Never has, never will There I was, curled up with my phone, reading an article by a new content creator I discovered. In his blurb at the end of the latest article, he had this almost as a mere afterthought: Also, WordPress sucks. Orly? I thought. I read some more of his articles and saw … Read more
My dad, wisely, read to me when I was young. He had whole Dr. Seuss books memorized as many times as he’d read them to me. The title of this article is a hat tip to On Beyond Zebra!, which describes many of the wonderful letters beyond Z. The Zettelkasten “alphabet” A pure “canon” Zettelkasten … Read more
A personal knowledge management system captures your thoughts and keeps them working for you. It’s part notebook, part database, and part writing assistant. For content creators, your second brain can be your best friend if you spend quality time with it. How you put your thoughts in your second brain is of course up to … Read more
My hard drive’s file organization looks like a cherry bomb hit it. My current “process” if you want to call it that involves cleaning stuff out of Downloads and putting it in Documents, and then getting to them … eventually. It’s a long way of saying that if I didn’t have the search feature, I’d … Read more
Obsidian is a Markdown editor on steroids. It’s my core tool for developing my Second Brain. The methodology of how to tailor Obsidian to the way you work is mainly through plugins. More often than not, someone asking about capability in the help forums will be instructed to download and install a plugin. Plugins come … Read more
A writer’s tools are as unique as the writer using them. Without further ado, I’ll jump into what I use. Two 5×7 hardcover lined notebooks I have two of them because of the separation of concerns. The work notebook is the property of my employer. I experimented with four notebooks so that I could keep … Read more
I have a confession. I write for confetti. The writing habit website 750Words.com got a makeover recently, so I came back after a long time away. I’ve written at least 750 words each day since April 9th, 2025, without missing a day. That’s 112 days and counting. Every day that I complete, I get a … Read more
The pandemic sent my workplace to 100% telework for a couple of years. We all learned together how to get things done with VPNs, email, chat, and Teams. For a time, we could log in from pretty much anywhere, and some of us did just that. One of my supervisors logged in from Florida, several … Read more
No more Untitled Document malaise I’m writing this article right now in the Obsidian Markdown editor. It’s free, it’s powerful, it’s extensible, and it’s a game-changer if you’re looking to power-boost your written content creation. If you’re used to typing things in Word, or WordPress, or the Medium editor, download Obsidian here. Install it and … Read more
And why I’m doubling down on Obsidian for my personal knowledge management When I searched “obsidian” on Medium, five of the first six articles that came up were about people leaving Obsidian for another tool, or another set of tools. Notion has about 100 times more users than Obsidian. Notion is a madly popular tool. … Read more