About 2.5 years ago, I decided in was time to part ways with my humongous, generic black computer/gear backpack for something a little more professional,
Author: Luc Beaulieu
On New Year’s Resolution or Simply Planning any New Project
“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Adopting a new year resolution, which many will do in the
Explanation of how a computer work by the legendary Richard Feynman
This was relayed to me by a colleague at work. Done at the most basic level, in a style typical to the incredible teacher that
Switching automatically between Light and Dark mode in OSX: Welcome to NightOwl!
The latest release of MacOS 10.14 introduce a Dark mode. It does look great and make it really easy on the eye at night. Personally
Do boring speakers talk longer?
According to this Nature blog post (Do boring speakers really talk for longer?), yes! It seems that having rhythm, a clear structure and sticking to
Please add to your names to the scientific community Statement denouncing Strumia’s discriminatory talk at CERN
“In this talk he argued that the primary explanation for the discrepancies between men and women in theoretical physics is that women are inherently less
Minor update to Kanban View for Cultured Code Things 3
First, Kansan-View scripts and css are now available on GitHub. Second, many thanks to Alexander Willner from Berlin, Germany for making the script fully compatible with
Kanban-View for Things 3 – Release V1.0 available (free)!
The following will allow a visual project-level overview of what is on your plate. It is comprised of 3 files: a python script, a CSS file and a PDF README file (a copy of this post). It can be executed from the terminal or as a system service using the macOS Automator app (thus never needing to open a terminal and can be associated to a keyboard short cut).
A Kanban view for Things 3 : Part III – displaying the project-level information
Almost there! Quite surprisingly, I hadn’t written html code since I completed my PhD in 1996. From 1993 to 1996, I created and maintained our
A Kanban view for Things 3 : Part II – extracting the relevant information
In a previous blog post entitled Adding an efficient, higher-level project view layer to Things 3: a proposal , I put forth that while Things 3 is
Eventail
I recently found this the Eventail widget for iOS. The 7 days calendar view on iPad with dark mode (need the upgrade for 1.99 for
Adding an efficient, higher-level project view layer to Things 3: a proposal
In the following, I would like to make an argument for a Kaban-Style view screen for projects that could become a 7th viewing mode (there is already 6 by default) in Things 3.
A Truely Portable 2TB Backup Drive – the Samsung SSD T5
I was recently in need of a new portable backup drive that uses directly a USB-C or Thunderbolt 3 port to go with my new
Free, multi-platform pro-like applications for students
In the following are a few applications to help you along the way. Of course, nothing precludes the good old pen and paper
Things 3: clean, efficient and simply beautiful!
Ever since moving all of my projects an tasks planning digital, I have used a dedicated task manager. I started with Cultured Code Things over
