February 2011
16 posts
My buddy David got me to thinking...
… I’ve come to realize that I have something to contribute to this giant blue ball we call Earth, even if it’s just making someone laugh, or creating something that inspires, transacts, or (at a minimum) boots and runs without crashing for a few days.
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I’m going to start a new search engine for mouthwash products. The bottom of each results page will say Gaaaaaaaaaargle.
Meataphor (noun): A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to a slice of cow to which it is not literally applicable : “I had fallen through a meat grinder of depression,” said Mark, who was fond of theatrical metaphors | her culinary skill depends on suggestion and metaphor.
Or something like that. Told you I’d be here all week.
Did you hear the one about the chiropractor-proctologist? He helped people keep their shit straight.
Thank you, I’ll be here all week.
A Calmer Reading App - Cennydd Bowles' thoughts on a notification-less article reader →
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nikf:
A nice idea from Cennydd Bowles - a smart, smart reading app nicknamed ‘CalmReader’.
CalmReader has no unread count. Unread counts suck the joy out of life, and the trivial pride of reaching zero is quickly crushed by inevitable new tasks. Unread counts are tolerable within to task-orientated environments like email, but within a reading application they reinforce the undesirable mentality of Keeping On Top Of Stuff, rather than enjoyment.
A great point: more apps need to lose unread counts.
This fits in so well with my latest approach to unread: turned off the Mail.app badge and sound, turned off the Gmail notification and sound on my Android, and I otherwise hunt down and mercilessly massacre any other pop-up, beep-off, and ping-along that comes down my digital path.
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NoteSlate →
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An A4-sized eInk sketchpad. Love the concept, and I could very much see myself purchasing one. But the deal breaker will be syncing. Reading through the technical notes, wi-fi seems to be an add-on, which means syncing will probably be done by USB or SD card. If that’s the case, it’s unlikely I’ll drop $100 on one.
I was wondering where you keep your master list. I was thinking of starting it at the back of my notebook and bringing it forward, but wanted to know what you have found to be the best.
Thanks,
--Gary
I typically put the master list at the beginning of a new book, and then periodically create a new one as I go through the book, marking it with a Post-It Tab. That said, I like the idea of doing it at the back and working forward - let me know how that works out for you?
