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According to author Larry McEnerney, writing is an essential part of a sophisticated thinking process. He says:

💬 “So here’s what you’re doing, you are thinking about your world in very difficult ways. This is a terrifically good thing, and it’s the source of most of the value of your…

I was remembering that time when the MrBeast training manual was leaked and people thought it might offer some insights into how to win at YouTube. Well, it certainly gave some insights into MrBeast.

How to succeed in MrBeast Production | simonwillison.net

There was a part of the manual that…

The Writing Slowly stats page has been given a natty makeover. As a result I’ve learned it will take 18 hours to read this whole site. Good luck!

#IndieWeb #SmallWeb #DataViz #SlowLiving

Here’s another great example of ‘beginner’s mind’ in action.

Flea, long famous as the amazing bass player in Red Hot Chili Peppers, has pivoted to jazz trumpet. As a kid he played trumpet with his stepfather, but he hadn’t played seriously in decades. That changed when he decided to make…

AI is changing how we think. Many people now swap deep reading for building with agents. Is the Zettelkasten just a nostalgic relic of a Twentieth Century academic process? This article explores why “efficient” tech might actually fail our cognition.

💬 It’s intriguing that despite incredible, relentless waves of innovation…

In the olden days (approximately 2010) there was a mass exodus to social media from blogging. It was like the Rapture but with tweeting. And today there’s a new mass exodus to AI from… well, everything.

It seems all anyone can talk about now, or even think about, is…

Updating this site to Hugo 0.158 has caused the Search function to break. Normal service will shortly resume. 🤞

An update to the update: rolling back to Hugo 0.91 until plugins are updated. Search is back in action.

“Unless it is occupied with some governing object that restrains and disciplines it, the mind will scatter itself wildly across the vast field of imagination.” - Michel de Montaigne, “De l’oisiveté” (Essais, Book I, ch. 8), first published 1580.

It’s important to work with the end in sight, says Venkatram…

This video of Kurama-dera, a Buddhist temple outside Kyoto, is quite lovely. And the snowy scenery makes the place look completely different from when I visited it in late Summer.

Kottke.org

Summer:

Winter:

📷 From time to time the world offers you an extraordinary, fleeting gift.

#photography #clouds