I figure that if I'm going to start using my blog to help anchor me when I'm feeling creatively adrift, I need to figure out how to blog when I don't have internet access since that's my situation most of the time. Fortunately, WordPress.com has a support article for offline editing options, so that gave …
Creatively Adrift
I am struggling right now. It's not a new struggle - this is one that I've had for a long time (and one I know that I know many other people relate to). I want to learn to do too many goddamn things and it paralyzes me from doing absolutely anything. It doesn't help that …
Yet Another New Chapter
Wow, it has been a minute since I last wrote anything. I won't apologize for it - my life has been fairly hectic over the last year involving a divorce and moving to a new state in the middle whatever hellscape our current global condition is - but it is notable. I'm going to try …
Why do people think meetings are good ideas?
Meetings, whether in-person or remote, seem like an enormous waste of time and energy. Not every meeting is bad and some are genuinely needed, but it almost always feels like less gets done and more energy gets used than by having the same discussion via asynchronous means. Here's a few of my top reasons that you should consider leveraging other tools than meetings.
Do you want to build a… content creation network?
I've been reflecting on my desire to live a better life and the fact that this is not a life I can create in isolation and I have decided that I want to create a distributed, autonomous, and asynchronous network of content creators who share a similar vision and are willing to contribute their own …
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Several ways to make your Zoom calls less painful for other people
Since so many people are transitioning to remote work either temporarily or permanently, here are a few tips to make sure that you’re not the person ruining the Zoom call.
4 tips for breaking into Tech as a non-tech person
I am extremely fortunate to have a well-paying job in the tech industry that allows me to work fully remotely as a customer support person. Being fully remote allows me to live a life that would otherwise be difficult and working in the tech industry allows me to have higher pay and better benefits than …
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A small piece of the picture
I finally managed to deactivate my Facebook account last week. I considered deleting my Facebook account entirely because I know I should, but I just couldn’t bring myself to yet. Maybe later. Anyone who is here following me from Facebook, thank you. I appreciate that you’ve found me interesting enough to invest in reading my …
Facebook outage joy
Facebook had an unprecedented multiple hour outage on Monday which impacted the entire Facebook ecosystem, including Instagram and WhatsApp. Like many people, I refreshed the Facebook page dozens of times during that period to see if Facebook had come back up. Each time that I refreshed the page and it didn't resolve, I felt this …
Tomato Plants
Light Requirements Tomatoes thrive in full sun and require a solid 8 hours of light a day to produce well. Moisture Requirements Tomatoes require a steady level of moisture to grow well. Uneven watering between dry and wet can cause ripening fruit to crack. Uneven moisture can also lead to blossom drop and blossom end …
Rose East 