Category Archives: General

Remote-First Companies

Posted on 2019-06-06 by jcs

Kevin McArdle has an interesting post on working remotely. He makes an interesting point: we have all the technology to make working remotely a reality but we still talk of it as something in the future. Why, he asks, aren’t … Continue reading →

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Revisiting Abrams’ Capture Techniques

Posted on 2019-06-05 by jcs

A year ago, I wrote about Howard Abrams’ post on Capturing Content for Emacs. I just saw a current reference to the post and reread it. It’s a really great article and worth mentioning again in case you missed it. … Continue reading →

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Writing Academic Papers

Posted on 2019-06-04 by jcs

Jonathan Bennett has another post up in his Year of Emacs series. This one is about writing academic papers. Bennett is in the humanities but still uses Emacs and Org-mode to write his papers. I’m always interested in posts like … Continue reading →

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Notion

Posted on 2019-06-03 by jcs

Ali Abdaal is a Junior Doctor (sort of like a Resident in the US) practicing in Cambridge, UK. He’s also a YouTuber producing videos on productivity, efficient study habits, tech reviews, and life as a Junior Doctor. I’ve been following … Continue reading →

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How to Limit Google Tracking You

Posted on 2019-06-02 by jcs

It turns out that there are some steps you can take to limit the type and amount of data that Google collects on you. This is especially relevant if you live in the Android ecosystem but even for those of … Continue reading →

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Cell Phones and the Crime Rate

Posted on 2019-06-01 by jcs

The New Luddites current favorite hobby horse is the evils of smart phones and all the myriad ways they are destroying civilization as we know it. These people are exceptionally tiresome but they never seem to tire of badgering us … Continue reading →

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Hidden Gems #4: TODOs

Posted on 2019-05-31 by jcs

Cheong Yiufung has another great post up in his Org-mode Hidden Gems series. The latest post takes a look at Org-mode TODO functionality. As usual, I learned some new things proving again that the “hidden gems” tag is appropriate, at … Continue reading →

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The Story of VisiCalc

Posted on 2019-05-30 by jcs

Via Karl Voit I found this video of Dan Bricklin telling the story of how VisiCalc came to be. Many younger Irreal readers probably don’t remember Lotus 1-2-3 let alone VisiCalc so it’s worth mentioning that VisiCalc was the first … Continue reading →

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A Year of Emacs

Posted on 2019-05-29 by jcs

Jonathan Bennett has an interesting project underway. He’s a longtime Vim user whose evolving needs led him to Emacs. At first, he used Spacemacs but he had problems with its speed and had difficulties configuring it. So he moved on … Continue reading →

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Taking It Very Seriously

Posted on 2019-05-28 by jcs

The other day I wrote about the costs Equifax is finally having to bear for its 2017 breach of 150 million consumer records. Apparently, First American Financial Corporation upon learning of the Equifax breach said, “Hold my beer.” Over the … Continue reading →

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