Because of the fundamental interconnectedness of all things.

A digital garden is like a physical garden, but for your mind. You collect ideas like so many seeds, you tend them by feeding them on related knowledge, and thoughts sprout like new fruits. It requires consistency and patience, but each interaction with your garden is unique.

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Book Reviews

Courage is Calling - Ryan Halliday

Maintenance of Everything - Part One - Stewart Brand Tap Dancing to Work - Warren Buffett on Practically Everything - Carol Loomis Me, But Better - The Science and Promise of Personality Change by Olga Khazan Painters and Hackers - Paul Graham The Idea Machine - How Books Built Our World and Shape Our Future - Joel Miller Thinking in Bets - Annie Duke Full list of all reviews: All Book reviews Top books of 2024: 2024 Top books Top books of 2025: 2025 Top books

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Finance Ideas

Use the minimum possible to get the job done

Spend less than you earn Eliminate debt Build good relationships and real friends Dont worry about what you are investing in - just invest in something Find and work toward what you are passionate about Debt also compounds like savings Full list of financial ideas: Improve your finances

Interesting Ideas

Making a decision with a courage is better than vacillation

All failures in life come from being late Be suspicious of yardsticks as they tend to be discarded when they dont yield favorable results Make an effort to think unusual thoughts Discussion about ideas leads to more ideas Writing allows for iterative thinking Use belief calibration instead of right or wrong Income, health, good marriage and lack of trauma only account for 8 - 15 percent of variance in happiness

Interesting Persons

Euclid

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Zheng Yi Sao Ronald Fisher Emile Leray Nikki Giovanni Arthur Wharton

Interesting Quotes

In matters like this, one must move or die. I have chosen to move; that does not exclude the possibility of also dying - Charles de Gaulle

Never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself - Florence Nightingale There’s never just one cockroach in the kitchen - Warren Buffett The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends - Warren Buffett No book was so bad but some good might be got out of it - Pliny Whenever I start to doubt if Im worth the eternal trouble of medication and therapy, I remember those people who let the fog win. And I push myself to stay healthy. I remind myself that … Im fighting against a chemical imbalance - Jenny Lawson

What is this site for?

Many of the ideas written here are not quite fully formed, but in the spirit of working with the door open, I am publishing them here. A place to share interesting quotes, book reviews, music I like and any other random information. A place to share interesting workflows, productivity tools and ideas on how to work. I update this site usually a few times a week, so feel free to come back often, or use the RSS feed at the bottom of the page. Some links may not be accessible because I have not shared everything publicly, so this is normal.

Work in Progress

Working on a book on productivity

Processing book 'Secrets of Productive People' Processing book 'Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin' Processing book 'The Science of Self-Learning' Processing book 'Resilient - How to grow an unshakeable core of calm, strength and happiness'