My mac just wont sleep and is warm in the morning
I gave my mac a bedtime routine so it can stay awake during the day but idle sleep at night. Great for running agents in the background, but not kill your hardware for 24/7 use.
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Why You Take Notes But Never Get Smarter
Saving information isn’t the same as learning it—that’s the Collector’s Fallacy. The shift happens when you stop collecting and start thinking, turning ideas into your own words and connecting them into something meaningful.
Trading on ideas and discovering that I'm a Quality Architect
Most people network by trading resources—money, influence, reputation, opportunity. I don’t. What I trade on is ideas.
Watch out, they're gaslighting you for attention
Maybe the sky isn't falling—we're just being manipulated to believe it is
If I'm going to spend the time doing it anyway, I might as well do it with impact
Time passes at a constant rate for all of us, it's how we spend our time that makes a difference
Mentoring isn't about giving advice, it's about creating motion
Over the years, I’ve mentored students and professionals alike—and while I love it, I’ve hit a consistent hurdle: people don’t take action.
Where do new thoughts go while creating literature notes?
Here are the simple options you have if you have an idea when creating literature notes but don't know where to place it.
Finding the right granularity in your Zettelkasten notes
I’ve been getting questions lately about how to find the right granularity for permanent notes and Maps of Content when using the Zettelkasten method. I recently answered this in a comment on one of my YouTube videos, and I think it’s worth sharing here as a
What they don’t teach you about programming
The hidden skills that aren’t mentioned when learning how to program.
2024 book list for entrepreneurs and team leaders
Below is a list of book recommendations which have helped me in my entrepreneurial journey, team building and mindset. Range: How Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David Epstein This book was great at exploring how to approach your career and expertise leaning into the world of being a
Finding time to refocus
Finding Time to Refocus by Martin Adams 0:00 / 3:24 1× "I don't have time to figure out the right thing, because I'm too busy doing the wrong thing". This was the effective message a colleague said to me a number of
Create a growth mindset programme for your team
Growth Mindset Programme by Martin Adams 0:00 / 6:52 1× Creating a Growth Mindset company isn't something that happens by chance. It comes from understanding what the differences are between having a fixed or growth mindset and then educating and mentoring your employees to adopt a
Everything, all at once
Why junior developers get overwhelmed with having to learn everything, all at once.
What you spend your time on
What You Spend Your Time On by Martin Adams 01 0:00 / 2:48 1× I'm currently listening to the audiobook The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco. He talks about the idea that you can either choose to plan for your retirement through a life of servitude,
Understanding the zettelkasten note-taking method
In this blog post, we'll discuss the Zettelkasten method, a powerful note-taking approach that can help you gain insights and create content from your acquired knowledge. Created by German sociologist Niklas Luhmann, this method is designed to make the most out of the information you encounter daily, making