What is it about a good workbook?
That satisfying feeling of turning to the first exercise, with that virtuous thrill of embarking on a journey that will no doubt transform you in the exact ways the book’s title promises.
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New tools, new formats, new thoughts
Today I learned how to make slides using Advanced Slides in Obsidian, and how to make diagrams using Mermaid.
Both of these involve making something visual with just text commands. Instead of dragging shapes and text around, in Advanced Slides, you identify where you want it in relation to the
What does a good nonfiction book do (and how does it do it)?
Why a book and not a pamphlet?
“The detritus of our validation-seeking”
Tara McMullin’s post on overcommitting and the validation spiral was exactly what I needed to read today.
She makes wonderful use of simple diagrams to show how we begin to overcommit, and then we don’t have enough resources to fully meet our existing commitments (disappointing ourselves and others)
Remember when “habits” were bad?
My first habit tracker app was called HabitBull and I think it was on my very first smartphone.
It had a grid of habits, and you could select how often you intended to do them. It didn’t have to be daily, it could be three times a week, or
Duly Noted by Jorge Arango
I recently finished Duly Noted: Extend Your Mind Through Connected Notes, by Jorge Arango, an experienced information architect.
(I spent most of the book drooling over Arango’s information processing approach, which uses several Mac-only tools, like DEVONthink and Tinderbox. Will my next computer be a Mac?)
In some ways,
Exercise: My creative practice will be / won’t be
Trying out an exercise I designed to help get to know your creative practice and understand what challenges might exist and what can change to help work around those challenges.
Initial inspiration for this exercise was drawn from an exercise in Abby Covert’s book, How to Make Sense of