Do we have to make money with every hobby we enjoy?

July 28, 2021

The Weekly Review: Vol VIII Issue 13 Hello citizens of this fine rock hurdling through space! I'm Chris Bowler and this is The Weekly Review, my less-than-...

What makes Google Docs a good experience & where to foster connections

July 2, 2021

Hey folks! If you've read the news of late, you may have heard about the record-breaking weather we've seen on the west coast of North America. We're far...

Can shorter workweeks improve your mental health?

June 16, 2021

The Weekly Review: Vol VIII Issue 11 Hey friends, As I’ve been focused on building People-First Jobs over the past 18 months or so, the topic of work and...

The return to pre-pandemic norms and its side effects

May 31, 2021

The Weekly Review: Vol VIII Issue 10 Hello fellow citizens of Earth! I’m not sure how things are going in your part of the world, but where I live our...

Grab a cup — plenty of good reads this week ☕️

May 16, 2021

The Weekly Review: Vol VIII Issue 9 Hello readers of emails! I hope, wherever you are, you are doing and feeling great. I myself am scheduled for my first...

A year of dormancy and how MOC's can help in a team environment

May 1, 2021

The Weekly Review: Vol VIII Issue 8 Hello friends, It's been a busy couple of weeks as our family took a short (inter-provincial) trip to help my wife's...

Studying the Bible in Obsidian

April 15, 2021

The Weekly Review: Vol VIII Issue 7 Howdy! It's mid-April, and here in northern Canada, I daresay we may be close to seeing the last snow for the year. It's...

Getting to the super-personal plan

April 1, 2021

The Weekly Review: Vol VIII Issue 6 Hello fine folks! Happy April 1st. I hope the first quarter of the year was enjoyable for you! It's been a busy quarter...

🏷 Using Tags in Obsidian

March 15, 2021

The Weekly Review: Vol VIII Issue 5 Hello friends, It’s the time of year when the DST haters are in full force! I’m pretty ambivalent to the whole thing as...

Signs of age, Bitcoin energy, Obsidian plugins, and more

March 1, 2021

The Weekly Review: Vol VIII Issue 4 Hello friends, Welcome to another issue of The Weekly Review, your less-than-weekly newsletter about spirituality,...

Getting started with a PKM tool

February 15, 2021

The Weekly Review: Vol VIII Issue 3 Hello folks 👋 I'll keep the preamble short this week. As the year has rolled along and the days are starting to get a...

The work involved to get accurate news

January 30, 2021

The Weekly Review: Vol VIII Issue 2 Friends, I hope 2021 has brought a fresh outlook for you. If you’re like me, you’re purposefully choosing optimism as we...

The Weekly Review: Vol VIII Issue 1

January 15, 2021

Hello friends, I hope the new year has treated you well. I guess we can say it has not been uneventful, but those events have been very similar to 2020....

The Weekly Review: Vol VII Issue 18

December 19, 2020

Hello again 👋 This is the second part of an ongoing focus on all things #PKM. I realized after the last issue that not every human is fascinated enough with...

The Weekly Review: Vol VII Issue 17

December 10, 2020

Hello friends, It’s been a while. Too long! I’ve thought of you often as there have been several things I’m excited to talk about. But many of these things...

The Weekly Review: Vol VII Issue 16

October 17, 2020

Hey friends, As I write this, we just had a our first good dump of snow up here. Although September was super nice with a lot of warm, sunny days, things can...

The Weekly Review: Vol VII Issue 15

October 2, 2020

Hello friends, I hope things are well for you. If you have children, I hope the transition back to school (whether online or in the building) was smooth....

The Weekly Review: Vol VII Issue 14

August 25, 2020

Hello dearest email readers, My wife gave me an awfully nice gift for Father’s Day this year. She took the kids out of town for a week to visit her family,...

The Weekly Review: Vol VII Issue 13

August 7, 2020

Hello fellow citizens of 2020, I’ve tried to keep things positive as I open and close these newsletters in recent issues. But as we move forward in 2020,...

The Weekly Review: Vol VII Issue 12

July 22, 2020

Hey friends, I intended to get this email out a little earlier, but an 8-day holiday with the family seems to leave me with very little time on a screen....

The Weekly Review: Vol VII Issue 11

June 27, 2020

Hello friends, How have you been of late? The days continue to march on, yet things feel very different from the norm. I suppose people through history have...

The Weekly Review: Vol VII Issue 10

June 10, 2020

Hello friends, The past two weeks have been emotional for me. As I guess it was for many of you. The last several months have been different: good in some...

The Weekly Review: Vol VII Issue 9

May 27, 2020

Hi friends! Things are slowly starting to reopen around here and I like some of the changes that are happening. An especially poignant example is how...

The Weekly Review: Vol VII Issue 8

May 2, 2020

Hello friends, How are you doing out there? Are you beginning to find hope that we’re looking at upcoming changes in our COVID-19 life? We have it pretty...

The Weekly Review: Vol VII Issue 7

April 25, 2020

Well friends, it’s been a full six weeks of the same basic routine, day in and day out. How are you feeling over there? Obviously, this has been hard in many...

The Weekly Review: Vol VII Issue 6

March 28, 2020

Hello out there! I hope this email finds you well stocked, and well rested. The last two weeks have been odd, to say the least. I mean, for me, the day-to-...

The Weekly Review: this newsletter is suspended indefinitely

March 14, 2020

Friends, it feels surreal to prep this newsletter after everything that happened this week. But no, The Weekly Review is not suspended, postponed, or...

The Weekly Review: Vol VII Issue 4

February 28, 2020

Hello reviewers! Chris Bowler here, your friendly advocate of personal websites everywhere. I hope you had a great February and enjoy the extra day that 2020...

The Weekly Review: Vol VII Issue 3

February 15, 2020

Hello friends! It’s the doldrums of winter here and I’m longing for some green grass. That’s still 6–8 weeks away, but recent warm temps have me looking...

The Weekly Review: Vol VII Issue 2

January 31, 2020

Happy Friday, people of earth! I hope you’re looking forward to the weekend. If you don’t remember why you get these emails, you likely signed up for it on...

The Weekly Review: Vol VII Issue 1

January 18, 2020

Hi folks, How’s 2020 going for you? Are you still excited for what the year might bring? Or are you already feeling deflated because you’re struggling to...

The Weekly Review: Vol VI Issue 25

January 4, 2020

Happy New Year, friends! I hope you enjoy this, the last newsletter of 2019. Yes, it’s technically 2020 already. But this was written almost entirely in 2019...

The Weekly Review: Vol VI Issue 24

December 31, 2019

Merry Christmas to you! As we get very close to the end of the year (and the decade), I hope you’ve been enjoying a restful time with friends and family. And...

The Weekly Review: Vol VI Issue 23

December 23, 2019

Hello friends, Here we are just past winter solstice (for the northern hemisphere). And that is good news for we are headed back towards the sun and longer...

The Weekly Review: Vol VI Issue 22

December 14, 2019

TWR Vol VI Issue 22 Happy 14th of December to you, One of my year end tasks for the holiday period is to catch up on some reading. I’d like to make a decent...

The Weekly Review: Vol VI Issue 21

December 7, 2019

Hey folks 🙏 May this email find you well. The Advent season is here and that’s always a reason to celebrate. If there’s one thing that helps me look at our...

The Weekly Review: Vol VI Issue 20

November 30, 2019

Friends, it’s good to write to you again. Thanks to NaNoWriMo, I’ve gone from being uncertain whether I’d hit my goal for newsletter this year (25), to...

The Weekly Review: Vol VI Issue 19

November 23, 2019

Hello folks! The dark night of my soul has descended with the approach of winter and the end of daylight savings time. I appreciate viewing the sun a little...

The Weekly Review: Vol VI Issue 18

November 8, 2019

Good morning peoples, Or afternoon, evening, or middle of the night. I hope November finds you well! We’re only a few days into the month, but for some...

The Weekly Review: Vol VI Issue 17

October 25, 2019

TWR Vol VI Issue 17 Hello friends, As I put the finish touches on this newsletter, I’m sitting in my hotel room in Philadelphia getting ready to head home in...

The Weekly Review: Vol VI Issue 16

October 12, 2019

Hello friends! I trust you’re having an excellent start to the fall season. We’re already into sub-zero temperatures each morning in this corner of the...

The Weekly Review: Vol VI Issue 15

September 14, 2019

Hello fellow netizens 👋 A good part of this issue was written beside the shores of Francois Lake, where autumn is nigh, and the breeze is cool enough to make...

The Weekly Review: Vol VI Issue 14

August 24, 2019

Hello folks, We’re into the last full week of summer break, and I’m preparing to head out to the lake one last time with two of our boys. I plan to catch up...

The Weekly Review: Vol VI Issue 13

August 10, 2019

Hello to you on this fine Saturday (or Sunday for you on the far side of the time zone spectrum)! This issue is even more of a mixed bag than usual. But...

The Weekly Review: Vol VI Issue 13

August 10, 2019

Hello to you on this fine Saturday (or Sunday for you on the far side of the time zone spectrum)! This issue is even more of a mixed bag than usual. But...

The Weekly Review: Vol VI Issue 12

July 23, 2019

Hello friends, I hope your week is off to a good start! I’ve recently finished a few long running personal projects which means I’ve had a little more time...

The Weekly Review: Vol VI Issue 11

July 12, 2019

TWR Vol VI Issue 11 Hello fellow humanoids! We’re headed to the lake this weekend for some much needed time in the wilderness. And some even more needed time...

The Weekly Review: Vol VI Issue 10

July 4, 2019

Happy 4th of July friends! As Will Smith puts it: It’s summer, summer, summer time. And I welcome this time of year — bring on the sun. Both May and June...

The Weekly Review: Vol VI Issue 9

June 11, 2019

Hello good people! This week’s issue starts heavy, but hopefully there’s more good than bad. Let’s keep keeping things real. And, as always, your feedback...

The Weekly Review | Vol VI Issue 8

May 25, 2019

Hello, friends! My thoughts have turned back to independent publishing on the web of late. It’s something I think about a lot (obviously), but sometimes...