Chris J Wilson

Humans working the hard jobs for minimum wage while the ai robots write poetry and create artwork is not the future I wanted.

Great quote at the end of this piece on Future thinking by @chadgmoore

I have a few work in progress articles as open MicroBlog windows. This is not the best idea as they don’t always restore/I can lose them etc. So I’m debating a publishing app again (espeically if it can publish to multiple places). The obvious answers are

1. Drafts - it can do all the things and I have the actions in place already
2. Obsidian - it’s where my thoughts are and I can link them to other ideas.
3. iA Writer - This could be a dedicated place for longform output.

I can make a good argument for each one but I’m trying to work out “Which will be easiest for me to use and will encourage me to use it the most?” My current guess is 3 as I already have 1 and 2 but don’t really use them (that’s a sign of something. Then again I could adapt my drafts workspace/add the obsidian plugins).

After the amazing green of the iPhone 13, the iPhone 15’s colour options are a huge disappointment.

Most of my favourite bloggers have very simple blogging and marketing setups they’ve basically stuck to for years (WordPress, chronological theme + email newsletter).

I often think their sites are better because they are basic (no homepage that pushes you to buy something) and yet I get obsessed with all the different options rather than writing.

[TBF, I’ve actually had a really good run of just focusing on writing and writing longer things recently. I’m pretty chuffed with that.]

I have several notes in obsidian which are variations of

• How to keep my kids entertained at various times
• How to avoid screens at various times
• And some which have both.

These are all highly valuable notes.

Procreate announcement is currently live. I think they’re introducing a new (replacement?) app. While I wouldn’t want to pay a subscription, I’d pay a subscription for procreate to keep it running.

Me: I’m a minimalist and live simply so I don’t spend money on pointless things. Now, excuse me while I look at buying another pair of headphones.

I hate how strange it feels when I can actually say “It’s not been busy at all.” It feels like I have to say things are busy, and normally it’s true.

It’s ready!

For a couple of months, I’ve been working on and off on a series of free email courses to help people improve elements of their sketchnoting.

• Drawing
• Typography
• Layouts
• Creating your very first sketchnote

Now they’re all ready for people to try. You can sign up here.

I’m trying to set up a focus mode/shortcut etc that would block certain applications while I’m in that mode (i.e. safari). I think the closest thing I can do is set downtime but I’d have to adjust its settings each day to make it apply. Are there any other options? (I’m not running the Apple betas)

You know what’s worse than only writing about writing (and other ouroboric activity)? Only writing about how bad writing about writing is.

I can be guilty of this (and in fact this post is an example of it!) so I’m committing to changing.

My company is looking to update their social media icons from Twitter to X-twitter. But the logo we can download isn’t the same as the one on the site.

Scheduled a new sketchy ideas newsletter for this afternoon (with a new section highlighting things from around the web).

The dad-mobile has arrived. A used Citreon C4 Grand Picasso. Tomorrow she gets her first real test with a trip to the in-laws.

One of the greatest ironies in life: by trying to make a message less passive aggressive, you can end up making it more so.

Goal: seek to be better, not right.

I see the opposite in a colleague and it annoys me. That means there’s a good chance I’m just as guilty of this issue if not more.