In one of my all-time favorite books, Tools for Conviviality, the author, Ivan Illich, describes a convivial tool as one that lets the user exercise their autonomy/independence, and creativity.

Discover the ultimate 2026 workflow for organizing your notes using NotebookLM to process information and Obsidian to build a ...

Have you ever wished your notes could keep up with the pace of your thoughts, no matter where you are? Imagine dictating ideas during a morning walk, retrieving insights from your knowledge base on ...

I cover Android with a focus on productivity, automation, and Google’s ecosystem, including Gemini and everyday apps. With a background in engineering and software development, I tend to go beyond ...

I'm pretty bad at being an employee. I openly despise meetings, I say exactly what's on my mind, and I sincerely believe that many managers exist only to waste the time of otherwise productive people.

A quick checklist for setting up a fresh Obsidian vault.

Replace your kanban, journaling, read-it later, and to-do list apps using Obsidian plugins. Obsidian is the Winamp of productivity tools. If you're as ancient as I am, you might remember that the best ...

I cover Android with a focus on productivity, automation, and Google’s ecosystem, including Gemini and everyday apps. With a background in engineering and software development, I tend to go beyond ...

Obsidian, a note-taking app that allows users to treat Markdown notes as local files, has revamped its plugin and theme distribution platform and launched a new community site called 'Obsidian ...