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Author Archives: Artur@Piszek.com
Engineer, Psychologist, Productivity explorer.
Both Software Engineer and Psychologist by education, I try to bridge the gap between those worlds by creating human-centric applications and use behavioral psychology principles to design ‘smart’ software.
Transcribing your iOS Voice Memos to Markdown with Whisper
I wrote a script to transcribe my apple voice memos to Logseq with OpenAI Whisper.
5 Pieces of advice for my 37th birthday
I share 5 pieces of advice for my 37th birthday, and link to other dealers of advice with some good stuff.
Book: Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman
Four Thousand Weeks is a book about our relationship with time. There is something wrong there and we need help.
Running Tumblr on WooCommerce
Tumblr has recently released features for creators to earn a living with their art. Whenever you turn those features on, we provision an entire WordPress site, with WooCommerce (and WooCommerce Payments) plugins to facilitate billing. This post explains why (in case it’s not obvious).
Ups and downs of parenting
In the Deliberate Internet 75, I explain that it’s hard to talk about the joys of parenting, trading money and time and the company I work for – Automattic.
What do you wish existed?
In Deliberate 74, I share my excitement with AI-generated images from Dalle and Midjourney, taste for makers and friendcatchers.
Synchronizing WordPress posts with Github README.md
Synchronize your WordPress content with Markdown files from Github with this snippet.
Book: A short history of nearly everything
My summary of “The short history of nearly everything” by Bill Bryson – a multivitamin of natural sciences.
Principles for reading
We are not well adapted to the world of abundance. In the past, information was scarce and valuable.
But in marvelous lands of modernity, we have access to way too much content. Just like with food, we must learn to consume it mindfully and responsibly.
Here are my principles for reading