{"id":1816,"date":"2022-08-21T17:29:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T22:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/?p=1816"},"modified":"2022-08-21T17:29:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T22:29:23","slug":"weeknote-for-8-21-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/2022\/08\/21\/weeknote-for-8-21-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Weeknote for 8\/21\/2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Productivity<\/h2>\n<p>\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>Last week I struggled with importing my Evernote notes into Notion, but I settled into a groove on transferring my Nirvana tasks.<\/strong> I still have a few more days of work on that, but I&#8217;m going to finish integrating Nirvana before I try again with Evernote.<\/p>\n<h2>Programming<\/h2>\n<p>\ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookboon.com\/en\/an-introduction-to-relational-database-theory-ebook\"><em>An Introduction to Relational Database Theory<\/em><\/a> by Hugh Darwen revealed to me the hidden predicate logic that underlies relational databases.<\/strong> It dovetailed nicely with the insight I&#8217;ve gleaned from both my productivity system and my recent programming at work, that finding simple, consistent ways of slicing a task can dramatically enhance your power to work with it.<\/p>\n<h2>Coffee<\/h2>\n<p>\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>Barissimo Adventure Blend Ground Coffee: 4\/5.<\/strong> Brewing it tastily was no problem this time, so whatever was happening last time, I&#8217;d say this is another good everyday coffee.<\/p>\n<h2>Personal development<\/h2>\n<p>\ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Give and Take<\/em> by Adam Grant was a satisfying tour through the intricacies of generosity.<\/strong> It got me to examine my own reciprocity style and where I&#8217;d like to move it in &#8220;otherish&#8221; directions, a style that emphasizes giving without leading to burnout or victimization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Productivity \ud83d\ude42 Last week I struggled with importing my Evernote notes into Notion, but I settled into a groove on transferring my Nirvana tasks. I still have a few more days of work on that, but I&#8217;m going to finish &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/2022\/08\/21\/weeknote-for-8-21-2022\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[146,205,50,13,167],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coffee","category-personal-development","category-productivity","category-programming","category-weeknotes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1817,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions\/1817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}