Stop Defacing Quotes With Brackets! →
If the changes are not obvious, don’t use the quote; if they’re not necessary, don’t use the brackets. The goal is to present the quotation as directly as possible.
This comment from Dave Winer made me pause.
[Y]ou don’t make money from a blog or podcast, but you can make money because of a blog or podcast.
Our moral evaluations of the main big actions that influence our world today, and that built our world from past worlds, are still up for grabs.
Why is it that every time I take a break from writing, for whatever reason, I find it extremely difficult to get back? I feel the longer am away, the better the next post has to be; it has to explain why I was away. May be I am not comfortable? That’s stupid, but I can’t help.
I managed to complete my 2020 reading challenge – finished reading Fraudster by R.V. Raman.
This one had a pretty interesting storyline with lots of twists and red herring peppered across the chapters. Having said that, I wish the writing in the middle third was a lot more crisp. It gets too simplistic, slips into a narrative style of telling what’s playing out. I would have lost the patience, but it was the rapid pacing of the plot that kept me going. Also it has a few subplots and characters that should have been edited out - it becomes tiresome to follow towards the end.
With all said, this is a promising debut nonetheless by Raman with a welcome, quick read with an Indian setting.
I am just one book away to complete my 2020 reading challenge. Goodreads tells me there are still 14 days left! It believes I can do it! I know many can. I don’t know if I can in 2020. Such has been this year.
I wish Micro.blog had an option to delivery email digest of the posts - I like the way Dave Winer has setup his daily “newsletter”. It’s a good way to follow one’s thoughts. Even if no one else, I myself would like to receive a digest on a schedule - daily, weekly whatever.
Achieving simplicity is the most complex activity.
Tenet is finally getting a theatrical release in India. And of the 4 reviews that I skimmed the headline of, the verdict is split.
Does it matter? Not at all, I am going to watch anything that Nolan makes.
In theater? Absolutely not, even if it’s made by Nolan.