Today is a rainy, dreary day. Perhaps the last rain before the full brunt of summer arrives. #mbnov

I’ve spent a little time updating my homepage on the web

The water was beautifully warm.

Can anybody recommend a reasonable monitor to be connected to a MacBook Air for business use? i.e. gaming performance not required.

Of course my kid’s ancient hand-me-down iPad Air dies 2 months before Christmas and his birthday. The family hand-me-down process is complicated by the A14X iPad Pro not yet existing.

Hey look! It’s summertime Drew!

Punching above my weight on Cable Beach, Broome.

Just another day in sunburn paradise. The Booj about to go on a 🐪 ride.

Vote Biden. The world doesn’t need 4 more years of this bollocks.

TheBrain v12 beta is looking quite amazing. This might be the answer to all my recent explorations for a capture/note-taking application.

Again, again, again!

Oh no. I have the hiccups.

A Day in the Life #adayinthelife Willagee, Western Australia, 7:22am. Me making school lunches while wearing my Christmas Grinch pyjamas. I’ve made genuine friends through blogging. This has had a positive influence on my life.

Currently reading: Just Money by Royce Kurmelovs 📚

Family Getaway - Four Elements Farm Stay

We spent a few days at Four Elements Farm Stay in the South-West of Western Australia. I relaxed into it quite quickly.

The owner of the Farmstay, Pete, offered daily activities for the kids in the morning and the evening. While the ride in the ATV would have been enough, catching marron in the dam was even better.

These photos don’t do justice to the size of this bonfire. It was pumping out some serious heat. Necessary farm activities can be fun, as well.

The funniest moment was when we went catching tadpoles (and some baby marron). In the slippery mud, little Benjamin had a suction event. He landed on his butt. Bad news for Dad, who had to carry him a long way home on his shoulders. Showers needed!

The last day was an opportunity for cart racing. For those who have listened to Episode 3 of Hemispheric Views, this was very “A Race for Bill!”

The micro.blog community is the best! Both @jack and @twelvety have provided me with with thoughtful, genuine feedback about Roam.

Kids and their phones these days. What happened to a good old fashioned conversation?

I’m being drawn towards Roam. I’ve emailed @twelvety for his thoughts, and I imagine @jack must have some too. It’s expensive, but I’m also searching for a really great daily note system and knowledge database combined.

Buying an iMac late last year must go down as one of my best ever computer purchasing decisions. I freakin' love this thing, and timing it for the year of working from home has been perfect.

Outliners & Daily Notes

I’ve been considering whether my current DEVONthink daily note is the best system for rapid note taking. Of course there’s nothing wrong with it, other than it being super-basic.

DEVONthink Pros

DEVONthink Cons

I’ve been looking at Dynalist and Workflowy. Yet both cost money and feel kind of clunky - like my hands are flippers. That’s because they are web apps living in the Wild West of UIs - no operating system standards holding them to account.

I still have OmniOutliner Pro, which I’ve toyed with once again. Maybe if I keep the OmniOutliner file simple and focused enough, it will do the job. I’ve paid for the software. It’s available on macOS and iOS.

I think the last time I tried using OmniOutliner, I over-engineered my outline with columns, formatting, etc. If I keep it simple it may work better.

Of course, that also means I lose the integrated DevonThink search.

Continuous CRIMPing1, that’s the name of my game.

  1. CRIMP stands for a make-believe malady called compulsive-reactive information management purchasing. Symptoms include: never being satisfied with your current system of information management; continuously being on the look-out for something newer and better; purchasing every new PIM program you learn about; and secretly hoping you won’t find the perfect PIM, because then you’d have to stop looking for a better one. ↩︎