I’m pleased that my first two smart notes were about Blue Ant, the agile marketing agency of digital nomads from William Gibson’s novel Pattern Recognition, and unpacking an aphorism by E. M. Cioran.
“Myths turn back into concepts: that is decadence.”
Finished reading: How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens 📚 I was hoping for concrete examples of how to make smart notes, not why I should make them.
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Forage/Presence by Drape and WE LONG TO BE HAUNTED by Laura Cannell. 🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
https://infraction.bandcamp.com/album/forage-presence
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Isolation by Part Timer and Singularity Zone Vol. 1 by The Oscillation. 🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to THE ROAD NOT TAKEN by Ecovillage and Boy In Da Corner by Dizzee Rascal. 🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to COMETA by Nick Hakim and TIMEBEING by Uji. 🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
I was going to do the responsible thing and go to bed at a reasonable hour. But I discovered William Gibson’s The Peripheral television series is out. So, I’m staying up late. The intro is quite good, and the moments feel like a nod to one of the covers for Neuromancer.
My Ambient Dub retrospective mix was a delight to put together. Immersing myself in Excursions in Ambience for next month’s retrospective mix.
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead and White Chalk by PJ Harvey. 🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
The last week I’ve been puttering around in Automator and Shortcuts to automate a task I spend 5 minutes on every weekend. I’ll find out if everything goes off without a hitch this Saturday. If I’m successful, I will shave off nearly 5 hours of work a year.
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Laughing So Hard It Hurts by Mavi and Stay Close To Music by Mykki Blanco. 🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to James Blake‘ self-titled album and How Will I Know of Heaven Will Find Me? by The Amazons (thanks, @zioibi). 🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
I’ve been using Evernote since the first generation iPhone, and it’s always done what I needed. A few years ago, I was on a thread where people said Evernote was too cumbersome and wanted something lightweight. At the time, I disagreed with them.
I’ve also been using Drafts since it launched, but I’ve really been using it a lot over the last few months, and now I completely agree with those who said Evernote is too unwieldy.
However. I don’t think I could think I can use Drafts' Workspaces in place of folders. I have way too many projects for that to be feasible. Maybe Bear?
I have friends who find algorithmically generated playlists distasteful. They prefer a human deejay because, supposedly, you’re less likely to hear more of what you’re already listening to. I suppose that might be true if your listening habits are narrow. But as I write this, my Spotify Discover Weekly playlist played five songs in the row that floored that I doubt that I would have heard otherwise. Oh, make that six songs in a row.
Yesterday, I played the survival horror role-playing game Xas Irkalla. I’ve wanted to play this game for a very long time. The players were Taylor and Steve and Nathan, a new acquaintance. I haven’t run an RPG in a long time, and I was a little rusty. Everyone had played RPGs before except for Steve, and this was a weird game to introduce him to the role-playing game hobby. I think everybody had fun. Steve seemed to enjoy himself and threw himself into his character.
I’m looking forward to this weekend’s game, but I need to sharpen my game master skills.
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Pastel Blues by Nina Simone and Spirals by Diana Yukawa. 🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Stases by Loscil (thanks, @zioibi) and Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam by The Comet Is Coming. 🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Ali by Vieux Farka Touré and Khruangbin and Seismic Shift by John Escreet Trio. 🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
Every morning I listen to two albums. Today I listened to Let’s Turn It Into Sound by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith and The Stone Roses self-titled album. 🎵
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1eU9bsb02aggki4oCJpezi?si=GJPH3IZJR1mTXGOFmISIjg
