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Faithfulness

Different seasons, different responsibilities.

June 18, 2015Filed under blog#family#writingMarkdown source

Academic Markdown and Citations

A workflow with Pandoc, BibTEX, and the editor of your choice.

July 26, 2015 (updated July 26, 2015)Filed under tech#workflow#writingMarkdown source

Ulysses, Byword, and “Just Right”

My own killer Markdown app is still unwritten.

March 26, 2016Filed under tech#design#software development#writingMarkdown source

2016 in Review, Introduction

Or: a ridiculous year summarized!

December 27, 2016Filed under Blog#2016-in-review#family#fitness#podcasting#productivity#software development#writingMarkdown source

2016 in Review, Part 1 of 6

Running headfirst into a wall of pneumonia.

December 27, 2016Filed under Blog#2016-in-review#family#fitness#podcasting#productivity#software development#writingMarkdown source

2016 in Review, Part 2 of 6

So. many. words. I had no idea how many words.

December 28, 2016Filed under Blog#2016-in-review#family#fitness#podcasting#productivity#software development#writingMarkdown source

2016 in Review, Part 3 of 6

Podcasting: Winning Slowly, New Rustacean, and more!

December 29, 2016Filed under Blog#2016-in-review#family#fitness#podcasting#productivity#software development#writingMarkdown source

2016 in Review, Part 4 of 6

Writing software for Olo and for open source.

December 30, 2016Filed under Blog#2016-in-review#family#fitness#podcasting#productivity#software development#writingMarkdown source

2016 in Review, Part 5 of 6

Getting things done in 2016 and beyond.

December 31, 2016Filed under Blog#2016-in-review#family#fitness#podcasting#pomodoro#productivity#software development#writingMarkdown source

2016 in Review, Part 6 of 6

Plans for 2017!

January 01, 2017Filed under Blog#2016-in-review#family#fitness#podcasting#productivity#software development#writingMarkdown source

On Blogging

A few thoughts on Medium, micro.blog, and the open web.

January 04, 2017Filed under Tech#open web#writingMarkdown source

Where Do I File This?

Information architecture is hard.

February 19, 2017Filed under blog#writingMarkdown source

Pick the Right Tool for the Job

Twitter, Pinboard, RSS, and the role of ephemera on the web.

March 17, 2017Filed under Tech#writingMarkdown source

Odd Bits and the Occasional Long-Form Essay

Some thoughts on my theology blogging in 2017.

April 02, 2017Filed under theology#writingMarkdown source

On Public (Theological) Histories

Personal blogging, “permanency” online, and the importance of curation (editing).

May 07, 2017Filed under Theology#writingMarkdown source

On Decompression

A (brief) meditation on rest—and reading lists.

June 10, 2017Filed under blog#reading#rest#writingMarkdown source

Write! app review

Not too shabby on Windows, not what you want on macOS.

June 26, 2017Filed under Tech#app reviews#design#macos#windows#writingMarkdown source

Farewell, Dropbox

Because I don’t trust you anymore.

July 06, 2017Filed under Tech#workflow#writingMarkdown source

A Book List!

Because I want to tell you everything I'm reading!

July 08, 2017Filed under blog#reading#writingMarkdown source

The Book of F♯

A so-so book about a slightly strange language.

July 21, 2017Filed under Tech#book-reviews#fsharp#pedagogy#programming languages#writingMarkdown source

The Value of Silence

Less noise, more thinking carefully and clearly (I hope).

November 26, 2017Filed under Blog#social media#writingMarkdown source

How Do You Manage Your Research Notes?

December 10, 2017Filed under blog#writingMarkdown source

Why Do I Need A Research Tool?

Follow-up on this morning's request.

December 10, 2017Filed under blog#writingMarkdown source

A Little Status Update

How my experiment in early-morning writing is going, three days in.

December 13, 2017Filed under blog#productivity#writingMarkdown source

Momentum

Two weeks of daily writing, and how “productivity” happens.

December 22, 2017Filed under blog#productivity#writingMarkdown source

2017 in Review: My Goals

Not the year we expected. But a good year nonetheless.

December 24, 2017Filed under blog#2017-review#family#fitness#podcasting#productivity#software development#writingMarkdown source

2017 in Review: Looking Forward

Some hopes and (tentative, as ever) plans for 2018.

December 26, 2017Filed under blog#2017-review#family#fitness#podcasting#productivity#software development#writingMarkdown source

Tweet less. Blog more.

An uncomplicated game plan for writing this year.

January 02, 2018Filed under Blog#productivity#writingMarkdown source

Prayer Apps and Evaluating Technology

Thinking about the ways technology shapes us—smartphones, fire, and everything in between.

January 26, 2018Filed under Theology#ethics#writingMarkdown source

A Meander

Because some days you want to write, but don’t have anything particularly focused or coherent to say.

February 09, 2018Filed under blog#ethics#literature#open-source software#reading#writingMarkdown source

Good Work Takes Time

(And most of that time is invisible from the outside.)

February 17, 2018Filed under blog#ethics#software development#writingMarkdown source

Against Doing What Comes Naturally.

Fighting my instinct to fight.

February 22, 2018Filed under blog#ethics#writingMarkdown source

A Forgotten Blog Post Idea

And in trade, a couple paragraphs on one specifically-conservative folly.

February 25, 2018Filed under blog#ethics#politics#writingMarkdown source

Intentional Cyclicality

(Being a bit seasonal on purpose.)

March 06, 2018 (updated May 29, 2019)Filed under blog#writingMarkdown source

How I Write a Talk

This might not work for you. But it works for me!

March 16, 2018Filed under Blog#talks#writingMarkdown source

On Steam (Specifically, Running Out of It)

Or, what happens when you stay in “go mode” for a really long time.

April 05, 2018 (updated October 11, 2018)Filed under blog#burnout#open-source software#productivity#writingMarkdown source

On Tweeting (Instead of Writing)

Or, a lesson (re)learned.

May 03, 2018Filed under blog#rss#social media#twitter#writingMarkdown source

Good Arguments

Learning a great deal by disagreeing with an excellent interlocutor—and thinking hard "out loud."

June 04, 2018Filed under Blog#ethics#philosophy#writingMarkdown source

Continuing to Reflect on My Internet Presence

Something new and unusual, am I right? This time: on Pinboard as my link-sharing source.

June 25, 2018Filed under blog#blogging#pinboard#writingMarkdown source

The Value of a Good Habit

Reflections on my writing mornings, over half a year in.

July 10, 2018Filed under blog#productivity#writingMarkdown source

Blog as Note-Taking Tool

Notes apps, Zettelkasten, external memory, notecards… I just have this website.

July 16, 2018Filed under Blog#blogging#memory#notes#writing#zettelkastenMarkdown source

“Free Speech”

The cost of outsourcing our public discourse to private platforms.

August 11, 2018Filed under Tech#ethics#indie web#politics#social media#twitter#writingMarkdown source

Dealing With Burnout In Public

Because if I'm going to go through this, it might as well be a help to others.

August 20, 2018Filed under Theology#burnout#depression#writingMarkdown source

Give Me Chronological Archives or Go Away

Algorithmically-sorted archives for blogs are hyper-user-hostile and I hate them. Looking at you, Medium.

August 25, 2018Filed under blog#blogging#medium#publishing#writingMarkdown source

Once More Around The Wheel

Wishing something—anything—supported my particular and peculiar needs for static site generation.

August 31, 2018Filed under Tech#blogging#static site generators#writingMarkdown source

Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop

Some people have a hard time keeping their blogging resolutions. I… have the opposite problem.

September 26, 2018Filed under blog#blogging#burnout#writingMarkdown source

Assumed Audiences

“The Internet” is far too broad an audience for, well, basically any post I write.

October 18, 2018 (updated October 19, 2018)Filed under blog#reading#writingMarkdown source

Starting to Build a Zettelkasten

An update on my work-in-progress research system, using Bear.app.

December 05, 2018Filed under blog#notes#research#writing#zettelkastenMarkdown source

Zettelkasten Update: All in on Bear

At least for me, Ulysses is not the right home for prompts or ideas. Bear is.

December 08, 2018Filed under Blog#research#tools#writing#zettelkastenMarkdown source

2018: Some Closing Thoughts

This was not the year I expected.

December 23, 2018Filed under blog#burnout#career#fitness#health#podcasting#reading#writingMarkdown source

My Top Five Posts of 2018

Sorted by what I think is best, not traffic!

December 27, 2018Filed under Blog#writingMarkdown source

I Have a Patreon!

If you like what you get from reading this site, you can support my writing.

January 01, 2019Filed under Blog#crowdfunding#patronage#writingMarkdown source

Don’t Forget Your Notebook

An observation on Zettelkasten and the continuing value of physical media.

January 03, 2019Filed under Blog#note-taking#research#writing#zettelkastenMarkdown source

My Current Setup

Apps I use to get things done.

January 19, 2019Filed under Tech#apps#pomodoro#productivity#reading#software development#writingMarkdown source

Seeing Things Through

Getting a handle on actually finishing things I care about.

March 02, 2019Filed under blog#productivity#running#software development#writingMarkdown source

What is a Zettelkasten?

Because a definition is surprisingly hard to come by!

April 29, 2019Filed under blog#note-taking#writing#zettelkastenMarkdown source

Burnout, Six Months Later

A bit more on what “recovery” looks like.

May 05, 2019Filed under blog#burnout#mental health#podcasting#writingMarkdown source

Finishing Things on the Internet

Reflections on the event of finishing New Rustacean.

May 27, 2019 (updated May 29, 2019)Filed under blog#burnout#podcasting#writingMarkdown source

Breaking Up With Social Media

In which I commit to a kind of social media monasticism—because enough is enough.

June 13, 2019Filed under blog#attention#ethics#social media#writingMarkdown source

My Final Round of URL Rewrites… Ever.

Tweaking how I handle my domain so my life is simpler for future redesigns.

July 05, 2019Filed under Tech#web design#web development#writingMarkdown source

At Least 15,000 Words

A writing goal for the month of November

November 02, 2019Filed under blog#writingMarkdown source

Tending My Word-Garden

On building essays and tending blogs.

November 06, 2019Filed under blog#productivity#writing#zettelkastenMarkdown source

Happy Birthday, inessential!

A brief history of this blog, and thoughts on its value.

November 07, 2019Filed under blog#writingMarkdown source

The Problem with Word Count Goals

I’m glad I’m doing this project—but it doesn’t handle edits!

November 10, 2019Filed under Blog#editing#productivity#writingMarkdown source

Four Miscellanies

A bit of evening writing, of the scattershot sort.

November 11, 2019Filed under Blog#learning#poetry#walking#writingMarkdown source

A Silly Spreadsheet Mistake

I apparently don’t know how to do math anymore.

November 12, 2019Filed under blog#humor#math#writingMarkdown source