Harley Stagner
Harley Stagner
Harley Stagner
Just my personal site. A little tech. A little writing. Occasional dad joke.
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I just received my BYOK device and I couldn’t be happier with it. One thing that I have been experimenting with since I received it are different workflows. Most mornings I do a brain dump in a daily note with the heading # Morning Pages...
On January 20, 2025, a convicted felon became the 47th President of the United States. I’ve seen many shake their head in disbelief, wondering how we got here. I look back to the mid 1800s and partially lay the blame on the telegraph. In...
I think watching note taking videos broke my brain. Thinking back to high school and college, I used to write some quite serviceable essays. I didn’t need linking, a personal wiki, transclusions, block references, or even atomic notes. I...
I’ve recently started using TheBrain App more and I’m finding it extremely powerful to make connections between ideas. I’ve been so impressed that I’m likely to start using it as my daily PKM driver. However, I’m still a heavy user of...
As I’m using Apple Notes more, I start to miss features that were part of my workflow in Obsidian. For example, in Obsidian it is trivial to consolidate multiple notes into one note using the Obsidian Note Composer Core Plugin. There is...
Lately, I’ve been trying to simplify my workflows. Two truths recently hit me like a surreptitious note-taking app subscription: I use way too many apps and it stresses me out. I am all in on the Apple ecosystem (iPhone, Macbook, iPad,...
I’m going back to basics. I love to write and I realize lately that my website was actually a blocker to me actually getting words on the page. I’ve put too much time into site design and images and not enough into just writing. So...
As I sit here typing on my Alpha, I’ve noticed something I haven’t for a long time. I’m seeing my thoughts in all of their undistracted, unfiltered glory. Music pumps into my ears from a Sony Walkman (yes, I said Walkman) as I type. I’m...
Informing Parents with Perplexity and Python Whenever I try a new tool, I immediately look for a serious context of use. The marketing examples that vendors typically give are great for getting an idea of what the tool can do, but I...
Parents Don’t Have Time I have a child with special needs who has had an Individualized Education Program (IEP) since she started school. She’s now a teenager, and I’m fairly well-versed in the ins and outs of the IEP process and some of...
I am on a mission this year to retain more knowledge. In my twenties, I was obsessed with hoarding facts and reading as many books as possible. This was great, in my twenties. I could spout off facts that seemed impressive but were...
After many years of dealing with dynamic, database-driven websites, I have decided to move my professional website to a static site using the Hugo static site generator. In the process, I wanted to simplify my hosting and design...