Resources - Apps

Does Lattics Have What It Takes To Make It As a New Writing Software App?

Is Lattics worth exploring or is it just another software development company to jump on the note-taking bandwagon?

Resources - Apps

The One Subscription I Am Excited About Renewing; Obsidian

Because the last year has been a blast. Where will the next one take me?

Skills - Time Management

We are Time’s Subjects, and Time Bids Be Gone

I’m looking for some advice on task management. I need a method with intrinsic value which transcends digital applications.

Resources - Apps

14 Reasons to Love Obsidian as a Note-Taking Tool for my PhD

Just a small collection of the reasons why I love Obsidian for research and maybe why you will too.

Skills - Wellbeing

Identify How To Charge Your Battery

… and use exposure to the method to keep your energy topped up throughout the day.

Resources - Apps

Otter.ai as a Tool to Practice Conversational Ability and Note Taking

On using voice-to-text as a way to practise conversation and take notes whilst controlling for distraction.

Resources - Apps

Thoughts on Scrintal for Structuring and Writing Notes

Scrintal is a powerful and intuitive note taking and making software ideal for structuring your writing.

Skills - Communication

7 Days of Research In-sights

A collection of 7 research ‘in-sights’ each designed to give you food for thought.

Resources - Apps

Obsidian Canvas as a Tool To Create Mini ‘In-Sights’ Posts For LinkedIn

I’m trying out creating 30 days of ‘In-Sights’ posts to understand LinkedIn. Here’s how I use Obsidian Canvas to write them.

Resources - Apps

Top 35 Best Obsidian Themes as Decided By Its Users

An out-the-box visual snapshot of the top downloaded Obsidian themes for your procrastination pleasure. Plus the next one for you to try.

Skills - Writing

How Creating a System Revolutionised Writing My PhD

Find out how I finally got organised in my PhD files and folders and how this helped me to get more PhD writing done.

Skills - Writing

How I Use Obsidian Throughout the 6 Steps of the Writing Process

I use Obsidian for ideating, confined research, outlining, writing and editing. I don’t use it for publishing.

Skills - Writing

11 Ways To Faster Writing

Develop regular practise, personal habits, focus sessions and explore outside your comfort zone to help improve your writing speed.

Skills - Writing

Surprising Personal Takeaways From Writing 2000 Words a Day

I’m doing a March challenge to write 60,000 words in the month. I was surprised how many things I’ve learnt about writing in just 11 days.

Skills - Wellbeing

Keeping Coffee as a Healthy Habit and Not a Daily Requirement

When coffee is a both a ritual and a drink I enjoy, how can I reap its benefits whilst keeping on the straight and narrow when it comes to…

Skills - Writing

After 1 Month of Publishing On Medium Here’s My Takeaways

A realistic and pragmatic look at my first 30 days on Medium as a experimental writing platform.

Skills - Writing

How I Use Obsidian To Create a Blog Pipeline

I’ve finally got my blog posts organised within Obsidian. Here’s how I did it.

Creative Writing

The Curse of the Blank Page is a Conflict Between Love and Hate

The blank page is a curse we’ve all been held under at some point. Lets explore how the spell is made and how it can be broken.

Skills - Information Management

Obsidian Vault Tour

Who doesn’t like to have a nosy around someone else’s Obsidian vault?!

Creative Writing

Creative Writing — An Excerpt — Gael Visits the Lab

I thought it was high time I put a creative writing piece on here. I hope you enjoy! I’ve had to edit it a bit so it makes more sense as a…

Skills - Information Management

Three Essential Obsidian Community Plugins My PhD Couldn’t Do Without

On a day-to-day basis, I don’t use that many plugins in Obsidian. But the ones I do use are essential!

Skills - Time Management

Why timing and guilt are key to changing habits

Today is Sunday and every Sunday morning my daughter and I make pancakes, almost without fail. It has become a weekly habit.

Skills - Time Management

Progress is not always tangible, sometimes it’s just cleaning out the crap

I missed a day writing yesterday; I decided to have a lie in instead. Roll on the failure train and the regret and the disappointment.

Skills - Writing

Training the Brain-Hand Connection to Improve Writing

This morning, as with most mornings, I start with a blank page in front of me and a coffee to the side. Sometimes, before I start, I know…

Skills - Writing

Do you write better with more or less time?

I’m short of time to write this morning. Whilst normally I would have a good 90 minutes to write, today I have about 45 minutes…