Alex Standiford

Loving that this second monitor is not only good for couch gaming, but if I’m doing what I call “shallow work”, it’s nice to have a second screen. My little Macbook Air is great on its own, but sometimes I want the extra real-estate. Not too different than my original RV setup, actually.

Eventually I’ll replace this board with something better, but for now, any planar surface will do 😅

I even created my own daily journal template using Figma last night. I based it on my time-budgeting approach, and left plenty of room for bullet journaling so I can get stuff out of my head and keep myself from getting distracted during the oh-so-important deep work timeblock.

Also, I love that I got to add a little Novatorius logo and “You Got This” to the bottom.

I bought a Boox e-ink tablet for bullet journaling, and reading. really loving it so-far. My mind buzzes with RSS feed to ChatGPT to Instapaper Zaps that allow me to create my own curated, and reported newspaper with original links. Another weekend project, it seems.

The biggest thing that AI is changing for me? I want EVERYTHING as a markdown file. It’s portable, easy to read, easy to enhance, and easy to parse, both for me and AI.

Heck, even creating an index of the content is easier than ever with things like ChromaDB.

I started over in FFXIV last night. I needed a game that didn’t feel like another project. Something that took me on a journey.

And I couldn’t resist creating an emo Lalafell named Adam Smoltier. 🤣

I’m gonna say the thing out loud – Most affiliate programs suck.

People hype them as money-printing machines, but most just drain resources, waste time, and barely boost sales.

There’s a better way.

https://www.sirenaffiliates.com/partner-first-approach/