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Signal vs. Noise
You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. James Clear, Atomic Habits
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Writing on the WWW
Own your website. It’s important because you control the format now and forever if you want to. No social media because that isn’t yours. Your social media account is just renting space until you are evicted. Buy a domain name, choose a blog host, install…
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Microblogging
I’ve embraced the idea… that a short update or single photo post counts. In the past I would send a tweet or an image to somewhere else on someone else’s social site. No more. Not when a quick post here will suffice. Because these tweets…
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Connectile Dysfunction
I’ve made posting to this site as easy as I’m capable of but still restricted due to no SSL certificate assigned to this micro site sub domain. This blocks my writing software from posting automagically to this site. So manual it is. Too much friction.
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Productivity?
I should really get my shit together. I’m thinking of changing/eliminating my complex “productivity” system with something simpler. Such as “Write it down so I don’t forget it. Then do it as soon as I can.” I don’t need more software. I need more ideas…
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Urgent
Establishing a creative practice is our most valuable and urgent task – as important to our well-being as fitness or nutrition. Chase Jarvis
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Negative Type
Having an issue changing ribbon on the typewriter today. Frustrating and how the heck did the writers of the past use this so frequently?
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Possibilities
In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few. Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind
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Use Them
In the digital age, don’t forget to use your digits! Your hands are the original digital devices. Use them. Lynda Berry
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What To Do With A Manual Typewriter
Step one really should be to change out the ribbon. I’ll be back when step one is completed.
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Exploring Creativity
What does it mean to be an explorer of art? To reach out and investigate out of curiosity. Right now I am curious about analog art, that which is done by hand and not digitally like I have been doing for the past twenty years.…
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Project Daphne
Finally getting around to creating that photo journal of my daughter. It has only taken fourteen years. Side note: It is easier than I thought now that Apple Pages allows us to make photo books. I think I’ll send to the printer as well as…