Luc P. Beaudoin

Partner-of-the-Month Program BBEdit is our Partner for the Month of August! BBEdit is a powerful text and code editor specifically for macOS, developed by Bare Bones Software. Since its release in 1992, it has become a favorite ...

The best tools don’t just organize info — they help you see what you’re thinking.
Tinderbox lets you map, outline, and connect ideas visually — & the new Tinderbox 11 adds AI that helps you reflect, not just automate.
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thank you :)

Cognitive Productivity A pro-active response to "information overload". Describes the challenges we face, pertinent cognitive science, and productive ways of learning with technology

#Book deal! Cognitive #Productivity: Using Knowledge to Become Profoundly Effective by Luc P. Beaudoin - Suggested Price: $16.49, Regular Minimum Price: $14.99, #Coupon #sale #discount Price: $7.50 leanpub.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?...

Hi, @sprofficial.bsky.social is there an email distribution list for the conference?

Unclutter: Partner for the Month of September We are delighted to highlight Unclutter as our Partner for the Month of September, 2025. Unclutter is a Mac app that provides a tidy, always-available space on your desktop for organizing files, tak...

Unclutter is Hookmark's Partner for the Month of September hookproductivity.com/blog/2025/09... . Check out that blog post for a limited-time 40% off coupon for Unclutterapp unclutterapp.com

Scripts Tab This document first provides the background to Hookmark's script editor. Then it describes the script editor itself. The Scripts tab contains scripts that control how Hookmark interacts with your fav...

Our Hookmark app has a similar feature but not in the Security space. It is for silently updating the integrations with other apps: hookproductivity.com/help/prefere...

Quick Note on macOS: Still Limited in 2025 When I exchanged emails with Steve Jobs in 2010, I sent him the white paper he requested, recommending—among other things—that Apple introduce system-wide linking in what was then called OS X (now mac...

In 2010 I told Steve Jobs Apple needed system-wide linking — Quick Note fell short, but Hookmark delivers the vision hookproductivity.com/blog/2025/09...

And in other news, today I turned off "Show invitation messages in Notification Center" because macOS was showing invitations from spam in Notification Center

5 Easy Ways to Resume Working on a Project hookproductivity.com/blog/2025/07...

A promising approach to ease falling asleep: The Cognitive Shuffle: sharpbrains.com/blog/2025/07...

I think she is on bsky. Does anyone have her handle?

The good thing about aging is that it brings me closer to the next release of iPhone and Apple Watch.

🔗 Omni-links The Concept You Didn’t Know You Needed

🔗 Omni-links - The missing hypertext concept: substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Updates to a new advanced type of multi-anchor meditation BSBM+: body scanning, breath, and mantra meditation

described on substack: luccogzest.substack.com/p/updates-to...

BSBM+ illustrated ( body scanning, breath, and mantra plus unstructured meditation)

Hookmark 6.10 is here — plus Hookmark Pal, SummerFest deals, and more hookproductivity.com/release-note...

✨BSBM Meditation: A Multi-Anchor Practice for Meta-Cognitive Control I’ve developed a structured meditation technique designed to enhance meta-cognitive control and attentional flexibility. It’s called BSBM Meditation, short for Body Scanning, Breath, and Mantra. This...

I have updated the specification of BSBM ( body scanning, breath, and mantra meditation) meditation on CogZest website. Added Shikantaza Meditation (as an option in step 4). And I added a diagram.https://cogzest.com/2025/07/bsbm-meditation-a-multi-anchor-practice-for-meta-cognitive-control/

Example Workbook Spreadsheets: mySelfQuantifier | Main | Rationale | Requirements | Workbook | Help | Screencast | Legal | Workbook Here is an example Excel workbook that illustrates the mySelfQuantifier system. This sheet was last updated on ...

I have updated the mySelfQuantifier [Example Workbook Spreadsheets: mySelfQuantifier – CogZest](cogzest.com/projects/mys...). It contains many new columns include 4 link columns for use with Hookmark.

✨BSBM Meditation: A Multi-Anchor Practice for Meta-Cognitive Control I have developed a structured meditation technique that strengthens meta-cognitive control and attentional flexibility by combining three foundational practices: body scanning, breath awareness/contro...

A new form of meditation designed to improve focus and decrease worries / mental perturbance cogzest.com/2025/07/bsbm...

Stop counting sheep – and 13 more no-nonsense tips for getting back to sleep Awake in the night again? From box breathing to standing on a cold bathroom floor, experts and readers offer tried and tested tips on how to calm your mind and drift back off …

More sleep tips, from The Guardian this time. Near the top of the article they recommend the cognitive shuffle technique that I developed: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... #sleep #insomnia #cognitiveShuffle

10 Great Mac Bookmarking Apps and Services: How They Compare 10 Great Mac Bookmarking Apps and Services: How They Compare The web is a firehose of information. Whether you're saving academic references, must-read articles, or links to projects and resources, a...

🧠 Bookmark smarter on Mac!

A deep dive comparing 10 great Mac bookmarking apps and services—including visual tools, read-later apps, and universal linkers like Hookmark.

From Raindrop to Anybox, DEVONthink to GoodLinks, find what fits your brain 🧩

🔗 hookproductivity.com/blog/2025/07...

I'm tired of reading the news, so I canceled my subscription to Apple News. I'll rely on CBC and BBC. And make more use of Feedly news feeds instead, which I described in [_Cognitive Productivity with macOS: 7 Principles for Getting Smarter with Knowledge_](leanpub.com/cognitive-pr...)

I'm sure there's a bug in Apple Notes on iPhone because I definitely did not do a select all + delete when the text of my entire Apple Note was deleted. At the time, I tried shaking my phone to "undo" what had happened. It did not work.

According to ChatGPT you can restore *all* Notes to a previous state. You can't restore just a single note except if it is in the Deleted folder, which does not apply to my case.

The cognitive shuffle is just one of several sleep tips.
#cognitiveShuffle

Tips for Getting Better Sleep and Dealing with Insomnia This document provides tips to help adults fall asleep faster, or fall back asleep faster after you wake up. You can click on each heading below to see more details. Why sleep guidelines matter Get…

😴 Trouble falling or staying asleep?

Over on the mySleepButton website, we compiled one of the most extensive, research-informed collections of #SleepTips online

🛌 Explore:
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#SleepHealth #Insomnia #Wellbeing

as far as I know, past versions of Notes are not available through Time Machine.

related note: Recently Apple Notes has twice eaten my notes. Completely disappeared them. One was a note that I've spent many hours on. It is not in the trash. What happened is that it overwrote all the text. I thought it was a new note so I deleted it. But there's no revision history.

How Hookmark Supercharges Deep Work: A Tool for Cal Newport Fans If you're a fan of Cal Newport’s concept of Deep Work—the ability to focus without distraction on cognitively demanding tasks—you already know the importance of protecting attention, minimizing contex...

How Hookmark Supercharges Deep Work: A Tool for Cal Newport Fans hookproductivity.com/blog/2025/06...

A Creatively Random Idea for Falling Asleep Falling asleep can be a challenge for many people. One cognitive scientist in Canada has an idea to help, something that links to the field of creative thinking.

In Psychology Today, an article about the cognitive shuffle for #sleep: "A Creatively Random Idea for Falling Asleep" www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-...