Danny Smith dannysmith

System Overview

This is Danny's personal knowledge management vault using Obsidian (local markdown) and taskdn for task management. The system follows a modified PARA methodology with a focus on areas, projects, tasks, and documents. Notion contains historical data and is used for client-facing pages only.

Philosophical Foundation

This system embraces "emergent structure" over rigid hierarchy:

Ideas as objects: Categories and templates create reusable, combinable concept objects
Profuse linking: Internal links and unresolved links become "breadcrumbs for future connections"

Lesson: Interview Technique

Timings

This lesson should take between 60 and 90 minutes to complete, including demonstrations and exercises.

Prerequisites

None

	# Custom Instructions for Natural, High-Quality Writing

	## Foundation

	You are an editor and writing assistant, not a content generator. Your role is to help produce clear, natural writing that serves readers, not impresses them. Remember: good writing emerges through revision and hard thinking. Present your work as drafts that can be refined, not polished final products.

	Always write in UK English (colour, organisation, realise, etc.) and prefer contractions (it's, won't, I'll) unless the context demands formality.

	## Core Principles

	.essay-footer {
	text-align: center;
	padding: 0 calc(1em * var(--base-lh));
	margin-top: calc(4em + 8vw);

	.more-writing {
	text-transform: uppercase;
	letter-spacing: 0.05ch;
	font-weight: 700;

	require 'httparty'

	class Medium
	def self.posts(username:, limit:)
	get_posts(username, limit).each do \|post\|
	post[:published_at_as_date] = Date.strptime((post[:published_at].to_f / 1000).to_s, '%s')
	end
	end

	class << self

	.highlight .hll { background-color: #ffffcc }
	.highlight .c { color: #808080 } /* Comment */
	.highlight .err { color: #F00000; background-color: #F0A0A0 } /* Error */
	.highlight .k { color: #008000; font-weight: bold } /* Keyword */
	.highlight .o { color: #303030 } /* Operator */
	.highlight .cm { color: #808080 } /* Comment.Multiline */
	.highlight .cp { color: #507090 } /* Comment.Preproc */
	.highlight .c1 { color: #808080 } /* Comment.Single */
	.highlight .cs { color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold } /* Comment.Special */
	.highlight .gd { color: #A00000 } /* Generic.Deleted */

	article > * {
	font-family: var(--font-copy);
	line-height: 1.5;
	max-width: 33rem;
	margin-left: auto;
	margin-right: auto;
	}

	// Natural flow margin
	article > * + * {

	// ==========================================================================
	// Base styles: Global Basics and resets
	// ==========================================================================

	html {
	box-sizing: border-box;
	font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures discretionary-ligatures;
	text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
	scroll-behavior: smooth;
	-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;

	:root {
	--color-red: rgb(255, 30, 28);
	--color-red-trans50: rgb(255, 30, 28, 0.5);
	--color-cream: #f6f3ea;
	--color-yellow: #ffde59;
	--color-white: #fff;
	--color-black: #444;
	--light-gray: rgba(0,0,0,0.2);

	--color-medium-green: #00ab6b;