Joel Falconer is a data-driven content strategist with 20+ years of experience helping brands like Envato, The Next Web, and DesignCrowd succeed. He specializes in audience development, SEO, and AI.
The Second Coming of the Productivity Tool
I’ve been testing a range of information management and Second Brain tools this year, from Bear to Notion to Obsidian.
In most of these cases, I’ve tried the apps before or used them for years. This year, I’ve endeavored to settle on my selections, commit, and get the workflows sorted out. I’ve been doing this with other mainstays in my system like TextExpander (a snippet manager) and Alfred (a powerful launcher) as well. Seven months into the year, I’m confident that this effort has been fru...
Remote Pair Programming: 7 Collaborative Coding Tools
Remote pair programming is a skill that can help you be successful today and prepare you to be successful tomorrow. Remote pairing is a great way to plan, code, review, and deliver high-quality software. Like regular pair programming, remote pairing allows knowledge sharing and instant communication. It’s an important skill to master for the future of software development.
Remote pair programming is something developers have grappled with since well before the pandemic began. Fifteen years ag...
Bitcoin, the Peer-to-Peer Currency that Hopes to Change the World ...
Bitcoin is a peer-to-peer currency with no centralized authority, that provides some level of anonymity to its users. Those behind it claim that it has the potential to change the ...
Deep work: How to become more productive, fulfilled and focused.
With the well-documented changes to our attention span and concentration brought on by the internet age, we're finding it harder than ever to enter flow states that provide us with unparalleled powers of production.
7 Lies Productivity Gurus Tell You
To many, the meteoric rise of blogs about productivity in the mid-2000s was inexplicable and came out of left field. It probably shouldn’t have been a surprise. Products like Stephen ...
Bitcoin: Alive and here to stay? Or slowly fading away? - The Next Web
Bitcoin, the infamous pseudonymous cryptocurrency with no centralized authority, has had a tumultuous history so far. In 2011, especially, the currency hit new highs and lows – with ...
A Journey into the Dark Corners of the Deep Web
I’ll never forget the time that I came across a huge archive of old BBS text files, back when cell phones were still bricks and dialup was the norm. There were hundreds of them, and ...
10 ways exercise will make you a better entrepreneur.
Entrepreneurship presents many challenges. It means long days, stressful situations and sleepless nights. It means picking up new skills on the fly, processing huge amounts of information and taking calculated risks. And it means interacting with people every day and still finding time to shut out the world and do focused, deep work.
If there's one thing entrepreneurs shouldn't neglect, it's exercise. Exercise helps us handle all these challenges and perform at our best.
How to improve your in-home Wi-Fi
With your Telstra nbn™ service delivering next-generation internet speeds to your home, it’s easier than ever to stream, surf and create. But what do you do when your Wi-Fi isn’t delivering those speeds to your devices? It can be a frustrating experience, but there’s no need to worry.
With a bit of knowledge and a couple of hours set aside, you can ensure your in-home Wi-Fi is capable of delivering the full potential of your nbn connection to the rest of your home.
The Future of Money
When it comes to money, there’s a lot of change going on. Money is one of society’s most embedded, ancient institutions; it doesn’t change quickly. Technology, on the other ...
What Entrepreneurs Can Learn from Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment's plan for a life after World of Warcraft is paying off. Here's how the company did it.
25 Mbps Broadband Speeds by 2019: Stupidest Policy Ever?
With an election one week away in Australia, the incumbent Labor Party's latest piece of propaganda is a spoof of the opposition's proposed broadband infrastructure policy -- one that ...
Australia's Mandatory Internet Filter Has Finally Been Killed
Today, the Australian Federal Government has announced that it will no longer pursue the Cleanfeed, a mandatory ISP filtering program riddled with problems and ethical concerns. It ...
Humanity Plus: How Transhumanism Could Change the Human Race
Human technology is an incredible phenomenon. It's something that grows exponentially: for every advance we make, our next advances are more varied and easier to attain. Our inventions ...
Joseph Robert Lewis: With Digital Publishing, There's Room for ...
Joseph Robert Lewis is a writer. He's not your local Starbucks writer in hipster clothes, staring lovingly at his Macbook Pro and failing to break 100 words a day. He's a professional. His ...