I’m conflicted a bit – I don’t care about the inclusion of a nsfw tag, really, but I kind of find it pointless.

it’s highly subjective and the broad spectrum of content on this site does not include typically nsfw content – IE sex, violence, etc – for it’s own sake. instead, material of that nature is usually only posted when there’s a specific intersection with technology and being informative on a somewhat deeper level. And even then, the titles are usually pretty clear and informative about what will be found in the article and the domain is listed. If it’s questionable, the article can be saved for later perusal, and/or maybe the title updated to reflect more accurately the article in question.

If your workplace would have serious repercussions for simply displaying a title that relates to an inappropriate-for-your-workplace-topic, perhaps it’s not best to risk it, and view a website like lobste.rs at work at all? Otherwise, aren’t you taking responsibility for what happens when your workplace catches you?

I’ve tried a bunch of stuff, some things stick for longer than others. I find that at the core, a short list of specific next steps works best for me. I don’t hold to a particular order, and I don’t accrue tasks that I’m going to avoid anyway.

Right now I’m tracking this with a flat text file that I format something like:

[plan YYYY-MM-DD]
do w
- do x
+ do y
* do z

one task per line. if the line starts with ‘-’, it’s not getting done. if the line starts with ‘+’ I didn’t do it that day, but it is done. And if a line starts with ‘*’ the task is done.

every so often I’ll go and delete old days and get rid of any tasks that I’ve avoided – possibly breaking the task into a smaller next-step action if it’s something that I do actually need to get done.

that’s for when I’m sitting in front of a computer and able to use it effectively. I’ve found that I hate syncing those tasks with some sort of mobile app or task book because they often have different contexts anyway and are just clutter when I’m mobile or away from the computer.

SO if I find myself with a day off that I want to be productive on, I simply write down a list of things I want to do on a piece of paper or in a note app on my phone, then pick and choose to get those things done as I can. I don’t beat myself up if I don’t complete the list, and just throw it away at the end of the day.

Fundamentally, the list, whether on my computer or on a piece of paper, is just a reminder for things that I need to do when my brain can’t remember all the things it thought of.

If the thing is time sensitive, I’ll put it in a calendar app and set reminders.

I guess another aspect of what I’ve discovered about myself is that searching for a perfect solution that can be universally used everywhere and tracks everything is a futile effort that doesn’t accomplish anything but wasting time for me. An app, a system, a special tool, this technique, that technique – all of it doesn’t produce the motivation to do anything in and of itself.

I produce the motivation and the productivity, the list is just how I help myself remember what to do.

Last I looked, Moleskin does not have good paper. There are many other brands of quality paper if you want to go the paper route.

I would suggest Clairefontaine, Quo Vadis, etc.

Now I use a fountain pen on some smaller high quality books. I have especially enjoyed the Maruman B5 size — it is not too small, but not too big either.

For more type of notebooks with good paper: http://www.gouletpens.com/notebooks/c/10

Current packages for Ubuntu also don’t appear to be affected (except for Ubuntu 15.10): http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-1793.html

Some fiction for the moment: Pandora’s Star