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Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:55:44 +0800

Finished reading: Atomic Habits by James Clear 📚Finally read this about 8 years after my intention. Most stuff was familiar and it was a straightforward read.

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:30:24 +0800

Yesterday evening I quipped about the romanticism of being awake in the middle of the night, doing great thinking. This morning, after unintentionally getting only 3 hours sleep, the concept seems decidedly less romantic.

Sun, 29 Mar 2026 17:35:18 +0800

Bag 15 complete. Lego set complete!

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 15:03:23 +0800

It’s totally normal that I have a long-running Google Gemini conversation about personal finance, with it using analogies to lean manufacturing theory, and tieing actions back to the GTD methodology, right? Everyone does this, yeah? 🤓

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:17:23 +0800

Episode 159 of Hemispheric Views podcast! The Australians are falling apart. @Burk is moving a million pounds. We try on a thought experiment. █████ is back! @martinfeld brings up a train, and by doing so, some trauma for me!

Cynicism, Gullibility and the Internet Era

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:07:14 +0800

The Cynical, Gullible American Man - The Atlantic:

We have a data economy that thrives on selling products we don’t need for problems we don’t have, and a public that falls for these ploys—even as we think ourselves much too clever to be fooled.

This article, linked to by Kottke creates a new word, that might take off much as ‘enshittification’ did. This one is gullicism, noting that people seem now to be gullible about snake-oil salesman, and cynical about experts.

Yesterday I watched Louis Theroux’s Manosphere documentary and today I read this article at The Atlantic. I’m losing hope for the world.

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:06:35 +0800

Bag 14 complete.

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 11:02:37 +0800

Bag 13 complete.

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 07:55:44 +0800

Bag 12 complete.

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 13:03:34 +0800

Bag 11 complete.

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:08:15 +0800

It’s Day 1, but I’m super impressed by Inkwell, a new RSS reader developed by @manton as it ties nicely into my micro.blog infrastructure. I’m not typically a web app guy but this is pretty good.

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 15:50:16 +0800

Bag 10 complete.

Sat, 28 Feb 2026 09:24:05 +0800

I had a dream that I discovered a colleague was using OmniFocus for the Web, and we bonded over our shared passion for GTD. I know this will never happen in real life. 💭

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:02:38 +0800

I’m wondering if 1Password and I are no longer strategically aligned.

App Review: Current

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 22:57:26 +0800

I talked about Terry Godier’s essay on RSS on Episode 156 of Hemispheric Views.

I was blown away when shortly after, Terry reached out to myself, Martin and Jason. Turns out Terry is a listener of our show! He was honoured, we were honoured, it was a lovely moment in email!

In rapid time Terry has since developed an RSS reader app, Current. He allowed me to participate in the beta even though my feedback was mainly limited to spotting typos in copy text. Sorry Terry! I tried - I really tried - to give better feedback. I’m a bad tester!

The rapid development cycle Terry achieved has paid off as he has now released 1.0 of Current on the App Store. It’s not a subscription! Yay! It’s an AU$9.99 one-time buy.

The unique aspect of Current is that it embraces the concept of “The River of News” that was oft-spoken of back in the early days of RSS. His take on this is to allow the user to identify what type of feed the content is. Is it an article, news, or perhaps evergreen content? Your choice affects the length of time that article remains in your “river” before it ages out and drifts away, not to be seen again. The rationale is that this eliminates the obligation to reach inbox zero with your RSS queue. Rather, you dip in as you feel. If you don’t do it often, the time-sensitive stuff drifts awa but the evergreen contents stays waiting for you.

It’s a different take on things for sure. I’m still coming to grips with it. After all, I’ve been an inbox zero RSS reader since before Google Reader. I was a Bloglines user! So not worrying about getting to “all articles read” is a tough habit to break. Although this app is the most unique and potentially impactful RSS reader I’ve seen in a long time. The simple fact that It’s not leveraging an email client, three-pane metaphor is alone worth celebrating.

The app can sync with iCloud or you can do what I did and allow it to sync with a server of your choice. I’ve got the app connected to my FreshRSS instance, but all the usual RSS server suspects are supported.

I’m having fun trying this new take on RSS.

I congratulate Terry on re-imagining what a newsreader can be. Even more fun is that he is still actively developing the app. New and better features are landing quickly. The latest being an easier way to set what type of content each feed is. I’m excited to keep using the app, and to see where Terry takes it.

Get on board!

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 22:26:52 +0800

I have been talking budgeting and financial forecasting with Google Gemini. It knows I like GTD, OmniFocus and lean manufacturing. So now the machine presents all its financial analogies using Japanese lean nomenclature. I, of course, love this. 🇯🇵💵🤖

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 20:10:35 +0800

Bag 9 complete.

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 22:40:11 +0800

Together Alone by Crowded House is possibly my favourite album. I not only enjoy the music but I enjoy the memories it conjures of me listening to the music so long ago. 🎶

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 22:20:12 +0800

I’ve finished all 7 seasons of Sons of Anarchy. What a ride. 🏍️

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:07:15 +0800

Bag 8 complete.

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 15:40:54 +0800

Bag 7 complete.

Sat, 07 Feb 2026 14:39:14 +0800

Bag 6 complete.

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:12:24 +0800

Bag 5 complete.

Rotting to the Core

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 08:46:49 +0800

You should read the entirety of Matt Gemmell’s article, The Fallen Apple, it’s great.

At work I’m surrounded by tech normies, and I’ve heard two people actively complain about the “new Apple version” now running on their iPhones. I can only presume that millions of other people who don’t blog, don’t read tech news, and play Candy Crush and use Instagram, also hate Liquid Glass.

This is a monumental misstep, but declining performance and living on past grandeurs is fast becoming the new Apple way.

As Matt says:

Apple’s old and hard-won reputation just doesn’t ring true now. The company feels like a performance of itself, diverging farther and farther from the original, shuddering with escalating dysfunction, and held together by the sheer, grotesque extent of its indentured income.

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:26:39 +0800

Thanks @jimmitchell for the shoutout on Episode 169 of The Omni Show.