Luhmann
@nluhmann.bsky.social
I write about tech, especially PKMs (personal knowledge managers), research, productivity, and AI. I especially focus on tools I use regularly such as Logseq and Obsidian.
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Luhmann
@nluhmann.bsky.social
· Feb 20
Hello Bluesky! This is a pseudonymous account. I'm a college professor in the social sciences, and I'd prefer search engines highlighted my academic work, not my writing about tech. Follow me if you are interested in PKMs (personal knowledge management) like Logseq and Obsidian, and more.
I've updated the Logseq DB FAQ, and given it a short, easy to remember (or share) URL:
bit.ly/logseqfaq
bit.ly/logseqfaq
Logseq DB Unofficial FAQ
WARNING: Logseq DB is still in alpha. Use only at own risk of losing data. This post is for people who have questions about the new database (DB) version of Logseq. For the official announcement abo...
bit.ly
October 31, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I've updated the Logseq DB FAQ, and given it a short, easy to remember (or share) URL:
bit.ly/logseqfaq
bit.ly/logseqfaq
Claude Skills are both an incremental improvement over projects and MCP, but are also revolutionary.
Claude Skills are awesome, maybe a bigger deal than MCP
Anthropic this morning introduced Claude Skills, a new pattern for making new abilities available to their models: Claude can now use Skills to improve how it performs specific tasks. Skills …
simonwillison.net
October 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Claude Skills are both an incremental improvement over projects and MCP, but are also revolutionary.
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Apple did something very similar to the people of Hong Kong in 2019, removing an app that allowed protesters to track police movements via crowdsourced information:
gizmodo.com/apple-sells-...
gizmodo.com/apple-sells-...
Apple removes ICE tracking apps after pressure by Trump administration reut.rs/4mIfztt
Apple removes ICE tracking apps after pressure by Trump administration
Apple said on Thursday that it had removed ICEBlock, the most popular ICE-tracking app, and other similar apps from its App Store after it was contacted by President Donald Trump's administration.
reut.rs
October 3, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Apple did something very similar to the people of Hong Kong in 2019, removing an app that allowed protesters to track police movements via crowdsourced information:
gizmodo.com/apple-sells-...
gizmodo.com/apple-sells-...
A combination of good journalism and a tech-worker-led revolt from within Microsoft has led to a small victory.
How Microsoft Workers Helped Halt a Major Contract With the Israeli Military
A grassroots campaign successfully pressured the tech monopoly to take an unprecedented step toward suspending its complicity in the Gaza genocide.
www.thenation.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
A combination of good journalism and a tech-worker-led revolt from within Microsoft has led to a small victory.
I do not recommend turning on the new file access feature in Claude. They pose a serious security risk.
Why AI systems may never be secure, and what to do about it
A “lethal trifecta” of conditions opens them to abuse
www.economist.com
October 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I do not recommend turning on the new file access feature in Claude. They pose a serious security risk.
Pro-tip for anyone who upgraded to iOS 26. This will make the new UI much less annoying. These are in the accessibility settings.
It isn't obvious but "reduce" transparency will actually turn it off, while "increase" contrast will actually reduce transparency.
It isn't obvious but "reduce" transparency will actually turn it off, while "increase" contrast will actually reduce transparency.
October 1, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Pro-tip for anyone who upgraded to iOS 26. This will make the new UI much less annoying. These are in the accessibility settings.
It isn't obvious but "reduce" transparency will actually turn it off, while "increase" contrast will actually reduce transparency.
It isn't obvious but "reduce" transparency will actually turn it off, while "increase" contrast will actually reduce transparency.
Every time a tech bro makes a new app to help people read the news, the categories are: World, Cryptocurrency, Business, Sports ... Would it kill them to get people who actually read news to help come up with the categories?
September 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Every time a tech bro makes a new app to help people read the news, the categories are: World, Cryptocurrency, Business, Sports ... Would it kill them to get people who actually read news to help come up with the categories?
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I guess I actually was pretty mad about that stupid golden paperweight www.anildash.com/2025/09/09/h...
How Tim Cook sold out Steve Jobs - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
September 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I guess I actually was pretty mad about that stupid golden paperweight www.anildash.com/2025/09/09/h...
I spend a lot of money for ABBYY Fine Reader OCR, because it is the best app I've found for doing OCR on texts that combine Chinese and English text. I also have Adobe Acrobat Pro via a our Creative Cloud license. But neither of these apps supports Indian languages, for some reason. (Cont'd)
September 10, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I spend a lot of money for ABBYY Fine Reader OCR, because it is the best app I've found for doing OCR on texts that combine Chinese and English text. I also have Adobe Acrobat Pro via a our Creative Cloud license. But neither of these apps supports Indian languages, for some reason. (Cont'd)
An excellent overview of how to handle task management in the new database version of Logseq (which is still in alpha testing).
An overview of @logseq DB Task Management youtu.be/ITCcMFNSSmw?... with the new Schema and improved UX #logseq #TaskManagement #pkm #Productivity
Logseq DB - Task Management - Unfiltered and Unedited
YouTube video by H D
youtu.be
September 7, 2025 at 5:01 AM
An excellent overview of how to handle task management in the new database version of Logseq (which is still in alpha testing).
While @obsidian.md doesn't have the equivalent of Logseq's NewTags, you can create a page template and apply it to existing pages - the page template properties will be applied. Works fairly well.
May 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
While @obsidian.md doesn't have the equivalent of Logseq's NewTags, you can create a page template and apply it to existing pages - the page template properties will be applied. Works fairly well.
Here's a tip on how to get started. (Documentation is still sparse.)
After creating a new base, use the "filter" menu to set it which pages to include, and the "property" menu to choose what columns to display.
(Continued)
After creating a new base, use the "filter" menu to set it which pages to include, and the "property" menu to choose what columns to display.
(Continued)
Introducing Bases, a new core plugin that lets you turn any set of notes into a powerful database. With Bases you can organize everything from projects to travel plans, reading lists, and more.
Bases are now available in Obsidian 1.9.0 for early access users.
Bases are now available in Obsidian 1.9.0 for early access users.
May 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Here's a tip on how to get started. (Documentation is still sparse.)
After creating a new base, use the "filter" menu to set it which pages to include, and the "property" menu to choose what columns to display.
(Continued)
After creating a new base, use the "filter" menu to set it which pages to include, and the "property" menu to choose what columns to display.
(Continued)
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all your base are belong to *you*
Introducing Bases, a new core plugin that lets you turn any set of notes into a powerful database. With Bases you can organize everything from projects to travel plans, reading lists, and more.
Bases are now available in Obsidian 1.9.0 for early access users.
Bases are now available in Obsidian 1.9.0 for early access users.
May 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
all your base are belong to *you*
Sad at the demise of Pocket, which used to be "read it later" and was one of the first (the first?) app in that category. I use @readwise.bsky.social now, but was still recommending Pocket as a good free option to my students. Shame @mozilla.org wasn't able to give it the home it deserved.
May 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Sad at the demise of Pocket, which used to be "read it later" and was one of the first (the first?) app in that category. I use @readwise.bsky.social now, but was still recommending Pocket as a good free option to my students. Shame @mozilla.org wasn't able to give it the home it deserved.
I wrote a detailed post over in the #Logseq forums explaining how to use NewTags in LogseqDB, with examples from my own workflow.
Introducing NewTags (with examples)
Over the past year, the team behind Logseq has been hard at work on a major re-write of the app. The major reasons given for this rewrite are to fix problems with data loss and to allow real-time coll...
discuss.logseq.com
May 18, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I wrote a detailed post over in the #Logseq forums explaining how to use NewTags in LogseqDB, with examples from my own workflow.
If you are curious about the new database version of Logseq, but don't want to test it yourself, @hdanzu.bsky.social has you covered with a one-hour-long video tour:
Unfiltered and Unedited Tour of the Logseq DB
YouTube video by H D
www.youtube.com
May 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
If you are curious about the new database version of Logseq, but don't want to test it yourself, @hdanzu.bsky.social has you covered with a one-hour-long video tour:
Just beginning to appreciate what is possible with Claude AI's Model Context Protocols. Here's a quick start guide:
For Claude Desktop Users - Model Context Protocol
Get started using pre-built servers in Claude for Desktop.
modelcontextprotocol.io
March 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Just beginning to appreciate what is possible with Claude AI's Model Context Protocols. Here's a quick start guide:
Not much use posting this here, but . . .
If your company is still on X, I probably don't want to do business with you.
If your company is still on X, I probably don't want to do business with you.
March 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Not much use posting this here, but . . .
If your company is still on X, I probably don't want to do business with you.
If your company is still on X, I probably don't want to do business with you.
Hyperspace is a useful MacOS utility. Pricing is nice too. Since you will probably only use it once in a long while, you can purchase a license for just one month without a subscription. I saved about 60GB using it. Worth $10, I think...
Hyperspace 1.1
Link to: https://hypercritical.co/hyperspace/
daringfireball.net
March 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Hyperspace is a useful MacOS utility. Pricing is nice too. Since you will probably only use it once in a long while, you can purchase a license for just one month without a subscription. I saved about 60GB using it. Worth $10, I think...
Is anyone building a decent alternative to Facebook? Bluesky is even better than Twitter/X before it got enshittified, but I don't know of anything similar for Facebook ...
March 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Is anyone building a decent alternative to Facebook? Bluesky is even better than Twitter/X before it got enshittified, but I don't know of anything similar for Facebook ...
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Hi all. PKM Weekly (16-Mar-25) is live
#logseq DB Improvements
@capacities.bsky.social Daily notes template
@tana.inc App updates
@obsidian.md Speed updates, RAG plugin
#appflowy Web updates
#Thymer release
#OrcaNote pricing
@roamresearch.bsky.social AI Chat
Many thanks as always.
#pkmweekly
#logseq DB Improvements
@capacities.bsky.social Daily notes template
@tana.inc App updates
@obsidian.md Speed updates, RAG plugin
#appflowy Web updates
#Thymer release
#OrcaNote pricing
@roamresearch.bsky.social AI Chat
Many thanks as always.
#pkmweekly
March 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Hi all. PKM Weekly (16-Mar-25) is live
#logseq DB Improvements
@capacities.bsky.social Daily notes template
@tana.inc App updates
@obsidian.md Speed updates, RAG plugin
#appflowy Web updates
#Thymer release
#OrcaNote pricing
@roamresearch.bsky.social AI Chat
Many thanks as always.
#pkmweekly
#logseq DB Improvements
@capacities.bsky.social Daily notes template
@tana.inc App updates
@obsidian.md Speed updates, RAG plugin
#appflowy Web updates
#Thymer release
#OrcaNote pricing
@roamresearch.bsky.social AI Chat
Many thanks as always.
#pkmweekly
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#Logseq DB now has a new iteration of the template. Check it out!
* Set template to a page/node, as needed
* Set template automatically when a tag is used
Simple!
* Set template to a page/node, as needed
* Set template automatically when a tag is used
Simple!
March 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
#Logseq DB now has a new iteration of the template. Check it out!
* Set template to a page/node, as needed
* Set template automatically when a tag is used
Simple!
* Set template to a page/node, as needed
* Set template automatically when a tag is used
Simple!
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March 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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I’ve been testing out a new app called WillowVoice, which is really amazing at voice dictation. Unlike Apple’s built-in dictation, you can do things like make corrections midway or restart a sentence, and the app will be intelligent enough to not write everything twice and to make the corrections.
March 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I’ve been testing out a new app called WillowVoice, which is really amazing at voice dictation. Unlike Apple’s built-in dictation, you can do things like make corrections midway or restart a sentence, and the app will be intelligent enough to not write everything twice and to make the corrections.
It seems that within a few weeks the #logseq team will be merging the database DB build into the existing Markdown MD app. The way it will work is that they will run in the same desktop app, but each graph can be either MD or DB. This should bring some overdue bug fixes to the MD app as well.
March 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
It seems that within a few weeks the #logseq team will be merging the database DB build into the existing Markdown MD app. The way it will work is that they will run in the same desktop app, but each graph can be either MD or DB. This should bring some overdue bug fixes to the MD app as well.