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52 things I learned in 2025
Writing a newsletter every week helps me learn new things, here are 52 things from this year that didn't quite make it into the mailout.
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Daily notes and things that don't belong on my newsletter or in other tags.
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Why I Use a Paper Planner
A paper planner creates a focused, distraction-free ritual that enhances clarity and mindfulness
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How I Built a Dynamic Bookmarks Page With AI and Zero Coding Skills
I am NOT a coder. Apart from some dabbling in HTML & CSS occasionally, I've never had the
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Five Years, 250 Editions: What I've Learned from Writing a Weekly Newsletter
Do newsletters have birthdays? If they do, mine is about to turn five.
It started with a layoff.
When LinkedIn
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Default Apps 2025
I get asked occasionally what tools I use for productivity and workflow - and I like a list, so here's mine for 2025.
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Media Gluttony 2024
Most of everything I watched in 2024, a mammoth year for movies and TV.
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Personal Productivity in 2025
I'm refining my personal productivity stack for 2025 - and keeping things as simple as possible.
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Albums of the Year - 2024
One of the hardest posts to put together each year... my albums of 2024, in no particular order.
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Still more Stuff #6
Not everything makes it into my weekly newsletter, here's a roundup of the interesting bookmarks that didn't quite fit this week.
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Review: The Old Oak
If this film is the last from Ken Loach, it is a stunning end to an outstanding career. However, the social commentary is no lighter than before.
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Still more Stuff #5
Not everything makes it into my weekly newsletter, here's a roundup of the interesting bookmarks that didn't quite fit this week.
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Review: A Prayer before Dawn
An ultraviolent assault on the senses that deliberately brings the viewer on a charged journey. Recommended movie.
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Review: The Zone of Interest
The Zone of Interest is a brutal story of moral gymnastics. The shock of the mundane is in every scene.
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Still more Stuff #4
Not everything makes it into my weekly newsletter, here's a roundup of the interesting bookmarks that didn't quite fit this week.
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Amazon Time Capsules
Your Amazon order history is a mini time capsule of the things you've wanted and needed over the years. I took a spin through mine to see what bought me joy.
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Review: The Holdovers
I watched this on a plane home from the US. There is something about 40,000 feet that heightens the intensity of a movie, so I guess this review should be tempered accordingly.
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DJ Mix: The Stack #5
My latest DJ Mix. An hour of funky, latin style house music.
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Still More Stuff #3
Not everything makes it into my weekly newsletter, here's a roundup of the interesting bookmarks that didn't quite fit this week.
