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Posted by Andy Brice
Nov 3, 2022 at 03:29 AM
This a long essay by Stephen Wolfram(of Mathematica fame) from 2019 about how he stays productive. It touches on topics such as file organization and note taking. I thought a few people here might find it interesting:
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Andy Brice
https://www.hyperplan.com
https://www.easydatatransform.com
Posted by Amontillado
Nov 3, 2022 at 09:23 PM
Interesting. I’d heard some of his lifestyle before.
Funny how society can look down on practical things. His walking desk setup might look like something out of a Far Side cartoon but it’s probably useful.
I go just about everywhere with a sling pack. It’s a manly thing, burly and tacticool looking, but it’s still a close cousin to a fanny pack. The ugly bottom line is that by the time you load up with a field notebook or two, a bottle of water, multi-tool, cell phone, keys, wallet, pocket knife, and whatever implements of self-reliance you can’t do without, a…
This is hard to say.
A…
A man purse makes sense.
There. I admitted it.
Posted by Andy Brice
Nov 4, 2022 at 08:47 AM
Perhaps you should try his cinema usher style, typing while walking setup:
https://content.wolfram.com/uploads/sites/43/2019/02/07-popcorn-rig1.png
(even he seems to be too embarassed to do this in public)
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Andy Brice
https://www.easydatatransform.com
https://www.hyperplan.com
Posted by MadaboutDana
Nov 4, 2022 at 09:52 AM
There are some pretty cool man-purses around ;-)
Amontillado wrote:
Interesting. I’d heard some of his lifestyle before.
>
>Funny how society can look down on practical things. His walking desk
>setup might look like something out of a Far Side cartoon but it’s
>probably useful.
>
>I go just about everywhere with a sling pack. It’s a manly thing, burly
>and tacticool looking, but it’s still a close cousin to a fanny pack.
>The ugly bottom line is that by the time you load up with a field
>notebook or two, a bottle of water, multi-tool, cell phone, keys,
>wallet, pocket knife, and whatever implements of self-reliance you can’t
>do without, a…
>
>This is hard to say.
>
>A…
>
>A man purse makes sense.
>
>There. I admitted it.
Posted by Daly de Gagne
Nov 4, 2022 at 09:05 PM
I love my sling pack - wear it anywhere, and I am less likely to put it from somewhere and then leave without it.
Amontillado wrote:
Interesting. I’d heard some of his lifestyle before.
>
>Funny how society can look down on practical things. His walking desk
>setup might look like something out of a Far Side cartoon but it’s
>probably useful.
>
>I go just about everywhere with a sling pack. It’s a manly thing, burly
>and tacticool looking, but it’s still a close cousin to a fanny pack.
>The ugly bottom line is that by the time you load up with a field
>notebook or two, a bottle of water, multi-tool, cell phone, keys,
>wallet, pocket knife, and whatever implements of self-reliance you can’t
>do without, a…
>
>This is hard to say.
>
>A…
>
>A man purse makes sense.
>
>There. I admitted it.