read Later/The Unreasonable Effectiveness Of Plain Text.md b/Read Later/The Unreasonable Effectiveness Of Plain Text.md deleted file mode 100644 index 5da9cce..0000000 --- a/Read Later/The Unreasonable Effectiveness Of Plain Text.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,591 +0,0 @@ ---- -id: 07f91eda-1940-4aaa-8e27-78b0bf176193 -title: | - The Unreasonable Effectiveness Of Plain Text -status: ARCHIVED -tags: - - read-later -date_added: 2023-10-18 10:01:51 -url_omnivore: | - https://omnivore.app/me/noboilerplate-scripts-34-plain-text-team-md-at-main-0-atman-nobo-18b42e0d185 -url_original: | - https://github.com/0atman/noboilerplate/blob/main/scripts/34-Plain-Text-Team.md ---- - -# The Unreasonable Effectiveness Of Plain Text - -## Highlights - -> [!quote] ㅤ -> ## [Tie Yourself to the Mast](#tie-yourself-to-the-mast) -> -> %%pron. oh diss e us%% In the Odyssey, Odysseus (confusingly called Ulysses in English literature) had to travel through siren-infested waters. -> -> This was a well-understood problem in his world. Sailors would simply solve this by putting wax in their ears, so the sirens' tempting song wouldn't lure them to their deaths. -> -> But Odysseus had a challenge: He WANTED to hear the Sirens' beautiful song. He certainly didn't want to drown, so he ordered his crew to tie him to the mast of the ship, and to ignore any of his pleas to let him go, until safety. -> -> This way, he was able to guard against future bad decisions he knew he would make by setting up a framework to control his future self. -> -> This is the Ulysses pact, and it's a very common trick: -> -> * Leaving your credit card or car keys at home when going out drinking is a Ulysses pact. -> * Publishing a warrant canary on your company's website is a Ulysses pact, -> * and standardising all your tools on plain text is a Ulysses pact. -> -> [source](https://omnivore.app/me/noboilerplate-scripts-34-plain-text-team-md-at-main-0-atman-nobo-18b42e0d185#7466a699-a115-4b9f-99fc-416852b5aef2) #frameworks -> -> ->> [!info] ㅤ ->> El pacto de Ulysses es una estrategia (o framework) en donde tomamos medidas tempranamente para prevenir malas desiciones en un futuro. - -> [!quote] ㅤ -> "The difference between science and screwing around is _writing it down_." -> -> ## [— Adam Savage](#-adam-savage) -> -> [source](https://omnivore.app/me/noboilerplate-scripts-34-plain-text-team-md-at-main-0-atman-nobo-18b42e0d185#9a030eb7-6269-4863-8e5e-61b59a1704b6) #quote -> -> ->> [!info] ㅤ ->> This was just a cool quote... - ---- -## Original - - - -!\[\[git-logo.png|500\]\] - -## [Plain-Text Team](#plain-text-team) - -notes: %% - -* Tell them what you're going to tell them -* Tell them -* Tell them what you told them %% Hi friends my name is Tris and this is No Boilerplate, focusing on fast, technical videos. - -All good teams are alike; each bad team is bad in its own way. %% to paraphrase Tolstoy %% - -Software is an incredible thing, isn't it? Combined with the internet, a small team of friends can change the world overnight. - -Every company, no matter what their industry, must now run a tech team, even if only to maintain their website. - -So why are they all so bad at it? - ---- - -!\[\[cc-logo.png\]\] - -## [Public Domain Videos](#public-domain-videos) - -