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conversing

Out loud, in public.

backing up your OmniFocus database with borgbackup

Next time you want to roll back your OmniFocus content, to undo for any reason, borg will let you do that reliably with as much fine-grained control as you have set up.

Apple's insurance policy

In the last few days, Apple began releasing end-to-end encryption (E2EE), they're calling it client-side encryption, for most iCloud services.

I hope this email finds you well.

And other pointless, time-consuming, and possibly dangerous email rituals.

💪 Anyone can strategize: Sun Szu for 4X wargame Space Empires 4X

Now the general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes but few calculations beforehand.

neatly bookending a body of work

The most recent Write the Docs newsletter starts with a sign off by Beth, this being their last newsletter as editor.

Remote work vs work from home vs distributed work: they're not the same

We have preferences in how we like to work. But my experience leads me to pin three practices as non-negotiable for effective distributed work.

Pandemic restrictions have made me more self-sufficient, and will help me save $10k over 10 years

This is a story about haircuts. And the rare, light side of a particularly difficult year.

My relationships don’t scale, and I’m ok with that

Each relationship takes more time. Yet, I'm much more satisfied with those relationships.

Use Firefox Containers for visual signals that a login URL is ok

I was almost phished for my Bitwarden credentials, so I made being vigilant easier.

Feeling overwhelmed? You may need a clean start

This is, unintentionally, almost like what I did to my email when I first decided to target Inbox Zero. I archived everything that was more than a day old. I gave myself a fresh start.