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Jason Kratz

Jason Kratz

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Trying Source by the Ghost team

I had previously been using the wonderful Ubud theme I purchased from Aspire Themes here but I’m going to give Ghost’s “Source” theme a try for a bit. Given that nobody should be following this blog as of yet there shouldn’t be any RSS issues 😂 Planning on

By Jason Kratz 27 May 2025

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Memorial Day cooking

Wrapping up the long weekend with a slow version of grilling: I've got the Breeo X19 firepit along with the Breeo Searplate Griddle. Have to leave plenty of prep time for this one. It takes about an hour for the fire to get to a good state of

By Jason Kratz 26 May 2025

apps

Readwise...again

I decided to give Readwise/Readwise Reader a spin again. Craft had a deal with them for 60 days of free usage. I have tried Readwise twice in the past and both times stopped my subscription. It is not a cheap subscription and both times that I tried I had

By Jason Kratz 26 May 2025

The (not so) empty nest

With two kids in college last school year my wife and I got really used to the empty nest life. We live in a small house so only having two adults was an absolute blessing. Now one kid is done with college and has six months before her jobs starts

By Jason Kratz 24 May 2025

One hell of a long week

It’s been a long week that really started last Thursday. Two days of driving first to pick up my son from college, then to get to New York City for my daughter’s college graduation. Saturday was the graduation. Sunday was some time in Manhattan and getting my daughter’

By Jason Kratz 23 May 2025

coffee

It's coffee time

I went on a bit of a coffee bender on our recent trip to New York City. I’m a sucker for Starbucks Reserve coffee and their Roastery in Manhattan had some exclusives plus a sale. How about a mug to throw in? While on the trip I also received

By Jason Kratz 22 May 2025

apps

Things and OmniFocus: a comparison

First thoughts When I started getting into David Allen's "Getting Things Done" methodology I timed it perfectly with the release of OmniFocus by the OmniGroup which was designed specifically with the GTD methodology in mind. I used OmniFocus for almost a decade. My needs significantly changed

By Jason Kratz 08 Jan 2025
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