Since I was around ten years old, my love for food was somehow amplified. I started to eat more, and with more came along "bad" food. I fell for
popcorn
,
potato chips
and
chocolate
. Although my braces set a limit on the chocolate input (since then, eating "normal"...
deep work
again. I am a slow reader, but I do think I recommend the book.
It definitely makes you want to focus on focusing on your work. If you are trying to write, spending long interrupted times writing. If you are trying to find something with science, need to...
deep work
, I just started and already very interested. I had read a different book back in (jeez the first year of college) 2012 or so called
the shallows
. Its about how all the technology that humans use, be it the wristwatch or even the typewriter, influences how...
I have quite an overhaul for the writing-workflow I'm working on for
Adagia
. It includes changes that are big enough that I can't just write the code, test it and crank it out in one session. Probably couldn't even do it in two sessions. Because this feels daunting, I've...
Then he was laying on the dance floor, the bright lights bouncing off the disco ball into his eyes, a big fat bully pinning him down.
Best part. if
Adagia
bugged out and made you lose all your content... and you weren't too pissed to be willing to rewrite it -- probably on a separate text editor -- this is the thing i'd start with.
Reading this after reading 100% dayKeni and seeing more in it because of the other post.
I think what happens with optimism is that for it to provide longterm benefits it can't be tied to outcome.
For example, in
Adagia
I almost always make features optimistic about their usage. And so this will lead me to rush to make it and then wait to see how it's used by people. Almost always though they aren't used right away -- or at all! -- and then I'll become unmotivated to work on Adagia for awhile.
The better way that I'm trying to rear towards is to be optimistic about the making and the thing and the purpose it serves. Don't worry about whether it's going to be used at all.
I want to caveat that last statement by saying don't worry by attaching outcome -- usage in this case -- to optimism levels. Leave optimism blind to outcome. Just be optimistic about your making process.
The other process of reflection proves useful when it comes to being thoughtful about questioning why isn't it used? What makes it not good enough? What's it trying to do? Is it needed? Stuff like that.
This reflective side can then figure out a path forward -- even if that means removing something -- for the optimistic maker to then execute.
I was writing today's post about my practice session today, and I realized that I could write about my practice with Tennis on
Lifelog
. I noticed that I was trying to outline my progress and observations on here but it didn't fit with the usual stuff I write here....
Growing up I frequently heard people derisively describe Picasso's later paintings as things kids could've created. I also thought this of his later paintings but I never downplayed Pablo himself because I knew he wasn't a fluke. His early works featured photorealistic drawings of human hands, this is the type...
In A look into how a reaction and response are formed I wrote a step by step process of how I processed
therealbrandonwilson
's suggestion that community is more important than a consistent writing habit.
Yesterday I wrote about how people think they're underestimating when they're actually still overestimating when it comes to making products. I know I did this when starting to work on this project. I told people that I was just doing it for fun and the community but I also had...
Facebook
Twitter
Adagia
Product Hunt
Angel List
Adagia Tribes
Even the big spaces like Twitter have their own corners within them. The difference between big places and small corners though is that the latter continues to design intentionally for the specific corner crowd.
Product Hunt
and
Angel List
was designed specifically from the get-go for a niche case. A...
I also know how easy it is to work for somebody else. It's like you see their eyes light up and it's so easy to work to help them achieve a little bit of their dream.
when it comes to our own work we often struggle. I think this is because sometimes we secondguess whether we're working on the 'right' dream or not. This second guessing I do less of when i'm helping someone else because just the mere fact that I am making them feel better makes me feel good.. even if it might not be their dream next year or even tomorrow. Maybe this is how we need to treat ourselves.
At the end of our final meeting there was a question in the air of how we might keep in touch now that are club was over. I think we developed a good amount rapport over the short spans of six
Zoom
calls, and there was no obvious place where...
Thanks for this thoughtful writeup. I think it's different enough from
Adagia
that it might be better served as a standalone miniapp. Although if that were the case I'd make it so you could login with the same Adagia account and have all the convos linked. I'll think on this more.
During the golden days of
200WAD
, a warm sense of belonging blanketed me anytime I logged on. I knew there would be people who had posted new things that I could comment on. There'd most likely be comments and conversations developing either on my posts or somewhere else. It...
Inspired by
Book DartsBrandon Wilson
and popular note taking tools
Roam Research
and
Notion
I've spiked a basic bi-directional linking user-interaction. Now you can use it by typing [[ (double brackets). After typing double brackets a popup will suggest existing topics...
Inspired by
Book DartsBrandon Wilson
and popular note taking tools
Roam Research
and
Notion
I've spiked a basic bi-directional linking user-interaction. Now you can use it by typing [[ (double brackets). After typing double brackets a popup will suggest existing topics...
drewb
Keni
therealbrandonwilson
's suggestion that community is more important than a consistent writing habit. 
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