Voice Assistants are terrible

I wrote previously about the challenges that Home Automation faces, but the biggest one by far is the voice assistant as the primary interface. My household could not get their heads around voice commands. I also learned that voice commands just aren’t something I want to be doing when

Jun 6, 2024 • 3 min read

Tech

Godspeed other task applications

I have been addicted to productivity apps for years, and for years Things 2/3 has been my weapon of choice. No one has come close from 2012 to 2024. It’s been so dominant that I got bored of new task apps launching and seeing how bad their feature

Jun 4, 2024 • 6 min read

The failure of smart homes

I bought my first smart home product in 2013 when I got a Nest Thermostat. At the time I was living in an apartment where my bed was up in a loft, and changing the temperature was quite the ordeal that involved going down some steep stairs in the middle

May 9, 2024 • 6 min read

Instant Demo, the only way I want to buy software

I’m constantly trying new software. In my personal life I’m always looking for software to save me time, and at work I’m always looking for software to make team collaboration more effective. There’s so much software out there that the biggest challenge is narrowing down the

May 2, 2024 • 2 min read

Tech

The Problem with Apple Shared Albums

This post has been brewing in my mind for 10 years… As soon as camera phones got popular, it became pretty critical to have a way to share photos with larger groups of people. You go on a vacation with a group of people, you need a shared album. You

Apr 22, 2024 • 4 min read

Videography

GH5 in 2024

Camera gear is probably the single biggest distraction when it comes to people’s progression in photography or videography. No matter how many times a YouTuber or a photographer says that Gear doesn’t matter…. Countless newbie photographers and videographers get sucked into GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) and the infinite

Apr 18, 2024 • 5 min read

Kitesurfing

Guadeloupe Kiting

We got an unexpected last-minute invitation to visit some friends in Guadeloupe. They were there on maternity leave with their two kids, which made traveling with a kid much easier. Not only did Guadeloupe look beautiful and warm… but there are lots of kitesurfing spots! Getting There The thing that

Apr 15, 2024 • 5 min read

Tech

5 tips for getting things done in Things 3

In my previous article on task managers, I talked about how the tools weren’t the problem, and how the problem was me. Falling for the trap of playing with the tools rather than learning how I do work was a massive delay. I didn’t get better at getting

Apr 8, 2024 • 4 min read

You’re the Problem, not the task manager

I first read David Allen’s Getting Things Done in 2006 , and I was hooked. It was like a drug, armed with my mighty lists, I could do anything. I spent the next six years, fidgeting and toying with GTD systems, trying to perfectly capture everything in a task management

Apr 4, 2024 • 3 min read

Perfection is the enemy of progress

The single biggest mistake I’ve made in my creative life is to fall for the trap of perfectionism. In hindsight it’s obvious, but the overachiever in me was set up to fall hard for the illusion of perfection. Today I’ll step through some of the areas in

Apr 2, 2024 • 3 min read

Youtube

Think twice before hiring a video editor for your Youtube Channel

Everyone on YouTube sees hiring a video editor as a major milestone in their channel’s growth. It’s a symbol that you’ve “made it”. While I can say that partnering with the right editor can be a truly game changing experience, it’s worth considering this often overlooked

Mar 28, 2024 • 1 min read

Tech

Lunatask, a strong but crazy new entrant into productivity?

I try a lot of new productivity apps, and very seldom do I play with one for more than 5 minutes. They all kinda look the same and are repackaging the same features. That’s why I was so surprised when I tried Lunatask… there’s a lot of interesting

Mar 26, 2024 • 5 min read

Youtube

Stop using Velcro on your SSDs!

YouTube is filled with suggestions on how to mount external hard drives to a laptop for video editing. The popular options are pouches like these, re-usable adhesives, but ultimately the most functional always turned out to be velcro. Velcro was pretty low profile, it didn’t stretch out like a

Mar 26, 2024 • 2 min read

Tech

The case for iPad

I’ve been seeing a lot of people question the utility of an iPad, or question whether the form factor has a future. I understand some of it is click baity videos to get viewers, but here are my thoughts on why the iPad form factor is useful. I spend

Mar 23, 2024 • 4 min read