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  • Essay 2 min read

    Stopping Wearing My Watch

    At some point each year I fall out of love with my Apple Watch and leave it on its charger. This isn’t a new thing, but I always return after a week or so rest and kick myself for not keeping up with my activity rings. …

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    My Place In Tech

    I have been thinking about this since Matt Birchler wrote about it a few days ago. Matt has managed to carve out a huge market for what he has to say and often attracts a large audience and invitations to many podcasts. …

  • Essay 2 min read

    The Imitation Game

    I am at the stage of my life when I really don’t care who did what, and why things happen. I am perfectly ok with companies copying features that make life easier, but are we all ok with blatant design rips offs now? …

  • Essay 5 min read

    Cracking the Todoist Code

    Since sharing my Todoist set up and how I get things done loads of people have given me some ideas and shared their experience. One of which I wanted to try to help out with, and that is the natural language input. This …

  • Essay 3 min read

    Getting Injured Was The Best Thing That Ever Happened To My Health

    If you are a regular reader, or subscribed the newsletter, you will have noticed a change in me. It has been COVID–19 that has compelled people that start exercising or change the way they do it, but mine was a pretty …

  • Essay 1 min read

    We’re All Realizing Life Is Not Found in Material Possessions

    Joshua Becker for becoming Minimalist Retail shopping is not needed for our survival. Of course, it never was. But it has been helpful to be reminded of that fact. Given the reality that most of our homes are filled with …

  • Essay 7 min read

    How I use Todoist To Organise My Life

    So. No apologies here, but I ripped off this idea directly from Matt Birchler’s write-up on his Things set up. Even though he is a strong believer in the ability of Things, and also everyone in the repliesseems to think …

  • Essay 2 min read

    He Might Regret Writing That

    I think I hate the internet. I mean it’s great as an idea, and all the things we can do with it are fantastic. As with everything it is the humans that access it that spoil everything. With great communication tools, …

  • Essay 6 min read

    Wahoo Element Bolt Review

    I know exactly what you’re thinking. What exactly is this thing and how can I use this with my iPad? Well, this is something completely different, something I use for my new love cycling, but it’s still a gadget and …

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    How To Set Up Strava To Record Calories In Apple Health

    After switching from recording my cycling on the Apple Watch to a Wahoo Element Bolt my activity levels seemed to suck. After previously smashing my move goals I was left short on some days even after a reasonable ride. …