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].
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
"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
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/
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
It's Getting Better All the Time
I receive the most criticism when I post about positive things happening in the world. I find that fascinating. It could be because a lot of people rely on negative outlooks to fuel their jobs, hobbies, or identities. Steven Pinker experienced this himself on a grand scale when he published
Get Published Podcast Episode 169: CJ Chilvers
Paul G. Brodie had me on his podcast [https://player.fm/series/get-published-podcast-2350290/cj-chilvers-engaging-your-email-list] to discuss A Lesser Photographer [https://www.cjchilvers.com/a-lesser-photographer] and how I chose quality of audience over quantity with my email newsletter. We had a great discussion after the show too about alternative business models