Welcome. I’m Mike

There has been a lot of discussion going on lately in tech circles discussing the quality and significance of “art” produced with Al models. I have been following it with interest, and many of my own thoughts. I get the impression in particular that there is a fair amount of fear and uncertainty within the artistic community about what this technology means for their future, and their livelihoods; as discussed for example in this video on Jake Parker’s YouTube channel: https://youtu....

Bash builtin. Short options only usage() { echo "Usage: $0 [-s <45|90>] [-p <string>]" 1>&2; exit 0; } while getopts ":s:p:" o; do case "${o}" in s) s=${OPTARG} ((s == 45 || s == 90)) || usage ;; p) p=${OPTARG} ;; *) usage ;; esac done shift $((OPTIND-1)) if [ -z "${s}" ] || [ -z "${p}" ]; then usage fi echo "s = ${s}" echo "p = ${p}" Usage $ ....

I started dividing my to-do list into 1) things I have to do, 2) things I want to do, and 3) things other people want me to do. Life changing! I often don’t get to 3 and I finally realized omg, is this what it means to have boundaries?!1 Does this just translate to my [[4.2 Todoist]] P1-P4 prioritisation system? Links [[4.1 The PARA Method]] Medium Article ↩︎

General thoughts How does PARA map to my Johnny Decimal index? This PARA approach links PKM systems to execution and productivity tools. The PARA methods are listed in order of actionability; i.e. active projects first, areas of responsibility second, resources third and archives fourth. Method Description (P)rojects A series of tasks linked to a goal, with a deadline. Review each day Has a goal to be achieved Has a deadline Fits more with todo management techniques Can fall under multiple Areas of Responsibility Getting a sense of current projects is the only way to assess capacity/utilisation....

My preferred task management platform Has a web interface iOS app Good UI/UX Uses natural language input Has an open and accessible API Links [[4 How to set boundaries with your to-do list]]

The ability of software tools to do hyperlinking seems to have seriously muddled the basic concept of Zettelkasten. Although it might be that this was never particularly unified, and I just think of Luhman’s system as the “true Zettelkasten”. Many discussions seem to suggest that Zettelkasten is merely the use of sequential ID numbers for note identification, rather than using note titles etc. My preference is for the use of the Luhman-style expanding tree ID’s - i....