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Pickyness vs Busyness – a manifesto for curation
Carrying on thinking about busyness, with some useful thoughts emerging. I’ve been more conscious about “feeling the texture of lists” – whether that’s content backlogs, to-do lists, or anything else. In general, one thing defines an unhelpful list: a lack of control (or the lack of feeling of control). From this single sense spirals a…
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An analysis of current busyness
Everything is busy recently. I’m too busy to get a decent perspective on it all, in fact, which is a vicious cycle and one to be taken seriously. I think my busyness comes from multiple directions, some of which are more flexible than others, but it’s definitely a heady mix of organising things, doing things,…
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Scribesphere tweaks
A couple of little changes and releases to the little corner of the internet running here.
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After the Rain: Trafalgar Street’s last bookshop
The slanted shelves in the window were like a huge spiderweb, waiting to trap the unwary booklover, while the rickety broken step leading down to the basement was a trap waiting to keep you there among the sci-fi and childrens books.
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Weekend’s sketch
A long while back, I signed up for the local sketchbook challenge. Reader, I failed. But I’ve really enjoyed digging out the pens and pencils for the pages I did do, and hope to carry on and make the time to do more. In the meantime, I’m going to also try posting some of the…
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The Wheat of Human Connection
Sorting the wheat of decent, meaningful connections from the chaff of low-effort, low-meaning connections
