Father, husband, author, developer and silly endurance athlete. I mostly post about productivity, notes, mountains, cycling, kids and nerd stuff.
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The gravitational pull of familiar tools
Good tools keep us coming back.
https://curtismchale.ca/2026/05/05/the-gravitational-pull-of-familiar-tools
Emacs Carnival: May I recommend...
Stop messing around and get work done.
https://curtismchale.ca/2026/05/05/emacs-carnival-may-i-recommend
Announcing Obsidian Book Search Plus
I forked and fixed a plugin that has languished for 2 years.
https://curtismchale.ca/2026/05/05/announcing-obsidian-book-search-plus
Recency Bias and Rosy Retrospection
We suffer from both recency bias and rosy retrospection and should work to combat these tendencies.
https://curtismchale.ca/2026/05/03/recency-bias-and-rosy-retrospection
Slow Down, Tend the System, Engage Passion
Struggles are required to feel value in accomplisment.
https://curtismchale.ca/2026/05/02/slow-down-tend-the-system-engage-passion
The American Dream is Ruining America
I recently watched this video from Not Just Bikes about the [great places erased by suburbia](https://youtu.be/VvdQ381K5xg). The biggest thing that struck me is how Western car-centric city design mea...
https://curtismchale.ca/2022/12/03/the-american-dream-is-ruining-america
Strong Towns - A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity - Charles Marohn
What does it take to build a vibrant town you want to live in?
Why We Feel Isolated in a Connected World - The Empty Promise of Social Media
The guiding star of Alderian psychology is that we derive meaning from connection to community[1](#8c014bfb-96b9-46cb-bf95-0f04ad8fe1a4). That we can only feel connection to a community when we are us...
https://curtismchale.ca/2025/02/15/we-need-community-connection
The Folly of Sidewalk in Toronto
A shorter one today as I'm on holiday but I finished a book called [Sideways: The City Google Couldn't Buy](https://amzn.to/3C9swrI). Here are some things that stuck out to me.
First, we always want...
https://curtismchale.ca/2022/12/31/the-folly-of-sidewalk-in-toronto