Posts by jarango@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AVjdvYBuGAT1cFd0oi by jarango@mastodon.social
2023-05-16T04:30:15Z
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My son (who is almost 11) wants to learn to play Dungeons & Dragons. Is that too young? What are the best resources for kids getting into RPG?
(DIR) Post #AVjeApCLJIVUhq7ETQ by jarango@mastodon.social
2023-05-17T04:49:05Z
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@nicole @apolaine thanks, that's helpful!
(DIR) Post #AXdEODzmJPh4LRBNIG by jarango@mastodon.social
2023-07-12T21:08:27Z
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"We know people are struggling with the rapid growth of information — it's everywhere and it’s overwhelming.” Here we go: Google has started rolling out their new AI notes assistant, formerly known as Tailwind. Looking forward to trying this out!https://blog.google/technology/ai/notebooklm-google-ai/#AI #ToolsForThought #PKM
(DIR) Post #AaKt7vV14jBcu8R6Tw by jarango@mastodon.social
2023-10-01T18:53:37Z
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I don’t want pervasive quick capture for Obsidian. (That’s the role of the Drafts app in my ecosystem.) Obsidian is for *mindful* capture. #PKG #ToolsForThought
(DIR) Post #AaMPVwXEGeDql2vXAO by jarango@mastodon.social
2023-10-02T13:07:50Z
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@anders LOL, caught out! 😜 Yes, your toot made me think about how I capture thoughts in Obsidian. The idea of setting up an OS-wide quick capture mechanism made me shudder — it’s very different from how I use the tool.
(DIR) Post #AaMciqkWO8glyzd3o0 by jarango@mastodon.social
2023-10-02T15:35:44Z
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@anders Obsidian’s malleability, openness, and community are its key strengths IMO. With a bit of work, it can become almost any kind of information management tool.
(DIR) Post #AdRWwfzHtTAH6lbreq by jarango@mastodon.social
2024-01-02T18:00:08Z
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@nicole @apolaine +1 on Readwise. It's one of the subscriptions I most value.
(DIR) Post #AhM8FnMEsYOzzmDxBo by jarango@mastodon.social
2024-04-27T00:12:10Z
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Pet peeve: “podcasts” that offer no RSS feed and don’t show up in the major podcast directories. Folks, if the show is only available via a closed, proprietary platform, IT’S NOT A PODCAST.
(DIR) Post #AtURF3XBisxCGXgYLY by jarango@mastodon.social
2025-04-25T21:17:56Z
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One downside of working a lot in Emacs is that I often catch myself trying to use Emacs keybindings in other apps, such as Slack and Safari. (I guess on a long enough timeline their workflows, too, will be subsumed into Emacs.)
(DIR) Post #AtURF905Os2ZDcFCaG by jarango@mastodon.social
2025-04-25T21:20:32Z
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On a long enough timeline, everything flows into Emacs.
(DIR) Post #B0CA7nGf29ZWkgiZlI by jarango@mastodon.social
2025-11-13T00:07:01Z
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A presentation about the visual tools and techniques I’ve used to write my books.https://jarango.com/2025/11/12/how-i-write-my-books/
(DIR) Post #B0EJWgTEW1ISV4lCam by jarango@mastodon.social
2025-11-14T00:07:08Z
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It's amazing how much you can do once you know your way around the Unix command line.
(DIR) Post #B0QhC3NPWioHU86x16 by jarango@mastodon.social
2025-11-19T22:51:00Z
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If you've gotten any value out of Wikipedia, consider sending some money their way. Think of how rare it is for such a useful resource to exist at all with a non-commercial business model. That'll only continue being the case if we, who get value from the service, chip in.
(DIR) Post #B23OPWTSc7dqwVYFAu by jarango@mastodon.social
2026-01-07T14:01:27Z
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I've tried *so* many times to use dark mode on my Mac. Always turn it off after less than a day. How can people work like this? It's like a return to the bad old days before the first Mac normalized black-on-white (i.e., paper-like) UIs.
(DIR) Post #B23OPcnB7iymXOp4k4 by jarango@mastodon.social
2026-01-07T14:05:22Z
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You may be thinking, "why keep trying dark mode if he hates it so much?" Two words: Zoom and eyeglasses. Dark mode reduces reflections.
(DIR) Post #B3C0yteDHeM3KGANiC by jarango@mastodon.social
2026-02-10T22:56:47Z
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@publicvoit the “best” format doesn’t always win. At this point, Markdown has much more support and integration than org (especially on mobile.) Org is fabulous if you’re willing to live in Emacs — and that’s a HUGE if.
(DIR) Post #B3C1KGXHNh6GOS73MO by jarango@mastodon.social
2026-02-10T23:00:40Z
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@publicvoit I share your concerns about lock-in. They’ve added features like bases and transclusion, which only work in Obsidian. But it’s still all just plain text under the hood — in your computer. And the core Markdown files work everywhere. It’s a much more open platform than (say) OneNote or Notion. (Still, not as open as Emacs.)
(DIR) Post #B3DQvt7dZZ58nH7D2O by jarango@mastodon.social
2026-02-10T23:04:47Z
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@publicvoit Emacs is (ironically) more locked in for me, since it limits me to working on PC-class devices. I do a lot of work on my iPad, which doesn’t have a version of Emacs (and likely never will.)
(DIR) Post #B3DT0yVnA4e6riy0HY by jarango@mastodon.social
2026-02-11T15:45:39Z
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@tusharhero @publicvoit if you’re approaching the question ideologically, then yes. If you’re approaching it practically, then no. Because I’ve used Android, and it’s not for me. Which means that I need to work with the tools available in the system I prefer, not the one I wish existed (but doesn’t.)
(DIR) Post #B3En3nZOUZaS2XEeX2 by jarango@mastodon.social
2026-02-11T23:51:41Z
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The grass is always greener on the other side. And for many people, "the other side" is the here of the (imaginary) past.