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Jun 14, 2023: Finished reading: The Dog Sitter Detective by Antony Johnston 📚
Jun 7, 2023: Currently reading: The Dog Sitter Detective by Antony Johnston 📚
May 9, 2023: Raycast is awesome.
May 8, 2023: Dropover just took the lead over Yoink for me. Didn’t think dropping things on a shelf could get any better but it did.
Apr 23, 2023: Installed Ventura on my early 2013 MacBook Pro. Grew tired of the limitations of the older OS and decided to go for it. Pretty amazing that this is …
Apr 18, 2023: Ecobee doesn’t know Littleton is in Colorado.
Apr 13, 2023: Pulled in my Tweet archive. So long Twitter. Thanks @manton
Apr 11, 2023: Added the SnippetsLab Alfred Workflow to my toolkit.
Mar 10, 2023: Have avoided paying for Medium thus far. Some of the articles are interesting to me and I’m considering a subscription for the first time.
Mar 9, 2023: Installed ngrok and enjoying the simplicity and power of local development.
Feb 27, 2023: Currently reading: Die with Zero by Bill Perkins 📚
Feb 27, 2023: Finished reading: Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon 📚
Feb 26, 2023: Currently reading: Show Your Work! by Austin Kleon 📚
Feb 20, 2023: Turned off Stage Manager on my Mac. Tried it for a few months. Not a fan.
Feb 5, 2023: Currently reading: Neuromancer by William Gibson 📚
Feb 4, 2023: Finished reading: The Dog Stars by Peter Heller 📚
Jan 23, 2023: All the benefits of iCloud go out the window when your ‘work’ Mac is required to have a separate account from your own.
Jan 20, 2023: Finished reading: The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim 📚
Jan 20, 2023: Currently reading: The Dog Stars by Peter Heller 📚
Jan 13, 2023: Got my vlans all sorted out. That was fun to learn about.
Jan 6, 2023: Our electric/gas bill is killing our pocketbook. Jan $447 Dec $408 Nov $216 Oct $186
Jan 3, 2023: Configured a workflow… I see a YouTube video I want to keep while on my iPad. Share the link to Transloader running on my Mac. Transloader hands the …
Dec 31, 2022: In my quest to figure out the most efficient way to transition from iCloud Photos to my Synology, I think I have found the solution that will work …
Dec 30, 2022: Extracting myself from the iCloud. Laborious. Trying to get my iCloud storage costs down Today is the last day of my AppleOne subscription.
Dec 29, 2022: Fired up MarsEdit once again. I think I shall post with this fantastic tool.
Dec 29, 2022: We got 8” of snow last night in Colorado. I spent a fair amount of time shoveling said snow this morning.
Dec 28, 2022: Been giving my Synology some love. Replaced the 1GB ram chip with an 8GB chip and now it’s actually usable. Fired up Plex and now I’m …
Dec 28, 2022: Added my audiogram to the Health app on my iPhone. Enabled my Airpods Pro as hearing aids. It’s interesting. I love my Audicus hearing aids but …
Dec 26, 2022: Currently reading: The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim 📚
Dec 6, 2022: Hookmark and Craft are now on Setapp. More subscriptions I can ditch now.
Sep 5, 2022: Going to give Oh My Zsh a go. My preferred terminal on Mac is iTerm2. Looking forward to a fancier environment.
Jan 16, 2022: Digging in on Proxmox and having fun learning. I’ve got a Mac Mini and a Lenovo ThinkCentre acting as two of my nodes. Hoping to add another old …
Jan 14, 2022: This was a fun project. Running Linux on my iPad via a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 w.
Jan 14, 2022: The execution of PopClip Extension Snippets is brilliant. forum.popclip.app/t/introdu…
Jan 9, 2022: I paid $28 to rent Sing 2. Yeah.
Jan 8, 2022: Boom Wordle 203 2/6 ⬛⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Jan 8, 2022: Ok, I went ahead and finally configured a Pi-hole. Canceled my eero Security+ which I’ve been paying for since 2016. Liking the Pi-hole. I even …
Dec 25, 2021: Repurposed an old Mac Mini to run EXSi. Installing MX-Linux now. Fun stuff. Thinking I may mainly use this machine to run pfsense.
Nov 25, 2021: Protonmail Todo figure out how to build a secure, encrypted email platform Figure out how to send auto-renewal emails to subscribers
Nov 8, 2021: Meow Wolf
Nov 2, 2021: Hi from Humboldt
Jun 17, 2021: Free concert in the park. Feels good to be social again.
May 9, 2021: Finally successful gaining access to BBVA. What a boring, uninspired banking app compared to the clean lines and thoughtful Simple app.
May 8, 2021: Simple to BBVA transition. Off to a great start. Not.
May 3, 2021: I now have a reason to use Pinboard again. Integration with Hook. Brilliant.
Apr 18, 2021: State of home buying in Colorado. We’ve put bids in on 2 houses for $100K over list price. We were beat by higher offers both times.
Apr 18, 2021: Interestingly, to me anyway, as I build out my Johnny Decimal system, the reality is that most of my ‘files’ are simply links to various locations. …
Apr 6, 2021: Minus.app is even better with a Luxafor Flag.
Mar 21, 2021: One Airpod is in the case. The other is not. Hmph.
Mar 14, 2021: My new mantra. Drafts is for note-taking. Craft is for note-making.
Feb 28, 2021: By far, my favorite blogging environment was Radio UserLand. Having an outliner open all day, ready to update and post by simply by hitting Save was …
Feb 28, 2021: I’m kind of obsessed with Minus.app. Took me a bit to wrap my head around but now that I’ve explored and configured it to my liking, I’m optimistic …
Feb 28, 2021: Enjoying my new M1 Mac mini. It’s fast.
Feb 10, 2021: I must admit. I have no idea how to install this Alfred Bunch thing but I wish I did. Why do people not include installation instructions? …
Feb 9, 2021: Tried switching from Things to Sorted but something isn’t working for me with iCloud syncing. Oh well. Back to Things.
Jan 27, 2021: Every time I finally pony up for an app, it ends up on Setapp one day later.
Jan 22, 2021: Obsidian, you make me happy.
Dec 7, 2020: Discovered the Raindrop.io Alfred integration. Alfred workflows always make me happy.
Dec 6, 2020: Back to Things 3. I was wooed by OmniFocus but realized it’s overkill for me. Then I was wooed by Todoist, which was great. However, Things is …
Nov 29, 2020: Just realized that my AirPods Pro have wireless charging.
Aug 20, 2020: Grabbed Longplay and for the first time in a long time I’m listening to a full album. Feels good.
Aug 13, 2020: About to sign up for a smartfile.com account. Seems like a great fit for our needs.
Aug 6, 2020: Added an inverter to our travel trailer
Aug 6, 2020: can anyone recommend an FTP platform that will auto-delete files after x days?
Jul 25, 2020: Onewheel camping
Jul 21, 2020: We should get our mobile internet bundle before our upcoming getaway. Hope the AT&T data plan covers the area we will be hanging out at.
Jul 6, 2020: My ATEM Mini Pro arrived today. Waited almost 2 months to get it. Super excited. @aaronpk
Jul 5, 2020: My daughter discovered this creature in our front yard this morning.
Jul 4, 2020: At first I was like… I use FastMail and Sanebox so Hey can bite me. Then I tried it. Now I pay for it. I am a convert.
Jul 2, 2020: My new Onewheel XR arrived today. So excited to ride this thing.
Jun 18, 2020: i want to like mailmate. it’s so sluggish tho. and i have a rather fast iMac.
Jun 18, 2020: This is me tooling around our campground on my Onewheel.
May 24, 2020: Been using my kids Osmo stand a lot lately. It’s really handy!
May 21, 2020: Day One’s On this day reminders, I find enjoyable.
May 21, 2020: Last day of the school year for our kids. Everyone in the family is relieved. Trying to teach our kids has been rather stressful.
May 16, 2020: Organize audio cables day
May 15, 2020: I’m turning to TaskPaper yet again. I keep all text in Drafts but nothing beats the outliner in TaskPaper. I was hopeful that the TaskPaper …
May 15, 2020: who are these people that raise their iMacs? i can’t get mine low enough.
May 15, 2020: Really enjoying this wallpaper I bought on Gumroad.
May 13, 2020: I love Drafts.
May 13, 2020: Aye Aye. Eh. Write. Er.
May 9, 2020: It gets a bit out of control.
May 6, 2020: Upgraded HoudahSpot. It asked if I wanted to import license info into 1Password. Hell yeah. Thoughtful touch.
May 5, 2020: I get the sense that something is going to happen on June 22.
Apr 25, 2020: Having fun with the family on our rolly things.
Apr 25, 2020: The Magic Keyboard For iPad Works well for me. I like it quite a bit.
Apr 23, 2020: Prepping for an internal pilot We are investigating a remote research platform and will conduct an internal pilot on Tuesday. Our initial testing reveals this solution may go a long …
Apr 18, 2020: Watched Step Brothers. Took a nap. Watched a guy cook a steak on YouTube.
Mar 12, 2020: Got my Mac Pro 5,1 and am having a good ol’ time tinkering with it. First order of business, added a 3TB drive so that I can install Mojave. It …
Mar 7, 2020: Happy 7th birthday Tatum Sky.
Feb 29, 2020: On the cusp of buying a Mac Pro 5,1 from 2010. What am I thinking?
Feb 16, 2020: Archived 13 years of work emails in EagleFiler
Feb 6, 2020: Enjoying many aspects of Fantastical 3. The Zoom integration is not one of them. Keeps asking me for my password every so often even though I have …
Jan 28, 2020: Created my first Microsoft Logic App. Receives an HTTPS call and deletes an Outlook event.
Jan 18, 2020: Reading Take Control of DEVONthink 3 in DEVONthink to Go on my iPad. Decided I prefer DEVONthink over Keep It .
Dec 18, 2019: Pointed my new domain, used solely for unique email aliases, to anonaddy.com. Moving all the things now.
Nov 21, 2019: Eager to get my Apple Watch wood band. These things are really cool and affordable.
Nov 16, 2019: Bought myself a Onewheel Pint.
Nov 16, 2019: Thinking about getting a Nest once again now that I know I can integrate it with HomeKit via the Starling Home Hub.
Oct 26, 2019: Voodoo Donuts
Jun 17, 2019: now more than ever in my new role i can see the value in using Agenda.
Jun 4, 2019: We had a lovely time in the Bahamas
May 29, 2019: Our family is going on our first cruise. Also, first flight for my kiddos. They are so excited. Not sure how they are going to decide who gets the …
May 19, 2019: So eager for the new Noteplan for Mac to arrive.
May 19, 2019: Gave up my AnyList subscription when I switched to Grocery and the promise of native Reminders support. Problem is that for whatever reason, my watch …
May 18, 2019: Giving Hook an actual trial. Now that I’ve taken some time to understand it and experiment with how to make it work, I’m truly hopeful …
May 18, 2019: MarsEdit • Setapp. Nice.
May 7, 2019: Can’t believe there was a school shooting where my kids go to school today. Thankfully my kids are OK. There has been one confirmed death. We are all …
May 3, 2019: Back to Things. It works best for my brain.
May 3, 2019: Got burned by Agenda’s Dropbox sync and lost some files. I admit I foolishly turned on Dropbox sync even though it was in Beta so my bad. …
May 2, 2019: Pulled a g sheet into DEVONthink 3 and my head exploded.
Apr 30, 2019: It’s my last day in my role as Manager.
Apr 29, 2019: Due to Apple yanking OurPact, a parental control iOS app, my kid is now locked out of her iPad. This is fun.
Apr 27, 2019: Successfully followed a blog post to put in place a Slack slash command which draws from an Airtable. Glitch for the win.
Apr 25, 2019: After reading a Plex blog article about their amazing Tidal integration I decided to give it a go. Sign up, enter CC info… and error on their …
Apr 23, 2019: Really happy Luna Display got this update… We’ve updated Luna so it will no longer reset your user preferences when you enable mirroring.
Apr 20, 2019: Ready for the hunt.
Apr 19, 2019: i’m chali 2na
Apr 19, 2019: Easter eggs
Apr 19, 2019: Got promoted to Director of Innovation & Process Improvement today. So excited! 12+ years at AnswerLab and I’m eager as ever to make change.
Apr 14, 2019: Spent the day at Elitch Gardens.
Apr 13, 2019: Reading Code Craft and learning a lot. 📚
Apr 8, 2019: It’s time.
Apr 7, 2019: Cloud. Check.
Apr 7, 2019: Successfully setup a Grav install on a Linode server. Couldn’t have done it w/o the instructions.
Apr 7, 2019: Parker Moon had 4 teeth pulled. She’s in happy spirits.
Apr 7, 2019: Apex trail Went for a hike with my buddy on the Apex trail.
Apr 4, 2019: Paid for Airtable Pro
Apr 3, 2019: My kids
Mar 30, 2019: Jordan Merrick’s Mocktail is amazing. www.jordanmerrick.com/2019/03/m…
Mar 28, 2019: Playing around with Grav tonight.
Mar 27, 2019: reinstall Luna iOS app. restart mac. all is well again.
Mar 27, 2019: luna display will not open on my ipad pro. :(
Mar 25, 2019: I’ve been adopting the practice of maintaining a change log in the notes section for my Zaps.
Mar 25, 2019: Boostnote looks like an interesting editor. As if I don’t have enough of those. boostnote.io
Mar 24, 2019: My new Squarespace site will be a CV of sorts, focusing on my role as UX Research Manager/Geek. I think it’s an interesting intersection. I plan …
Mar 24, 2019: Listening to Blurryface by twenty one pilots once again. it keeps drawing me in.
Mar 24, 2019: Started a Squarespace site to host my projects/CV.
Mar 21, 2019: using omnioutliner to track a project and i’m remembering how awesome outliners can be.
Mar 20, 2019: Been trying to solve a Zapier challenge for the past week and a half. I awoke at 4am with a potential solution, tried it out, and it works! So excited …
Mar 16, 2019: Escape fail
Mar 14, 2019: Learned that one has to wrap the JSON payload with “blocks”: [] when using code generated from the Slack Block Builder.
Mar 14, 2019: Been poking around the Slack API. Learned about Postman, which is a handy tool. www.getpostman.com
Mar 14, 2019: Stumbled upon my Newton.
Mar 13, 2019: Jumped on the yearly micro.blog plan.
Mar 13, 2019: Can’t decide.
Mar 13, 2019: I wonder why my Sunlit posts do not appear on micro.blog? The odd thing is that it does appear in my feed reader.
Mar 13, 2019: Had a great time in Mexico for our annual company summit.
Mar 12, 2019: www.answerlab.com How to Incorporate UX Research into Every Stage of the Design Thinking Process
Mar 12, 2019: Milo The Sleeping Unicorn Bulldog
Mar 12, 2019: Pointed my email newsletters back to Stoop. Having them in Feedbin didn’t suit my fancy.
Mar 10, 2019: flickr data requested
Mar 6, 2019: Scapple is one of my favorite Mac apps.
Feb 25, 2019: Surprises me that Manton emails me personally to let me know that my ssl cert is enabled. That can’t possibly scale.
Feb 25, 2019: I learn something new about Fiery Feeds every time I launch
Feb 25, 2019: The problem with Org mode is that it’s not Markdown.
Feb 25, 2019: I’m so going to pi-hole
Feb 25, 2019: I want to try BBEdit
Feb 25, 2019: sometimes i wish i didn’t have credit cards. they just get me in trouble.
Feb 25, 2019: As much as I’m intrigued by tiddlywiki on glitch, I’m going to keep my work related tiddlywiki on my laptop. I feel more secure …
Feb 25, 2019: Enrolled in Clear which should help speed things up at the airport. I’m already a TSA-Pre lemming but my wife is not. I’ll do anything to …
Feb 25, 2019: surprised that i can only select BBEdit or TextWrangler for ‘Edit With’ editor in MarsEdit. why not let me choose whatever editor i want?
Feb 25, 2019: heading to cancun, mexico for 5 days. 3 days for company retreat, 2 days for personal time with my wife. so eager.
Feb 25, 2019: realized/acknowledged that micro.blog is where i blog. so, i pointed my domain to micro.blog and that’s that. not sure why i held out so long. …
Feb 25, 2019: woohoo. ssl for my site now in effect.
Feb 24, 2019: bought some fresh duds from gap tonight. hello bomber jacket.
Feb 24, 2019: To the person who added TiddlyWiki to Glitch, I salute you. Not so much for the act but for the documentation… Probably sign in to Glitch I …
Feb 24, 2019: when will DNS get easy?
Feb 23, 2019: Evening with Dad Dance was fun. My kids had a blast.
Feb 23, 2019: This is cool. Hover has an easy way to configure Micro.blog for your domain.
Feb 23, 2019: To point www.donovanwatts.net to my micro.blog, is this correct for my CNAME record? donovanwatts.micro.blog or should it point to pages.micro.blog?
Feb 22, 2019: Spent a few hours trying to get an interactive slack bot up and running with a glitch template. No dice.
Feb 22, 2019: TiddlyDesktop for the win.
Feb 16, 2019: trying aquamacs
Feb 16, 2019: watching uncle dave in order to learn org mode www.youtube.com/watch
Feb 16, 2019: dabbling in VS Code Org Mode github.com/vscode-or…
Feb 13, 2019: Created another slack slash command. This one searches Box and dishes up a link. Simple and very well received from my teammates.
Feb 12, 2019: this org mode for beginners page is helpful orgmode.org/worg/org-…
Feb 12, 2019: added the Org Mode manual to Dash. Now we’re talking.
Feb 12, 2019: the org mode manual is actually very good. my gripe is that for a total beginner, it is lacking in clarity.
Feb 11, 2019: So, eero is out. Can I trust NETGEAR?
Feb 11, 2019: Learning Org mode is comedic. The manual is a joke. How about her’e how to start at step zero? Activation chapter is especially funny for the …
Feb 11, 2019: Exlax. LatEx. Emax. Betamax. Max headroom. ET. All the same to me.
Feb 11, 2019: Amazon buys Apple. Crap.
Feb 11, 2019: So what’s next. Is Amazon going to buy Casper, my friggin pillow?
Feb 11, 2019: Remember when you didn’t know jack fucking shit about Emacs or Org mode? Yeah.
Feb 11, 2019: Obviously, the Emacs docs I am reading are not created by Mac/iOS sheeple. Again, not complaining, just sayin’.
Feb 11, 2019: OK, so Meta is the Option key on a Mac. Got it. Emacs instructions are challenging.
Feb 11, 2019: In Emacs, we formally define a key sequence (or just key) to mean a sequence of keyboard (or mouse) actions and a com- plete key to mean one or more …
Feb 11, 2019: This whole Emacs endeavor is totally foreign to me. Emacs and Org mode documentation do not make it easy. You have to work for it. That’s for sure. …
Feb 11, 2019: Learning about Emacs and Org mode from scratch. I’m a babe in the woods. Loving it.
Feb 11, 2019: going org mode
Feb 9, 2019: Reminds me of that scene from The Shining @jack
Feb 8, 2019: awesome @cheri
Feb 8, 2019: I find the Micro.blog app to be rather slow.
Feb 8, 2019: As I move my email newsletter subs to Feedbin, I’m wondering what happens after I read one? Does it disappear? I kind of like being able to pull up …
Feb 8, 2019: So, replying to a post kicks me back to the top of my feed? That’s lame.
Feb 8, 2019: I’ve lost ~15 lbs since Jan 2, thank to Keto, a drinking hiatus, and exercise. Tonight, however, I eat pizza, drink beer, and live life!
Feb 8, 2019: Made my first Slack bot. /supervisor takes a Slack username, looks it up in BambooHR and returns the person’s title and Supervisor. Geek creds …
Feb 7, 2019: Um, ok. Forget about stoop. Now that i know that Feedbin can handle my newsletter emails, I’m all in. Thanks @ablaze for making me aware of this …
Feb 5, 2019: We went to see art in Denver the other night. Always eager to get a peek behind the scenes like this studio.
Feb 5, 2019: Creating a manager training video at work. Busted out my Yeti, Audio Hijack, and ScreenFlow. Fun stuff!
Feb 2, 2019: Went to see A Star is Born this morning. Fantastic movie.
Jan 31, 2019: Keychron keyboard arrived last night. Initial thoughts not good. Bluetooth not working. Battery not staying charged. Sigh.
Jan 30, 2019: Waiting for the delivery person is like watching paint dry.
Jan 29, 2019: Wrapping up the day
Jan 28, 2019: enabled time machine backups (with quota of course) on my synology.
Jan 27, 2019: giving uBar another shot
Jan 27, 2019: just imported a tiddler from @jack’s wiki. this tiddlywiki stuff is indeed fun and exciting.
Jan 26, 2019: tiddlywinkin’
Jan 24, 2019: Often I consider mapping donovanwatts.net to Micro.blog and calling it a day.
Jan 24, 2019: If only there were a way to automatically mirror displays upon connecting to my MacBook Pro with the Luna. Alas, doesn’t seem possible based on …
Jan 24, 2019: The Luna Display blows my mind
Jan 24, 2019: I’ve tried Blot with Dropbox and then git mode. I think I’ll go back to Dropbox mode. Far less friction.
Jan 22, 2019: Command-Shift-P in fman no longer works for me. Hmph.
Jan 22, 2019: Snow day today. I don’t have to take the kids anywhere. YES!
Jan 21, 2019: i wish touche, the mac app, floated.
Jan 20, 2019: Orderd myself a Keychron keyboard www.keychron.com
Jan 19, 2019: ∞ Additional Application Support in Marked This is pretty slick. Now that I’m back on nvALT, I needed to figure this out. You can drag an entire folder to the Marked icon and it will open a …
Jan 18, 2019: ∞ 7 easy Instant Pot recipes While these recipes would typically require hours in a slow cooker or Dutch oven, the Instant Pot cooks these up in an hour and a half or less. We …
Jan 17, 2019: ∞ Marked 2 gets handy update Anyway, the latest version of Marked 2 (2.5.30) is available on all channels now (Mac App Store, direct, and Setapp). I’ve been holding off posting …
Jan 17, 2019: i am thankful for zapier paths
Jan 15, 2019: The upcoming clamp down at work has prompted me to remove all the personal things from my work laptop. Quite an adventure. So much intertwined. It’s …
Jan 14, 2019: OK, Blot is awesome. I ponied up the $20 annual fee.
Jan 12, 2019: I really, really want to delete my IG account. The only thing holding me back is that my IG photos integrate with the Gyroscope app. I wish the …
Jan 12, 2019: discovered fman. wow. exactly what the doctor ordered.
Dec 27, 2018: Happy fucking new year
Dec 23, 2018: Moved all my notes into NotePlan
Dec 16, 2018: Ugly Xmas sweater party. Check.
Dec 15, 2018: Posting to Micro.blog from MarsEdit. Now we’re talking.
Dec 15, 2018: determined to rid myself of a graveyard of todo’s. it’s exhausting. going to purge my things backlog and try living day by day.
Dec 15, 2018: Reading do yourself a favor: ditch the to-do lists, and start living in your calendar today
Dec 15, 2018: i’m late to the party. just discovered grimes and really diggin’ her music.
Dec 15, 2018: trying to convert my everything to NotePlan
Dec 14, 2018: though i’ve been on the beta of marsedit for years, i ponied up for a license yet again. time to pay. love that app. wanted to start blogging …
Dec 14, 2018: Ordered a 2nd homepod from B&H for $250. Absolutely loving my homepod.
Dec 9, 2018: Zzzzzzz
Dec 9, 2018: your phone is a tool, not a boss
Dec 9, 2018: Fun bday night with Michelle and friends.
Nov 27, 2018: Been playing Exploding Kittens with my family. Kids can’t get enough. Neither can I.
Nov 27, 2018: Got to have my Pandora. Grabbed Anesidora for my Mac and immediately left a tip. itunes.apple.com/us/app/an…
Nov 27, 2018: bought a homepod. selling my sonos. happy with my decision.
Nov 19, 2018: As I considered which keyboard to purchase for my iPad, it became clear to me that it was going to be a smart connected (or whatever it is called) …
Nov 19, 2018: My week of iPad only was such a success that I decided to buy myself a Logitech keyboard. Going all in.
Nov 17, 2018: Last week I worked exclusively from my iPad Pro. There was only one time that I need my Mac… to export a PPT to JPEG, which I’ve never had to …
Nov 17, 2018: Today we celebrate Friendsgiving.
Nov 10, 2018: WAT
Nov 10, 2018: Learning to Fly
Nov 4, 2018: My awesome colleagues
Nov 4, 2018: Parker had a wonderful birthday party with lots of friends.
Nov 4, 2018: Milo wanted in the wagon
Nov 1, 2018: Guess where I’m at
Oct 29, 2018: Happy 8th birthday Parker Moon
Oct 27, 2018: Digging this. itunes.apple.com
Oct 27, 2018: Controlling Farrago via TouchOSC app for some spooky halloween sounds.
Oct 25, 2018: PDFpen is now on Setapp. My subscription keeps getting better and better.
Oct 24, 2018: i voted
Oct 21, 2018: keen to start adding logic to my zaps. thus far they’ve been fairly rudimentary.
Oct 21, 2018: There must be a way for me to efficiently move a bunch of sheets from Ulysses to Drafts on my Mac.
Oct 21, 2018: So, this post has been stuck at the top of my feed for a few days now.
Oct 21, 2018: coming to grips with the fact that very few of my friends share my political views.
Oct 21, 2018: There is much cleaning (surface mainly) going on before my wife’s return from a three day getaway with friends. The kids are even pitching in.
Oct 20, 2018: reinstalled Group Text+ on iPhone. such a great app for quickly messaging my wife.
Oct 20, 2018: Trying this on for size
Oct 20, 2018: Tatum Sky likes to color
Oct 20, 2018: Parker Moon can’t get enough of the stingrays
Oct 19, 2018: Which one looks more crazy?
Oct 16, 2018: oh hello Drafts for Mac beta. i’ve been anticipating your arrival.
Oct 15, 2018: Kickstand
Oct 15, 2018: Snuggle
Oct 15, 2018: BFFs
Oct 14, 2018: Drafts –> Zapier –> Trello. loving it.
Oct 13, 2018: Watts up
Oct 11, 2018: Tatum Sky
Oct 11, 2018: Parker Moon
Oct 9, 2018: Really happy to have discovered Yoink for Mac - Usage Tips
Oct 8, 2018: Super excited that BambooHR is now integrated with Zapier.
Oct 4, 2018: Milo
Oct 3, 2018: Three dogs
Sep 30, 2018: Most sour face you can make
Sep 30, 2018: Setup my first one-time password in 1Password. I’ll be moving away from Lockdown to 1Password soon.
Sep 30, 2018: Cloudflare Registrar Wave 8. I have been happy with Hover but I’m going to switch.
Sep 26, 2018: Going minimal
Sep 17, 2018: Every receipt I scan into my ScanSnap iX100. It goes automatically into Hubdoc.
Sep 17, 2018: Switched to an iPhone X case which doubles as a wallet recently. I think it’s called a Jimmy or something like that. I’m sold. No more …
Sep 17, 2018: Two worlds collide. Undebt.it integrates with YNAB. undebt.it/blog/new-…
Sep 15, 2018: Bad Daddy’s Bad Ass Margaritas
Sep 14, 2018: Me. 2018.
Sep 9, 2018: Break dancing angel
Aug 28, 2018: David Byrne
Aug 23, 2018: www.answerlab.com Celebrating Women-Led Businesses
Aug 22, 2018: Happy with our Rachio sprinkler system. Today’s watering was skipped automatically because my smart sprinkler system knew it is going to rain.
Aug 21, 2018: My wife and I came up with a new motto. Don’t do anything stupid.
Aug 19, 2018: It’s only 9:14pm yet it feels like 11:48pm.
Aug 19, 2018: My kids love to play Toca Hospital.
Aug 16, 2018: Installed Ecobee Switch+ and it works! Unfortunately now none of the plugs in my living room work. Sigh. I wish I was handy.
Aug 16, 2018: Really happy to see RapidWeaver v8 on Setapp. For some reason when major upgrades happen, I think that might be the end of the road for that app on …
Aug 14, 2018: YNAB just went down.
Jul 18, 2018: Whole home energy audit happening now. My energy bills are out of control. Hope they can help figure out what’s going on.
Jun 28, 2018: Created a Zap today that attaches a Zoom recording link to a particular Trello card and then moves that card to a new list. In one Zap I’ve made the …
Jun 26, 2018: Got my Luna and am quite impressed. Easy setup and incredibly fast display.
Jun 6, 2018: Double rainbow tonight
May 28, 2018: Ran the BolderBOULDER 10K today. Last time I ran in a 10K was 30 years ago. Feeling great.
May 28, 2018: Got tickets to see David Byrne at Red Rocks. Need I say how excited I am about this?
May 25, 2018: Took our kids to the North Pole, Santa’s Workshop, in CO today. Yes I know it’s late May.
May 24, 2018: I love Scapple. Helps me process my thoughts better than any other mind mapping tool.
May 24, 2018: Growing tired of all my Synology woes like Drive, Cloud Sync, and Cloud Station Backup. Oh, and the never ending indexing process. All of these give …
May 23, 2018: Reduced my Services menu down to one item. It’s all I ever use.
May 23, 2018: Path Finder upgraded
May 22, 2018: Ponied up for Audio Hijack 3. Got it for 25 bones since I had a previous license.
May 22, 2018: Reconfiguring Synology Cloud Sync from scratch. Fun.
May 21, 2018: As much as I 💌 my new Shure mic, there’s nothing like tossing my Bose earbuds in and hitting record.
May 21, 2018: Hello Squirrels
May 21, 2018: always proud of myself when i google rogue amoeba and i spell it right
May 21, 2018: Setapp is one of my favoritest things
May 21, 2018: Part of me wants to blow up my Jekyll blog and go all in on micro.blog as my main blog. No more github and all that. Just good old micro.blog. Would …
May 21, 2018: Hazel for the win
May 19, 2018: Digging Plexamp
May 19, 2018: got the shure mv88 microphone. love it. wish i didn’t have to remove my iPhone case to use it so i may just use it with my iPad only for now.
May 19, 2018: Added my music library to Plex and then added Plex to My Sonos. Good times.
May 19, 2018: Why is it that my Apple Watch can unlock my laptop yet I still have to type in my password all the time for websites, etc?
May 17, 2018: Finally automated Box folder creation with many sub folders based on a trigger of a new Opportunity in Salesforce. This is going to allow me to …
May 15, 2018: Reimagining donovan’s thoughtStream
May 12, 2018: Signed both of my kids up for the [Kids Obstacle Challenge]. (https://www.kidsobstaclechallenge.com).
May 11, 2018: Oh, Hi IFCOMPANYNAMEI,!
May 11, 2018: Excited to watch my kid run in the annual Fun Run at her school this morning.
May 10, 2018: Lovely Day
May 8, 2018: Today’s Walk
May 6, 2018: Bought a Slice Planner. Eager to check it out. The 1 star reviews of the app have me concerned but hey, it was only $20. So, if the app sucks as much …
May 5, 2018: Took my five year old to a birthday party at Jungle Quest today. She had no interest in participating in the ‘harness required’ events …
May 5, 2018: TrainAsONE is my 10K AI running coach www.trainasone.com/training-…
May 5, 2018: This morning’s run.
May 5, 2018: Why did it take me so long to install the Things 3 PopClip extension? pilotmoon.com/popclip/e…
May 5, 2018: Threshold Run Total: 55 min
May 4, 2018: Finally! Using my Bose headset plugged directly into my iPhoneX produced a good quality microcast via Wavelength/Auphonic. I guess this means I should …
May 4, 2018: Today’s Be Healthy Update Checking in and hoping my audio issues are a thing of the past.
May 3, 2018: It’s rainsnowing today.
May 3, 2018: I think I’ll try my third Wavelength microcast later on today. This time, rather than using my Airpods or BeatsX, I”ll just speak directly …
May 3, 2018: After a computer swap, I finally got back up and running with RapidWeaver. What a friggin’ frustrating experience that was to get stacks and …
May 2, 2018: Entered The BolderBOULDER 10K Super excited to run this race.
May 2, 2018: I’ve created two microcasts. Each time, I’ve gotten this message from Auphonic… ‘The input file of your Auphonic production has a very …
May 2, 2018: Accomplished My Goal I met my weight goal after years. Hitting 11k steps per day.
May 1, 2018: Just Walking Around The Neighborhood The girls were having a good ol’ time on our walk. We came across this cool chalk drawing. Tatum got a piggy back ride from Parker.
Apr 26, 2018: Trees are showing their colors.
Apr 25, 2018: Clay Basket was my first introduction to creating a website. As I surveyed the available options at the time, it was clear that Clay Basket was built …
Apr 25, 2018: And now I have a microcast. Thanks @manton!
Apr 25, 2018: Let’s Do This Thing Whereby I find my micro casting purpose.
Apr 17, 2018: 25 MPH winds here today in Littleton, CO.
Apr 11, 2018: Excited to learn about iPad Collective – Handpicked apps and accessories for the iPad. by Jordan Merrick.
Mar 20, 2018: What good’s a computerized note? - Lou Reed
Mar 16, 2018: First They Were Happy. Then they melted down.
Mar 11, 2018: 2018-03-07 The kids had a blast at Chuck E Cheese. 2018-03-10 Tatum’s party at Jump Street was so much fun.
Feb 17, 2018: Finally found a minimal meditation Apple Watch solution in Still: Meditation tracking for your iPhone and Apple Watch
Feb 17, 2018: Making peanut butter cookies out of the blue
Feb 10, 2018: Music videos detract
Feb 7, 2018: Tried Lire. Not sure it is a fit. My goto is Fiery Feeds and I think I will stick with that.
Jan 24, 2018: Was attempting to reconnect my ecobee3 to Homekit. Accidentally deleted my Home from Homekit. No way to recover apparently. Sigh. 🏠
Dec 25, 2017: Christmas time. It seems that the box full of wrapping paper trash is her favorite thing.
Dec 23, 2017: Vegan chalk bomb. I cracked up during that podcast episode. My wife thinks I’m losing it.
Dec 12, 2017: Blue Jeans. The official pant of IndieWebCamp Austin.
Dec 9, 2017: Setup our ScanSnap ix100 to scan directly to Hubdoc. My wife did a little happy dance.
Dec 7, 2017: For whatever reason, Quadro decided to start working properly again. I shall now carry on with setting up my iPad Dashboard.
Dec 5, 2017: soma.fm I listen to daily.
Dec 5, 2017: Gold
Dec 5, 2017: I had no idea that TaskPaper had a Palette Command (or whatever it’s called). That is awesome.
Dec 5, 2017: Revised my Pinboard feed so that only links I tag as ‘microblog’ will post here.
Dec 5, 2017: Looking into how I might best use TaskPaper and Reminders.
Dec 1, 2017: Intrigued by LinkLocker. linklocker.co
Dec 1, 2017: Need to get a new magic keyboard so I don’t have to keep swapping batteries all the time.
Dec 1, 2017: Been using Parseur to parse emails. Really well done solution. app.parseur.com
Dec 1, 2017: Had to ask Zapier for help with my most advanced Zap yet. So close yet so far. Their support rocks.
Dec 1, 2017: Been turning to Keyboard Maestro more and more lately. Today I’m working on a macro to quickly delete a Box folder when a particular email …
Nov 30, 2017: Reptilicus
Nov 29, 2017: The lack of a TransLoader share sheet when I need it most is deflating.
Nov 29, 2017: Would like Drafts for Mac.
Nov 29, 2017: Would like to be able to post to Micro.blog from Drafts.
Nov 29, 2017: In one Pinboard, out the other.
Nov 29, 2017: Zapier driven by Alfred is pretty much my holy grail. zapier.com/blog/zapi…
Nov 29, 2017: Experimenting with Twist as a Slack alternative. I do believe that Slack is not conducive to focusing on doing great work.
Nov 29, 2017: Made my Chuze Fitness barcode my Apple Watch background. Should work, right? The date stamp is persistent but I don’t think that should be an issue. …
Nov 29, 2017: Added my Pinboard.
Nov 28, 2017: Trying out Spark email client again. Really nice touches throughout like exporting an email to Reminders, beautiful calendar invites, and Prefs …
Nov 27, 2017: Figured out how to use Keyboard Maestro’s URL scheme to solve a particular need at work. I’ve been able to reduce a several minute manual …
Nov 13, 2017: Trying out GoodTask and loving it. Thanks to SetApp, I already have access to it and am now thinking this may be what I move to from Daylite.
Nov 13, 2017: Surprised there is not a Reminders app PopClip extension.
Nov 9, 2017: Fantastic benefits coming in December for Eero Plus members.. VPN, 1Password, and anti-malware software.
Nov 7, 2017: Popmaker is handy. I created a Box.com search popclip extension. I am going to use this daily I imagine.
Nov 5, 2017: Tonight concludes Halloween week for my kids. Any remaining candy gets sent to the elves who will then thank my daughters by pushing their toys to the …
Nov 2, 2017: Just switched to the Professional plan for Zapier. My most useful tool lately.
Nov 1, 2017: Micro.blog set Text size to Large.
Nov 1, 2017: Planning to use Brett’s Planter project to help solve for a Box folder template challenge.
Nov 1, 2017: The neighborhood pumpkins on Halloween were quite spectacular this year.
Oct 30, 2017: Having fun mocking up a client portal. Using RapidWeaver and Foundation for rapid action.
Oct 29, 2017: Happy 7th birthday Parker Moon.
Oct 23, 2017: Today I need to write a report documenting the findings from my recent UX study. On days like this, I always turn to the Pomodoro technique.
Oct 22, 2017: Discovered TextSoap is part of SetApp. I used to turn to this app years ago. Going to come in quite handy.
Oct 21, 2017: Off to Skate City for my oldest daughter’s 7th birthday party.
Oct 17, 2017: Panobook arrived today. Pretty nice piece of work. Going to be handy having a pad of good old fashioned paper at my fingertips.
Oct 15, 2017: My daughters made a leprechaun trap. ‘It is fine if you take the candy even no you are small!’
Oct 14, 2017: Tinkering with netlify. I want to expand my Jekyll plugin options and learn about continuous deployment.
Oct 12, 2017: Poking around regex for the first time. I finally have a clear need. It’s fascinating learning this stuff.
Oct 9, 2017: I wonder when Daylite triggers will be available for us Zapier users? I’d like tasks I complete to push to I Done This.
Oct 8, 2017: Playing music on my Sonos from our Echo. This is fantastic.
Oct 8, 2017: Now sharing my iCloud storage plan with my family. That will save us $2.99/month.
Oct 7, 2017: Can’t grasp how Apple can be so privacy minded yet allow Uber to grab screenshots of your iPhone even when it is not the active app.
Oct 7, 2017: Switched from Path Finder to ForkLift for 6 months or so. Worked well enough for my needs but I’m going back. Partly because I’m just familiar with …
Oct 7, 2017: Picked up a used freezer for our garage. We sold ours when we moved to Colorado and have missed that luxury. My wife is baking again so now she is a …
Oct 5, 2017: I have a hard time comprehending how drastic the change has been with iOS 11 and this 10” iPad Pro compared to iOS 10. It is incredible. I feel like a …
Oct 4, 2017: Pretty sure I am not going to get my refund from Mellow. They said no problem but have since not refunded me nor responded to me. It has been weeks.
Oct 2, 2017: I love Scapple. Restriction-free mind mapping.
Oct 2, 2017: Going to try Mailgun yet again. Goal is to take an auto-generated email that gets sent upon status field change in Salesforce to …
Oct 2, 2017: The Moves app has stopped working again. Time to move on I guess. Unfortunate since it is the preferred location integration for Gyroscope.
Oct 1, 2017: Looking forward to putting an hour or so into learning more of a course I’m currently taking.
Sep 30, 2017: My kiddos standing next to a huge mobile phone.
Sep 29, 2017: Was presented with the opportunity to lead several exciting initiatives at work. My mind is racing. These are right up my alley.
Sep 28, 2017: Now that I know how to create hooks that allow me to control Zaps from Alfred, my mind won’t stop thinking of new ways to get all the things …
Sep 27, 2017: I want to see a documentary about Ken Burns
Sep 27, 2017: Listening to Dusk by The The this evening. ‘True Hapiness this way Lies’
Sep 25, 2017: Mapping out a report I’m writing. Using iThoughts on my iPad and it is wonderful.
Sep 23, 2017: Created a five step Zap this morning. My Zaps are getting more complex and powerful.
Sep 22, 2017: Company assigned MacBook Pro crapping out on me. Will be taking a trip to an Apple town hall soon.
Sep 21, 2017: 8th UX Research session coming up. There have been clear trends.
Sep 16, 2017: Went fly fishing on the South Platte today.
Sep 15, 2017: Spent some time today creating some Zaps that are going to really help me get some things done more efficiently.
Sep 12, 2017: Enabled Two-Factor Authentication on yet another service.
Sep 12, 2017: Just sold strangeways.com, the first domain I ever registered. Was hanging on to it for sentimental reasons. Which is weird. Show me the $$!
Sep 12, 2017: Oh boy. That was not good.
Sep 12, 2017: Animojis are kind of crazy amazing
Sep 12, 2017: Spider man movie looks really lame
Sep 12, 2017: iPhone X iPhone X iPhone X iPhone X iPhone X iPhone X iPhone X iPhone X iPhone X iPhone X
Sep 12, 2017: Here we go….
Sep 10, 2017: Created a Zap that allows me to add a contact to Salesforce from my Mac using Alfred. I’m tickled. I have to do this often enough that this is …
Sep 10, 2017: Selling some Airport Extremes/Expresses to Mac Me An Offer. Figuring out serial numbers has thus far been the most challenging part.
Sep 10, 2017: Should I go for it?
Sep 9, 2017: When I add microposts to my Jekyll blog, I don’t want a ‘Read more’ link since the entire post is usually the same thing. This site has a solution to …
Sep 9, 2017: Intrigued by the lofree keyboard.
Sep 9, 2017: Thinking about getting Alfred for Mac now that I know Alfred integrates with Zapier. LaunchBar has been my goto for years but the ability to control …
Sep 8, 2017: Of course micro.blog supports split view. Loving it.
Sep 8, 2017: Seems odd that I cannot link to an album on Apple Music. I must be missing something. Anyhow, listening to Funeral by Arcade Fire and can’t …
Sep 8, 2017: Indie microblogging is the gateway drug for long-form content.
Sep 8, 2017: Micro.blog on a 10” iPad Pro exhibits a glitch on the right hand side. Force quitting seems to help but it comes back.
Sep 8, 2017: Yeah.. definitely want a Micro.blog share sheet extension. Sure, I can and likely will whip up a Workflow but like I said.. I definitely want a …
Sep 7, 2017: Slowly following more people on Micro.blog. My timeline is getting interesting!
Sep 6, 2017: Thanks to Ulysses X-Callback-Support I can open a particular sheet quickly on my iOS devices. Is this same type of thing not available for the Mac? …
Sep 6, 2017: Switched to Synology Cloud Sync for my Box connection and it’s working well. I prefer not to have Box Sync running on my Mac.
Sep 5, 2017: Waffling on where to post micro posts. I can post directly to Micro.blog or I can post to my Jekyll blog and have it pushed to my Micro.blog site. Any …
Sep 4, 2017: Github Pages hosts my blog, Donovan’s Brain. Today I decided to install Jekyll locally to close the loop. Wasn’t too painful.
Sep 4, 2017: Github Pages hosts my blog, Donovan’s Brain. Today I decided to install Jekyll locally to close the loop. Wasn’t too painful.
Sep 4, 2017: Turned off Activity notifications on my watch. I am eager to escape the daily reminders.
Sep 3, 2017: Trying out TodayPoster.
Sep 3, 2017: Not happy with Hyper Backup to Amazon Drive. Switching to Arq –> B2. Didn’t want to have to mount the Synology to the Mac but I think …
Sep 1, 2017: Thank you @manton
Sep 1, 2017: happy friday!
Aug 31, 2017: Though I’ve been a Ulysses user for a while now, I still felt compelled to sign up for the Learn Ulysses course from @thesweetsetup. Check it …
Aug 31, 2017: Follow someone on Micro.blog or subscribe to their Micro.blog feed and read their posts in my feed reader? I can’t decide.
Aug 29, 2017: Transloader by Matthias Gansrigler solves my need to download things to my Mac from my iOS devices. I try alternative approaches from time to time. …
Aug 29, 2017: Watched a documentary on Voyager spacecrafts on PBS. Thoroughly enjoyed it. They’ve been cruising through space almost my entire life. Glad I …
Aug 28, 2017: Redesigning the company employee portal. Quite pleased with it. Looking forward to pushing it live soon.
Aug 26, 2017: Took me kids for a rock climbing introductory class. My oldest went way higher than we expected.
Aug 25, 2017: Created a custom page on my microblog.
Aug 23, 2017: My colleague wrote ‘5 Customer Journey Improvements Increase Bank Customer Loyalty’ …
Aug 22, 2017: That was fantastic. The genuine excitement Casey displays is fun to watch. Also, impressive how much footage he got in such a short amount of time.
Aug 22, 2017: I just backed Luna Display on @Kickstarter kck.st/2wARSOz
Aug 22, 2017: Interested in the freshly announced Zapier for Alfred integration. I use LaunchBar. Hopefully that’ll support one day as well.
Aug 22, 2017: We went to the fair. Also, testing out posting an image from MarsEdit.
Aug 22, 2017: Been going to the gym with my wife Mon-Fri for a while now. Feels fantastic to be focusing on our health on a daily basis.
Aug 21, 2017: 99% done with backup from my Synology to Amazon Drive. Encrypted, of course. That took a while.
Aug 21, 2017: Wired up MarsEdit. Testing, one, two, three.
Aug 21, 2017: Finally mapped a sub-domain to my micro.blog. That feels better. Next I will likely push to github pages for a backup.
Aug 21, 2017: Today was the day. The eclipse from our vantage point in CO was pretty good. Partial but good. Clear skies for the most part.
Aug 20, 2017: My daughter Parker Moon having fun at the CO state fair.
Jun 1, 2017: Is it Feed Wrangler or FeedWrangler
Apr 28, 2017: It’s snowing.
Apr 28, 2017: Feels good to be able to discover people now.
Apr 25, 2017: OK, just closed my DreamHost account. No more WordPress for me. I don’t need a WordPress site. I just need Github Pages. I feel lighter already.
Apr 25, 2017: Actually, it was after using OPML Editor, not Radio UserLand. My blog was located at dwatts.opml.org or something like that. One day it came time for …
Apr 25, 2017: It’s fantastic that Manton offer up micro.blog to those who want it. I’m just experimenting though and will soon move over to my new …
Apr 25, 2017: I stopped subscribing to scripting.com a long time ago. However, I do pop in from time to time to see what Dave is up to. I see Electric River is …
Apr 25, 2017: Proud to work for AnswerLab, a company that helps employees with infertility. https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/293205
Apr 25, 2017: Spent just under an hour and five phone calls to cancel my trip due to waking up sick. Took a good bit of effort but I got the job done.
Apr 25, 2017: Though I’ve committed to a Github Pages/Jekyll blog, I thought I’d try out a pure Micro.blog account to start.