Kevin Dangoor on Software Architecture, Publishing and More

May 19
Obsidian
Backlinks 2020-05-19 Since I’m using Obsidian now, I should collect interesting tips and tricks. Today, one of the founders just linked to awesome-obsidian, which I should keep an eye on.
May 18
2020-05-18
Just starting with Obsidian I was just invited into the beta for Obsidian and my first reaction is wow. The specific bit of wow for me is that I had been using nvALT to edit my notes and generate my website, but Obsidian plugs right in to the way I was already using notes including daily notes. The Markdown editing is certainly much smoother than nvALT’s and it has many more features.
May 16
2020-05-16
Scholagladiatoria YouTube fighting videos In Brandon Sanderson’s latest BYU lecture, he mentioned using Matt Easton’s videos to learn about various aspects of sword fighting for your Writing. The channel is Scholagladiatoria and it looks awesome.
May 16
Brandon Sanderson
Backlinks 2020-05-16 In Brandon Sanderson’s latest BYU lecture, he mentioned using Matt Easton’s videos to learn about various aspects of sword fighting for your Writing. The channel is Scholagladiatoria and it looks awesome.
May 16
Writing
Backlinks 2020-05-16 In Brandon Sanderson’s latest BYU lecture, he mentioned using Matt Easton’s videos to learn about various aspects of sword fighting for your Writing. The channel is Scholagladiatoria and it looks awesome.
May 13
2020-05-13
AutoHotKey equivalents on the Mac Hillel Wayne’s In Praise of AutoHotKey has been making the rounds. AutoHotKey is an Automation tool/language for Windows. I’ve been a Mac user for a long time, so I’m more interested in Mac equivalents. People discussed some of the Mac equivalents on Lobsters. I’ve been an Alfred user for years. It’s a great tool that I use many times a day and it makes automation easy using pretty much any programming language.
May 13
Automation
Backlinks 2020-05-13 Hillel Wayne’s In Praise of AutoHotKey has been making the rounds. AutoHotKey is an Automation tool/language for Windows. I’ve been a Mac user for a long time, so I’m more interested in Mac equivalents. People discussed some of the Mac equivalents on Lobsters.
May 13
Lua
Backlinks 2020-05-13 A comment on Lobsters also pointed to Hammerspoon, which allows Lua-based scripting. This has some of the unusual sorts of triggers that Keyboard Maestro has, but without the GUI for managing the actions.
May 12
COVID-19
Dashboards How We Reopen Safely — Updated dashboard with information about where each state sits right now on criteria for a safe reopening. Johns Hopkins dashboard — Just the raw numbers per region (global) Rt Covid-19 — Shows where each state is at in rate of spread Helpful information The Risks — Know Them — Avoid Them — Immunologist Erin Bromage’s roundup of the science around avoiding catching COVID-19 as things reopen.
May 11
2020-05-11
The Risks — Know Them — Avoid Them As places start reopening after COVID-19’s (first) shutdowns, Erin Bromage’s The Risks — Know Them — Avoid Them is a detailed look at how the virus spreads and where most of the risk comes from, so that we can avoid behavior that is risky. 5 years at Khan Academy Today marks five years since I joined Khan Academy. Thanks to all of my coworkers for providing a great working environment, and to Sal for creating an organization with such an audacious mission.