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Jeremy Friesen on Hard Mode

Jeremy writes a thoughtful post in response to the idea of Hard Mode. It's about simplicity, Emacs, and related thoughts around status.

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Hard Mode and status

Joan Westenberg points out the connections between "hard mode" and status.

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I've made things too complicated again

Remember my Reduce and Simplify goal for 2024? That was a good idea, eh? Here's the thing, even after committing again a year later, in Reduce & Simplify - Redux 2025, I've done neither of those things. In fact, nearly six months after the Redux post,

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I have neither reduced, nor simplified

At the beginning of 2024, I had grand plans to Reduce & Simplify. I was also determined to use what I have. I've done neither of those things. It's November. I tried for a while. Or rather, I tried a bunch of different times, which had

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The Emergent Task Planner

DSri Seah's (Formerly David Seah) Emergent Task Planner (ETP) is a paper-based planning tool that I used from 2012 through 2018. Here's an example from 10 years ago today: Lately I've been using a yellow legal pad on my desk instead of my usual

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