The author describes a shift from organizing knowledge in complex systems to preserving decision-making processes through a two-part system: OneNote for a chronological decision log and OneDrive as a functional execution engine. This approach enhances decision-making clarity and efficiency,...
I discovered the Johnny Decimal System a short while ago, thanks to a great write-up I stumbled across by Kristof Zerbe. The title “Emerging from the Abyss” resonated to me, as my digital life has always been a “Where did I put that?”, split across local and cloud drives, and random folders....
Photo by Joyce Hankins on Unsplash Tap here to jump down to the TL;DR It's been a surprisingly, suspiciously good morning. You've successfully navigated the floordrobe to find something clean and relatively wrinkle-free, remembered to brush your teeth, pack a real lunch (that sandwich is...
The problem# A few months ago, I wrote about using todo.txt to keep track of household tasks. The key word there being "household": many of the tasks I'm tracking are not performed on a computer. I mentioned this issue in the post, that I wanted to look into some way to view those tasks not from...
The problem# The new year is a traditional time for adopting new organizational schemes, among other oft-broken promises to oneself of improved habits. In that vein, I recently adopted a new system for managing my TODO list. Managing a household involves a lot of infrequent tasks that are easy to...
Last year, the TU Delft computer science research programs were evaluated, comprising a reflection on the preceding six years (2015-2020), and an outlook the next six years. The assessment follows the Strategy Evaluation Protocol (SEP), used by all Dutch universities, which focuses on research...
When I first started seriously writing in early 2019, it was because I committed to a 30-day blogging challenge. My main goal of this challenge was to see if I even liked blogging and sharing my ideas so publicly. I'm still here and telling you about my process, so hopefully it's clear that I like...
I do. not. care. about inbox zero. :) Too often, it becomes less about efficiently managing your inbox and more about rushing to have no emails for any reason. I prefer to make sure I'm adequately handling messages instead of emptying my box. But still, my number one tip for a clean inbox? Get rid...
In a time where people access website in such an immense variety of devices, everything has changed. It isn't enough for websites to look good and scale for the screen anymore. They need to be understood. For instance ux tests have proven that native drop downs are in almost always a bad way for...