The same coach I mentioned in the previous post asked me in a later session to sum up a motto or philosophy for myself in six words. Instead of compressing a single philosophy into six words, I thought of three two-word phrases to (as always) give myself options. Still, they add up to a single …
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Three Little Words
I worked with a coach one time who asked me a question that I regret I can’t recall. Something about “what three words sum up what gives you energy or passion” or “can you tell me what really lights you up, in three words?”
Still running Sierra and iOS 10.3
Computers — or playing with them — has been a hobby, pastime, and necessity for the last couple of decades. It used to be that I could not wait to download or install the new version of an application or operating system; the thrill of the New powered that desire. But with my iMac, 3-month-old …
How I’m Learning Now
My day job for the last two or so decades has been as a software technical writer. Basically, I write the how-tos that people generally avoid reading. I always default to buying a book when learning a new product. I did this for my iPhone and for Squarespace; I have bought innumerable e-books from Take …
My New iPad
New and first iPad ever, actually, only a few weeks old. It’s the 10.5-inch iPad Pro and it is a beaut of a machine. Remarkably light and thin, beautiful screen. It’s a luxury that is not yet a necessity. Liz has had an iPad Mini for 4-5 years now and absolutely adores it. She reads …
“Teacher” – a short documentary
In the spring of 2017, I was searching for a new creative project to take my mind off of work upheavals. I signed up for a Durham Arts Council short course called “Make a 5-minute Documentary in 7 Weeks.” I’ve done screen capture edits at work with Camtasia Studio, but had never worked with capturing …
The purpose of being a serious writer is not to express oneself, and it is not to make something beautiful, though one might do those things anyway. Those things are beside the point. The purpose of being a serious writer is to keep people from despair. If you keep that in mind always, the wish …
And Yet – Los Angeles Review of Books
And Yet – Los Angeles Review of Books
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