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# Deep Links
- URL: https://makoism.com/deep-links-3d50734208f3/
- Published: 2020-02-16T23:45:40.000Z
- Updated: 2020-02-16T23:45:40.000Z
- Description: An Experiment
- Author: Steve Makofsky
- Tags: makoism, #newsletter-makoism, #substack

## **Preamble**

Part organizational, part experiment, I thought I would go ahead and start posts every few weeks that contained interesting content that I find from around the Internet. My goal is **not** to create another newsletter for people to subscribe to (don’t we all have subscription fatigue?) but rather a place for me to curate some interesting topics and be able to easily share them out with anyone who finds this stuff interesting.

While I thought my [Pocket archives](https://getpocket.com) would serve that purpose — it just turns out that not that many folks use the service (it is a great “read it later” service if you haven’t checked it out). So here I am going to try to use [Substack](https://makoism.substack.com) as a place to curate the links from [Medium posts](https://furrygoat.com).

If you want to directly join me on this journey, you can [go directly here](https://makoism.substack.com/subscribe?utm%5Fsource=menu&simple=true&next=https%3A%2F%2Ffurrygoat.com) and have this delivered to your mailbox.

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## Deep Links

For the initial batch of links, I’m going to just clear out the backlog of several posts I’ve been hoarding so I can move forward with some form of normal cadence.

- [Apple Watch and a Paradigm Shift in Computing](https://www.aboveavalon.com/notes/2020/2/5/apple-watch-and-a-paradigm-shift-in-computing). I know it seems a way off, but I truly believe the future of “personal area networks” involves devices like the Apple Watch taking a much deeper role in one’s general computing tasks.
- A brilliant take on the usage of “out of office” emails in order to take control of your inbox. “Our inbox works for us — not the other way around.” [Perspective: Out of office](https://makoism.com/an-idea-for-you/the-greatest-auto-reply-email-ive-ever-seen-5356c502ba74)
- [Focused, Not Busy](https://www.theminimalists.com/busy/) As usual, [The Minimalists](https://www.theminimalists.com) have a great opinion piece that in the world of technology that we live in, everyone is constantly multitasking and dares to ask “*It is not enough to be busy. The question is: what are we focused on?*”
- [The Key to Finding Happiness: Stop Trying to Be Happy](https://markmanson.net/stop-trying-to-be-happy) Another great read on the eternal search for happiness with a simple message — “*Happiness is not the same as positivity*”.
- One area that I keep rolling around with is the concept of “control”, and how much of life is dealing with things that you can’t control. In [Focus on What You Can Control](https://minimalism.life/journal/focus-on-what-you-can-control), the author dives into 3 things that you **can** control daily: Your attitude, your effort, and your actions.
- And lastly, [adjusting my workflow](https://furrygoat.com/mako-things-i-like-2019-3ab20c6899af) is a constant work in progress for me. [Productivity Tips](https://makoism.com/personal-growth-lab/5-productivity-techniques-you-can-apply-right-now-to-create-a-highly-successful-day-d48ef56fee7b)

Hopefully you’ll enjoy these deep links!

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