Morning Coffee 120: July 29th, 2024

Good morning. Writing you after a busy weekend and the start of a new work schedule. Bracing myself for all the upcoming changes at work. I’ve been watching Hacks, House of the Dragon, and Books of Doom. Been playing Diablo IV and Fallout London. Let me know what you’ve been watching, reading, playing, or listening to. Always interested in growing my library. This is Morning Coffee, 120 weeks in a row. Buy me a coffee to keep it going. As always, I hope this letter finds you well.

Don’t Use Bookmarks

I was recently asked about how I manage bookmarks. My answer was simple: I don’t. My only bookmarks are the four that I visit throughout the week (my site, my newsletter, check-in at church for the kids, and my work schedule). I don’t believe bookmarks are very useful. It’s a place that can easily get filled up with outdated links.

Instead of using bookmarks, I make decisions on each link that I might need later. If it’s something actionable (to purchase or write about), I send it to Things (you might use Reminders), knowing that I’ll be checking off that task soon. If it’s something I plan on reading later, I send it to Safari’s Reading List.

If it’s something I want to reference in the future, I add it to Apple Journal with a quick note about why it’s important. I’ll find it again by searching for one of the words in that quick note.

If it’s a Youtube video, I add it to YouTube’s Watch Later feature. Not as a list to complete, but just a filter to get back to interesting videos.

For each day’s headlines, I use Reeder, an upcoming app from Silvio Rizzi. I scroll through the latest feeds and send the ones that I want to find again into the “Later” bucket. This gives me a filtered list of all the links I found interesting.

Mela is another app from Silvio Rizzi, that my wife Olivia uses throughout the week, for recipes. Find a recipe, add it to Mela, uncheck the groceries you already have, and then add the rest to your Apple Reminder’s Grocery List. When it’s time to cook, press “Cook” and get simple step-by-step instructions.

Previously: On July 22nd, I wrote about how my daughter watches her cartoons. On July 15th, I wrote about how to hide your apps on the iPhone. On July 8th, I wrote about how to setup a Mac. On July 1st, I wrote about journaling. On June 24th, I wrote about our trip to Destin. On June 17th, I wrote about how to pack for a vacation. And on May 5th, I showed off the arcade machine we built.