Technology Is Killing Creativity
On protecting the magic of your creative work
Author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah discusses shunning stereotypes, the power of rejection, and navigating the overt connection between art and commercial.
The Fediverse has a Mental Health Problem
Over the past year the Fediverse has experienced significant growth, and this comes at a very real cost: Mental Health.
MacStories Unwind: How We Write
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On Reading More Books — Random Notes
Recently, a friend sent me a link to an article that they thought I might mind useful. It was one of those articles, the kind that purpor...
Same Stop
The art of sunsetting side projects | Polywork Blog
Bun B : Bullseye with Jesse Thorn
Bun B is half of the legendary hip-hop group UGK. His partner, Pimp C, died in 2007. Their new album is UGK For Life.
My impossible search for the best, most powerful, most private journaling app ever
Can my journaling app be as safe as the diary under my mattress?
Why I make trivial apps
Heart of a front-end developer trapped in the body of a computer science student
A Reading List About the Neuroscience of Reading - Longreads
"Reading makes us human."
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I hate how much I enjoy the Remarkable 2’s $199 keyboard case
If you bought a Remarkable 2, the price is probably fine.
Weekly Musings 182 — Weekly Musings
Welcome to this edition of Weekly Musings, where each Wednesday I share some thoughts about what's caught my interest in the last seven d...
Just Let It Go — Dino’s Journal 📖
It was Blaise Pascal, back in the 17th century, who said “All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room a...
293: Peace, Love, and WTF
The trio is back together to talk about this week’s mental health, tech conference hopes, music festival tragedies, and some great apps.
Ambient anxiety and the pursuit of happiness
Everything is awful, and I’m aware of every awful thing all the time. There’s the pandemic, and climate change. The threat of social unrest, and the uncertainty of the economy. And if I forget this for five minutes, my phone reminds me. Even when I make an effort not to, I find myself scrolling through alerts about stock market volatility and the fires in California.
On living inside of your work
Musician Kevin Morby discusses the benefits of boredom, building a world, and learning how to take lead.
Setting Up Focus Modes on Your iPhone | TWiT.TV
Personalize your custom Focus modes in iOS 15 or iOS 16, from silencing specific notifications to switching screens based on location.Home Screen customizationLock Screen customiza…
The Vision of Command Browser
This is a letter from Ash Bhat, CEO of RoBhat Labs When Rohan and I started RoBhat Labs, we were sophomores in college excited about the potential for the role that the internet could play in our lives. At the time – we were roommates at the...
A Calm Summer, 2022 — Write.as Blog
As we settle into the summer, we’re taking an easier pace here at Write.as. Here’s what’s been happening lately, and what you can expect ...
On Writing | Dustin
Why Write?
“I’ve been collecting these theories of why writers write because so many writers have written about it.”
The Seven-Year Cycle
This is my introduction to dying. It is a good place to die — in a Changi Women’s Prison cell.
What to Do When You Feel Like You're Always Chasing the Newest Idea
On the challenge of saying what you really mean
Writer Clare Sestanovich discusses distrusting triumph, writing during stolen hours, and the wisdom in abandoning a project.
Digital Declutter Rules for Lent 2021 — Dino’s Journal 📖
This is a list of rules that I'm going to follow for the remainder of Lent. In hindsight I should have started this as soon as Lent start...
What Makes for a Good Blog? | 43 Folders
My friends at Six Apart recently asked me to make a list of blogs that I enjoy. I think they're planning to use it for their new Blogs.com project. Unfortunately, I'm late getting it to them (typical), but if it's still useful, I'll post it here in a day
Open-Tent Policy 🎪
writing and a (hypothetical) writing setup
I've continued to have a writing bug (an urge to write) as of late, and I am A-OK with that. But, I do not want to flood out the R.w.a feed. And I also couldn't access Midnight.pub nor Smol.pub today, either (as I assume they are