Yesterday, at the third Tech Writer’s Tribe Chennai conference, I gave a session on a topic I keep returning to: using personal knowledge management (PKM) to make sense of our work lives.

Since the time slot I had was too short for a tool demo (25 mins), I decided to talk about the set of some #pkm practices that were grounded, flexible, and human.

Here’s what I covered:

  • Using a daily note as a home base for thoughts, tasks, and meetings
  • Timeboxing and interstitial journaling to improve focus and reduce context loss
  • Writing structured notes for meetings and people to build continuity over time
  • Treating PKM as a personal practice, not just a productivity method
  • Offering a glimpse into how Obsidian can support these flows

If you're curious, you can view the slides here.

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning | 🔗 imdb.com |
Our lives are the sum of our choices. Tom Cruise is Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning.

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This felt like a documentary about the Mission Impossible series. The cuts from previous movies and a half-hearted attempt at tying up plots from the rest of the series was boring.

Coimbatore ➡️ Chennai
Coimbatore to Chennai

⏳Jun 01, 2025 from 08:30 am to 05:30 pm

🚗 Self (Kushaq): 487 km in 7h 25m with 🛑 at A2B Nallarayampatti☕, & Kadothgajan Nattukozhi Virunthu, Ulundurpet 🍽️.

  • An uneventful journey back home.
  • Started earlier than usual to avoid late evening traffic nearer to Chennai.
  • Had a Campa Cola Energy drink hoping to stave off any tiredness. It was a bust (taste-wise similar to a Red Bull but none of the caffeine). A post-lunch Red Bull helped me stay alert.
  • A tiring fortnight with drives on three consecutive Sundays (and all three were #F1 race 🏎️ weekends to boot) ends.

Tourist Family | 🔗 imdb.com |
A quirky Sri Lankan family seeking a fresh start in India transforms a disconnected neighborhood into a vibrant community with their infectious love and kindness.

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We had been talking about watching this movie in Chennai but never got a chance. Finally got around watching it in Kozhinjampara tonight in a nearly empty theatre.

Raiders of the Lost Ark | 🔗 imdb.com |
In 1936, archaeologists and adventurers of the U.S. government hired Indiana Jones to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis could obtain its extraordinary powers.

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Max wanted to watch a movie now that we have a new AC.

I wanted to introduce some old classics.

Max's review: the climax was a bit gross (the melting faces)