Minimalism x Technology
Minimized System Design (MSD) is a set of design principles to simplify, optimize, and minimize how we operate inside and outside of digital ecosystems. Creating workflows and system structures using MSD follows these simple principles: Simplicity Longevity Interoperability Privacy Simplicity When tackling a new challenge or solving a problem with various tools and workflows, it’s best to keep it…
Minimalism can be viewed as a layered life system, comprising three core sub-systems: Reduction Routinization Refinement Reduction is the foundation of minimalism and is fairly self-explanatory. By using a variety of tools and techniques in tandem with the other sub-systems, you can build a resilient, self-perpetuating system of systems. Reduce, minimize, declutter, and discard. Spend little to no…
How do you consume your information? Is it through your email inbox, a curated set of bookmarks, a stream of RSS feeds, social media, television, forums, radio, direct messages, or perhaps even physical letters? Is the information delivered as audio, video, or text? Is it digital or tangible? There are countless mediums and methods for consuming information. From channel surfing on a cable box to…
an excerpt from my book notes for If You Meet the Buddha on the Road, Kill Him! An Eschatological Laundry List: A Partial Register of the 927 Eternal Truths This is it! There are no hidden meanings. You can't get there from here, and besides there's no place else to go. We are all already dying, and we will be dead for a long time. Nothing lasts. There is no way of getting all you want. You can't…
A brief overview of the browsers I used this year. (2024) Zen This Firefox based browser has all the bells and whistles in a really polished package. This is early development software here so your mileage may vary. Vivaldi This Chromium based browser has almost too much customization. After you tune it to match your style of browsing it can be one of the best experiences. Brave Since Brave is a…
I always feel like there is a better or more optimal way to do things. More often than not this leads to analysis paralysis and overthinking rather than acting. I usually end up spending all my energy on thinking about how to best approach a problem rather than actually solving it. What I am really trying to do with this blog, and writing in general, is to clarify my headspace and reorient myself…
Just some reminders to keep me in check Find peace in a noisy world Focus on less things but higher quality things Freedom from the input of other minds Engage with solitude Pursuit of mastery will give your life focus and meaning Learning to live with less doesn’t mean living with nothing Differentiate between wants and needs Start with the obvious Let go of the "someday" mentality Don't wait too…
we are buffeted by this and by that nothing to do with you people you love grow old and die all you can do is remember before you forget
April 22, 1958 57 Perry Street New York City Dear Hume, You ask advice: ah, what a very human and very dangerous thing to do! For to give advice to a man who asks what to do with his life implies something very close to egomania. To presume to point a man to the right and ultimate goal — to point with a trembling finger in the RIGHT direction is something only a fool would take upon himself. I am…
I recently rediscovered a little booklet titled "Think". It's the kind of book you can just open to any page, basically all of the pages are just single thoughts . I hope it inspires someone who may stumble across it here in my blog. You can only have two things in life, Reasons or Results. Reasons don't count. If you are constantly being mistreated, you're cooperating with the treatment. You…