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WEEKNOTE #448
Two Names of Everything
I’ve decided that internet SEO has pickled my brain, because I’ve also decided I prefer the way products are named online.
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WEEKNOTE #181Heat It Up at Home
We broke dry January yesterday as it was Eve’s birthday. We started drinking at 1pm. Now I have a hangover.
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WEEKNOTE #180Cold, Wet and Miserable
It’s cold, wet and miserable here in south London. But I did get a raincoat for my bike off ebay.
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WeeknoteYou Are You but Different on the Internet
Just as you are you but different in a dream, you are you but different on the internet.
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WeeknotePlan To Finish
Any behaviour that entices others away/out from the feeds and endless doomscrolling feed is welcome.
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WEEKNOTE #176Showing Up in the Wild
Introducing a new section to the weeknotes this week: Correspondence Culture.
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WEEKNOTE #175Passive Quantified Systems
I think there could be a lot more done representing my phone use beyond lame bubbles falling down every-time I unlock my phone.
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WEEKNOTE #174All Thoughts Fly
Moaning about spending/wasting too much time on my phone is the perennial topic for this blog.
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WEEKNOTE #173Substacklash
I don’t really have any thoughts on the Substack backlash beyond urging people to ignore their impulse to disparage tall poppies and instead remember…
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WEEKNOTE #172A Different Type Of Doom
In honour of Salem’s first album release for a decade. I wrote about Witch House. Where it was back then and where it’s gone.
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WEEKNOTE #171Millions of Amygdalas
There must be millions of amygdalas burnt out around the world. What a week for people addicted to infotainment and social media this must…
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WEEKNOTE #170Panning The Streams
I’ve spent the week thinking about/observing my behaviour in the feeds more closely
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WEEKNOTE #169Choose Your Own Internet
One of the advantages of spending less on social media is deciding where you do want to spend your time on the Internet.
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WEEKNOTE #168Their Toll
It seems the psychic stresses of 2020 are starting to take their toll on many
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WEEKNOTE #167A Waste Of Time
I wish I’d written up my thoughts on the whole mess back in 2018. Just so I could link to it now.
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WEEKNOTE #166October Surprise
If I was going to start a newsletter with friends, it would be a weekly round of up the UK/US news cycle. Written in…
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WEEKNOTE #165Proposed Supertask
We certainly do need better futures right now. Thats the supertask.
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WEEKNOTE #164Gears Turn
My creative process currently feels like the frantic workings of a complicated watch mechanism.
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WEEKNOTE #163The Week I Went On A Twitter Enya Binge
I preceded to go on an absolute tear and post about my love of Enya for over an hour.
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WEEKNOTE #162Speaking Of Printmaking
Like many people doing important work – it seems that his chosen medium came to him, rather than him seeking it out.
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WEEKNOTE #161Like Mushrooms After Rain
Long dormant newsletters seem to be rebooting inside gated platforms like mushrooms after rain.
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WEEKNOTE #158Heavy Weather
I recorded our first drops of rain in weeks as it began to fall. You can hear the constant rumbling of thunder quite clearly.…
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