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All Of Ethan’s Podcasts And Articles For October 2017
Here’s a catalog of all the media I produced (or helped produce) in October 2017. I’ve decided to add some content summaries so that you have good incentive to give some of the podcasts a listen if...
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All Of Ethan’s Podcasts And Articles For November 2017
Here’s a catalog of all the media I produced (or helped produce) in November 2017. I’ve included content summaries to motivate you to click. See, that’s coming right at you with how I’m trying to...
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Postpone Inbox Procrastination
I’ve recently admitted to myself that my ineptitude with my inbox is due largely to procrastination. That is, I can’t face the task that a particular inbox message presents, and thus I ignore the...
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Pre-Order My Computer Networking Problems & Solutions Book And Save 40%
I co-authored Computer Networking Problems And Solutions with Russ White. The nice folks at InformIT.com are accepting pre-orders of the book and ebook at 40% off until December 16, 2017. Go get...
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All Of Ethan’s Podcasts And Articles For December 2017
Here’s a catalog of all the media I produced (or helped produce) in December 2017. PACKET PUSHERS WEEKLY PODCAST Episode 368 – Radical Change, Devops, and Automation. Greg Ferro and I kick around a...
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The Pros & Cons Of Task Managers
Task managers are tools that allow you to maintain organized lists of the things you need to do. Over the last couple of months, I have shifted my workflow to revolve around a task manager. That means...
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Space To Think My Own Thoughts
Everyone Creates A challenge for people who make things is living in a world where everyone else makes things, too. On the Internet, everyone seems to be making something they want you to consider and...
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StayFocusd Extension For Chrome
During the last month or two, I’d gotten into a habit of trawling through Imgur, looking for memes I could spin into humorous tweets about networking. It became a game to see what tweets I could create...
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Don’t Reply To Everything
I recently came across a simple idea that is having a positive impact on productivity. That idea is to not reply to everything. While this can be applied to social media broadly, I’m focused on email...
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I Didn’t Even Know I Was Sick
This piece was originally published in the Packet Pushers’ Human Infrastructure Magazine, a publication about the human side of working in technology. HIM is sent every other week or so to Packet...
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Automating Logistics To Improve Productivity
Getting work done is hindered by logistics. Logistics is work about work. It’s the work you do so that you can get something else done. For example, there’s a workflow I use to create a podcast. Most...
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Leveraging Desktop Real Estate To Decrease Distractions
I use a dual-monitor setup. In my setup, the main screen sits centered directly in front of me. The secondary screen, which is slightly smaller, is off to one side. The real estate provided by the two...
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Connecting Python To Slack For Testing, Development, and Chat
Plugging Python Code Into Slack, Maybe For A Chatbot The scripting language Python can retrieve information from or publish information to the messaging app Slack. This means you can write a chatbot...
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Improve Productivity. Shut Off Notifications. (YouTube)
Here’s a short car video where I recommend shutting off notifications as a way to increase productivity. Spoiler alert. That’s pretty much the summary of the entire video, so you can save yourself the...
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The Mythical Eight Hour Workday
I haven’t tracked my time in many years. I’ve always felt the practice was a nuisance. Hey, I’m busy. I have a lot to do. I’m working on it. Don’t distract me with a time sheet. You know what I do,...
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Opting Out Of Toxic Culture
In a culture of Internet toxicity, a question all productivity-minded people should ponder is why they are participating in social platforms. For example, Twitter has become a predominantly negative...
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Synology Running Out Of Space? Empty The Recycle Bin.
While performing end-of-year clean up on lab infrastructure, I discovered my 8 disk Synology array with about 22TB of usable storage was almost out of space. Really? What had I filled all that space...
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My Adventuring YouTube Channel
Over the past couple of months, I’ve been organizing my collection of media files. I discovered a bunch of video lurking in an archive folder I’d forgotten about, featuring hiking and other adventures....
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Using AppleScript To Size A Window To 16×9 On MacOS
As part of an automation workflow I’m building around Elgato Stream Deck, I needed a way to size an application window to 16×9. This would be one component of a workflow that would allow me to launch...
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Finding Nuance In A Time Of Negative Noise
I am put off by the mainstream media, the American president, and Twitter these days. We’re living in a media world that lacks nuance. Nearly all discussions are polarized. That polarization results in...
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