An Interview with Nick Elam (of Elam Ending Fame) 🏀

My friend Joe and I had the opportunity to interview Nick Elam, who is the creator of basketball’s Elam Ending, for the NBL Pocket Podcast. We are on a mission to bring the Elam Ending to the Australian NBL. Having the opportunity to speak with Nick was a genuine honour. If you like basketball, I think you will like this podcast.

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Johnny•Decimal

Johnny•Decimal: A system to organise projects: There are a couple of core concepts, and they’re so simple you’ll wonder why you haven’t thought of them before. It’s worth mentioning at this point that all of this is free, and it’s possible to implement it without any additional tools. I was introduced to the Johnny Decimal filing system by @jack. I’m going to give a go with my own computer document filing.

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Not often that I’m awake early enough to hear the kookaburras doing their morning laughs. Such a great sound.

Calendar Hero

Calendar Hero » tyler.io: It sits on your Desktop, below all of your other windows, and…shows your weekly calendar. It highlights the current day, the current hour of that day, and shows a countdown until your next event. That’s it. That’s all I want. This is terrific for somebody like me who is guided through life by his calendar.

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Audio-Technica ATH-M50x

I bought a set of Audio-Technica ATH-M50x to replace my ageing Bose QuietComfort 15s. I’d already replaced the earmuffs on the Bose’s a couple of times. Now the headphones have the exterior coating of the foam flaking off. I was also getting sick of having to replace the AAA battery on a regular basis. My headphones are basically restricted to desk use only these days, so I was happy to buy new headphones that didn’t feature Bluetooth - wiring into my EVO4 audio interface is fine, and in terms of latency and audio quality, preferable.

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I’ve settled into a great ’daily notes and other documentation’ system using Dynalist. I’ve never had this much consistent success with any app, except for perhaps Day One, which I also still use.