@LucCogZest@fediscience.org

LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Aug 03, 2026

Evaluating Creative Artifacts with CUPA: The final chapter in the Creativity part of my new book, Discontinuities: Love, Art, Mind https://luccogzest.substack.com/p/evaluating-creative-artifacts-with

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Jul 13, 2026

I’m a big admirer of Ron Burnett, former president of Emily Carr University of Art and Design. So when I saw that he had written a biography of learning, I bought it and delved it. Read my book review of A Biography of Learning by Ron Burnett on Substack: https://luccogzest.substack.com/p/review-of-a-biography-of-learning

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Jul 11, 2026

Is anyone really here. I post and radio silence. I'm spending more and more of my time on Substack. Deep knowledge-intense posts. Nice interactions. No offence but...

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Jul 07, 2026

Why You Can't Say AI Is—or Is Not—Intelligent https://luccogzest.substack.com/p/why-you-cant-say-ai-isor-is-notintelligent This article draws on 3 decades of my research, and heavily on others.

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Jul 03, 2026

You are deeply affected by The Meta-Access Problem in the Age of Al Here's what it is and how to solve it:
Answer is On My Substack; https://luccogzest.substack.com/p/contextual-information-retrieval

and on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/meta-access-problem-age-al-luc-p-beaudoin-ep30c/

luccogzest.substack.com

Contextual Information Retrieval in the Age of AI

Search finds information. RAG retrieves information for AI. Contextual information retrieval accesses information for you.

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Jul 01, 2026

I disagree with Cal Newport : Email can be deep work. I do some of my most important thinking writing deep messages to colleagues. I plan to write about that later.

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Jun 30, 2026

Is anyone out there interested in time tracking and the free [mySelfQuantifier](https://cogzest.com/projects/mySelfQuantifier/) spreadsheet?

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Jun 30, 2026

One can use AI as an adjunct to therapy (not a replacement for a human) for many reasons, including that it is expert in many different approaches (e.g., emotion-focused therapy, metacognitive therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, etc.) So (depending on your level of knowledge) you can ask it to take whatever approach you want. Then you can use `Hook to New` to create a bidirectionally linked ('hooked') note in the app of your choice. For me it's #omnioutliner, #nvUltra and @bbedit@mastodon.social; for many people it's #obsidian or #Agenda.

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · May 02, 2026

Replying to @mjtsai@mastodon.social

@mjtsai bring it on. Acrobat is bloatware. They destroyed framemaker long ago. They renew licenses without warning or refunds evn though they can tell you haven’t used their app. Etc

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Apr 29, 2026

Missing my mellifluous voice 😉? Here is the link to NPR interview of me, just a few minutes long, on the cognitive shuffle sleep technique and research

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2026/04/29/cognitive-shuffling-sleep

www.wbur.org

Struggling to sleep? Try cognitive shuffling

The Sleep Foundation estimates that as many as 70 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep disorders, which can increase your risk of heart disease, obesity, dementia and more.

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Apr 29, 2026

"#CognitiveScience meets #Meditation: Why I developed a new approach to help improve #Attention and #Emotional Regulation and Executive Control" https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2026/04/29/cognitive-science-meets-meditation-why-i-developed-a-new-approach-to-help-improve-attention-and-emotional-regulation-and-executive-control/

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Apr 29, 2026

https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2026/04/29/cognitive-science-meets-meditation-why-i-developed-a-new-approach-to-help-improve-attention-and-emotional-regulation-and-executive-control/

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Apr 29, 2026

NPR interview of me on the cognitive shuffle airing today! You can listen live here at 12.40pm ET - https://www.wbur.org/

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Apr 27, 2026

why on Earth does Kindle Mac app not allow you to search your notes!

Has Kindle not progressed since I wrote this in 2013? http://cogzest.com/2013/11/whats-wrong-with-the-kindle-app-a-knowledge-delvers-perspective/

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Apr 27, 2026

On reasoning with diagrams and other analogical representations https://luccogzest.substack.com/p/on-reasoning-with-diagrams-and-other

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Apr 25, 2026

Here's a cool example of the use of @hookmarkapp . I hooked a PDF to a youtube video the PDF describes
PDF: https://cogaffarchive.org/sloman.diagbook.pdf , youtube video (of Mr Bean putting on a bathing suite without exposing himself) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWCSQm86UB4

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Apr 23, 2026

May I ask, what are your plans for presenting at conferences on diagrammatic reasoning in next year?

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Apr 23, 2026

@MilekPl@sciences.social what are your thoughts on Sloman's Diagrams in the Mind article? https://cogaffarchive.org/sloman.diagbook.pdf I've started a project on diagrammatic reasoning (analogically reasoning to be more precise). I will include that in productive practice work such as [my learning from Fictopoiesis article in progress for bibliotherapy of all things](https://luccogzest.substack.com/p/productive-practice-driven-fictopoeisis)

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Apr 23, 2026

What is Grief and What Causes It to Endure? Part 3: using stories and music to understand and heal grief.

https://luccogzest.substack.com/p/what-is-grief-and-what-causes-it-820

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Apr 22, 2026

My new book is now 93% complete: Discontinuities: Love, Art, Mind https://leanpub.com/discontinuities/

This is a deep dive into understanding ourselves through science and art in its many forms (song, music, film, literature, etc.)

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Discontinuities

Variations on the theme of learning about ourselves and each other by responding thoughtfully to stories and other forms of art.

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Apr 22, 2026

What is grief and what causes it to endure? Part 1: Love: https://luccogzest.substack.com/p/what-is-grief-and-what-causes-it

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Apr 21, 2026

I will be interviewed today by NPR about the cognitive shuffle for their mid-day show. The cognitive shuffle is a technique I invented, based on my sleep onset and insomnolence theory, to faciliate sleep

→ https://mysleepbutton.com/support/the-cognitive-science/
-> CUP chapter on the subject: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/390502925

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Apr 14, 2026

Replying to @hookmark@mastodon.cloud

This includes tips for using #Hazel and #CleanMyLinks. Important to update to 7.0.2 which works around a bug in #Sparkle @hookmark@mastodon.cloud

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Apr 09, 2026

Replying to @drdrang@fosstodon.org

@drdrang And there are things Apple hasn't promised that it should have, such as providing an API for linking across all its data-rich apps: Apple’s macOS Apps Are the Weak Link

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Dec 25, 2025

Yesterday, Mark Bernstein ( @eastgate@c.im ) —the developer of #Tinderbox and editor of #Winterfest https://www.artisanalsoftwarefestival.com/—posted [on X](https://x.com/eastgate/status/2003239136812237221) posted about his new article, [Is the golden age of Indie software over? ](https://successfulsoftware.net/2025/12/22/is-the-golden-age-of-indie-software-over/) [which I highly recommend].

This led to an exchange on bookmarking, which I also captured on our Blog:

https://hookproductivity.com/blog/2025/12/a-small-x-exchange-that-explains-a-big-idea-behind-hookmark/

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Sep 23, 2025

In 2010 I told Steve Jobs Apple needed system-wide linking — Quick Note fell short, but Hookmark delivers the vision: https://hookproductivity.com/blog/2025/09/quick-note-on-macos-still-limited-in-2025/

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Jul 24, 2025

Over @ Sharbprains, "a new and promising approach to ease falling asleep: The Cognitive Shuffle "https://sharpbrains.com/blog/2025/07/24/a-new-and-promising-approach-to-ease-falling-asleep-the-cognitive-shuffle/

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Jul 15, 2025

I have taken Apple to task for not being sufficiently link friendly: [Apple’s macOS Apps Are the Weak Link](https://luccogzest.substack.com/p/apples-macos-apps-are-the-weak-link) @clausatz@hci.social

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Jul 06, 2025

Replying to @clausatz@hci.social

@clausatz @HUMAN Rats, I was completely consumed in June. I missed the deadline. Any late date? But will there be proceedings? (Pretty much need that to participate)

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Jul 02, 2025

🛌 Having trouble falling asleep—or staying asleep?

I've put together a broad, research-backed collection of sleep tips that you can actually use. Most are based on peer-reviewed science, and the page is continuously updated.

💡 Tips for:

Falling asleep
Staying asleep
What to do if you wake up at night
Managing light, caffeine, mindset, and more
🌐 Check it out: http://mysleepbutton.com/support/msb-sleep-tips/

#Sleep #Insomnia #ScienceBased #CognitiveScience #Wellbeing
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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Apr 21, 2025

Replying to @clausatz@hci.social

@clausatz @HUMAN thanks for letting me know. That will make for a better paper of mine :) .

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Apr 18, 2025

Replying to @clausatz@hci.social

@clausatz @HUMAN April 25 deadline for Human25 CFP?

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Apr 07, 2025

I will submit a paper contextual information retrieval systems backed by #AI @HUMAN 2025 @ACM . Think Hookmark with AI (coming soon). @clausatz@hci.social

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Apr 05, 2025

Replying to @clausatz@hci.social

@clausatz @HUMAN thanks for letting me know. I have something to offer if it's over zoom. Would like to be there in person one day.

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Apr 01, 2025

Replying to @clausatz@hci.social

@clausatz @HUMAN will it be possible to present over Zoom. Patriotic Canadians like I are #boycotting travel to US due to the threats of annexation and the tarrifs that violate Canada-US trade agreeements.

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Sep 25, 2024

Replying to @chetman@hachyderm.io

@chetman@hachyderm.io @cogsciapps@mastodon.cloud I guess it could be a feature, but that doesn't explain why if there's a space after the URL, they treat it properly as a link (with the name).

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Sep 24, 2024

There’s a bug in Apple Mail. Hookmark overcomes it | by Luc P. Beaudoin @LucCogZest@medium.com

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LucCogZest @LucCogZest@fediscience.org · Feb 01, 2023

Replying to @OmniGroup@mastodon.omnigroup.com

@OmniGroup Your newsletter comes at just the right frequency, packed with helpful info. This year is my 20-year anniversary of using The Omni Group software (started with OmniGraffle and OmniOutliner, which I still use regularly). Hookmark's annotated screenshots are done with OmniGraffle. When I'm facing a creative task, I do Hook to New > OmniOutliner doc.

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