Preface

For several weeks I've been using Obsidian as my notetaking/personal knowledge management tool. I won't get into it too much in this post, as it can be a post all on its own. But I bring it up because a) I'm using Obsidian to write up this blog post on my Surface Duo 2, and b) the practice of writing daily notes in Obsidian makes it easier for me to share interesting stuff I've come across this week.

I wrote a little bit about how I love using Obsidian on my Duo 2 for notetaking because of how easy it is to have, for example, a book on one screen, and Obsidian on the other screen for instant access to take notes.

You can read more about my thoughts in this short Mastodon thread.

And now, some random links from my daily notes for this week:

• Pitchfork has an article about a huge Spotify playlist Four Tet curates (it has over 1000 tracks).
• Interesting, but not surprising, article about Gen Z's supposed declining use of social media. Weirdly, I read somewhere that they use IG and TikTok to search for information as opposed to Google and other “typical” sources...kind of mind-boggling to this Gen Xer.
• Fun emoji combos can be had from Emoji Kitchen (and instantly usable from Gboard on Android devices)
• Do you want to see what Apple Stores used to look like? #nostalgia
• Funny, relatable Twitter thread about ignorant people being annoying asking where someone “is really from”. I love this video of a spunky child answering this question. 🤣
• I haven't researched this myself further, but supposedly, “Wi-Fi” doesn't mean what you think it means...
• I have seen this “Dear Alice” video before (#solarpunk) and think it's pretty cool, even though it is an ad. This person posted their commentary on the video, which I thought was interesting to consider.