Mark McElroy
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Mark McElroy
Of course, all of Sublime is online; nothing is local. And the content lives on someone else’s server. Privacy folks are not going to want this. Data ownership advocates aren’t going to like it easier.
Which raises the question: can I take my notes with me when I leave?
First Sublime
The first time I tried to save something to Sublime failed. That’s not a great start.
I downloaded the browser extension, called up a YouTube video, and clicked the save button on my browser bar. I could see where Sublime saw what video I was watching, and I entered a note in the provided field. But clicking save did nothing at all, and
... See more“Foreign experiences increase both cognitive flexibility and depth and integrativeness of thought, the ability to make deep connections between disparate forms,” says Adam Galinsky, a professor at Columbia Business School and the author of numerous studies on the connection between creativity and international travel. Cognitive flexibility is the... See more
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Kindle vs. Kobo
At first, the display on the Kindle looks much better.
I hate, hate, hate the stylus, and I hate how my handwriting looks using it. I hate the button that my fingers always press while I'm writing.
Calibre was easy enough, but had to scour comments on this kid's great video to get past constant crashing with the installation of the
... See moreShe said that sometimes she uses a formula when writing a short story, which goes ABDCE, for Action, Background, Development, Climax, and Ending. You begin with action that is compelling enough to draw us in, make us want to know more. Background is where you let us see and know who these people are, how they’ve come to be together, what was going
... See moreAnne Lamott • Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
An observation about note-taking in Sublime:
The default for a note should be “Mark Private.” Instead, it’s public, apparently to support the growth of their magical “Sublime network” of related ideas surfaced from the vaults of other users.
I should have to “opt-in” to public sharing.
Question: is there a control to throw that says, “Make my notes
“The key, critical process is multicultural engagement, immersion, and adaptation. Someone who lives abroad and doesn’t engage with the local culture will likely get less of a creative boost than someone who travels abroad and really engages in the local environment.” In other words, going to Cancun for a week on spring break probably won’t make a... See more
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Americans Bought Abandoned $1 Homes In Italy — Was It Worth It?
youtube.comInteresting feature revealing both the nature of the one Euro homes several Italian cities offered up for sale ... and what it actually costs to buy them. It sounds like you spend closer to $3,000 dollars after fees, and that you then have three years to complete the renovation. Work is less expensive than it is in the US, but the pace is slower. It's probably not something one should undertake if one doesn't already have a lot of knowledge about construction and renovation.
One home, completed, looks sleek, huge, and modern; she spent about $21,00 on the house and the one next door, and then invested up to $475,000 to get it in the pristine condition we see here. Another man seems to have bought a "premium" home (in better condition, in need of fewer repairs), and he's living in it pretty much as he found it for less than $5,000 ... but I don't think most people would like the condition it's in or how it looks now.
In the end, the biggest winners seem to be Americans buying entire homes for tens of thousands and then spending substantial money bringing the home up to standard. You don't just spend a dollar and move in.
Locals like the increased foot traffic for restaurants and shops, since prior to the program the city was shrinking dramatically. Some young locals want to be sure the culture isn't changed too dramatically, mostly by controlling the number of houses offered and making sure the character of old town remains consistent.
“We found that when people had experiences traveling to other countries it increased what’s called generalized trust, or their general faith in humanity,” Galinsky says. “When we engage in other cultures, we start to have experience with different people and recognize that most people treat you in similar ways. That produces an increase in trust.”