I really really wish I could use Phanpy for scrolling through my Micro.blog timeline. It is a well-designed interface for a timeline of any sort. The fact that the source code is open is very tempting. But I stop myself every time from signing up for a new project.
I really really wish I could use Phanpy for scrolling through my Micro.blog timeline. It is a well-designed interface for a timeline of any sort. The fact that the source code is open is very tempting. But I stop myself every time from signing up for a new project.
The recent discussions around social media platforms tire me. BlueSky. Threads. Mastodon. And whatnot. They are all the same. Trying to cash in on the lost interest in Twitter. To be similar to Twitter, yet distinct at the same time. I see people try these different services and get impressed. Their interest fades away after pounding the timelines with posts. This has happened to me with all the above services.
The network effect that Twitter managed 15 years back won’t be recreated. Twitter was a lone service. Fifteen years ago was a different time.
When I joined Twitter, I cared zilch about how I should use it. Or how I shouldn’t. That was a different me then. Now, I think a lot about how and how much I should use social networks.
I hold myself back out of fear. Fear of uncertainty. Fear of complexity. Fear of promises.
The fear won’t let me get hooked to any social networks anymore. Syndicating posts from my blog is not going to do that either.
I had forgotten that I had purchased iA Writer and had the app installed on my Mac. So odd that I missed this. Anyway, with my plan to shut down Scribe, I am back to writing with iA Writer.
I believe Ulysses’ overall better experience, both writing and publishing, attracted me to the app. I subconsciously moved away from iA Writer, never to return. Time to change that. iA Writer was the first writing app that I fell in love with. It’s no surprise, then, that it continues to impress.
I had forgotten that I had purchased iA Writer and had the app installed on my Mac. So odd that I missed this. Anyway, with my plan to shut down Scribe, I am back to writing with iA Writer.
I believe it was Ulysses’ overall better experience, b… www.amitgawande.com/2023/12/1…
We had so much fun watching Wonka today. Loved the music and the colourful narration. The story, though predictable, was delightful, too. Plus, it made us eat scoopful of chocolate later. In times of gory, violent movies, this one was a welcome change.
We had so much fun watching Wonka today. Loved the music and the colourful narration. The story, though predictable, was delightful, too. Plus, it made us eat scoopful of chocolate later. In times of gory, violent movies, this one was a welcome change.
I am planning to shut down Scribe. I don’t think anyone uses it (I have no way of knowing, but I have the feeling), and it is a cost that I can very well save. Fun while it lasted.
I have recently been getting rid of all the distractions - side projects, hobbies etc. - that I have no time for.
I am planning to shut down Scribe. I don’t think anyone uses it (I have no way of knowing, but I have the feeling), and it is a cost that I can very well save. Fun while it lasted.
I have recently been getting rid of all the distractions - side projects, hobbies etc. - that I have no time for.
Every morning for the past few days, I plan to sit and jot down my thoughts sometime during the day. As the evening dawns and I sign off from my work without #writing anything, the weight of unpublished thoughts pulls me down. I console myself that there’s still night to come. I would be surrounded by silence and calmness. No distractions with everyone deep asleep. The perfect conditions for me to write.
Even though, I know very well that waiting for such perfect conditions is futile. The fact that I haven’t written anything these past few days proves the point again. I can never expect to get into the flow of writing if I wait for the conditions to be exactly right.
Seth Godin has succinctly captured this thought in his book The Practice.
We do the work, whether we feel like it or not, and then, without warning, flow can arise. Flow is a symptom of the work we’re doing, not the cause of it.
I write when I sit down and write. Not when I am thinking about writing. I have identified a process that works for me. I need to stick to it.
But should I write even if I don’t feel like writing? Hadn’t I read someone recommend never to write when I am tired? What if I am tired right now? You know what? The lazy in me loves to listen to others when it suits him. I need to shut him down. I need not overcomplicate things.
I love writing. I need to write. If it means, at times, I need to force myself to stare at a blank editor with a blinking cursor, so be it. Word will flow.
Plus it stops me from feeling like shit.