The power of art
From a book I’m slowly reading right now, “The Creative Act”…
Writing
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Random Note #987346
(reviving an old draft) A blog shouldn't be a series of posts. What if I want to change an older post? A blog should be a graph of posts, and the "chronology" should be a series of dif…
"Blogging" vs "writing about blogging"
This image (from a great webcomic) brought a smile to my face, and if you've procrastinated by blaming your tools, it might for you too.…
A notebook sequence
I had started using the Midori MD line of notebooks about three years ago. These are fairly minimal in terms of binding etc, but do come with a sticker you can affix to the notebook. This sticker h…
Writing on paper
Prompted by this article in the Atlantic on how people in general can’t read cursive. Given a current generation of students in which so few can read or write cursive, one cannot assume it will ever…
Of analog “anti-nets” and slip-boxes
Came across this series of “emails” or “letters” about someone embarking on an analog thinking system. An Antinet is for those who wish to read more effectively, take valuable notes from readings, an…
On writing and sharing
I found this prologue from a recent newsletter by Justin Murphy inspiring: If you can figure out the truth, you should share it. You might help someone. But you're unlikely to figure out the tru…
Use an outliner
* I'd say pick one of Workflowy or Roam * I'm biased towards Roam because * I already use it * It works for me * It has a lot of "power features" that go beyond jotting do…
On writing
Every now and then I find something insightful on HackerNews. I usually don't share this, and store them as snippets for myself, but this is something that does seem generally useful: (original s…
Missing blogs
The content I find online is largely crap, of the form * "10 ways to ..." * "How to ..." * or, with increasing regularity, "you should feel angry about ..." (These d…
Tomoe River Paper
A few years ago, when I first came across it, it was hard to find a notebook that I liked that contained Tomoe River paper. It's thinner than any other paper, it's strong, and it doesn't…
A decade (nearly) of Lamy
I’ve had this pen for about nine years now, which is longer than I’ve had my laptop, or my phone, or my current pair of jeans, or my bed, or the tv on the wall, or the lamp next to me, or … you get th…