There is a lot of hype about the iPad. I am skeptical for many reasons, but all of my fancy arguments were just trumped by an email Apple just sent me. At the very top was this: After reading this sentence I have become afraid for Apple. It smacks of sales-ly desperation. Because if that’s…
Tag Archive: writing
The Pomodoro Technique (for writers)
So I’ve been using something called the Pomodoro Technique to help me in my writing. It’s been nothing short of amazing. On the surface, it’s very simple. You block out 25 minutes to work, crank up a kitchen timer and only focus on that task until the timer rings. But I have found it to…
Why is this doll winking at me?
So this little guy is the original weeble-wobble. His name is Daruma and this is his home on my desk. There is a weight in his paper-mache base, so if you knock him over he stands back up again. He is modeled after a legendary monk named Bodhidarma. Like all legendary characters, there are a…
What January’s writing looks like.
I put my writing log into a sparkline using Ubiquity and this is what I got. The highest peaks are two 3,000 word days, the average peak is 1000 words and the flat spots are, well, zero. (I was skiing those days January 09:
A Defense of Writing Longhand
Is technology really my friend? Or is it just pretending to be my friend so it can date my sister?