Jake
@jake
writer, creative programmer, running Printernet and trying to make the internet more interesting.
Jake
jakeweber.net
What Doesn't Seem Like Work?
paulgraham.com
Questions like “what are you compulsive about?” can sometimes reveal the other person’s elephant. Or: “Where have you experienced a moment of ignition, when you saw some older person doing an activity and you intuited that they were wired the same way you were, and you said to yourself ‘I want to be that’?” Or: “How would your spouse/sibling/parent... See more
Graham Duncan Blog • What’s going on here, with this human?
“If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.” ― John Cage
"Because novels come from long-marinated and unregarded anxiety, from silent anxiety…" - Martin Amis
One of my favorite prompts lately:
What do you need from me to do this well?
“I Don’t Think Character Exists Anymore”: A Conversation with Rachel Cusk
newyorker.com
The appropriate amount of effort is zero
expandingawareness.org