Basically, why I sketchnote…although I don’t do the science experiments.
What’s the best book (fiction, non-fiction) you’ve read this year?
What did you like about it?
🔗 Cancel culture and the dividing line in the human heart
A twitter thread worth reading. Although it raises questions not answers, good questions are important.
An unexpectedly good work day today. I thought it would be extremely busy but it turned out to be the right level of busy: challenging but not overwhelming.
It’s the last day of June so I’m about to remove my 90% discount on 30 Creative Prompts for MicroBlog users.
My favourite prompt (seeing as you didn’t ask) is to “use a tool the way it wants to be used.” So write slowly with a fountain pen, use a wide lens for landscape, etc.
Do I have any copywriting friends on MicroBlog?
I’d like to ask you a couple of questions.
Trump retweeted a supporter saying “white power”. . This is surprising because it’s so out of character and doesn’t match his usual rhetoric and twitter behavior.
The Learn Create Share newsletter is back!
For the first time in ages, I sent out an edition of the Learn, Create, Share newsletter. I’m really excited to get it going again. Have a look at this week’s edition and subscribe to get future editions.
Christian friends on microblog
I’d love your help with this survey on how covid has affected your faith and church. 👇 churchm.ag/covid-sur…
I’d love to get a significant sample size. Thanks for your help.
Listening to ATP confirmed one of my suspicions about the Big Sur design; It looks like it’s setting up a touch based mac. Now that’s an interesting development.
Have you noticed any actions or circumstance that tends to lead to you having a productive day?
An easy one I can identify is having good blocks of time. I want all my meetings together and not distributed across the day so I have blocks of time to focus on a task.
The Easiest to Use
I’m weighing up three different email newsletter services.
I realy can’t choose.
And then I had a thought:
“When you can’t choose between two options, go for the one which is easier to use. The easier it is to use, the more you will use it.”
Suddenly, that decision doesn’t seem so tricky anymore. I suspect this principle would work for other tool decisions too.
P.s. Yes, I know there are times when you need “more power” and so the simplest isn’t the best. But you can only need more power if you’ve started using something, so start with simple.
Do something once, it’s an experiment. 🧪
Do something twice, it’s a streak ✅✅
Do something for a week, it’s proof you can keep going. 🗓
Do something till you can’t not do it, it’s a habit. 🔁
But every habit starts with an experiment.
That's Not My MacBook
I was reading my daughter “that’s not my owl” and started to wonder what a version for adults would look like. Now I’d like to present the ATP “that’s not my MacBook” bed time story.
Wife: “what’s ‘hamas’?” Me: “It’s pyjamas.”
I’m a skilled baby English translator.
iOS 14 beta question. Can you change the default music app?
Asking for me.
A little challenge for all the corporate slaves out there. Find the best example of businessease and send it to me. The winner gets 10 microblogoons.
People who are running big sur. Do those new rounded corner menu buttons look like they’d be easier to tap on a touchscreen? I’m curious if this new design hints at touchscreen macs or a macOS on the iPad.
A simple writing tip: adjectives and adverbs are lazy
Avoid adjectives and adverbs. Choose precise verbs and nouns.
Yes, there is adjectives in this tip, but sometime there’s no alternative (please do prove me wrong!). Also I break this rule all the time and it dilutes my writing.