Simon Theakston

@theakywrites
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Part-time creator building his business across Medium and other platforms. Mainly writing on Technology and hustling on the side (outside of the day job)
My Writinghttps://simontheak.medium.com

"The opportunity cost of reading something new is re-reading the best book you’ve ever read" (Farnham Street)

5 books I’m going to re-read this year:

- Atomic Habits
- The Score Takes Care of Itself
- The Obstacle is the Way
- Essentialism
- How to take Smart Notes

Five of the best books I’ve read in 2023, in no particular order
- Clear Thinking (Shane Parrish)
- Storyworthy (Matthew Dicks)
- Four Thousand Weeks (Oliver Burkema )
- The Score Will Take Care of Itself (Bill Walsh)
- 22 Laws of Digital Writing (Nicolas Cole)

Without doubt my favourite non-Apple accessory this year has to be my Sony wh-1000xm5 headphones.

Putting them on with a decent instrumental playlist or some white noise instantly transports me to a magical land and focuses me on what needs doing.

h/t Midjourney for the image

5 #apps that I’m really excited for in 2024:
- Tana
- Capacities
- ChatGPT
- Sunsama
- Photomator

It was my birthday yesterday and I went all nostalgic and bought my first Lego set since I was a child.

Anyone want to hazard a guess at to which set it is? This is about an hour in.

Podcastathon day is the day every year where I feel like the work that I do is for a bigger reason.

Join us today and you'll understand why.

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Quick question for you all.

Would you rather own a .net domain or a .io domain (assuming that the .com is already taken)?

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Useful new features in iOS 17 that you might not be aware of.:

- Downloadable maps
- Transcription of audio messages
- Contact Posters
- Better predicted typing
- Improved dictation
- Live transcription of voice mail messages as they’re left

More details here:
https://medium.com/macoclock/new-ios17-features-you-may-not-have-heard-about-but-will-make-a-big-difference-da890c899a9d

@viticci Readwise Reader for me. I’m surprised at how quickly it has become part of my routine as I never really clicked with read-later apps in the past.