Reading Time: < 1 minWhen it comes to organizing your notes, it can be tricky to figure out if a particular item should be linked, or tagged, or put in a folder, or something else entirely. I have one small tip that might help. When I was flirting with Tana last year, one thing I really liked was how […]
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We all have accessibility needs
Reading Time: < 1 minWebsite accessibility is something I’ve shared a lot about. We’ve written about it on the GreenMellen blog, devoted a podcast episode to it, and there are a handful of posts on here as well. Polishing up the accessibility of your website is a great thing, and makes it so all users can consume the content […]
That might be a great sermon idea
Reading Time: 2 minAfter church a few weeks ago, I went up and spoke to our pastor for a few moments. Nothing major, just thanking him for a solid message and encouraging him a bit. He took part of what I said and replied with “that might be a good idea for a sermon”. Like any good pastor, […]
Clarity comes through articulation
Reading Time: < 1 minI’ve shared many times that I write on here mostly for my own benefit, even just a few days ago with my post on “What am I thinking?“. It’s like David C. Baker said in “The Business of Expertise” when he shared the value of writing a book: The primary beneficiary of every book is […]
Talk less like ChatGPT
Reading Time: < 1 minChatGPT and other AI-writing tools are fantastic, but they still have a type of feel about them. While they mix in some filler words and sentences, it’s pretty easy to tell that they were AI-generated, because they mostly share lists of facts. Is that how you talk? Some people do. In a recent episode of […]
What am I thinking?
Reading Time: < 1 minWhen I first got back into daily blogging in late 2020, I shared a post about why I’m doing this. There are a handful of reasons, but the biggest was to help “sharpen my thoughts”. It’s worked well, and it should continue to help. A quote I heard from Joan Didion (in the book “The […]
The wonderful pain of being morbidly curious
Reading Time: 2 minIn David C. Baker’s excellent book “The Business of Expertise“, he encourages curiosity. In fact, he demands it. If you want to stay relevant in what you do, you need to stay curious. I work hard to stay curious, and David gives an analogy that I found to be very accurate. I find that when […]
Learning versus live tweeting
Reading Time: < 1 minWhen people attend a conference, I find that they often fall into one of two categories. Those that take deep notes, and try to gather all of the knowledge that they can. Those that live tweet throughout the event, sharing as much as possible. Both are great, for sure! They’re different goals and they bring […]
More consumption doesn’t mean you’re better informed
Reading Time: 2 minThe latest episode of the Cortex podcast was quite long (a bit over two hours), but had some fascinating bits in it. Myke has decided to leave Twitter, and much of the discussion was around that. Leaving Twitter is an interesting discussion in and of itself, but it was the higher-level discussion they had about […]
Don’t let your content be vapor
Reading Time: 2 minI recently finished reading the book “The Business of Expertise” and it was fantastic. If you’re in a creative field, I highly recommend it. As I’ve shared before, I try to carefully track the books I read and work to know why I’m reading a particular book. In this case, my notes show that my […]