I am going to put more together on this, but if you look at my last post from a while back on using Notion for research, it gives you an idea of my process. It has been refined since that post, and I am starting to lean on Tana more. […]
Author: jeff
How I use Notion for Research
I have been looking for a tool (or tools) for quite a while that help me do my job. My job is a Principal Product Manager focused on strategy in the tech space. Generally I am thinking on a 3-5 year horizon, although at times less or more. What does […]
Quick Update on my digital brain
Why am I writing yet another post? I am mainly doing this for myself. Nobody really reads my blog, but I do enjoy going back to read what I was doing and why I was doing things. This is my recent fall back in to Evernote Evernote is where I […]
How to make decisions with large groups
One of the things I have learned in my career as a product manager is that you are in positions to make decisions every day. Quite often, these decision are hard, and impact a lot of people. In a simplified world, there are two ways to go about doing this. […]
Social Watch face for Apple Watch
I love using my Apple Watch for quite a few things during the day. Depending on what mood I am in, I switch between the utility and the Siri watchface. The reason for this is just to keep quick access to a couple of apps, and see what I have […]
Frustrated with the clash of names in my “Smart Home”
I just want to vent a touch. Why is it that my “Smart Home” is not very smart? If I look at the 27 connected devices I have in the home, and the names for these devices, it does not seem that hard to make them work across systems. The […]
Wine cooling system for the room, on the cheap with HomeKit devices
We did a small remodel in our house where we cut a larger room in two so that we could create an area for storage of wine. In the room we have one duct in the floor for heating that I knew eventually I wanted to use for the cooling […]
Bear Notes App and Nested Tags
The 1.1.1 update to Bear Writer finally fixed the syncing issue I was having on Sierra. I am not sure where fault lies with this one, but it seems a bug in Sierra and or the way Bear was using iCloud was causing issues. This was the one thing from […]
The auto industry is approaching Car Apps in an interesting way
I saw an article today on Ford and Toyota launching a Consortium to get developers to build on the Smart Device Link (SDL) platform. You can learn more about it on the SDL homepage. The strange thing is, SDL appears to be a declarative way to express your application while […]
Screen Capture feature in Bear Writer
Did you know you can do a screen capture right within your note? I didn’t realize this existed, pretty cool though. It would be a way for me to replace Skitch for basic screen grabs I need in notes.