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The Resurrection of DVDs

I will admit to laughing at people who collect DVDs. I’ve considered it a giant waste of money and space. But now I’m started to wonder if I was wrong. Samsung announced recently that they’re done producing new Blu-Ray players [https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/17/

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New Newsletter: Be a Librarian

The Austin Kleon interview, personal user manuals, why newsletters rule, and weeks worth of great quotes. It’s all in the latest issue of the newsletter [https://mailchi.mp/cjchilvers/be-a-librarian]. Subscribe here [https://www.cjchilvers.com/subscribe].

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Revisiting Ulysses

Lots of writers I know and trust recommend Ulysses [https://ulysses.app], but I was pretty tough on it in my giant post [https://www.cjchilvers.com/which-note-taking-app-should-i-use/] about note taking/writing apps. Since that post, Ulysses released a big update [https://www.macstories.net/reviews/ulysses-15-review-split-view-on-the-mac-remote-images-improved-ipad-multitasking-and-more/] addressing one of

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Be a Librarian to Your Readers: An Interview with Austin Kleon

Austin Kleon is the New York Times Bestselling author of Steal Like an Artist [https://amzn.to/2U953Cn], a guide to help you “embrace influence, school yourself through the work of others, remix and reimagine to discover your own path.” His follow-up book Show Your Work [https://amzn.to/2UUfDKO]

Be a Librarian to Your Readers: An Interview with Austin Kleon
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New Newsletter: Why I Unsubbed 400 of You

The ability to look stupid, the best note taking app, and how to keep going — it’s all in the latest newsletter [https://mailchi.mp/cjchilvers/why-i-unsubbed-400-of-you].

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Which Note Taking App Should I Use?

Everyone takes and uses notes in in their own way. It’s very personal. No one way works for everyone. In fact, readers who only use paper should skip this article altogether. I admire your lifestyle and hope to have it some day, but for now I rely on the

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"Sources of Personal Competitive Advantage"

Shane Parrish is collecting a list on Twitter of sources of personal competitive advantage [https://twitter.com/farnamstreet/status/1090810681383780352]. Readers soon joined in and now it’s a long thread that received the following response from business author Kevin Kruse: > “If he doesn’t turn this into a

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Marie Curie's Notebook

A look inside a notebook, on experiments from 1899-1902, still radioactive today (and will be 1500 years from today). This reminds me that paper notebooks are still the best format for archiving notes, and handwriting adds humanity to everything — including data collection. (via The Nobel Prize [https://twitter.com/nobelprize/

Marie Curie's Notebook
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Why I Just Unsubscribed 400 of You

The goal of my newsletter is to connect with my readers. It’s a simple, clear goal, but it’s not easy to maintain. Higher open rates on fewer emails are worth vastly more to me than lower open rates on many emails. Because of this, I periodically unsubscribe large

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Keep Going

Austin Kleon and I tend to write about very similar subjects, but to completely different audiences. I follow his blog [https://austinkleon.com] and read his books [https://austinkleon.com/books/]. More than once I’ve deleted drafts of posts, because he just posted the same thing. So, I look

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