Collaborate Disseminate
Two weeks ago, I started the time-consuming process of organizing, tagging, and archiving over 21 GB of scanned photos as part of a new digital decluttering initiative. Today, I am happy to report that I’ve concluded that work, and less happy to report… Continue reading Digital Decluttering: Some Photo Progress, and a Shift to Documents (Premium)
You’ve all seen the news: the prices of the online services we all subscribe to are going up this year. That it’s time to scale back is obvious, but the good news is that we have more choices than ever. And that’s especially true of streaming video ser… Continue reading Subscription Sticker Shock: Streaming Video, Music, Storage, and More (Premium)
The second trip to visit our apartment in Mexico City this year got off to a bad start, with the electric company inexplicably having just previously shut down our power despite our having paid the bill, the shutdown ruining our water heater, repeated … Continue reading What I Use: Mexico City (May 2023) (Premium)
We interrupt our regular programming for something completely unexpected: this weekend, I became a Clipchamp user. To be fair, I had described it as a capable video editor when I went hands-on with the app over a year ago. So maybe the real question is… Continue reading Clipchamp Saved the Day, and Now I’m Going to Keep Using It (Premium)
Like many of you, I’m experimenting to see where it makes the most sense to introduce AI into my workflows. But I have little interest in using AI for writing, and so I have started, instead, with AI-based graphics for logos and other brand assets, and… Continue reading AI Art (Premium)
I’ve long wanted to switch to Markdown for all of my writing, but I have struggled to find an editor that meets my needs. That struggle continues, frankly. But I’ve recently found myself–and not for the first time–intrigued by the possibility of usin… Continue reading Visual Studio Code as a Writing Tool (Premium)
When the pandemic started and those who could were forced to work from home, people started asking me for tips. After all, I’ve been working from home for almost 30 years. Surely, I had some ideas.
And I did, though I’ve been doing this for so long tha… Continue reading Inbox Zero (Premium)
On Thursday, we fly home from Mexico City after a three-week stay in which my wife and I experimented with just living here normally, as locals.
This is, of course, something to which we’ve aspired for years. And that phrase—live like a local—is, o… Continue reading What I Use: Mexico City (March 2023)
Most people find something that works and sticks with it, but I approach things a bit differently, in part because of my chosen career: I continually test alternatives to the products and services I use every day. And every once in a while, something n… Continue reading We Need to Talk About Microsoft Word (Premium)
It’s been an interesting few months of tentative travel after spending most of the previous year stuck in and near my home.
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