You may have come across this article from last fall at some point. It’s a long, well thought out piece by Kim Stanley Robinson exploring the actual potential for humans to be able to live on a planet other than this one. His prognosis? Not good! As someone who spends a lot of time lamenting what we’re doing to this planet, I appreciate a science fiction writer taking the time to add a dose of reality to our consciousness. As he starts out, he reminds us that interplanetary travel is an idea th…
2Do was not a tool I was looking for, but suits my needs better than OmniFocus has the past several years.
Back to the topic of why newsletters are a good choice [https://chrisbowler.com/journal/finding-our-way] for writers. This piece by Simon Owens perfectly sums up my thoughts. In it, he opines that email newsletters are similar to the handmade zines of the 70s, 80s, and 90s. In contrast to carefully edited and displayed content of the web, newsletters are more haphazard: > Many newsletters feature a hodgepodge of unrelated sections, images, and GIFs, and they take a distinctly informal tone in…
How are we contributing to making things worse for others?
Interesting take on the “Internet Sabbatical” and its ilk. Matthew Malady found it was a waste of time. His reasoning is that giving up constant distractions the online life brings is not equal to the price of giving up the access to instant knowledge available online. His conclusion: > At the end of the experiment, I wasn’t dying to get my phone back or to access Facebook. I just wanted to get back to being better informed. You’ll likely not be surprised at all to hear that I disagree with his…
Put the important things first, processing second. Or third or fourth. Whatevs.
Here’s a nice look at how several companies are learning to be family friendly. I’m especially happy with this one as the first two pictures are of the Wildbit office. One of our founders, Natalie, shares some of the thinking behind the space and the importance of children being welcomed in the space. She followed up with an expanded post [http://wildbit.com/blog/2016/03/24/ideas-for-building-a-family-friendly-culture] on our site. The paragraphs of mine were written weeks ago, but it's tellin…
It's easy to build habits, but never review them. I try to do just that from time to time, especially when it comes to how I handle my responsibilities.