Published inThe Personal Knowledge Management Saga·Jul 9, 2016PKM #3: Competing GoalsContinuing my series on spitballing in public on personal knowledge management systems that I started a year ago. Here’s what’s new. One thing that’s been troubling me when it comes to developing a decent PKM is the problem of competing goals. It’s also the main reason (other than time) that…Productivity8 min readProductivity8 min read
May 22, 2015Weaponizing laziness: constructing obstacles to bad habitsScott H. Young’s new article, How to Build Habits of Moderation, presents an interesting contradiction. Generally, it’s easier to have what James Clear calls a bright-line habit, like going fully vegetarian instead of eating vegetarian most of the time, since that reduces willpower when considering what to do. (Reduces ambiguity.)…Habits2 min readHabits2 min read
Published inThe Personal Knowledge Management Saga·Mar 7, 2015PKM #2Categorization systems and things — Crissy Hunt (CC)— https://www.flickr.com/photos/hoosadork/5502209358 There are a few ways to approach this project. After talking with Q today, he brought up a great point: one idea is to look at those companies who are facing knowledge management issues, specifically CEOs and that sort of group, and see what problems they…7 min read7 min read
Published inThe Personal Knowledge Management Saga·Mar 6, 2015PKM #1Where we are, where we go from here — This will be a series of journal articles in which I think out loud and play with ideas about what personal knowledge management means, how to implement it best, and what kind of impact such a system has on our lives. It’s meant to be disorganized, haphazard, and badly written…7 min read7 min read