Matt Fletcher on Atomic Spin

Three Great Talks at Next Month’s GLSEC 2016

GLSEC will have fifteen talks this year, spread across three rooms. I won’t be able to attend all of them, and here are three I’d be especially bummed miss.

Personal Optimization

I Wish I’d Met You Ten Years Ago, TextExpander

TextExpander has saved me from countless hours of typing, and the errors that come along with manual typing.

UX/Design Techniques

Asking “Why” in Design – A Cautionary Tale & Six Resources

Though great designers employ a myriad of tools to solve problems, perhaps the most powerful tool is effective use of the question "why?"

Personal Optimization

Frustrations with iOS Workflow

iOS's Workflow tool is both amazingly powerful and amazingly frustrating. I’m still not sure how it can automate the day-to-day things I grapple with.

Extracurricular Activities

Script Away Your Annoyances – Glueing Evernote and Omnifocus via JavaScript

How I used a JavaScript program to ease my morning OmniFocus and Evernote routine.

Personal Optimization

Thirty Days of Gratitude – An Experiment

During September 2015 I wrote a thank you note to a different person each day. Here I discuss what it is like to express gratitude for thirty days straight.

Personal Optimization

Script Away Your Annoyances – Automatically Publish Your Favorite Feeds in Instapaper

Using ifttt (If This, Than That) to automatically save blog posts to Instapaper.

Development Practices

Script Away Your Annoyances – Removing Manual Project Setup Tasks

Using automation to make project setup as brain-dead as possible.

Growing as Makers

Why I Organized and Ran a Conference

I was surprised at what the question to this straightforward "why" question ended up being.

Personal Optimization

Gmail Filters for unattended-upgrades Reboots

Getting tired of seeing emails from unattended-upgrades? Here's how I configured Gmail to separate the signal from the noise.

Personal Optimization

Visualize Your Spreadsheet Data with Conditional Formatting

Conditional formatting is a useful feature for analyzing spreadsheets. Here I introduce it and provide some examples.

Personal Optimization

Some Amazing Ideas Start as Wacky Ideas

A wacky idea is one that people might dismiss at first glance. But having permission to share them can open the door to innovation and creativity.

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