Favorite articles

I’ve been sharing my experiences here since 2006. There are literally thousands of articles, so make use of the search widget! And if this is your first time here, I’ve assembled some of my favorites.

Favorites

The following articles ended up being tremendously popular:

• A Two-Context Approach to GTD with OmniFocus — This is the productivity and task-management approach the I’ve been able to stick with for years.

• The Big Short—A brief summary of the 2008 financial collapse — This review of The Big Short book turned out to be the most popular article in the history of my blog.

• My experience with the Paleo diet

Technology

• How to transfer digital assets upon one’s death

• Collection of downloadable Keyboard Maestro macros

• How to create a kill-switched VPN on Mac OS X with Little Snitch

• How to protect your home network with a VPN router

• Keep your data safe with Espionage for Mac

Business & Finance

• Lifecycle Investing

• The Harry Browne Permanent Portfolio

• What it’s like to take on venture capital investment

• Why we do not sign NDAs at Makalu

Politics, Religion & Society

• The case against identity politics

• Religion, historical context and common sense

• Why good intentions can fail as a starting point for organizing society

• Sam Harris on The Fact of Life

• A simple exercise in socialism

Life

• The man in the arena

• Richard Feynman on knowing something

• There are few short-cuts in life

WordPress

• How to setup a WordPress site on a Mac mini running OS X Server Yosemite

• WordPress Hosting — From DreamHost to DreamPress to GoDaddy to DigitalOcean

Networks

• How to setup a roaming wifi network over ethernet with an Airport Extreme and Airport Express