- Apr 06, 2025“Tiny Experiments”: The 1-1-1-1-1 pact
- Apr 02, 2025“The 5 Types of Wealth” by Sahil Bloom: Book Notes
- Apr 02, 2025“Tiny Experiments” book note: My PACT (10000 steps, 1000 words, 100 reps, 10 pages, and 1 habit)
- Apr 02, 2025“Tiny Experiments” book note: How to stop procrastinating
- Oct 06, 2024Info Diet: 10/6/2024
- Sep 21, 2024Notes on picking what to work on
- Aug 16, 2024Building a tiny creation habit
- Jul 30, 2024Find the fun (even if you’re not making DOOM)
- Jul 07, 2024How I listen to audiobooks (with Kindle and Audible)
- Mar 31, 2024“The Power of the Dog” by Don Winslow – 5 Reactions
- Mar 21, 2024Dan Kennedy x Rian Doris: write when you first wake up
- Mar 20, 2024Cal Newport: The overhead stacks up (so focus on one thing at a time)
- Mar 12, 2024Andrew Huang: Make a lot of stuff
- Mar 09, 2024Robert Greene: remember that you used to have stress
- Mar 06, 2024Daigo Umehara: Daily routine
- Mar 06, 2024Seth Godin: Flow is a symptom
- Mar 06, 2024Cal Newport: Why he loves watching movies
- Mar 06, 2024“Feel Good Productivity” Book Summary: Takeaways from Ali Abdaal’s first book
- Feb 16, 2024Apple Vision Pro (The Sometimes Device): Book Notes
- Feb 13, 2024Meal prep ideas from Bart Kwan
- Feb 09, 2024The Ultimate Vader
- Feb 08, 2024Neville Medhora and Noah Kagan: old school web
- Jan 30, 2024Things to practice (that we sometimes forget)
- Jan 28, 2024Steve Jobs didn’t like the Mac vs. PC ads (on paper)
- Jan 26, 2024I want to start blogging again
- Dec 05, 2023Tool: Feedback (even if you’re on the game design Mt. Rushmore)
- Dec 04, 2023Nintendo with the RKO out of nowhere
- Oct 30, 2023Tool: Share those notes with friends (Chris Hutchins on the Ali Abdaal podcast)
- Oct 27, 2023Tools from “Giannis” by Mirin Fader (for CREATORS)
- Oct 26, 2023Getting back to reading, then back to hard reading
- Jul 19, 2023The finish line is also the starting line (and why the secret to a good morning routine is floss)
- Jul 19, 2023The absolute dead simple way for me to actually write something and publish it
- Jun 27, 2023Overnight success is rare (but you can definitely have an overnight failure)
- May 13, 2023Creativity, belief, and perfectionism
- May 11, 2023Bill Simmons on oversimplification
- Apr 28, 2023Ramblings: Writing at Philz edition
- Mar 23, 2023Book Notes: “How to Calm Your Mind” by Chris Bailey
- Mar 23, 2023Readwise Ramblings: just trying to build momentum
- Feb 26, 2023“Physical: 100” group suffering (and what you can do for 10 years)
- Feb 23, 2023Physical:100 lessons (for creators)
- Feb 23, 2023Takeaways: “Someday is Today” by Matthew Dicks | #126
- Feb 09, 2023125: Creativity x Fitness – Consistency, Classics, and Crane Kicks (3 links)
- Jan 29, 2023Musashi: chances are, you’re not the best in the world
- Jan 15, 2023Rick Rubin: 3 creativity lessons
- Jan 14, 2023MrBeast: 3 creativity lessons (Lex Fridman interview)
- Jan 02, 2023The Psychology of Money x Home Gym
- Dec 26, 2022Book Notes: “Tranquility by Tuesday” by Laura Vanderkam | Audiobook Summary
- Dec 14, 2022How to podcast by yourself
- Dec 07, 2022Book Notes: “Never Finished” by David Goggins
- Nov 29, 2022118: The Psychology of Fitness: 1, 2, 3
- Nov 26, 2022Ramblings: Some questions to answer on this site
- Nov 23, 20223 Takeaways: “Control Freak: My Epic Adventure Making Video Games” by Cliff Bleszinski
- Nov 20, 2022117: Karateka, WoW, and “Discipline is Destiny”
- Nov 01, 2022Book Notes: Mamba Mentality
- Oct 25, 2022Project50 Day 10: Re-focusing
- Oct 17, 2022Project50 day 2: How to use your inevitable failure for good
- Sep 28, 2022Lose yourself in it (instead of talking about it)
- Sep 25, 2022Book Notes: “The World of Warcraft Diary” by John Staats
- Sep 22, 2022The combo to strive for
- Aug 24, 2022Just Do It (and you might find out it wasn’t all that much work)
- Aug 24, 202210 Life Lessons: Leon Edwards knocks out Kamaru Usman
- Aug 21, 2022Development diary
- Aug 14, 2022Elon Musk: Monkey playing Pong with Neuralink | Note: Full Send podcast
- Aug 11, 2022Elon Musk: Early Life on Mars | Note: Full Send podcast
- Aug 10, 2022Does Elon Musk believe in ghosts? | Note: Full Send podcast
- Aug 09, 2022John Carmack: What’s the meaning of life? | Note: Lex Fridman podcast
- Aug 09, 2022John Carmack: 1 pizza, 9 diet cokes every day | Note: Lex Fridman Podcast
- Aug 09, 2022John Carmack: Working beyond 40 hours | Note: Lex Fridman Podcast
- Jul 25, 2022Michael Ruhlman: The curious novice
- Jul 25, 2022An expectation you can’t create
- Jul 23, 2022Alton Brown’s 90s recipe: Food and media, mix well
- Jul 04, 2022Garage Gym Build 2022
- Jun 27, 2022The Psychology of Money: Your experiences do not explain the world | YouTube Short
- Jun 21, 2022Steph Curry: Bad misses vs. Good misses | YouTube Short
- Jun 21, 2022Tony Fadell: There’s always a crisis
- Jun 18, 2022116: What I read in May 2022 — “The Nineties”, “Fat, Crazy, and Tired”, “Plays Well With Others” , “Building a Second Brain”
- May 28, 2022Ramblings in Washington
- May 10, 2022Relationships are all that matter (this is both good and bad)
- May 10, 2022Some thoughts on the J.O.T. method (with Apple Notes and an iPad Pro)
- May 06, 2022Ramblings: New drawers but the same old stuff
- Apr 26, 2022Ramblings: Some recent fitness listens
- Apr 24, 2022Ramblings: Intensity and other things
- Apr 19, 2022Ramblings: The gym is coming along slowly
- Apr 19, 2022Ramblings: I drilled a hole into the wall
- Apr 18, 2022Info Diet: Steph Curry & Draymond Green
- Apr 17, 2022Ramblings: House stuff
- Mar 14, 2022We’re just a leisurely afternoon (so what?)
- Mar 09, 2022Podcast Note | Leveling Up with Eric Siu: “2M Monthly Podcast Downloads, Selling to HubSpot, Twitter Growth, and Angel Investing with Sam Parr.”
- Mar 06, 2022How Jony Ive sketches (and why fast is better)
- Mar 01, 2022When should you do something (even if it might be wrong)?
- Feb 28, 2022Easy to assemble (vs. fully assembled)
- Feb 21, 2022How to develop your own style (even if you’re not a young Jony Ive)
- Feb 17, 2022Super Bowl, “The Nineties”, “NITRO”, “The Daily Laws”
- Feb 16, 2022When the product generates its own stories (NFTs, the infinite content engine)
- Feb 15, 2022Podcast Notes: Lex Fridman Podcast “#264 – Tim Urban: Elon Musk, Neuralink, AI, Aliens, and the Future of Humanity”
- Feb 14, 2022Can’t miss content (and Hulk Hogan losing the title on a Monday Night)
- Feb 14, 2022You make space (sometimes literally)
- Feb 12, 2022Info Diet: WCW/nWo, “Winging It”, and daily content with Pomp
- Feb 08, 20224 Lessons from “Four Thousand Weeks” by Oliver Burkeman
- Feb 07, 20225 lessons from Ali Abdaal and David Perell
- Feb 06, 2022It takes more than a leg drop for your complete transformation
- Feb 06, 2022Snacking on workouts
- Feb 04, 2022The Ramblings: Back on the treadder edition
- Feb 04, 2022Lessons from Draymond Green (The Old Man and the Three)
- Jan 31, 2022Arnold gave up his girl, what will you give up?
- Jan 26, 2022Info Diet (Jan 26, 2022): Ali Abdaal, Oliver Burkeman, and “The More You Do The Better You Feel”
- Jan 20, 2022Maker’s schedule, manag–oh shoot I should check this other tab out
- Jan 19, 2022Course Notes (Jan 19, 2022): Credibility as a Beginner, Buy Carrots, Write+Meditate+Run
- Jan 18, 2022Whatever color you want
- Jan 17, 2022Podcast: #28: Info Diet Recap (January 2022) | Now You See It, Four Thousand Weeks, How the Internet Happened, How to Read a Book
- Jan 16, 2022The Road to 159 (2022): Week 2
- Jan 15, 2022You’ve probably heard of the professor and the jar and the rocks…
- Jan 09, 2022The Road to 159 (2022): Week 1
- Jan 09, 2022Podcast Notes: Brandon Zhang (Backstage Careers)
- Jan 09, 2022The best things I learned in 2021
- Jan 04, 20225 Lessons from Logic and David Perell
- Dec 30, 2021Unpack ASAP
- Dec 28, 2021Don’t get very good (at things that don’t matter)
- Dec 27, 2021Ace, stock, and flow
- Dec 25, 2021You don’t need more
- Dec 24, 2021Ramblings: Christmas Eve edition
- Dec 23, 2021Captain Sinbad: Planning
- Dec 22, 2021Bruce Lee: A punch is just a punch
- Dec 18, 2021Reading Recap 2021
- Dec 16, 2021Podcast Notes: Hasan Minhaj with Shaan Puri
- Dec 12, 2021Info Diet: Backing into the new year edition
- Dec 02, 2021#27: Decembum Momentum (and 6 recent books)
- Nov 28, 2021#26: Starcraft lessons (for productivity!)
- Nov 28, 2021Nov 2021 Goals: End of month recap
- Nov 17, 2021The courage to be normal
- Nov 11, 2021Ramblings: Accepting that I can’t make a video in an hour
- Nov 09, 2021Updated podcast and videos archives
- Nov 06, 2021Sketch of a homepage
- Nov 04, 20213 ideas from visual experts
- Nov 01, 2021Nov 2021 Goals: 10 chin-ups, 164 lbs, 1000 YT subs
- Nov 01, 2021Podcast Notes: David Perell on the Neville Medhora podcast
- Oct 31, 2021Dune: 3 ways of learning
- Oct 30, 2021Scott Dikkers: comedic vs. dramatic
- Oct 27, 2021Digital gardening with WordPress
- Oct 27, 2021Podcast Notes: Ali Abdaal on “The Daily Stoic”
- Oct 27, 2021Podcast Notes: Eric Schmidt & Tim Ferriss
- Oct 26, 20212021 MacBook Pro M1 Pro 16-inch 16GB 1TB: Very quick impressions
- Oct 23, 2021Some book quotes on simplifying creativity
- Oct 22, 2021“The Extended Mind” Twitter thread
- Oct 22, 2021How-tos laying the path toward individual sovereignity
- Oct 19, 2021Info Diet: Orlando edition (October 19, 2021)
- Oct 15, 2021Info Diet: NYC edition (October 15, 2021)
- Oct 11, 2021Info Diet (October 11, 2021)
- Oct 11, 2021In NYC, writing in the editor
- Oct 05, 2021Book Notes: The Sovereign Individual
- Oct 01, 2021Podcast Outline: “Alchemy”
- Oct 01, 2021How to learn (without needing to cut and watch organs work)
- Sep 30, 2021Reviewing my highlights from “The Slight Edge”
- Sep 28, 2021Revenge to 159: Don’t miss twice
- Sep 25, 2021Podcasting stages of an episode
- Sep 23, 2021Info diet (Thursday, September 23)
- Sep 23, 2021Rickson Gracie on teaching children
- Sep 22, 2021Notepod #25: Lessons from NYC Food Spots
- Sep 22, 2021Michael Jordan, consistent
- Sep 22, 2021Young Bill Gates would have been an NFT degen
- Sep 21, 2021Revenge to 159: 6 of 9
- Sep 20, 2021Info diet check in (Monday — September 20, 2021)
- Sep 13, 2021Revenge to 159: 1-5 of 9
- Sep 13, 2021Hello blog my old friend
- Aug 22, 2021Proof of Work and Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (Blockchain x Games)
- Aug 16, 2021Revenge to 159: 0 of 8 — Good things to continue
- Aug 13, 2021Info diet check-in (August 13, 2021)
- Aug 12, 20215 creator lessons from The Suicide Squad
- Aug 11, 2021Book Notes: Mind Management, Not Time Management: Productivity When Creativity Matters
- Aug 11, 2021Info diet check in (August 11, 2021 Wednesday)
- Aug 10, 2021Ikigai: Hara hachi bu (aka maybe you don’t need to crush that plate of beef)
- Aug 09, 2021Info diet check in (August 09, 2021 Monday)
- Aug 07, 2021How to get my groove back after the trip
- Aug 07, 2021Reading List for August 07, 2021
- Aug 06, 2021Orson Scott Card and the gap
- Aug 06, 2021Creator lessons from NYC food: Katz’s
- Aug 06, 2021Creator lessons from NYC food: Xi’an Famous Foods
- Aug 05, 2021Creator lessons from NYC food: Very Fresh Noodles
- Aug 04, 2021Always, always write in the editor
- Aug 02, 2021Road to 159: Week 8 of 8 — is this the end or the beginning?
- Aug 01, 2021Stand up to live, sit down to earn a living
- Jul 27, 2021Notepod #24: 5 Principles of Generalism (“How to be Better at Almost Everything”)
- Jul 26, 2021Road to 159: Week 7 of 8 — Pre-packaged
- Jul 24, 2021Cool video: Korean backdash
- Jul 20, 2021Daily content habits (that I’ll probably regret not building)
- Jul 20, 2021Podcast idea: Two minds – Anthony de Mello + that Cracked article
- Jul 19, 2021Road to 159: Week 6 of 8 — The Swimming Hole
- Jul 12, 2021Road to 159: Week 5 of 8
- Jul 11, 2021Arnold Schwarzenegger: Picking a gym
- Jul 10, 2021David Epstein: Generalism, debunking 10,000 hours | Podcast Notes
- Jul 10, 2021The ultimate writing machine (Cold Turkey Writer)
- Jul 08, 20214 takeaways from “Decoding Greatness” by Ron Friedman | Carousel
- Jul 08, 2021Notepod #22: “Arnold”
- Jul 07, 2021Reverse engineering Gladwell, Obama, and other creatives
- Jul 07, 2021Brainstorming book notes podcast segments
- Jul 07, 2021Arnold, ballet, and being a curious novice
- Jul 07, 2021Curious Novice Topic for July: Fat loss
- Jul 06, 2021Stillness is the Key: Get rid of your stuff
- Jul 06, 2021New Tiny Habit hook: After returning home from walking booster…
- Jul 05, 2021Road to 159: week 4 of 8
- Jul 03, 2021Write of Passage: Digital postcards
- Jul 03, 2021Reading Log: “Arnold: The education of a bodybuilder”
- Jul 02, 2021Video Outline: iPad June Journal
- Jul 01, 2021Notepod #21: 3 Tools for Thinking – Loops, Friction, and Levels
- Jul 01, 2021BASB: Intermediate packets, attention residue (and Brian Scalabrine)
- Jun 30, 2021Ramit Sethi: Scrape the meat off the bones
- Jun 30, 2021iPad Pro Drawing Practice: Face 01 | Book: “Framed Ink” | Procreate Timelapse
- Jun 29, 2021Georges St-Pierre: Not impressed with your performance (but will keep it to himself next time)
- Jun 28, 20211-2-3-4 idea for future tweets
- Jun 28, 2021Road to 159: week 3 of 8
- Jun 25, 2021Some Friday ramblings before heading off to a camping trip
- Jun 24, 2021Notepod 20: “Year Book” by Seth Rogen, “A Very Punchable Face” by Colin Jost
- Jun 24, 2021Workout 6/23: Press & Squat
- Jun 23, 2021Todo: Category page updates
- Jun 23, 2021Procreate animation: Bouncing ball | iPad Pro 2021
- Jun 22, 2021Road to 159: week 2 of 8
- Jun 21, 2021When I get to the top of the hill, I’ll start a 12-minute timer and write a post.
- Jun 21, 2021iPad & Procreate: 10 tips to staying in flow
- Jun 21, 2021Sam Parr: The playbook for a 21-year-old
- Jun 21, 2021Building my second brain
- Jun 21, 2021Making this blog my default
- Jun 20, 2021Todo: Write a post about quake episodes
- Jun 20, 2021One week with the Fuji X100V
- Jun 20, 2021A little daily reflection
- Jun 20, 2021How to save the day
- Jun 20, 2021Reduce wasted movement
- Jun 19, 2021Podcast Notes: Malcolm Gladwell on “The Daily Stoic”
- Jun 18, 2021The Notepod 19: “Wanting” by Luke Burgis
- Jun 17, 2021First draft foundations
- Jun 16, 2021Wanting: Naval on desire
- Jun 15, 2021And now to take a bajillion dog photos (buying an X100V)
- Jun 14, 2021Road to 159: Week 1 of 8
- Jun 13, 2021Some daily writers on writing daily
- Jun 13, 2021What are you wearing? (Reading Log: “Wanting” by Luke Burgis)
- Jun 12, 2021Done Well x Fulfilling
- Jun 12, 2021Podcast outline: Storyteling
- Jun 11, 2021Atomic essay in a few minutes while lying down on the couch
- Jun 11, 2021A few quick ideas for rebuilding the podcast
- Jun 10, 2021Liana Finck going through her illustration process
- Jun 10, 2021#18 Book Stack: Creativity (The Notepod)
- Jun 09, 2021Podcast Notes: Bill Simmons and Chuck Klosterman on UFOs, the evolution of the NBA, and pop culture on how we think
- Jun 08, 2021Tips for daily sharing
- Jun 07, 2021Listen log (June 07, 2021)
- Jun 06, 2021Wanting: Pre-read and first impressions
- Jun 04, 2021Notepod 16: Reading Recap (May 2021)
- Jun 04, 2021June 2021 Goals
- Jun 04, 2021Purposeful repurposing (and hopping on the next ship)
- Jun 04, 2021When games don’t work (for work)
- Jun 04, 2021A little bit of blog housekeeping (with the code hammer)
- Jun 04, 2021How to make pain fun (it already sort of is)
- Jun 04, 2021Change coffee shops (instead of reconfiguring your brain)
- May 23, 2021Trying to make writing light and easy (250 daily)
- May 23, 2021Video: How to start writing
- May 23, 2021The Notepod: “Soundtracks” by Jon Acuff
- May 07, 2021Ramblings: Info Diet Journal (5/7/21)
- May 03, 2021Quick video retro: Mortal Kombat Kreativity Lessons
- Apr 30, 2021Notepod #14: “Mortal Kombat” KREATOR lessons (and review!)
- Apr 25, 2021Effort x Value and the things I’m mkaing
- Apr 22, 2021Desk setup journal: Blue Compass, MacBook Air M1, , iPad Pro, Sony a6400
- Apr 16, 2021Notepod #13: My Desk Setup
- Apr 15, 2021iPad and MacBook shared clipboard
- Apr 15, 2021The Notepod #12: Reading List April 2021
- Apr 10, 2021The Notepod #11: MMA lessons (but for making things online)
- Apr 09, 2021Reading list for April 8, 2021
- Apr 08, 2021The “before” story (aka before I hopefully manage to shed some of this fat)
- Apr 06, 2021Brainstorming possible MMA threads
- Mar 30, 2021Fungible name, non fungible sentence
- Mar 30, 2021Reading some crypto books
- Mar 08, 20216 “SLAM DUNK” Tips for Creativity (Notepod)
- Mar 04, 2021Drumline, approval from a distance, and playing without reading (PCxCP vol. 7 of 52)
- Mar 03, 2021Justin Timberlake, Zuck, and making things cleaner (PCxCP vol. 6 of 52)
- Mar 02, 2021Hobbits and moving slowly to move far (PCxCP vol. 5 of 52)
- Mar 01, 2021Interstellar and figuring out the time warps to avoid (PCxCP vol. 4 of 52)
- Feb 27, 2021What is NBA Top Shot? (Remove the game, remove the shoes)
- Feb 26, 2021Tony Stark and starting with a bang but going through a cave (PCxCP vol. 3 of 52)
- Feb 25, 2021Inception and realizing your superpower (PCxCP vol. 2 of 52)
- Feb 24, 2021The Joker plans a lot, you don’t always have to (PCxCP vol. 1 of ????)
- Feb 23, 2021Do the same thing (for beginners and experts)
- Feb 23, 2021“Think Again” (Reading Log 2/23/21)
- Feb 22, 2021Batch shallow work, mega batch the deep work
- Feb 20, 2021Procreate how-to video outline
- Feb 20, 2021Midnights with Booster (Ramblings vol. ???)
- Feb 16, 2021The Notepod #9 — “How to Get Rich” book notes
- Feb 13, 2021Reading Ramblings: “How to Get Rich” by Felix Dennis
- Feb 07, 2021Video log – How to design your environment (for better habits)
- Feb 05, 202174: We’re back (pt VII) x 2021 Goals
- Jan 24, 2021Video log – How to stay creative (when low on time)
- Dec 31, 2020Midnights with Booster
- Dec 23, 2020Notes on visual notes (as I try to learn in public)
- Dec 09, 2020Book Notes: “The Practice” by Seth Godin
- Dec 03, 2020Ramblings (December Damage Control #1)
- Nov 20, 2020The Notepod #8 – SF, M1, OQ
- Nov 03, 2020Notecards and ideas for the next 5 posts (or next 2 posts)
- Nov 02, 2020Simplification (when aiming to write every day)
- Nov 01, 2020The phrases of habits
- Oct 31, 2020How not to save $40
- Oct 30, 2020Writing, starting from a spreadsheet (sort of)
- Oct 29, 2020Actually getting up when waking up (and the steps I took to prep for it)
- Oct 29, 2020Posting just to post
- Oct 12, 2020The numbers just don’t matter to people who are going by a “You can just feel it” metric.
- Oct 08, 2020Advice to Steve Kerr: Bring a lot of stuff (Reading Log: “The Victory Machine”)
- Oct 03, 2020Reading log: The hot hand vs. The gambler
- Sep 02, 2020Podcast Note | Sahil Lavingia: Minimize surface area to maximize polish
- Sep 01, 2020Podcasting Log: Aaaand we’re back
- Sep 01, 202073: “Magic: the Gathering” life lessons
- Aug 29, 2020Podcasting Log: Zero to 18m audio (in 90 minutes)
- Aug 29, 2020The Notepod #7 – Ford vs. Ferrari
- Aug 18, 202072: “Quarantine”
- Aug 09, 2020The Notepod #6 – Hackers and Painters
- Jul 27, 2020Podcast Note | The Ready State Podcast: “S1EP7: John Berardi”
- Jul 21, 2020Podcast Note | Shea Serrano: Grit and central points
- Jul 20, 20205 tips for writing daily (and mayyybe publishing)
- Jul 18, 2020Ramblings (on a timer)
- Jul 12, 2020You know something that’s worth teaching (so share your knowledge)
- Jun 30, 2020The Notepod #5 – “Tiny Habits”
- Jun 23, 2020The Notepod #4 – Rabbit holes and other book notes
- Jun 21, 20203 ways I use Shortcuts for writing with my iPad (and iPhone)
- Jun 19, 2020Why does Ronnie Coleman still Lift? (Joe Rogan Experience)
- Jun 18, 2020Why is acting so easy? (Jimmy O. Yang)
- Jun 17, 2020How do you lose a whole bunch of weight? (Kevin Smith)
- Jun 16, 2020Why is television a good thing? (Rob McElhenny)
- Jun 15, 2020The Notepod #3 – “Chasing Excellence”
- Jun 13, 2020How all these pieces might work together
- Jun 07, 2020Reading Log: 9 takeaways from Mark Hunt’s “Born to Fight”
- Jun 07, 2020The Listener #8 (by the Notepod (by Active Recall (by Francis (typing at his computer(but sometimes talking to it so a robot can turn it into text)))))
- Jun 06, 2020Village Global’s Venture Stories: Unbundling Journalism with Chris Best of Substack
- Jun 01, 2020Notes: “Hyperfocus” The College Info Geek Podcast
- May 31, 2020Notes on Quentin Tarantino 2014 Interview with Robert Rodriguez pt 2
- May 31, 2020Notes on Quentin Tarantino 2014 Interview with Robert Rodriguez
- May 31, 2020iPad Writing Apps: My favorites for different use cases (and why I use Shortcuts for pretty much everything)
- May 30, 2020Kevin Hart (Ozark motivation) x Brian Koppelman (Stoke the flame)
- May 30, 2020The Notepod #2 – “Rebel Without a Crew”
- May 29, 2020untools
- May 26, 2020Joe Rogan: Doing the thing
- May 25, 2020The Notepod #1 – “The Fighter’s Mind”
- May 17, 2020Reading Log: The Fighter’s Mind
- May 16, 2020Free writing an outline for a solo episode
- May 16, 2020Book Notes: “A Fighter’s Heart”
- May 16, 202071: “Work Clean”
- May 16, 2020Spider mines and more
- May 13, 2020Ramblings: Fighters, new archive page, and random links
- May 10, 2020Writing down a schedule (Steps toward fixing my focus)
- May 09, 2020What’s on my desk (setting a 25 minute timer in Figma)
- May 09, 2020Ideas that changed your life (but from Starcraft)
- May 09, 2020Against the Rules Presents: Michael Lewis in Conversation with Malcolm Gladwell and Jacob Weisberg
- Apr 27, 2020Tobi Lütke: Building lings, hydras, mutalisks (and Shopify) | Podcast Notes
- Apr 26, 2020Book Notes: “That Will Never Work” by Marc Randolph
- Apr 25, 2020Outline for a video about the iPad Magic Keyboard
- Apr 25, 2020Ramblings: Magic Keyboard first impressions
- Apr 21, 2020Bill Simmons on developing your voice as a writer | Podcast Note
- Apr 21, 2020What to do if you can’t type an apostrophe
- Apr 20, 2020BJ Fogg: Build tiny habits with positivity | Podcast Note
- Apr 18, 2020A 1-hour tinkering goal
- Apr 17, 2020Small motion test
- Apr 15, 2020Workout Log (04/15/2020) — Molting
- Apr 14, 2020One issue with writing right in the editor
- Apr 11, 2020iPad Journal (March/April 2020)
- Apr 09, 2020Workout Log (04/09/2020) — Warzone
- Apr 08, 2020Workout Log (4/8/2020) — Black belts for presenters, selling Cobra Kai at a basketball court, and mac ad slots in high school
- Apr 07, 2020Workout Log (4/7/2020) — Tiny Habits and Cobra Kai
- Apr 06, 2020Workout Log: 2020-04-06
- Apr 05, 2020Workout Log (4/2/2020) — The joy of movement (even when stuck indoors)
- Apr 05, 2020Procreate and the cutting room floor
- Apr 03, 2020Note to Self: Goals April 2020
- Mar 31, 2020This setup worked super well
- Mar 29, 2020Note to Self: Places I’ve used the iPad in the first week
- Mar 29, 2020Note to Self: Posts to Update
- Mar 29, 2020Thing #1 that I did with my iPad Pro: Drew short animations for this blog (March iPad Journal)
- Mar 29, 2020Short retro on my unfinished iPad Journal video
- Mar 29, 2020Notes to self: Trimming silence in Logic Pro X
- Mar 28, 2020Notes on “EP 364: How to Build a $113 “Minimalist” Home Gym” (The Pat Flynn Show)
- Mar 28, 2020Just picked up The Great Mental Models 2
- Mar 28, 2020Notes on “Jimmy Kimmel in Quarantine, Shaq and Kobe, and TV’s Future”
- Mar 22, 2020Michael Lewis and Malcolm Gladwell (2016)
- Mar 10, 2020Reading log: “That Will Never Work: The Birth of Netflix and the Amazing Life of an Idea”
- Mar 01, 2020Conan O’Brien: Note to self, tomorrow you’ll eat nothing (Podcast note)
- Feb 27, 2020iPad Journal: thoughts for the next video
- Feb 26, 2020Read, Listen, Watch: Rebel Without a Crew, Hatching Twitter, The Joy of Movement
- Feb 21, 2020Like yesterday, but on an iPad
- Feb 20, 2020Writing about finishing (again) (again)
- Feb 16, 2020Jason Calcanis: Read the last two chapters first (Podcast Note)
- Feb 15, 2020Walter and Francis, talking about returns, talking about books
- Feb 15, 2020Book Log: “Next” by Michael Lewis
- Feb 03, 2020How I use my iPad Pro (January 2020) — Getting back to it
- Jan 28, 2020Jocko Willink: Detach
- Jan 22, 2020Warming up the gear (and top 10 books of 2019)
- Jan 02, 2020Write jokes the way a photographer shoots
- Dec 17, 2019Reading Log: Pocket Full of Do
- Dec 16, 2019Reading Log: Work Clean
- Dec 15, 2019Lean toward learning and meaningful relationships (Adam Grant on the Tim Ferriss Show)
- Nov 28, 2019Do the simple thing first (whiteboards don’t scale and that’s okay)
- Nov 26, 2019An example disagreement (between very smart people)
- Nov 26, 201957: Myths
- Nov 24, 2019Leash yourself (to turn values into actions)
- Nov 24, 2019Find the medium that you’ll be most consistent in
- Oct 20, 201968: Atomic Habits (again)
- Oct 12, 2019Plan right in the editor (how an editorial calendar is helping me be more consistent)
- Oct 10, 2019Create before you consume (and maybe stop consuming some things altogether)
- Oct 10, 2019October Book Stack Progress
- Oct 09, 2019Journaling toward stillness
- Sep 12, 2019Mission: take this turkey to the editor as fast as possible
- Sep 09, 2019Book Notes: “Indistractable” by Nir Eyal
- Sep 05, 2019Removing friction
- Aug 20, 2019Improving my solo episodes
- Aug 18, 2019Podcast Notes – “My First Million”: Don’t make lists
- Aug 18, 2019Video: Book note – Adam Savage’s “Every Tool’s a Hammer”
- Aug 02, 2019Back to basics (and writing in the editor)
- Jul 07, 201967 – “Finish” — PAO: Mr. Perfect cutting food in a kitchen with an invisible cloak on
- Jul 02, 2019Podcast Notes: Start winning, become passionate (Ramit Sethi)
- Jun 30, 201966: “Quitter”
- May 17, 2019Analog conversations and digital detoxes (Cal Newport on “Hurry Slowly”)
- May 04, 2019Podcast Notes: Thomas Frank on building up College Info Geek
- Apr 29, 2019F07: A Podcast Palace
- Apr 23, 201965: The Phantom Hope Awakens
- Apr 15, 2019F06: “Anything You Can Imagine”
- Apr 09, 2019The 5 Ms, explained with quotes from ‘Rounders’
- Apr 04, 2019Podcast Notes: John Skipper and the early days of ESPN.com
- Apr 02, 2019F04: Walk, Listen, Talk — “Digital Minimalism”
- Mar 25, 2019F03: Walk, Listen, Talk — “Linchpin”
- Mar 22, 2019Podcast Notes: Jim Collins on rating your days (Tim Ferriss Show)
- Mar 21, 2019Podcast Notes: Hasan Minhaj (The Dave Chang Show)
- Mar 18, 2019F02: Walk, Listen, Talk — “Moonwalking With Einstein”
- Mar 15, 2019Chris Paul: Team dinners (JJ Redick Podcast)
- Mar 11, 2019F01: Walk, Listen, Talk — “Making Ideas Happen”
- Mar 09, 2019John Wooden walked a lot
- Mar 05, 201964: “This is Marketing”
- Feb 20, 2019Book Notes – “Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality” by Anthony de Mello
- Feb 04, 2019How to change the voice in your head: Seth Godin
- Jan 31, 2019Seth Godin: Write in public, change your brain
- Jan 28, 2019Be a demanding reader (and listener)
- Jan 24, 2019Joe Rogan: Podcasting as an art form
- Jan 21, 2019You don’t have a choice (Yes you do!)
- Jan 18, 2019Atomic Habits, Chrono Trigger, and making time your ally or enemy
- Jan 16, 201963: “Atomic Habits”
- Jan 08, 2019How to follow-through on projects (re-frame, remove reasons, and start moving)
- Dec 17, 2018Trace, freehand, and then draw from memory
- Dec 15, 2018Play pick-up basketball, sell your company to Amazon for $13 billion
- Dec 13, 2018Jason Fried: No one should listen to me about how to start a business
- Dec 12, 201862: “Can’t Hurt Me”
- Dec 12, 2018David Goggins: Things I don’t want to do
- Dec 09, 2018Weekly Deck — Issue 001
- Dec 03, 2018Working undercover or just tracking books: Keep it simple
- Dec 02, 2018Podcast note: How to beat writer’s block
- Nov 29, 2018Podcast note: How to tell better stories
- Nov 28, 2018Book Note: The Bullet Journal Method
- Nov 24, 2018Coffee, espresso, and bullets (The Bullet Journal Method x Hasan Minhaj)
- Nov 22, 2018Thrashing
- Nov 22, 2018How to End a Bad Habit (Book note for “Atomic Habits”)
- Nov 18, 2018Book Notes: “This is Marketing” by Seth Godin
- Oct 18, 2018Use nature’s eyes (or the Hubble telescope) to remember your insignificance
- Oct 17, 2018Atomic Habits: Initial Impressions
- Oct 15, 2018Podcast Notes: Chase Jarvis and Tim Ferriss
- Oct 14, 2018Newsletter 00X: Books finished, books in progress
- Oct 13, 2018Newsletter 000: If I had a newsletter
- Oct 13, 2018Weaving my finisher hat
- Oct 11, 2018Focus on two minutes (Podcast Notes: James Clear)
- Oct 08, 2018Write in the editor Vol. ?
- Oct 06, 2018Oh give me a hell yeah (a calm yeah works also)
- Sep 20, 2018Ep 61: Owning our Days
- Sep 18, 2018Practice directing your attention
- Sep 17, 2018Kobe Bryant: Every day math
- Sep 16, 2018Read more books (until you need to read fewer books)
- Sep 16, 2018JJ Redick, Hasan Minhaj: Negative Motivation
- Sep 08, 2018Elon Musk on Joe Rogan’s podcast
- Sep 05, 2018What’s your hiding place? (Book notes for Jon Acuff’s Finish)
- Aug 30, 201859: Marketing
- Aug 28, 2018Book Note from “Creativity, Inc.”
- Aug 21, 2018Trying out a bullet point routine
- Aug 20, 201858: Imitation
- Aug 14, 2018Prioritize information with these 3 questions (Book note for “Visual Intelligence”)
- Aug 05, 2018Notes from “The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly”
- Jul 28, 2018Look at your summer after high school (and work those things back in)
- Jul 25, 201856: Practice — Kick a tiny soccer ball around for 10,000 hours (or not?)
- Jul 22, 2018IGTV C4D: Make something daily (and share it!)
- Jul 13, 201855: (More) Sacrifice — Dream lockbox, levels of sacrifice
- Jul 09, 201854: Sacrifice — Socks vs. Friends
- Jul 06, 2018iPad apps for presentations (and videos)
- Jun 28, 201853: Questions
- Jun 25, 201851: Grit revisited
- Jun 24, 201852: Questions
- Jun 09, 201850: Minimalism — Why do I have these SNES cartridges?
- Jun 06, 2018Find Your Flow (Day 5): Pose-able figure
- Jun 05, 2018Find Your Flow (Day 4): Draw a Box pt. 2
- Jun 04, 2018Find Your Flow (Day 3): Draw a Box
- Jun 04, 201849: Authenticity through starting something stupid
- Jun 03, 2018Find Your Flow (Day 2): Omega Red pt. 2 (of 2)
- Jun 02, 2018Find Your Flow (Day 1): Omega Red pt. 1 (of I think 2)
- Jun 02, 2018Finding my flow (in 30 minutes each day)
- May 26, 2018Notes on “The Power of Starting Something Stupid”
- May 26, 2018A case against flow
- May 21, 2018Life Lessons from Watching Videos of Jim Lee Drawing
- May 21, 201848: How bad do you want it?
- May 18, 2018You’ve got 2 seconds, what advice would you give to a new graduate?
- May 16, 2018Write right in the editor (in this case it’s Evernote)
- May 14, 2018Describe Your Restaurant in a Single Sentence (Dave Chang and “Perennial Seller”)
- May 14, 2018Handle Your Distractions (Especially if the distraction is Mr. Fuji)
- May 12, 2018The best backpack for the gym (Spoiler: it’s the GORUCK GR1)
- May 10, 201847: LeBron James, Steph Curry MasterClass, Bored and Brilliant, Deep Work
- May 09, 2018Be like LeBron (and take a walk)
- May 08, 2018It’s okay to be bored (and even worth practicing)
- May 07, 2018Get to the bottom of it (and then work up to your life’s purpose)
- May 06, 2018A non-master class on writing (based on Steph Curry’s MasterClass course on basketball)
- May 06, 2018It’s not them. It’s you. (Even if it’s actually them.)
- May 06, 2018Will you remember this a week from now? (How about a year from now?)
- May 05, 2018Prune your garden (even if you don’t have an actual garden)
- May 04, 201846: “Creative Quest” and “The Ground Up Show”
- May 02, 2018Decide what you aren’t (even if you haven’t decided what you are)
- Apr 29, 201845: Getting Things Done (in Counter-Strike and life)
- Apr 29, 2018Write right (in the editor)
- Apr 28, 2018Have a vision (even if it isn’t to save humanity)
- Apr 27, 2018Focus on What Won’t Change
- Apr 25, 2018Wear a uniform (But don’t tell anyone)
- Apr 24, 2018We are a nation obsessed (Chuck Klosterman IV)
- Apr 23, 201833: How to deal with setbacks (according to Mario and Ryu Hayabusa)
- Apr 23, 201834: How to build good habits and end bad habits
- Apr 23, 201837: Podcast recommendations
- Apr 23, 201838: Xerxes, Jacoby, Marshmello, and a Guide to the Good Life
- Apr 23, 201839: Five gaming life lessons and the Four-Hour Work Week
- Apr 23, 201840: (Even more) Primal Branding
- Apr 23, 201841: “Crushing It” and other cool things
- Apr 23, 201844: Speed round and podcast recommendations (Short Story Long, Knowledge Project)
- Apr 23, 2018How do you build anything? One chunk at a time
- Apr 23, 2018XX: Ces-pi-sode – How to make big changes by getting the small things right (Ces solo minisode)
- Apr 23, 2018XX: Wallysode – Talking about obstacles
- Apr 23, 201836: Long Take
- Apr 23, 201842: “When” – Chronotypes, fresh starts, morning routines, and other cool things
- Apr 23, 201843: Cool things – The Rock, Andre the Giant, 4 burners
- Apr 23, 201835: And we are back
- Feb 24, 2018What’s inside those money bags?
- Feb 15, 2018The illusions of feelings
- Jan 29, 2018Covers for upcoming videos
- Jan 17, 201832: How to practice (according to games)
- Jan 16, 2018Pivot to video (Newsletter issue 3)
- Jan 16, 201831: Musashi and How to Stop Worrying
- Jan 09, 2018Day-tight Compartments
- Jan 07, 2018Resolutions (Newsletter issue 2)
- Jan 05, 2018How to find the best way to practice
- Jan 04, 201830: Resolutions, Subtle Art, Arcade Games
- Jan 04, 2018Learning about generalism
- Jan 03, 2018Some kettlebell notes
- Jan 03, 2018Review your beliefs (your future self will thank you!)
- Jan 02, 2018Kicking Things Off (Newsletter issue 1)
- Jan 01, 2018Posting some training notes
- Dec 30, 2017Know who you are
- Dec 29, 2017Tell good stories (even for nonfiction!)
- Dec 28, 2017Plug-ins, greasing the groove, and keeping it simple
- Dec 27, 2017Some lessons from buying a bunch of infoproducts
- Dec 26, 2017Pause the Cassette Now
- Dec 22, 201729: P-Rex and a return to The Magic Window
- Dec 22, 201728: Tribe of Mentors
- Dec 22, 2017Book Notes: Four Seconds
- Dec 22, 2017Stories we believe in
- Dec 19, 2017Book Notes: Basketball and Other Things
- Dec 18, 2017Utility of fiction
- Dec 10, 2017Notes after making a video about two Mr. Harts
- Dec 09, 2017Book Notes: The Creative Habit
- Dec 09, 201727: The Magic Window
- Dec 09, 2017I started reading “City of Thieves” by David Benioff
- Dec 08, 2017Talent vs. Hard Work (An animoji fox’s perspective)
- Dec 08, 2017Why you shouldn’t say you don’t care what other people think (Notes on things by Chuck Klosterman)
- Dec 02, 2017How to succeed as a writer (What I’ve learned by reading Bill Simmons)
- Nov 27, 201726: Someday we will vlog like bosses
- Nov 24, 2017How to tell your friend they probably shouldn’t pursue their dream anymore (Podcast Notes for Stone Cold and Brendan Schaub)
- Nov 20, 201725: Podcast recommendations, don’t leave your shopping cart in the parking lot
- Nov 13, 201724: Edit Better
- Nov 13, 2017Book Notes: This Book Will Teach You How To Write Better
- Nov 07, 201723: The Power of Moments
- Oct 25, 2017My Year of Running Safely
- Oct 22, 2017Brain bruises and the power of words
- Oct 21, 2017Sympathetic links between ideas
- Oct 19, 2017Whoa!
- Oct 14, 2017Are you picking the right goals? (And my quick foray into competitive Counter-Strike)
- Oct 11, 2017Outline: Creativity creates creativity
- Oct 11, 201722: We Can’t Make This Up
- Oct 10, 2017None of these look like Kevin Hart
- Oct 09, 2017The power of the first day on the job
- Oct 08, 2017SHAKE IT UP
- Oct 01, 201721: Not Caring What Other People Think is a Superpower
- Oct 01, 201720: Barking up the Wrong THREE
- Oct 01, 201719: Barking up the Wrong Tree, Again!
- Oct 01, 2017Daily creativity: First, through writing
- Sep 24, 2017Cardio Sucks book note: A little bit at a time
- Sep 18, 2017I just finished reading Ed Latimore’s book
- Sep 17, 2017Book reaction: The Forever War
- Sep 17, 2017Some questions for myself
- Sep 12, 2017How to post more (by writing less!)
- Sep 10, 201718: Primal Branding
- Sep 02, 201717: Better Than Before
- Aug 26, 201716: Made to Stick
- Aug 20, 201715: Talent is Overrated
- Aug 14, 201714: Shoe Dog
- Aug 10, 201713: The First 20 Hours
- Aug 10, 201712: The One Thing
- Jul 23, 2017Journal: The first 8 weeks of Active Recall
- Jul 21, 201711: Designing your life
- Jul 18, 2017The Ugly First Draft
- Jul 17, 201710: Wired to Eat
- Jul 12, 201709: Looking back, looking forward
- Jul 05, 2017Podcast notes: The power of gratitude with The 5-Minute Journal
- Jul 05, 2017Picking activities
- Jul 05, 201708: More podcast recs for your head top
- Jul 03, 2017Creative Pages: Morning Creativity Routine version 2.0
- Jul 03, 2017How to live as an artist: 1000 fans, 10000 readers, but it all starts with ten
- Jun 29, 201707: When did you realize wrestling is fake?
- Jun 28, 2017Video: Book notes for “Barking up the Wrong Tree” by Eric Barker
- Jun 28, 2017Sketchbook: Working on a publishing schedule
- Jun 22, 2017Sketchbook: Planning different time scales and appropriate books
- Jun 20, 2017Sketchbook: Will Ferrell*
- Jun 20, 201706: Creative Confidence
- Jun 19, 2017Morning creativity routine: The Great Courses
- Jun 18, 2017Sketchbook: my favorite apps
- Jun 18, 2017Sketchbook: morning routine
- Jun 18, 2017My morning creativity routine
- Jun 18, 2017AirPod first impressions
- Jun 17, 2017iPad Journal: A Notability time lapse
- Jun 17, 2017iPad Journal: An intro
- Jun 17, 2017Starting this site a little too early
- Jun 14, 2017Steal like an artist, show your work, Bruce Wayne, and Batman: Austin Kleon & Chase Jarvis — Sketchnotes Video
- Jun 10, 201705: The Obstacle is the Way
- Jun 10, 2017Make it easy, sustainable, and consistent: Tim Ferriss and Chase Jarvis — Active Recall Sketched
- Jun 06, 2017Pull-ups for your brain, studying effectively, and skill before passion: Cal Newport and Pat Flynn — Active Recall Sketched
- Jun 02, 2017Have fun, help others, and meditate: Lessons from Drama and Lewis Howes — Active Recall Sketched
- Jun 01, 201704: The Slight Edge
- May 29, 201703: Barking Up the Wrong Tree
- May 20, 201702: Grit
- May 13, 201701: Flow
- Apr 23, 2017Activities — Do you enjoy it? Does it go toward your goals?
