changelog
Tracking the changes across this site, which is powered by Bear + Jekyll
2021-01-19 — Obsidian, Roam Research, and note updates
Added
- Obsidian is for tending my digital garden
The tool is designed for networked thinking and automatically connects notes with one another to help you build out your web of thinking by writing similarly to how we think: non-linearly.
- Newsletter signup form on notes pages
Updated
- Renamed My new design system to my digital ecosystem and totally reworked the note
After much experimentation and exploration of new practices and tools, I’ve made significant improvements to my learning and knowledge management system. It’s considered a work in progress, however, as it’s always being iterated on and improved as my needs evolve and change.
- Added products I love to Tools for managing information overload and improving how we think are on the rise
These tools can help you go from idea capture to new thing created if you use them effectively.
- 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
Taking notes is about collecting information and ideas in this moment, and making them available for our future selves to act upon. We’re seeding ideas now and helping them grow stronger as we explore and learn new things.
- Drafts is for immediate note capture and works in progress
Instead of having a thought and then thinking “where do I want to put this?”—and then having to think about what app to open, the only concern is immediately capturing the thought. BAM. done.
- Evernote is for long-term storage
The content in Evernote is interacted with less frequently, but is housed in a trustworthy place. It’s a great place to store things that need to be recalled on occasion but aren’t interacted with regularly.
2021-01-10 — Rethinking education models
2021-01-05 — Rewrote homepage, many note additions and updates
- Added
- 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
- Updated
2020-12-18 — Roam Research edition
- Added
- 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 like a carpenter’s
2020-12-11 — Toolkit
- Added
- Updated
2020-12-09 — New writing
- Added
- Updated
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:
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
- Updated Notes
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
2020-06-16 — Black Lives Matter
- Updated MTDC homepage with BLM
- New notes uploaded
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 and anticipating trajectories 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
- 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