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Nightrider

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Nightrider··on I Need Help
Also, if you want to talk via Skype, email me.
Nightrider··on I Need Help
My advice: keep your apartment. Don't do anything drastic until you get a better grip on things. Also ask yourself if you are doing the basics of staying mentally healthy: exercise, socializing, novelty.

Get back to what you love. Find out where your interests are. Try this, it worked for me: http://zerotosuperhero.com/mindhack/find-your-lifes-last-kno...

Asking for help was smart IMO. Good for you.

Nightrider··on Google Keep
I use OneNote already. It works beautifully because I can also add attachments and images. Think Word + Evernote.
Nightrider··on Ask yourself: what would Bill Gates do?
If Bill wanted to uncover a hidden talent or keystone habit of his, or to rediscover what made him happy, why, he would revert to his Last Known Working Configuration: http://zerotosuperhero.com/mindhack/find-your-lifes-last-kno...

This "hack" was super useful for me for identifying what habits and activities really improve my quality of life. May be of help to others as well.

Nightrider··on Show HN: My homemade budgeting site I use all the time
Ah, okay. I didn't quite get that visiting the site. You need a name that will reflect that, and a tagline that has snap to it.

I do freelance copywriting and if you'd like some free copywriting to help you shape your message, let me know. I'll leave my email in my profile.

Nightrider··on Ask HN: What interesting books are you reading now?
Just finished Alfred Lansing's incredible classic Endurance. Highly recommended.
Nightrider··on Show HN: My homemade budgeting site I use all the time
Congrats on the launch. Good name too.

I jimmied up my own personal financial system called the No Budget Budget: https://leanpub.com/nobudgetbudget (it's the only system that I've been able to stick to because its not really budgeting).

What's Pocketloot's secret sauce?

Nightrider··on Ask HN: Freelancing, where, how and should I?
Many people wouldn't want to hire a distant foreigner to do their coding. Many wouldn't know how to anyway. What you will provide is face-to-face assurance, fast response time, speak their language and most important of all have an ongoing relationship with them.

By relationship, I'm not suggesting you make love to them and have their babies. Its not that kind of relationship. I'm suggesting that you support the project long after its finished. That's what most of your clients will want, so be prepared for that. Good luck.

Nightrider··on The Minuum keyboard project: mobile keyboards reimagined
If they could jimmy something up for the Windows phone, I'd be very happy. Its a great idea and aesthetically it looks cool.
Nightrider··on Changing my operating system
Thanks for the kind words Graeme. Much more on the way.
Nightrider··on Changing my operating system
A similar mindhack on how to revert back to your "Last Known Working Configuration": http://zerotosuperhero.com/mindhack/find-your-lifes-last-kno...

Its good for uncovering unnoticed strengths and keystone habits.

Note: I'm firing up Zero to Superhero again, but excuse the blog as its still under construction.

Nightrider··on Cypriot Bailout Sends Shivers Throughout the Euro Zone
Let me ask you this: would you deposit your rent and bill money into a bank you trust to not give it away 90% of the time?
Nightrider··on The Cyprus bail-out: Unfair, short-sighted and self-defeating
But for some who dearly counted on those savings to pay rent or medicine, to be taken without their consent or knowledge, it is theft, plain and simple. No matter what opinionated armchair economists like you have to say.
Nightrider··on Europe Announces Bailout For Cyprus — Bank Depositors Get Instant 10% Tax
You miss the larger picture too markdown. I pointed straight at it and you're still squinting.

This won't work. When the government undermines the trust of the people so that they will no longer use the financial system they are trying to protect, that's called "shooting yourself in the foot".

A bank is only in business if people trust it. Money only works if people trust it. Governments only work if the people trust it.

Nightrider··on Europe Announces Bailout For Cyprus — Bank Depositors Get Instant 10% Tax
Extracting money from people's bank accounts without even an acknowledgment is akin to foraging through their purses and wallets without consent.

Can't you see the larger issue here? This shortsighted measure will backfire.

Imagine you saved just enough money to cover rent, or see a dentist. You counted on that money being there. Wouldn't this be upsetting and a betrayal of your trust? Would you be so quick to leave money in a bank account ever again?

Edit: Actually, re-reading your comment, you went both ways and waffled like a politician. You didn't actually say anything.

Nightrider··on Getting started with UX, where to begin?
I'd say Smashing Magazine is a good start, and check the magazine rack of a local bookstore as well.
Nightrider··on What Motivates You When You're Down?
Sometimes I have to work even when I'm not motivated, because if I don't, I don't eat and can't pay the rent. So I guess in a weird way that's my motivation. It ain't pretty though.
Nightrider··on You can be a better blogger
Am I supposed to read all this? Who curated it? How do I know its any good?

The thing is, if I want to be a better writer or blogger, there's already an ocean of advice at my disposal. And now there is even more.

These bookmarking/ content discovery apps are like dump trucks of information, and I wonder who has the time to actually read this stuff. Who is asking for all of this?

Nightrider··on Ask HN: Getting out of severe procrastination and a lack of motivation?
Isolate and do one little thing. No, it doesn't need to be important. Maybe a blog post on the subject. Maybe a phone call. One little thing. Do it now. Then goto 1. Try it.

No really.

Nightrider··on The Ultimate Bookmarking Tool Is Finally Here
Curation of personal information is the BIG problem IMO. The closest I've gotten is to stay within the Microsoft ecosystem. Almost everything is there, and the Windows Phone 8 puts it all in my pocket.

But still, I find myself compiling master files and I haven't yet scratched that bookmarking / project management / gtd itch. It's my holy grail now

Nightrider··on Ask HN: What phone do you use?
I recently switched to the Windows Phone 8 and I freaking LOVE IT. Specifically its the Lumia 920, and oh man is it swish. Really makes the iPhone look dated.
Nightrider··on Write Better with Draft
I'm pretty amped about trying Draft, but I'm wondering if SkyDrive is supported. If not, could you build support for it?

And congrats for launching this!

Nightrider··on dannysullivan: Harvix. It's the next Duck Duck Go
Hey, cool search engine. Hopefully Harvix will make a mobile version, specifically for Windows Phone 8.
Nightrider··on Show HN weekend project: Yet another HN reader
Looks great. I wish there was a mobile view that looked similar.