• Psst! Wanna Buy a Watch?

    11 Dec 2015 » 3 min read about Personal & Family

    haven’t worn a wristwatch in over a decade, but I am thinking about buying one. Although I’ve been considering the purchase for a while, I was galvanized into action on Monday while attending the Little Man’s swimming lesson1. One of the kids in the Little Man’s class is a little hellion. The instructor does her…

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  • Pocket Gets a Cool New Recommendation Feature

    08 Dec 2015 » 1 min read about Blog & Site Meta

    use Pocket to read articles I find interesting, and to help keep Evernote clutter-free. Today, Pocket introduced a new “recommendation” feature. Now, Pocket users can recommend articles they find interesting, and follow users who make recommendations. I have only used this feature once so far today, but I think it is a keeper, and I’ll…

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  • Permission to Write Anything

    25 Nov 2015 » 3 min read about Writing & Publishing

    have started a new story that isn’t really science fiction It isn’t really fantasy. Isn’t really horror. Yet, for me, the story still falls into the category of popular fiction. I am not trying to be coy with genre here. But it feels like a mainstream popular fiction story that doesn’t fit neatly into the…

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  • Schedule for the Rebooted Going Paperless Series

    24 Nov 2015 » 1 min read about Evernote, Technology & Gadgets

    have a tentative schedule for the rebooted Going Paperless series. Like the original series, I plan to do a weekly post. The regularly scheduled series will begin on Tuesday, December 29. Every Tuesday thereafter, a new Going Paperless post should appear. So far, I have the first half dozen posts planned out, which would take…

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  • Going Paperless 2.0: My Mobile Paperless Office, November 2015 Edition

    19 Nov 2015 » 7 min read about Evernote, Technology & Gadgets

    ack in December 2012, I wrote a Going Paperless post that described my mobile, paperless office. A lot can change in three years, especially when it comes to technology. I wanted to use this inaugural post of the rebooted Going Paperless series to describe my mobile paperless office today. Here it what my mobile paperless…

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  • Going Paperless 2.0: The Reboot

    19 Nov 2015 » 1 min read about Evernote, Technology & Gadgets

    ast week, I did a Twitter poll to see if folks would be interested if I rebooted my Going Paperless series into a kind of 2.0 version. I’d revisit some old ground for newcomers, but forge ahead into new territory, talking about how I’ve changed my processes along the way, and describing new use cases…

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  • Three Things I’m Enjoying

    18 Nov 2015 » 1 min read about Personal & Family

    have been enjoying 3 things over the last few days, and each one takes a different form of media. 1. Re-reading The Waste Lands by Stephen King. I have been re-reading King’s Dark Tower books. The first time around I listening to them on audiobook. This time, I am reading the trade paper editions (and making lots…

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  • Poll Results: Folks Would Like More Going Paperless Posts

    16 Nov 2015 » 1 min read about Evernote, Technology & Gadgets

    he results of yesterday’s Twitter poll came in this morning. It would appear that folks are overwhelmingly in favor of more Going Paperless posts, and that makes me happy. The poll also got more responses than I imagined, and that makes me happy as well. Next Steps I need some time to figure out the…

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  • Over on Twitter, A Poll About a (Possible) New 2.0 Version of My Going Paperless Series

    15 Nov 2015 » 1 min read about Evernote, Technology & Gadgets

    arlier today, I took advantage of Twitter’s new poll functionality to ask if folks would be interested in a new 2.0 version of my Going Paperless series. There’s about 15 hours left in the poll if you are interested in getting in your response. Would folks be interested in a new (call it 2.0) series…

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  • 3 Days Without My FitBit

    15 Nov 2015 » 1 min read about FitBit, Technology & Gadgets

    hree days ago, the band for my FitBit Flex broke, and I didn’t happen to have a backup handy, as I have in the past. This means that for the first time since around March 2012, I missed three consecutive days of collecting step data. The good news is that a replacement band (my 5th)…

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