Category Archives: Productivity

Readers’ Revenge

By | September 18, 2025

tl;dr: How to control your Substack overload and reclaim your inbox These are difficult times, and staying up to speed is a full-time endeavour. Ironically, the explosion of newsletters from individuals has made this harder rather than easier, I have found myself swamped by newsletters, despite efforts to bring some order to them (more of… Read More »

are the devices we use sexist?

By | December 9, 2020

Are women physically suffering more than men when it comes to computing? Does the tech industry not only favour men but also design itself around them? And if that’s true, is the COVID-driven trend of working from home exacerbating the problem, leaving a legacy of back and neck pain for women around the world? Heavy… Read More »

Directory of note-taking apps

By | July 20, 2020

Roam has shaken up a once dull market. But what else is out there? For the first time in more than a decade I dust off the once-popular ‘directory’ series of blogposts to try to draw up a rudimentary directory of apps and services that offer something similar to Roam Research. It’s tough, partly because Roam is so excellent but also because it’s hard to know where to draw the line. Here’s a stab