Some ideas to use with ‘waiting on’ / ‘someday’ lists — My previous post about future planning was so well received that I decided to share a little bit more BulletJournaley stuff out of my experimentation box. Today, let’s talk about signifiers! Are existing signifiers bad? No, not at all! Please don’t get this wrong. There is a very high chance that they work just…

Iterating and improving on existing systems — I love my BulletJournal for day to day planning but as a GTD guy comfortable with OmniFocus, it just is… too… simple! The modules the official website provides are (in my opinion) very limiting and could scare potential power users away. One of the weakest points of the Bullet Journal…

Is it for GTD People? — I’ve been using the Bullet Journal for roughly 10 days now. I know, that’s not much at all considering people using it for years, but having a fresh experience on a new tool is great for identifying right away things that other people just got to accept over time. I…

Usable on smartphones only? Challenge accepted. — Here in Japan, every phone provider gives you access to their WiFi Hotspots when you sign up. They are great! They cover areas where your LTE might get a bit wonky and make sure you’re not eating all of your data right away. Sadly though if you’ve ever been to…

I think I’m falling in love with paper again. — I am obsessed with organizing Things and optimizing the hell out of everything. Why? Because everything can be optimized: For programming (my job) I started adapting vim because it allowed me to get rid of any unnecessary keystroke that I might need to do in other editor. At home, I…

A quickstart with LINE’s technology — I went to LINE’s developer day yesterday. I only made it to a handful of presentations but the 2 things that seemed like the main focus of the event were: The LINE Bot API Bot SDKs There are people that like chat bots and people that don’t. I’m definitely in…

If you ever wanted to work in Japan, you’ve probably heard a few (good and bad) things by now. Let’s clear up some myths! 1. Visa “Getting a visa in Japan is so difficult” is what I hear quite often, but honestly it just comes down to 2 things when you apply: …

I love my Mac and I love being connected to everything. I like getting my iMessage notifications, facebook popups and tweet replies in real time and I love all the applications that enable such a connected experience. Just when you actually have to work on something, things can get difficult…

RESTful APIs are currently a standard in the development field. They power everything, from mobile apps to websites over desktop apps and are flat out a good generic solution for delivering data. So what is the problem with that? The REST model is flawed in that it doesn’t do enough…