There is no shortage of advice for writers. And, honestly, the advice you like least is probably the best for you. Why do I say that? Because the advice that rankles you the most is probably digging at the precise issue that you have as a writer and are trying to ignore. Or, is that […]
Filed in On Creativity, Stimulus and Production, Truth and Consequences
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Tagged advice, author, Chuck Wendig, Cory Doctorow, creativity, excuses, Little Brother, wanna-be fiction writer, War and Peace, writer, writing
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Remember two weeks ago? When I was talking about ambient coffee shop sounds? Well, now someone has come out with an improvement, at least in my mind; rain. So, really, this one is even simpler than the last one. There’s just two buttons; one to turn on the “cafe sounds” and one to turn on […]
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Tagged aptitude, cafe, coffee, coffee shop soundtrack, cognition, creativity, educational psychology, mathematics, mind, noise, positive psychology, problem solving, psychology, rain, rainy cafe
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I am a geek. This may be self-evident based on the fact that I work in IT and maintain several websites including two blogs, but the implications of that may not be clear. In software development, of which I have done very, very little, there’s a concept called “version control”. In brief, it’s about keeping […]
Filed in Stimulus and Production, The Tools
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Tagged cloud storage, computing, Dropbox, Evernote, geek, internet culture, notetaking storage, revision, revision control, software, software development, Twitter, version control, web annotation
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A relatively recent study says that the background noise of a coffee shop can boost your creativity. I tend to subscribe to the attitude of one of my favorite authors, John Scalzi, espoused in his book . And, actually, the title of that book is pretty much how he feels. I have to agree. When […]
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Tagged aptitude, coffee, coffee shop soundtrack, cognition, creativity, educational psychology, mathematics, mind, noise, positive psychology, problem solving, psychology
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with the DASH method! I hate to admit it, but when I write on this blog, or any of my blogs, really, I often find myself floundering about. Sometimes, I just keep typing until something mildly coherent comes out. But, the better posts are the result of me stopping for a few minutes and contemplating […]