Swimming Upstream from the Cultural Zeitgeist
I don’t want a soft life, in the ways it’s defined often online. I want a free one. I’ll always be a a worker, a juggler, a doer. i just want it to be from a place of curiosity and creativity, not scarcity or need.
threads.comCollecting is saving images because they are beautiful, because the mood is right, because they might be useful someday. It is passive. It lets the image speak without asking it any questions. A folder of thousands of saved images is evidence of a good eye, but it is not a research practice, it’s a database.
Research is when the act of looking... See more
Research is when the act of looking... See more
Zoë Yasemin • Your Research Practice Is Your Creative Identity
I recently declared feed bankruptcy.
At various points in my week // day, I type "kottke.org" into my browser, hit enter, and read whatever is there. Then I type "chorus.fm" and do the same thing. Then Daring Fireball. Then Hacker News.
I read good things, on good websites.
And it feels like an exercise in nostalgia.
Between 2010 and now, we... See more
At various points in my week // day, I type "kottke.org" into my browser, hit enter, and read whatever is there. Then I type "chorus.fm" and do the same thing. Then Daring Fireball. Then Hacker News.
I read good things, on good websites.
And it feels like an exercise in nostalgia.
Between 2010 and now, we... See more
I Have Declared Feed Bankruptcy.
Ezra Klein: Writers who outsource their research to AI operate on a flawed model of how the mind works. https://t.co/QaQ0CjT8h3
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