https://careful.digital/commons/blog/ What's new on the Careful Digital blog en Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:15:02 +0000 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:15:02 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/week-notes-31-03-23 It has only been three days since my last week note, so this will be a little shorter than usual. But it is end of the week, and therefore I feel compelled to write at least _something_ Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/prefer-multiple-systems-to-single-systems I think one of the reasons is that they leave some space for intentionality. Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/all-over-the-place-approach-to-task-management A bit like (link: https://careful.digital/commons/blog/capturing-ideas-and-notes text: my approach to capturing ideas and notes), my approach to task management is a bit all over the place. I don't have a single system. Tue, 28 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/week-notes-28-03-23 I am sorry, but I have not been a good working in the open kind of person and I am late with my Week Notes. But here, on a Tuesday, they are. Tue, 28 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/using-operating-systems-intentionally Installing Fedora Linux on my old Dell laptop has made me think about how I try to use operating systems intentionally. Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/week-notes-17-03-23 This week has mostly been about me realising how many gaps there are in my own patterns of thinking, and exploring the relationship between technology and environmental impact. Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/i-learned-from-powerpoint The best thing about this book was that it over-turned some of my assumptions. Here's three of those assumptions getting over-turned. Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/a-quick-personal-review-of-the-arc-browser Lots of smart people seem to be enjoying using (link: https://thebrowser.company/ text: Arc) as a browser, so I thought I'd have a quick play. Mon, 13 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/capturing-ideas-and-notes (That works for me. At least for now.) Some people want a single tool or system to do all their stuff. I understand the appeal of that, but I've never found it works well in practice. Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/living-without-microsoft-office I've used Microsoft Office as long as I can remember. It has sort of always been there, for doing email and writing stuff. And it's been pretty good - this post isn't intended as hard-hitting criticism. But I've been beginning to wonder if I needed a change, so this week I stopped using it. It was as an experiment to see if I actually needed it or not. Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/weeknotes-100323 Back again for another Week notes post. This time featuring not using Office, learning more about typography, capturing ideas, and using service workers and Progressive Web Applications. Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/independent-paid-for-software I've been very happy as a business to shell out some money for software products and services recently because: - those software products and services benefit my business and make aspects of my work more pleasurable or less time-consuming or both - I really like the ethos of the small, independent companies involved and actively want to support them Here's some examples. Fri, 03 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/kirby-performance One of my slight worries in starting to use Kirby was whether I would be able to create very high performance websites. Turns out, I needn't have worried. Fri, 03 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/week-notes-03-03-23 In my (link: https://careful.digital/commons/blog/week-notes-25-02-23 text: first week note), I pondered whether I might do another one. Well, flipping heck, here I am. Fri, 03 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/iapresenter-beta IA Presenter is a new product, currently in beta, by the company who created IA Writer. It helps you to create Powerpoint-like slides, sort of how IA Writer helps you to create Word-like documents, but it encourages you to be intentional about the content you create. I've been trialling it for a few weeks, and have been impressed but also have had a few questions. Now I've got my head round it properly I think I'm completely sold. Here's why. Mon, 27 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/awakening-and-the-bayesian-brain-podcast I really enjoyed this podcast on Dr James Cooke's Living Mirror YouTube channel: Awakening & the Bayesian brain with Shamil Chandaria. Chandaria is very good at making complex ideas in neuroscience and meditation digestible. Sun, 26 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/week-notes-25-02-23 I am writing these Week Notes because Giles Turnbull made me do it. And because, after years of thinking "well, it might be a good idea, maybe next week when I'm a little less busy", I am finally trying to work in the open. Sat, 25 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/why-we-love-kirby We've only been using the Kirby CMS (content management system) for a few months but we have already decided it is a key part of our business for the future. Why? Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/tana Tana is a new note-taking app which looks very interesting. It seems to take the most compelling bits of Roam and Notion. Sun, 09 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/intentional-technology-cyborgs I've been thinking a lot recently about how to use technology intentionally. What do I mean by that? My starting point is the idea that we are all cyborgs now Fri, 12 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/nature-and-technology-the-outrun I've been reading and thinking about Nature and Technology for years, and one piece of writing that has really stood out and inspired me is Chapter 19: Online in The Outrun by Amy Liptrot. Fri, 20 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/holochain I'm very interested in the Holochain project. Thu, 16 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/nature-and-technology It's easy to think about Nature and Technology as opposites. Sun, 17 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://careful.digital/commons/blog/in-praise-of-resilient-web-design I thoroughly enjoyed reading Resilient Web Design by Jeremy Keith. Sat, 31 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000