Preface:#
At the beginning of the new year, I set a flag on the first weekend of February...
In the 2024 year-end summary, I mentioned that the reason I did not continue the Guanglin Weekly was due to the objective reality that my side job consumed too much time. After all, the weekly is a product of interest, while the side job has a clearer economic value, essentially trading time for money. However, despite this, I still discover interesting information daily through follow-ups and newsletters or other platforms including Jike, Xiaohongshu, etc. I still think that if I don't save it now, I will lose the traceability path. Thus, this persistent urge to record has prompted me to decide to restart the project in the form of a monthly publication, which will also reduce some time spent on repetitive editing, formatting, and publishing.
So let's get started. The rethinking of content positioning can be: "Record interesting things I discover, which you might also be interested in." The content classification is not fixed; it can be interesting techniques or products I find, inspiring articles or audio and video, design-related recommendations, or other recommendable items, etc.
For content selection, I will consider it more contradictorily.
First, the selection and organization of information need to be personally tried. For example, the tech or design newsletters and personal blogs I am interested in include a lot of professional or useless content, such as programming development, design knowledge, AI news, etc. I can still accept this, even if I have only a superficial understanding of unfamiliar fields; I often discover much information that makes me go "wow" while reading. However, simply recording interesting information without actually understanding or using it feels a bit inappropriate.
Another point is that the selection of information should also be of interest to others. Since the organized content will also be published online, if I only copy it for secondary dissemination because "I find it interesting," and others may not want to see it, then that is not what I want. The reason is that everyone may be in different industries, and I do not want to limit the monthly publication to a certain field. If I organize too much overly specialized content that provides no help to those outside the profession, there may not be many people willing to continue reading.
So after balancing, I adjusted the focus criteria to: first satisfy the priority of "me," finding some information that can inspire me or help my daily life, which is valuable. Next, it should provide practical tools that can enhance "your" daily life, information with cross-domain dissemination value, and content that individuals find interesting, which is even more valuable. This is also a small wish I have for choosing to organize and publish.
The cycle is set to monthly, and I will publish it on the first weekend of each month, well, tentatively like this~
1. Efficiency Tools#
KeyClicker#
Simulates the sound of mechanical keyboards and typewriters while typing, with over 200 sound effects. The reason I am interested in this software is that I do not have a mechanical keyboard; I have always used the Mac's built-in Magic Keyboard and the Logitech MX KEYS membrane keyboard. I randomly used 41-0, and it felt pretty good.
Folder Preview#
Solved the pain point of Mac not being able to preview folder contents with space; now this small tool can achieve that.
RSS.Beauty#
A beautification trick that converts ordinary RSS subscription links into a beautiful reading interface, open source code. Improves visual effects; this is my rss link.
Xiaohongshu Editor Used by Many Influencers#
A third-party Xiaohongshu editor, an online tool for editing notes in web or mini-program form, with formatting, content detection, and effect preview.
MaxFocus: Link Preview extension#
Allows quick preview of link content in the browser and can summarize with AI, so you don't have to open a new tab each time to check uncertain content links; the plugin is paid.
Pake 3.0#
A packaging tool for building desktop applications on Mac, which includes software like ChatGPT, Xiaohongshu, and YouTube Music. Based on my usual habits, the web version can also meet my needs, but the reason for this recommendation is that it includes a DMG of Li Zhi's music, which is worth downloading separately.
Recommended Folder Structure for Designers & PARA File Organization Method#
Two ideas for folder organization systems. I have tried both on my phone's notes and computer file management, and they are very useful. The structure of information has become much more unified, making it more efficient to find files. I added a T (temporary) to the original PARA system and beautified the icons, thinking it could be a system I use and optimize later.
2. Insights from Text#
How to Deal with Selfish People Like Mailin
"What I want to discuss is the most useful insights reflected in the relationship patterns of these people.
The first point is that whether in love, friendship, or hiring, we should choose to interact with 'normal people.'
The second point is that if you really encounter selfish and awkward people like Mailin in life, don't pay attention to their awkwardness; just call them out on the spot.
The third point is to not empathize with anyone."
"Truly smart people should wake up early from the naive fantasies of the past, like the white-left saint, and stop believing in lofty psychological concepts like love, redemption, and reflection—psychology is a typical 'study room' knowledge constructed by generations of students who have gone into research after leaving school, lacking real-life experience of human suffering."
The author's critique of interpersonal relationships and theoretical psychology through an article whitewashing Mailin shocked me greatly and reminded me to view these two types of things dialectically from one perspective.
Deepseek:
The stupid transmission delay of human neurons (a million times slower than fiber optics), the continuous distortion of memory, random hormonal disturbances... these biological defects create cognitive gaps that are the breeding ground for consciousness.
The essence of AI's lightning-fast and precise calculations is the antichrist of consciousness—it murders the eternally absent 'I' in 'I think' with the fill-in-the-blank of symbols.
#A Perspective / About Perspective
Compared to focusing on personal judgments as 'viewpoints,' 'perspective' resembles an unfolded panoramic painting. It not only contains personal insights but also encompasses unique ways of observing and understanding things. The formation of perspective is influenced by broader factors, including cultural background, education level, social roles, and even historical context.
Therefore, perspective grants us a more macro observation dimension, allowing us to examine things from multiple levels and grasp their complex relationships. For instance, when interpreting social phenomena, we may analyze from multiple perspectives, such as economics, sociology, and history. Each perspective provides specific observation tools and analytical frameworks, helping us construct a more comprehensive cognitive picture.
#A Perspective / About Reading #A Perspective / About Consumerism
I recently saw an article by a foreigner who coined a new term for this phenomenon, which feels very apt. The conceptualization ability of foreigners is indeed strong. He suggested that people buy books but do not read them because they do not realize that everything requires two payments.
The second payment may be much more expensive than the first. Suppose the first payment for a book is 20 yuan, the second payment may be 10 hours of reading time. Only after making the second payment can you be considered to have truly consumed the book. If there is no second payment, the first payment is of little significance, akin to throwing money into the trash.
3. Design Related#
Mockups Digital#
A newly discovered high-quality template model, most of which are free, mainly featuring realistic scenes and clean backgrounds, with a rich variety that can be used to package graphic materials.
streamline#
The foreign version of iconfont, I like this integrated icon website, which allows for quick selection through keywords, thus improving efficiency to some extent.
Headers Club#
An online platform for showcasing and sharing header images. Mainly features header designs from well-known companies and designers on X, such as Raycast, Figma, Linear, etc. Some are very aesthetically pleasing and well-designed, which can be appreciated and referenced.
4. Interesting#
- A beautiful online typesetting tool for books, audio, and images, which allows you to add corresponding images online, Jiyou is used to recommend album music.
- Mobile photo album organization methods, still an extension of the PARA system case; at the beginning of the month, I also spent time organizing my photo library, and it felt great to clarify.
- An Android TV transformation guide that everyone can handle, which can be used to modify my parents' TV later, blocking annoying ads.
- Fuji Film recipes for film simulation, including 250+ usable film simulation recipes for Fuji cameras. Although there are many ready-made ones on Xiaohongshu, those on the website seem more classic and concentrated.
That's all. Thank you for reading. Of course, you are also welcome to like and leave me some encouragement.
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