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Yesterday, Mark Bernstein—the developer of Tinderbox and editor of Winterfest—posted on X about his new article, Is the golden age of Indie software over? After reading it, I replied on X: “@eastgate I’ve hooked this page to the WinterFest page using Hookmark, which also automatically bookmarks both pages in Hookmark — for ease of future […]
A Small X Exchange That Explains a Big Idea Behind Hookmark Read More »
We live in a world of powerful apps. Our Macs can manage email, notes, documents, tasks, and web research with ease. And yet, somehow, these tools still struggle to talk to each other in meaningful ways. You might have a note that refers to an email, which relates to a file, which connects to a
Omni-Links: The Missing Link in Most Mac Users’ Digital Workflow Read More »
If you’re a fan of Cal Newport’s concept of Deep Work—the ability to focus without distraction on cognitively demanding tasks—you already know the importance of protecting attention, minimizing context-switching, and organizing your digital life to support flow. But applying these principles in a modern knowledge-work environment can be tough. That’s where Hookmark comes in. Hookmark
How Hookmark Supercharges Deep Work: A Tool for Cal Newport Fans Read More »
Launchers — LaunchBar, Alfred, and Raycast — are amongst the most popular productivity utilities for macOS. Have you ever wondered which launcher is the most popular? We don’t know the definitive truth about this. However, we did a survey in which we asked Hookmark users several questions regarding their use of launchers. 1. Launcher usage
I find it fascinating that given two equally intelligent, technically minded people, one of them will immediately understand the concept of “hook”. In contrast, the other one will take a while to understand it. What makes understanding hooks difficult for some? hooks are created and shown in an ephemeral popup window; unlike products with similar
💡 Understanding hooks: easy for some, initially more difficult for others Read More »
Last month, I published my first post on Medium, an anniversary piece: Do Deeper Work Thanks to The Manifesto for Ubiquitous Linking. Being able to rapidly access information is a hallmark of expertise enabled by various brain mechanisms underlying human consciousness. For example, chess experts can rapidly (as in within seconds) encode the exact configurations
A Huge Source of Distraction and How to Avoid It Read More »
