@bjhess Resurfacing is exactly what makes the open web superior to all closed systems! The fatal flaw of Facebook and others is that although there is all sorts of new relevant content surfaced via tha algorithm, it's next to impossible to find older content more than a few days old.
@pratik I've done the same. The worst offender is the web version of Outlook, which uses a microscopic font size.
@mandaris My first Aeropress lasted 12 years! The rubber started to disintegrate so I decided it was time to buy another a few weeks ago.
@maique The microbloggers should take precedence!
@goblingumbo What a brilliant, petty solution.
@mandaris A coffee catastrophe! What will you be replacing the Chemex with?
@bjhess Thanks for a great article! I've been blogging since 2005 and followed independent bloggers for years before that.
But here's my problem. I work in the arts, which is an industry where many of the important discussions are happening on Facebook. I have over 3200 friends there (~2500 of whom are musicians), and the algorithm surfaces genuinely engaging content that has real relevance to both my immediate circle of friends and important discussions within the industry that aren't happening elsewhere. Since I've been posting relatively regularly since 2008, the algorithm seems to be surfacing my own content on other people's feeds quite regularly. I'm trying to maintain a presence on my independent blogs alongside activities on Facebook, but it's always an uphill battle.
Matcha and tonic is my new favorite drink.
@KimberlyHirsh That's what I gleaned from the article and the study it referenced. Time to hit the fiction!
@KimberlyHirsh This is a fascinating study! If the effect for reading fiction was .14 (small, but noticeable) and was reportedly slightly higher than for reading non-fiction, I wonder what the non-fiction effect size would have been, and whether or not the difference between the two would be significant. Perhaps it's reading in general that causes the positive cognitive effects.
@ayjay There's nothing like a mechanical metronome! Although it's easier to find a digital version (even Google has an online metronome), mechanical metronomes are making a comeback, and I've seen them on sale for $150+.
Morning is all about the coffee ☕️
There is proper authentic Mexican food in Windsor! Tonight’s dinner was chile rellenos at Mi Casita on Wyandotte Street.
From my lunch break on the Windsor waterfront earlier today.
Finished reading: Learn Like a Pro by Barbara Oakley PhD 📚
This was a really practical book that I’ll be putting to use in my own learning and teaching. I first found out about Barbara Oakley’s work on Ben Owden’s Why Lead? podcast. Highly recommended.
@kaa Mela is a fantastic tool. Exporting specific ingredients into Reminders is a really useful way to quickly build grocery lists.
@danalcantara Mine has been working out well for the most part, although there’s a fair amount of unscrewing involved when a lead gets broken off.
@miguelmanalo It’s just miserable here in TO 🌧️ ☔️
Currently reading: Brain Power by Catherine de Lange 📚
Currently reading: Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 📚
A small cafe in Tokyo has a single time-traveling chair, but there are several rules which must be observed…
@mandaris Those were some unforgiving bounces. I think he wants a second crack at it.
@bapsi I can feel the calm when I spend time in my notebooks right before bed. The difficult part for me is making the choice to tear myself away from YouTube in the first place.
@jedda Oh, the joy of renovation! What kind of flooring are you getting installed?
@jtr Yes, I do both "piano" and "teacher" at the same time! One of the many hats I wear, all interfering with regular eating times .
@TheMacPsych Yokes! What kind of probiotics are you taking?
@chriskrycho But you’re right, that would be the perfect Lenten piece for a meditation service or vigil. Especially if it’s framed so that listeners can experience the unfolding of time within the work.
RIP Daniel Kahneman.
Had a fun morning teaching an adult piano student. The 4th through 7th Goldberg Variations, then Brahms' arrangement of the Bach Chaconne for the left hand. 🎵 🎹
@chriskrycho My first thought was this had some captivating sonorities in the upper register. Then I looked at the running time. Over an hour in length! 🤯
@BinaryDigit Does WW still have zero-point options? I recall a while back they were steering people towards high protein and fiber foods with their points algorithm.
@BinaryDigit Congrats on your quick results! 👊
My challenge is my schedule. As a piano teacher, I work on weekdays from around 4-9pm, which means that I have to eat either before or after teaching, neither of which is optimal.
@numericcitizen I agree completely. Blogrolls are and always were a popularity contest. All we can do is create a curated list that shows diversity of scope and background, as well as genuine quality that will rope others into reading (and eventually writing) blogs. Just like 15-20 years ago.
@jonah There's an AI ad for a pimple medication (had to look it up, as it wasn't obvious at all) that gets lots of airtime on YouTube. It doesn't seem entirely...human.
@BinaryDigit What a great idea and best wishes on your wellness journey! It can be incredibly difficult to avoid sugar and processed foods at the grocery store. What books, strategies, and resources are you finding useful?
Some Suno AI tunes shared on Facebook in the last day:
In der Weihnachtsbäckerei is the most 2024 thing I’ve heard so far: an AI-generated Japanese pop song, in German, about a Christmas bakery. 🎵
Espresso, a quick breakfast, shower, and then 8 hours of teaching piano students.
Rebecca Toh on how narrow points of focus can be the secret of this universe:
Having the discipline to sit down every day for a few hours to write can make all the difference between someone who manages to write a book and someone who doesn’t.
Let’s hear it for simple and boring systems.
We’re not here to crack any mysteries. We’re here to roll around in life and experience its peaks and troughs and make discoveries and pick up things and poke at things and create things that express our ignorance and awe at all this mystery and beauty.
Rebecca Toh: 04: photography as a result of life
This morning I’m grateful for the experience of browsing Micro.blog, which largely involves visiting elegantly designed blogs with zero clutter and reading interesting articles, most of which generously invite further thought. Back to my espresso.
Your ikigai can be found in small daily rituals, side projects, and deep conversations. It can be found in moments of silence and idleness, or in moments of creative flow.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff: Rediscovering Ikigai: What We Got Wrong and How to Find Meaning in Life
Hussein Kesvani’s Guardian article about Reddit becoming rubbish in the lead-up to its IPO paints a rather bleak picture of the internet in 2024. All the more reason to embrace microblogging, which might already be a dark forest of the internet
There is no rulebook in this world that says we have to toughen up and be thick like hide. This is the sort of insidious narrative that is causing so much unnecessary suffering in this world, because we are all afraid to be our true selves openly in this world. So we suppress and repress, and we knowingly and unknowingly hurt each other like this. In my opinion, it is better to be a weak buttercup that is mindful of the presence of the other buttercups in this world. That to me, is strength.
Winnie Lim, my first hate comment
Christopher Isham on Closer to Truth looks at the question of whether time is fundamental:
How deep goes time? Is time bedrock reality, part of the fundamental fabric of reality? Or is time an emergent thing, generated by deeper truths of existence? What is the place of time in deep physical laws like relativity and quantum mechanics? Can we get to the bottom of time?
Odysseus has a fascinating video on managing multiple interests. Basically:
- list all your hobbies and goals
- create a hierarchy
- organize your time
- push some things to the future
- embrace the struggle