Watching this video from Curtis McHale yesterday emphasised how little I am using my digital garden and how little I really question what I do with the entries that I do have.
A system is only as good as the information contained within it. Or, rather, a system is only as good as the connections and threads within it.
Establish patterns, observe the Forms 1, small acts for a cumulative effect. The complex arises from a multiplicity of the simple.
In true serendipitous fashion yesterday also saw Austin Kleon write about noting down A quote a day and seeing if, over time, he can find connections or interesting juxtapositions.
I don't feed enough into my system for it to be effective, there needs to be greater crossover between there and the blog. Anything I "like" should go there as well as here, anything I read and think "yes, this", anything that inspires me or think is interesting. It should all be filed away and, where relevant, linked to other things, categorised, referenced. I occasionally throw things in Google Keep for short term retention, bookmark websites, or mark things as "read later" among my RSS feeds – that all could be useful.
D minus. Must do better!
Forms used here in a Platonic sense: the non-physical essences of all things, of which objects and matter in the physical world are merely imitations. ↩
@colinwalker I have a dent pretty much like this one. Macbook was in my backpack and I dropped my backapck on the concrete. I put on a sticker, out sight , out of mind as they say 😊
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In this light, "normal" is not a bad word, to be avoided. It's a concept that demands more attention. If the position in the middle is called "normal," then it makes it sound as though the other positions on the continuum are defective. – Ann Althouse
I cringe when someone uses the phrase “normal people” while describing a section of a service's users. Is that the best usage of the phrase? What does it make me, one who doesn't use the service in the “normal” way? Abnormal? Why would you call your user that? – Amit Gawande
