It is like Jekyll and Hyde for me. Reading both anchor descriptions I even think that they both appeal to me equally in different ways. This is probably a sign of my inexperience though haha as in if both of them seem vaguely appealing to me then I probably haven't...

From writing consistently since the end of 2018 I've come to cherish the art of consistent writing. Like therealbrandonwilson said writing is a gift that gives three times. 

a gift to yourselfa gift to others a gift...

My goal for the past two weeks had been to sustain the same work input into Adagia, but refrain from implementing anything new and instead focus on refactoring and maintenance. I'm proud to admit, that I made a big boo-boo. Big A mistake that I can admit was suboptimal, but...

The other day I was brooding over a project I'd started awhile back. It was an infrastructural project that I couldn't just leave without the  product falling apart. I hadn't put as much attention into the code quality as I would like to have because the project wasn't something I...

As a kid I always thought it was stupid that the Death Star could be destroyed by two well aimed protons. How could something so powerful be destroyed by such low firepower? I loved Star Wars too much to let that get in the way of my enjoyment though.

Recently I've...

brianball and I recently discussed approaches to reflecting on our pasts. I don't want to misquote him -- which is easy to do in discussions -- so I won't describe the whole discussion. Instead I hope...

This past week I've reflected on who I want to service with Adagia. From the title you can probably guess that it's leaders.

Back at 200WAD many regular users were leaders in one way or another even though the site's design offered no leadership hierarchy*. Writers like

Any observed statistical regularity will tend to collapse once pressure is placed upon it for control purposes.

Goodhart's Law


We fear complexity and uncertainty so much that we're willing to pour most our energy and money into reducing them. Many of us approach our path to mastery this way. We wish it...

I've now been writing within the foobar implementation of Adagia Tribes for a few weeks now. The longest running one is dedicated to writing Short Fiction. Another to practicing Hooks. And finally the most recent is for consistently practicing Poetry.

I've never aspired to write poetry. I started this poetry Tribe...

As of today the year is 6% complete. 

Have you progressed six percent on any goals you had for this year? 

Do you still have goals by this time of the year? 

Or have they vaporized into the droll winds of holiday's end?

Hope it's the former. This is the first time I ever...