About the Site

This website is an open journal and personal knowledge management system (PKMS). I think and write about productivity quite a lot in the context of achieving creative independence and the systems tailored to meet my ADHD, ASD, and GAD traits. For more personal history, check out my biography page.

As of February 2023, the site is organized around three main menu sections:

1. JOURNAL

The first item is the journal for daily communications about my daily activities and thoughts. This section also includes the GHDR (Groundhog Day Resolutions) reports and related materials.

2. EXPLORE-LEARN-BUILD-SHARE

This section collects the "active work" since starting this website in 2022. For work predating 2022, visit davidseah.com.

I have ADHD and ASD (Autism) traits that I have to overcome on minute-by-minute basis. I have found that combining experimental and exploration techniques improves my motivation a lot; I call it my ELBS process.

3. CONCEPTUAL KNOWLEDGE

This is a currated reference library of methodologies, patterns, taxonomies, and conceptual models that help me understand and manipulate the world. This is my wheel house! If you are interested in how things work or connect together, you might find an interesting idea or two in this section.

3. PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS and NOTATIONS

I use a stream-of-consciousness writing style to capture what thinking as I'm working stuff out in my head. Some of this thinking can be filed as applied knowledge or conceptual knowledge, but quite a lot of it is subjective to the point it only makes sense to me or someone who knows me (or wants to know me) very well. I file those tidbits away here.

Data Collection Policy

This website does not collect or process personal data. However, <iframe> embeds for video players (e.g. YouTube) will insert trackers. I'm in the process of replacing them with static images. I've outlined more specifics in a privacy policy.

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WEBSITE TECH STACK

I'm using Eleventy, a static site generator that converts Markdown documents into HTML with powerful templating. I like it way more than Hugo and Jekyll. I've added a lot of custom Javascript extensions. The custom theme uses a TufteCSS as a base, with additional navigational elements added through Eleventy's extension mechanism. I use rsync to push all the static files to my web host.

WEBSITE HOSTING

I'm using Opalstack (affiliate link), a really great developer-oriented host at a good price. It's the improved spiritual successor to WebFaction!

TYPOGRAPHY

I'm now using Google Fonts, having selected Merriweather as my replacement serif and Roboto for the sans-serif (replacing Proxima Nova Condensed). I like this combination, and Google Fonts is better engineered than Adobe TypeKit.

STOCK MEDIA

Social Media Icons from freepik.com. GitHub and Discord logos are sourced from their company media kits. Mastodon logo Jin Nguyen, AGPL, via Wikimedia Commons.