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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 #349Birthday!
I turned 39 on Thursday. I have so much I want to do before I turn 40… perhaps I need to rejoin the #100mphclub.…
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WEEKNOTE #347Every Man For Himself
I’m currently listening to Werner Herzog’s memoir Every Man for Himself and God Against All.
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WeeknoteSomewhere Inside The Network
The idea is fully expressed somewhere inside the network of links and discussions between people. Not anywhere in particular.
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WEEKNOTE #345A Year of Freedom
Day Ones ‘On this Day’ feature informs me that it’s been a year since I installed the site/app blocker freedom.to.
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WEEKNOTE #344Not The Sort Of Person I Want To Be
I don’t want to be part of a negative Internet, so I choose not to add to it. I don’t see any value in…
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WeeknoteBack 2 It
Got back from Portugal late Tuesday and have spent the week getting back into things.
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WEEKNOTE #342Other Things First
It’s been a super busy week for me. Mostly taken up with working on my talk @ Human Entities in Lisbon on Wednesday.
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WEEKNOTE #341Antisocial Network
This week I watched the 4chan documentary Antisocial Network. I thought it was good.
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WEEKNOTE #340Entity Not A Person
REINCANTAMENTO over at DROPS newsletter wrote a great post on the Kendrick Lamar – Drake beef and its wider implications for cultural production in…
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WEEKNOTE #339Settling In
The idea that a new work must come out, be consumed, burn bright before we all collectively move on to the next thing is…
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WEEKNOTE #338TABlog 1
How many tabs do you have open right now? What are they? And why do you have them open?
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WEEKNOTE #337What About This Excites You?
When you are reading a tweet, watching youtube video, or looking at an Instagram post, ask yourself: “What About This Excites Me?”
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WEEKNOTE #336Where Interests Take You
I’ve been thinking about how the longer I go from spending time on social media, the more wide open my media diet is becoming.
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WEEKNOTE #335Row It Back
The other week in my review of Day One app I said that I was a bit of an Automattic fan boy. This week…
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WEEKNOTE #333Day One
After using it for a year I thought I’d write about Day One App, as it’s some of best money I’ve ever spent on…
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WEEKNOTE #332Big Noise
I went to see BOTCH and Great Falls at the Electric Ballroom last night. Here’s my photos of the evening and review of the…
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WEEKNOTE #330What’s the Time?
As a teenager I maintained that I didn’t need to wear a watch as if I wanted to know the time I always had…
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WEEKNOTE #329More AI Sludge + Law vs Lore
A few months ago an AI content sludge farm wrote an article / profile about me. Guess what…. It’s happened again.
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WEEKNOTE #328Where Do You Spend Your Time?
I’m seriously wondering about where (and what) I spend my time doing.
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WEEKNOTE #326Happy New Year!
I remember reading a study that said; the renewed vigor, refreshment, and heightened motivation one experiences after a holiday peaks at lunchtime on the…
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