“[I]f seated at the computer, I check my email conservatively 30,000 times a day. When I am writing, I must have a snack, call a friend, or abuse myself every ten minutes. I used to think that this was nothing more than the difference between those things we do for love and those we do for money. But that can’t be the whole story. I didn’t always write for a living, and even back when it was my most fondly held dream to one day be able to do so, writing was always difficult. Writing is like pulling teeth. From my dick.”
David Rakoff, Don’t Get Too Comfortable
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One or two readers will do
[M]ultiple teammates giving feedback can confuse the writer and may also contradict each other’s feedback. Put some trust in the writer you’re working with and understand that you need one or two, at best, sets of eyes on their work.
A Civic Technologist’s Practice Guide
Excited for this new book coming up from Cyd Harrell (who’s also a good follow on Twitter, btw), especially the…
Links of late | 2019-03-13
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Links of late | 2019-02-24
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Links of late | 2018-11-19
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Links of late | 2018-06-01
New version of Ulysses is out. Lucky 13. Nothing I’ll make immediate use of but I see the appeal of…
Links of late | 2018-04-24
A mostly-anonymous donor left $10 million to Seattle’s KEXP. Great public radio institution. I stream it from time to time…
Links of late | 2018-04-17
Listening to this Bodega track on repeat thanks to my friend Jess. I don’t know anything about them. Tranquilized bears,…