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Carl Rustung
Journaling
Journal and diary keeping, personal websites and blogs, the indieweb
Posts
Website spring cleaning
Redesigning the website again. This time I’m dealing with my posting anxiety and deteriorating memory, so I’ve added some new ways to post stuff and started on a personal knowledge base.
Books
Show Your Work!
| Written by | Austin Kleon |
| Publish date | 2013 |
| Publisher | Workman Publishing |
| ISBN | 978-0-7611-7897-2 |
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The “So What?” Test
If you’re unsure about whether to share something, let it sit for 24 hours. Put it in a drawer and walk out the door. The next day, take it out and look at it with fresh eyes. Ask yourself, “Is this helpful? Is it entertaining? Is it something I’d be comfortable with my boss or my mother seeing?” There’s nothing wrong with saving things for later. The SAVE AS DRAFT button is like a prophylactic - it might not feel as good in the moment, but you’ll be glad you used it in the morning.
Bookmarks
How the Blog Broke the Web
Amy Hoy writes about how early blog engines grew into CMS-es while keeping their chronological content sorting as standard. This brought a focus on datestamped updates to a whole bunch of people who wanted easy websites, but with no need to stamp their content with a publish date.
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Amateur research librarians
[...] Myspace. Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. Pinterest, of all things. Today these social publishing tools are beginning to buck reverse chronological sort; they’re introducing algorithm sort, to surface content not by time posted but by popularity, or expected interactions, based on individual and group history. There is even less control than ever before.
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There are no more amateur research librarians.
Canonize: Creating a Personal Canon Template
Cardfile entry | https://www.brendanschlagel.com/2017/11/05/canonize-creating-personal-canon-template/
Brendan Schlagel on his wonderful “personal canon”: “an encapsulation, in list form, of those things that have most shaped you. A sort of annotated bibliography of influences.”
The Endless Struggle of the About Page
Daniel Benneworth-Gray on the neurotic thought processes that go into writing an “About”-page for a personal website.
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Journal as writing practice
Write! You have to practice to get better. If you can’t do anything else, write in a journal.