James Stevens
@redwolfwhite
Well red and well read.
Came for the creativity. Stayed for the community.
James Stevens
Geoffrey Roberts's emotional word wheel helps describe emotions. https://t.co/2m5Lx9R3km- honestly people are starving for more collective experiences, not more siloed hyper-personalized things
- The kids are joining running clubs, buying “dumb” phones, woodworking, rocking Walkmans, joining supper clubs, etc because their lives have been swallowed by digital black boxes, and in this moment of uncertainty (tension re: war, AI, climate), they crave tangibility. It’s simple
Rebecca Solnit - “underneath the task of writing a particular piece is the general one of making a self who can make the work you are meant to make.” https://t.co/hfVXl0yIp2
Students at NYU asked the creators of South Park the million-dollar question: “What makes a good story?” They gave one of the best explanations of story I’ve heard: “If we can take the beats of your outline, and the words ‘and then’ belong between those beats… you got something pretty boring. What should happen between every beat you’ve written... See moreI know a few things, but I still got a lot to learn.
sometimes “…and but.”
sometimes “…and therefore.”
but never “…and then.”
Genius.
- I think a lot about how we don’t have anything in software in the category of luxury.
https://youtu.be/it8xrIIC1cI?si=JdASJnDSetWvIlFW&t=636
(car nerd alert).
The point the journalist makes about a digital speedo replacing an analogue one is exactly this point about no such thing as luxury software. 
Can’t ever get this image out of my head… Great writers write musically. https://t.co/J8wDku8r62
