Start pages are still “a thing”.

https://jon.bo/posts/new-tab/

Call me old, but I can glom onto the notion of a start page more readily than I can an MOC, and there’s a lot of crossover between the two concepts.

There’s a whiff of this in my daily log/journal template, but having read this post, I realise there’s more I can do (without overdoing it).

in search of a new tab

A few months ago my friend Eli was sharing his screen and opened a new tab on his browser. Instead of the usual inspirational quote or clock extension, commonly-visited tabs, or my personal pet peeve - recent breaking news articles and photos from disaster zones - his new tab was a map of his internet and most important documents: I was enthralled: it was the most useful thing I’ve ever seen on a new tab page, completely personalized to his needs and his perspective on the internet.

up & to the right

Not only does it keep some useful reference items close at hand, but it can help stave off the issue of losing track of notes over time in a graphless #PKM app like #draftsapp (alongside regular review of a workspace for untagged notes).

…and having something like this somewhere other than the browser could help towards rewiring attentional behaviours…