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A collection of 22 posts

iPhonetography

Coming to your e-reader in the Spring of 2023

Ghosted

I have had a need to simplify my websites and the expenses that come with them. That changed today. A year ago I transferred this website to a self-hosted instance instead, for simplicity and ease of use but I gave up too much control. Today, I transferred it to a

Publishing On The Go

Publishing On The Go

My website has being going for over twenty years. In that time, technology has transformed my life and the way I write has gone through some pretty major shifts. What was first typed into a frustratingly slow WordPress installation can now be published from a variety of apps with surprising

This Week

It’s been about a solid week since re-using iA Writer exclusively, instead of Ulysses and I’m thrilled to be back. I’ve never stuck with iA Writer except for editing Markdown files but now I am using it exclusively to publish here. I’m thinking I have too

On Contentment

Lately I’ve been playing ping-pong in my brain about changing platforms. I set myself up on a 14-day trial to host this site on another server and within 14 minutes decided it was too much of a struggle. I’ve spent hours, months and years to get this site

The Internet Is Broken

Anyone else noticed that today’s WWW is insufferable? I don’t specifically know when it turned, or why most users became jerks, but I’ll go ahead and guess about 2010. Making money off of content became more important than the content itself. This is a long post, but

Analog Notes

Following up on a previous post, I have too many unused paper journal notebooks in the form of Field Notes©. I need to frequently remind myself to use them, and this post intends to do just that. During the day, I’ll come to a point where I am exhausted

Homework

“Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life.” – Lawrence Kasdan This quote could also be used for any hobby endeavor we choose such as photography, crochet, micro electronics, Ham radio, etc. A hobbyist is constantly researching techniques, going over best practices and learning

Technical Issues

If you think technology will solve your problems then you don’t understand technology – and, you don’t understand your problems. Laurie Anderson Find the best tool for a specific job and stick with it. This is better said than done for me since I enjoy trying all the new

Take Charge

“Nothing about the Internet is fixed, permanent, or inevitable. It is malleable, shape-shifting, and constantly evolving. And it increasingly comes with more responsibility and risks for guarding our own data and taking charge of distributing our words and images.” EI Skyers This sums up nicely what I’ve been referring

Plain Text

Just about everything I write digitally- blog posts, to-do’s, notes, journal, code, thoughts, plans, etc get drafted in text format (.txt) These are an extension of me, my digitized, quantified, extended memory of organized thoughts. I use them often for research, reference, and a log. So you see, they

A Few Thoughts On...

1. Creativity and imagination needs to be constantly fed. 2. Reading is an anytime, anywhere pastime 3. Slow down. 4. Excuses delay the inevitable. 5. Make time for good conversation. 6. Apply what you know. 7. Chase the knowledge. 8. Organize your desk. 9. Make yourself so good that they

Ulysses Update

Ulysses 26 update looks great. Now with custom fonts and better support for accessing my web server (meaning I can connect to it again. Will I re-up or stick with iA Writer? Unfortunately I run into an error where I cannot post to the Micro page from either Ulysses or

Just Do It

“We learn by doing.” This is the way you master your hobby, by getting on and doing it. Learn, practice, re-learn and practice some more. This goes for writing, sketching, photography, painting, or everything else. You don’t get good without practice, keep your head down and move onward. There

I Did It Again

Here’s something about me: I’ll tweak and twerk on something until it’s molded into something I’m happy with. And just when I’ve got it down to what I want, I switch to something entirely different. Example- I’ve been working with a fantastic site setup

I Want This

There are many things in my life that I don’t need. I don’t need half the technology I have, nor most of online services that I pay for. This includes the hosting for my website. I don’t need it, but it does serve a purpose deeper than

Writing on the WWW

Writing on the WWW

Own your website. It’s important because you control the format now and forever if you want to. No social media because that isn’t yours. Your social media account is just renting space until you are evicted. Buy a domain name, choose a blog host, install WordPress blogging software

What To Do With A Manual Typewriter

What To Do With A Manual Typewriter

Step one really should be to change out the ribbon. I’ll be back when step one is completed.

Scrittore

As a digital writer, I love the modern day writing software that allows you to create, distribute with ease. However, I grew up using a typewriter and I’ve missed the “clickety-clack” of the mechanical keys as I typed. Now I can have that again with this Royal ScrittoreItalian for

Version 1.0

I have had a need to simplify my websites and the expenses that come with them. Everything changed today. A year ago I transferred this website to WordPress.com for simplicity and ease of use but I gave up too much control. Today, I transferred it back to my own