#09: ♻️ Async work, passive creativity, & non-linear browser tabs

Exploring better ways of working + thinking

Hi there! I’m Mike Tannenbaum, the human behind this letter. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to updates at https://refinedmind.co. The Refined Mind is a bi-weekly review of public notes and ideas in progress. If you were forwarded this email, go grab your own!

Heyo!

Quite a few additions in this edition so let’s get at it!

First, I had a tweet catch a lot of people’s attention so I expanded it into a larger note about asynchronous workstyles including additional resources.

Also on Twitter I joined a quit conversation about creating conditions for creativity vs trying to force creativity, something I live through on an almost daily basis.

Next, I pushed up a note I’d been sitting on for a while about browser tabs as a container for holding multiple threads of thought at the same time.

And finally, after many requests, I put together a walkthrough on how I built and manage The Refined Mind website. It’s semi-technical but does walk you through the process in a (hopefully) clear way, so if you setup your own garden in this way please let me know how it goes! I'd really like to improve that post since both myself and the person who helped me create the framework for the site are frequently asked about it.

‘Til next time,
Mike Tannenbaum | The Refined Mind

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2021-03-05 — Asynchronous work

• Added

  • asynchronous communication is a critical component of the future of work

  • scheduling—but not forcing—creativity

  • browsing the internet through multiple tabs is non-linear thinking

• Updated

  • Non-linear writing’s ability to jump from sentence to sentence, idea to idea, changes the way the mind thinks through ideas

  • When you have the world of information available at your fingertips, traditional models of education are rendered obsolete

2021-03-03 — Obsidian + Jekyll setup

• Added: Obsidian Jekyll workflow

• Updated:

  • Obsidian is for tending my digital garden

  • digital garden

  • my digital ecosystem

2021-02-24 — Privacy Policy

• Added: Privacy

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Revisiting updates from the last newsletter

2021-02-19 — Journey Maps

• Added: journey maps are tools not outcomes

• Updated: Sensemaking and wayfinding are critical skills for thriving in 2020 and beyond

• Updated: A knowledge worker’s toolkit needs to be well-rounded

• Updated: Data ≠ Insight

2021-02-10 — Discord is modern AIM

• Discord is a modern day AIM

2021-02-01 — Data vs Insight

• Added: Data ≠ Insight

• Updated: Ideas improve by writing about them not by thinking about them

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