I am completely against Tweetstorms. Not because it’s difficult to present and parse for readers. But rather because it‘ll more often than not fail to convey whatever you, as a writer, are trying to convey. And a big possibility to get presented out of context.
So please blog.
I literally shouted “This is f*^&>$! awesome!” during a chase sequence in Baby Driver. I haven’t had this much fun watching a movie in a long long time. The music, the plot, the treatment, the cinematography, the performances. Everything’s absolutely brilliant.
@manton I find the character ‘&’ eats up 5 characters instead of just one in iOS app — think it’s the HTML code that’s being counted? (reposting from slack).
“Deep Impact” is an intriguing watch. It’d a story to tell in a genre. But it just didn’t seem to belong to that genre. As if the makers were caught up in two minds — which part of story to convey. Drama’s too thin, too contrived. And not enough tension for a sci-fi disaster.
Ezra Klein interviewed Mark Zuckerberg recently and fascinating to hear him evade (though clearly well prepared) the mess he finds himself and FB in. Especially interesting is his constant reference to FB user as “our community” and Apple as “rich” company that charges more.
I consider every visit to a barber as one where I assign a project to a sculptor. My only instruction to him is to make sure not to chisel away everything and what remains should be something he can proudly claim as his finest work.
I do not think they get it every time.
I have finished reading another fiction - review in progress. And I realise it is first time since long when I do not have another book waiting in the queue. So, this gives me a chance to try something different.
Any recommendations, not from mystery/thriller, humour fiction?
You tend to remember the things that went wrong, that were not easy to carry out the first time around. With experience, such failures, such roadblocks tend to grow on you, and mar one’s productivity, one’s creativity.
Experience can make you believe that nothing is easy.
My daughter servers me a dish of Play-Doh breakfast every now and then. Got served some colourful animal cookies today.
A great article on a recent event in cricket →
For all the ball-tampering madness, we can also see a team both out of touch and out of favour, and a vice-captain a million miles away from understanding what the game of cricket truly means to millions of people around the world.
Greens always mesmerise me - a velvety bed so serene for the flowers.
I have realised there’s a block worse than writer’s block - a reader’s block. It leaves your mind numb and leads to former. Sigh.
Most tech bloggers often dislike Apple because they tend to stay focused on a theme in an event. They just narrate their story, their perspective of the market they plan to talk about. Nothing more. That provides no juicy sound bytes.
Exactly the reason I just didn’t follow today’s event. Apple wanted it to be low key, there were clear indications.
They had informed they specifically want to talk about their, if I may, foray in education. I can’t really relate to the use case, so I can’t appreciate the worth of what they are going to offer.
Did they deliver? Will what they announced help them succeed in the education market? I will leave the judgement to commentators smarter than me.
But did they talk about anything else? About anything not part of the announced theme? Of course, not. Tech bloggers tend to hate Apple for that.
An alarming and distressing thread →
Want to freak yourself out? I’m gonna show just how much of your information the likes of Facebook and Google store about you without you even realising it
This is crazy, of course they can accurately build a profile of you out of this.
I finally watched Wonder Woman & I must say I had too high expectations for this. And this didn’t deliver. Too many plot holes, too much brushing off. As if the makers too were hesitant to give their 100%.
Was it better than other DC movies? Sure. But it’s too low a bar.
Recent drama, being termed #SandpaperGate, around Australian cricketers admited to tampering with the ball has raised so many questions. “We play our cricket hard but fair“ has been a pretty common response every time fingers have been pointed at Australian cricketers. And I sided with them more often than not. It is ok to wear aggression on your sleeves —that is till you plain start cheating. All because you think you need to, you have to win. That just doesn’t make any sense.
This win-at-all-cost approach is risky — once you start walking down this path, you eventually lose the sight of what the game is all about. “Spirit of the game” then are just some hollow words you utter every now and then to keep yourself entertained.
As has been so rightly said by Sambit Bal - “this is Australia’s moment of truth”.
It was desperation, Smith said, that drove them to this. But this was about saving a match, not lives. How far elite sportsmen stretch their bodies and mind in search of victory forms part of sports’ intrinsic appeal, but the attendant danger of the win-at-all-costs approach is that it thins the line between ultra-competitiveness and sharp practice.
I still do not understand what desperation Smith was talking about. The series was level 1-1. Australia still has one of the best new ball attacks there is. They have been playing some good cricket in recent times. So what’s there to be so desperate towards a win?
And how stupid was this “leadership group” to think and agree on such brainfart, given there are cameras all around? I really doubt these players are this naive.
It is pretty amazing what you can create when you let the nature work its magic on the complete worthless of the things — at times art is born.
I am tired of listening to comments on Facebook, mentioning it’s already too late or no point now or the platform is too valuable. We need to stop this. We are conveying to owners & other parties involved that _don’t worry. It doesn’t matter how bad you screw up. You own us.
iPad still remains the best device for consumption. And shines at times even for creation given it allows focus. On a Mac, I keep getting distracted with all sorts of projects. On my iPad, I can really focus on reading and writing - two things I prefer to be done on an iPad.
It’s just that people who use the new Google-powered system will get a big warning when they come to visit. “This place is awful,” the warning will say. “It has terrorists. If you go inside they’ll probably kill you.” To which I say, whatever.
I wonder can we not post titles with notes in quill? I want to post replies with some comments, but such posts always have empty titles. I need to link to the original posts without fetching the title of the link.
@eli I see you doing this with your like/reply posts. How?
It was great listening to @modernlittleme. I say this again, it is refreshing to hear new thoughts, new voices, new likings on podcasts than the regular tech-focused ones. And just for that @monday is going to succeed.
It was a great episode and was nice knowing you, Christine.
A good book is the one that makes you shout at a character to not do a thing he’s doing. To not say a thing he’s about to say. That makes you feel sorry/happy for what has or is about to happen.
That awes you. And that shocks you. In short, the one that keeps you engrossed.
It is so difficult, even frustrating at times, to find just that right combination of a pen and paper that works for you. No point having just that one perfect one without the other.
When your mind is loaded with stuff, from work and from home and from others, it stops churning thoughts. Nothing interesting comes out.
It needs space to stretch and stroll and wander to be creative. To be productive. Unfortunately, this fact is lost on many.