Ok. This game is pretty crazy.
Nothing better than defeating the demon that is mapping Javascript objects of objects and filtering them by key values. A yearly nightmare!
If you want to see how to rollout and onboard new customers, you need to check out the whole workflow for Descript. Really impressive, and gives tons of ideas on how to improve your own product.
And the product video for the new Descript app is even better. Inspires all kinds of creativity and good vibes.
Rebuilding a Vue component from the ground-up, because sometimes you just need to start all over.
Ok. This is just about the coolest thing I have ever heard of in a podcast app:
With Overdub, you can make editorial corrections to your voice recordings by simply typing the words, and then we use AI to synthesize audio of your voice and blend it in seamlessly.
Makes me want to start up the ‘ol podcast just to try it out 🤓
Just when I think I’m doing all I can to teach writers about Dramatica, I run across a YT video with 500,000 views and almost 2K comments advocating Writing Characters Without Character Arcs.
Just means I have more work left to do.
Want to know what it means to traverse a quad in the Dramatica theory of story?
That circle graphic you see in every book about the Hero’s Journey…
It’s a spiral.
This week on Narrative First, a continuation of my series on the Hegelian Dialectic: Writing a Meaningful End to Conflict.
683 days in a row meditating and I think I’m just starting to get it. Watched Mingyur Rinpoche over the weekend, and despite my frustration in how long he takes to get to the point (good indication that I still have more to learn), the simple fact that it’s just about awareness hit me.
And now I’m seeing it all around me as I walk and write.
Chips, Cheese, and Beans. Check it.
I love how Marcus Aurelius concerned himself with haters 2000 years ago.
We don’t have time to think about what other people are thinking, even if it’s about us.
Haters gonna hate.
When air guitaring to Blink-182 to start your afternoon, be sure to make sure your phone went back to sleep so that you don’t accidentally hit the next song button through your pants, totally ruining your jam, and taking you out of the moment.
I think I just finished the first draft of my book.
When you haven’t picked up a pen in 3 years, yet somehow get inspired by Moleskine’s Flow app.
Don’t know what it is, but every time I have to manually sign in to Stripe, I’m reminded of the first time I set my account up about 6 years ago, out in the gardens in front of Sony Animation.
I was just going to sell some e-books for 2.99
Never imagined it would get this far.
Going on record to say it’s not a dream. What better way to set up anticipation for the next trilogy…
The combination of the Coffee House track from the Dark Noise app and a Cortex-bingeing day is perfect for end of the week wrap-ups.
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Also. Don’t forget to choose the “One is None” icon. Naturally.
The best part of the end of August is when all the movers and shakers come back from vacation eager to start writing 😃
Looking nice in the new Feedbin app! This year I started writing first thing every morning. So far, 195 hours. All new content. Loads of new feature ideas for my app. A couple bookshelves the way. Best decision.
And I’ll never stop.
Hi. I have a support request.
Let me see what I can do.
OK, fixed. Enjoy.
But the whole WORLD gets to enjoy immediately. 😃
What an amazing time to be alive and writing code.
Terrence Malick AND a story??!
I’m so in.
Also, his trailers always have the best music behind them. First 40 seconds or so are James Newton Howard, but the last?
Henryk Gorecki Symphony No.3, Op.36
Hey Siri, build me a story based on Mission Impossible: Fallout.
“Sry, Jim. I can’t do that. There is no story. Instead, copy and paste the phrase: ‘Walk away’ five or six times, and you’ll be good to go.”
Fifteen years, I chose XM Radio over Sirius because they ran a Film Score channel. I loved listening to movie music while animating. After the merger, they dumped the channel. Today, I discovered Cinemagic is back with the SiriusXM app.
And guess what was playing?
10 hours straight writing. No breaks. 8 hours ago I had the wrong storyform. Ten minutes ago I finished the entire treatment. In five minutes, I’ll go outside.
Fine-tuning the Holistic Premise in Subtext, and this one for Eternal Sunshine feels so perfect…
