changelog

Last tended on April 5, 2021

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2021-04-02 — digital ecosystem

• Added
  • digital ecosystem
• Updated
  • these notes are written for myself

2021-04-01 — New tools for visual thinking + the patriarchy at work

• Added
  • Whimsical is for visual thinking
  • Notion as an organized workspace
  • the world of work was not designed for working parents
  • think in terms of inputs and outputs to design better processes
• Updated
  • my digital ecosystem
  • A knowledge worker’s toolkit needs to be well-rounded
  • journey maps are tools not outcomes
  • Share ideas before they’re ready
  • learn in public
• Site Improvements
  • Added feed.xml with a Jekyll plugin
  • Added plugin to display Twitter embeds
  • Added SEO tagging
  • Added Jekyll Spaceship plugin to help with all the things
  • Added Jekyll image plugin (not working yet)

2021-03-05 — Digital ecosystem updates

• Updated
  • my digital ecosystem
  • Why I like Roam over Bear for improving my thinking
  • Alfred is for automation and central control

2021-03-05 — Asynchronous work

• Added
  • asynchronous communication is a critical component of the future of work
  • scheduling—but not forcing—creativity
  • browsing the internet through multiple tabs is non-linear thinking
• Updated
  • Non-linear writing’s ability to jump from sentence to sentence, idea to idea, changes the way the mind thinks through ideas
  • When you have the world of information available at your fingertips, traditional models of education are rendered obsolete

2021-03-03 — Obsidian + Jekyll setup

• Added: Obsidian Jekyll workflow
• Updated:
  • Obsidian is for tending my digital garden
  • digital garden
  • my digital ecosystem

2021-02-24 — Privacy Policy

• Added: Privacy

2021-02-19 — Journey Maps

• Added: journey maps are tools not outcomes
• Updated
  • Sensemaking and wayfinding are critical skills for thriving in 2020 and beyond
  • A knowledge worker’s toolkit needs to be well-rounded
  • Data ≠ Insight

2021-02-10 — Discord is modern AIM

• Discord is a modern day AIM

2021-02-01 — Data vs Insight

• Added: Data ≠ Insight
• Updated: Ideas improve by writing about them not by thinking about them

2021-02-01 — Building a body of work

• Added Buy Me A Coffee link to the footer
• Finally wrote something real about why to build a body of work

2021-01-29 — More on American inequality

• Added: America has done a terrible job taking care of its citizens
• Added: The future is not American-led
• Updated: America

2021-01-19 — Obsidian, Roam Research, and note updates

• Added: Obsidian is for tending my digital garden
• Newsletter signup form on notes pages

Updated

• Renamed My new design system to my digital ecosystem and totally reworked the note
• Added products I love to Tools for managing information overload and improving how we think are on the rise
• Renamed “How to take smart notes” to “How I take smart notes” because I can only share what works for me, not what others should do
• Drafts is for immediate note capture and works in progress
• Evernote is for long-term storage

2021-01-10 — Rethinking education models

• Added: When you have the world of information available at your fingertips, traditional models of education are rendered obsolete

2021-01-05 — Rewrote homepage, many note additions and updates

• Added
  • Tools for managing information overload and improving how we think are on the rise
• Updated
  • digital garden
  • build a body of work
  • learn in public
  • Bidirectional links between apps would greatly improve interoperability of concepts and ideas
  • Every time you tend to an idea you create an opportunity to share original work with others
  • How I take smart notes
  • Ideas improve by writing about them not by thinking about them
  • Finding topics to write about is easier when a body of notes already exists upon which ideas can grow
  • refine your ideas over time

2020-12-23 — Refine ideas, stack bricks, note updates

• Added
  • Take notes in your own words while reading, watching, and thinking
  • refine your ideas over time
  • stack the bricks
  • build a body of work
• Updated
  • How I take smart notes
  • Share ideas before they’re ready
  • Ideas improve by writing about them not by thinking about them
  • learn in public
  • digital garden
  • Every time you tend to an idea you create an opportunity to share original work with others

2020-12-18 — Roam Research edition

• Added
  • Why I like Roam over Bear for improving my thinking
• Updated
  • Bear is for networked thinking
  • What has my attention now
  • It’s not a writing system, it’s a thinking system whose byproduct is writing
  • Non-linear writing’s ability to jump from sentence to sentence, idea to idea, changes the way the mind thinks through ideas
  • web of thinking
  • my digital ecosystem
  • A knowledge worker’s toolkit needs to be well-rounded

2020-12-11 — Toolkit

• Added
  • A knowledge worker’s toolkit needs to be well-rounded
• Updated
  • learn in public
  • my digital ecosystem

2020-12-09 — New writing

• Added
  • Tinkering with Roam Research
• Updated
  • my digital ecosystem
  • Every time you tend to an idea you create an opportunity to share original work with others
  • web of thinking

2020-11-20 — A few note updates

• Added:
  • I am looking for new and meaningful projects in 2021
  • Drafts is for immediate note capture and works in progress
  • Non-linear writing’s ability to jump from sentence to sentence, idea to idea, changes the way the mind thinks through ideas
  • Am I the ‘mediocre white man’ they so often speak about?
  • We have barely begun to see the effects of the fallout from this pandemic
• Updated:
  • Bear is for networked thinking
  • my digital ecosystem
  • Writing is thinking
  • We must confront ourselves. It’s as simple as that
  • The Great Reset

2020-09-21 — Getting back into things

• Updated copy on the homepage

2020-07-01 — Tidying + evolving notes

• Added a prompt to encourage commenting at the bottom of each note
• Added example newsletter (issue #1) to /subscribe
• New Notes
  • The Great Reset
  • digital garden
  • learn in public
  • Every time you tend to an idea you create an opportunity to share original work with others
  • Finding topics to write about is easier when a body of notes already exists upon which ideas can grow
• Updated Notes
  • public notes build authority and trust
  • web of thinking

2020-06-26 — New + updated notes

• It’s tough to live life amid all these circumstances
• Cleaned up and reorganized What has my attention now
• It feels like there’s a new internet being built with the principle of the early days—sharing and connecting knowledge—but with the wisdom of today, accumulated over decades of improving technology’s capabilities
• Added links to workflows on Alfred is for automation and central control

2020-06-18 — Fixed URLs + newsletter subscription

• Made permalinks more accessible with hypens instead of spaces
• Added link to substack subscription in footer
• Added refinedmind.co
• Added a new logo!
• Updated What has my attention now
• New notes uploaded
  • The land of the free is such a lie
  • America
  • automate what you can
  • Ideas improve by writing about them not by thinking about them
  • web of thinking
  • Share ideas before they’re ready
  • public notes build authority and trust

2020-06-16 — Black Lives Matter

• Updated MTDC homepage with BLM
• New notes uploaded
  • Black Lives Matter
  • We must confront ourselves. It’s as simple as that

2020-06-15 — Updated some language

• Updated homepage language
• Made changeling more accessible

2020-06-12 — Added commenting + new notes

• Sensemaking and wayfinding are critical skills for thriving in 2020 and beyond
• Wayfinding is the process of orienting within new environments, navigating through space, and progressing towards desired destinations
• sensemaking is the process of creating situational awareness amid uncertain and ambiguous situations while anticipating paths forward in order to effectively make decisions
• Added a comment system in hopes of some dialogue and public discourse!

2020-06-09 — Content + Layout updates

• Added more notes
  • Bidirectional links between apps would greatly improve interoperability of concepts and ideas
  • my digital ecosystem
  • Alfred is for automation and central control
  • Bear is for networked thinking
  • How I take smart notes
• Updated footer with changelog link

2020-06-07 — Updated URL

• Now running on http://mind.miketannenbaum.com (will change soon)

2020-05-29 — Site deployed to Netlify!

• Deployed to tannenbaum.netlify.app
• Running on my new GitHub repo /my-public-mind
• Content added
• Stylesheets updated
• Tweeted the link out once

2020-05-28 — Built on the shoulders of others

• Base: Maxime Vaillancourt’s Setting up your own digital garden with Jekyll 🌱
• Wiki links converted to html links with Extending Jekyll markdown
  • Based on GitHub - jhvanderschee/brackettest

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