I also made a writerdeck! They are the best: https://cassidoo.co/post/micro-journal/
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It it reminds me of a lot of friends who wanted to "start blogging" and their first step was writing a new static site system from scratch.
Or when I wanted to write a novel and went into world-building fantasy enciclopedia for two years... I didn't even pass the page 2 of the novel, lol. Now it's all forgotten.
Reminds me of the old saying “everyone has a pen, but not everyone is a writer.”
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#294on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7vFdy4BEAY
not sure if i saw the link in the blog; but the youtube video attaches TFA as the companion blog post.
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#295interesting choice to use syncthing instead of rsync, given the OP is already comfortable with it. equally curious to see why it was not even mentioned nor discussed for regular readers/viewers. my main concern with the setup was with the additional config required to make sure sleep states and other hw annoyances are in check. but it does help to have a well-supported linux machine as a base!
I install syncthing on ~all my devices and haven't yet touched rsync. Some reasons I prefer it: 1. It's automatic (sure, scripting regular rsync syncs probably isn't hard, but...) 2. It's p2p across all my devices (which from what I understand is not how rsync operates) So as long as my laptop and my desktop are both turned on I can trust they're always fully up-to-sync with each other, and in my experience they alwa…
as a personal syncthing user, i get it. although its clients in non-linux os can be better, especially on ios.
on the other hand, the accompanying video did mention rsync and a future video on syncthing, which might shed some more light on this decision.
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My thoughts are so all over the place that I've settled on 3x5 note cards. It also makes the transition to the computer much easier, because I can re-arrange them in a way that is somewhat organized before taking a picture that gets transcribed
Possibility to re-arrange is ofc good when working on something in progress. But how do you archive these cards? That always drove me mad so I use them only for something “encyclopaedical” otherwise it is too much messy.
At one point I had a physical filing system, but now they get converted to digital pretty quickly since I don't have to pay 10/hr to get it done. I also usually keep a daily card, and sometimes a few weekly/current lists on the note cards and just carry them around until I'm done with them.
It's mainly the capturing of the ideas that I prefer writing physically. After that, being able to move them around my digital system makes them most useful because I can have dynamic views that surface priorities and related notes without having to physically sift through the stacks.
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You might want to check out Scrivener (Mac and Windows). I use that in lieu of note cards. The cork board function lets you re-arrange text and media to your hearts content and then compile the final output to Word, PDF whatever. It's designed for non-linear writing. https://literatureandlatte.com
The point here is imho that you intentionally remove the computer from the path (in some part of your work) if you want to achieve some focused deep work (in case that you aren’t coding ofc :)
I agree with this. It's not that the digital tools don't exist, it's that my best think gets done when I go for a walk with nothing but a pen and a stack of blank 3x5s.
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#298wow all that is music to my ears ! and yes, attention problem is too real these days, for most of us - thanks for sharing this !
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The only thing holding me back from tty as desktop environment is terminal alt modes - i find it annoying when nvim leaves behind a ghost of itself
Doesn’t tmux support alternate screen. You could run everything in a tmux session and get alternate screen that way.
ah, great idea. I stopped using a multiplexer when i switched to using a terminal with tabs - thank you for the tip
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It absolutely is wonderfully alright to not be the most efficient all the time. I'm going to use this opportunity to quote Kurt Vonnegut at length: I work at home, and if I wanted to, I could have a computer right by my bed, and I’d never have to leave it. But I use a typewriter, and afterwards I mark up the pages with a pencil. Then I call up this woman named Carol out in Woodstock and say, “Are you still doing typi…
Now I want to read the wife’s thoughts on this piece.
I wonder if she knew about the woman at the post office!