This morning I started to do a brain dump in Evernote rather than Google Docs, which is what I normally used. Google Docs is my preferred application for note-taking, brain dumps, and more recently, for general-purpose document archiving (I still use Dropbox for personal stuff).

But this morning was different. I asked myself why did I do it in Evernote rather than Docs? The first thing that came to my mind is that I don't need another tab in my browser window. I already have 30+ tabs in it and it's getting difficult to get to a manageable state.

Secondly, I realized that using/writing in Evernote's desktop app just feels more comfy and I feel more focused. Being in a browser with Docs also make me watch the keys I press. I frequently press Ctrl-Q which kills my browser (Chrome) and I had to reload all 30+ tabs to restart again. Productivity kill. With Evernote, it's just one app and it wouldn't take too long to restart it.

Perhaps, I'll try to work on my use-cases for Evernote more. My last post gave me insights on what I'm doing wrong with EN and what I should be doing in it. 

This makeshift setup saves me from looking sideways which may injure my neck. But it also adds distraction straight into my face.

An extraordinary day in Sydney. Woke up to and experienced, for the first time, a dust storm engulfing Sydney.

Watchmen was awesome! Just about to start Heroes S3.
 

I decided I'm going to start working on the mac more often, particularly for non-linuxy things. Hence I bought this backup disk for Time Machine (How come Linux doesn't have one like it? And why is backup a b*tch in Linux?). Now I just need to figure out the backup plan for this disk.