miscellany

2009

December

November 16

October 25

September 49

August 29

July 27

June 28

May 27

April 17

March 36

February 28

January 47

2008

December 35

November 29

October 9

September 27

August 26

July 19

June 12

May 35

April 20

March 27

February 24

January 42

2007

December 11

November 16

October 23

September

August

July

June

May

April

March

February

January

“I know how I should work, but I always seem to let it slip....”
— howiwrite - Toby Litt

African Dynamo | GOOD

“I’ve recently started using the Summarize Service built into...”
— Paste Interactive » Blog...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-27)

Writers’ rooms: George Bernard Shaw More research...

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“ideas are a dime a dozen. execution is priceless.”
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“In the end, I want all of my data in one place with some machine learning in the background...

Enter the Data Geek

This won’t really help with the image you have in your head of me as a tech-obsessed geek, but...

“26: Be Patient. Life does not use a simple linear equation:...”
— Nicholas Bate: How To Be...

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you...”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson (via pie0)...

“Looking back, my life seems like one long obstacle race,...”
— Jack Paar (via minimalmac)

“My workspace, whether it be digital (on the computer) or...”
— Reader’s Setup: Grant...

“I’ve inherited the hoarding gene.”
— 4 Steps to Better Filing –...

Concentration

Francesca asked me about mac apps that help to kill distractions yesterday. Here’s a...

“I caught this shocking post by Stefan (via Ilicco) over at IntoMobile about T-Mobile doubling...

Arietta, process/specimen — Abi Huynh

benjaminf: Compelled to focus attention on the...

Cory Doctorow: Writing in the Age of...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-20)

Uh oh. Dim’s at it again.

“Honor your poet, one of Moses’ shattered commandments.”
— —Gerald Stern, Not God After...

“We realize that Bet Your Followers isn’t your typical...”
— Bet Your Followers Oh. Yes.

“You have to roll up your sleeves and be a stonecutter before...”
— Philip Gerard (via ninakix)

POLAPREMIUM - cameras: SX-70 Sonar OneStep black The...

“Now Light, where it exists, can exert an action, and, in...”
— William Henry Fox Talbot (via...

Earlier this year, I conducted a time-tracking experiment. Simply put, I wrote up my actual...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-13)

One year after Hurricane Ike - The Big...

“Which comes first, the poems or the project? Do you write...”
— Boox : Joel...

“Don’t look at doing the dishes as a chore; start seeing it...”
— Doing the Dishes— Jack Cheng ...

“The work is fraught with challenges, including burnout. But...”
— Writers Giving Back: Pass the...

sniffyjenkins: Oh the adorable genius of Calvin &...

inky: The meaninglessness of life (via chill &...

Takuan Soho wrote: “The mind must always be in the state of ‘flowing,’ for when it stops anywhere...

Cultivate Modesty: Love IS a doing word. Remember these? I...

“If there’s one thing I’ve learned about living a life it’s...”
— Jonathan Coulton (via meaghano...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-9-6)

Family Tree - Bobby Neel Adams. Family Tree is a series of...

“‘To every action there is an equal and opposite...”
— The Word Is …...

“For years, studies have shown that people can derive significant health benefits from writing...

“When things are packaged into a list, we have a habit of...”
— 51 ways to change your life ...

coffeemakescreative: via benjaminf, via laureola,...

Typcut. Hmm. How’d this one slip past me?

how to be an explorer of the world (via keri)

How I discovered my Secret Powers (an essay...