Monthly Archives: July 2023

Weeknote for 7/30/2023

Posted on July 31, 2023 by Andy

Writing 😎 To wrap up this iteration on creative writing, I listened to Matt Bird’s excellent Secrets of Story and turned my attention to short stories. Those are the kind I expect to write, so I found a book on … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 7/23/2023

Posted on July 24, 2023 by Andy

Writing 😎 I collected my story ideas and found a literature textbook to study. The story ideas were random ones I’d recorded in my notes apps the past few years. They tend to be about social thought experiments, bizarre science … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 7/16/2023

Posted on July 16, 2023 by Andy

Productivity :thinking: I decided to try improving my schedule tracker in Google Sheets rather than moving it to Notion. I was convinced I’d move it, but then I didn’t want my Notion to become unusably slow from a ballooning database. … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 7/9/2023

Posted on July 11, 2023 by Andy

Productivity 🙂 Starting on another iteration of productivity system improvement gave me a burst of productivity motivation. I returned to a normal sleep schedule, cut out background distractions to improve my focus, and used countdown timers to limit my open-ended … Continue reading →

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Weeknote for 7/2/2023

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Andy

Programming :thinking: I reviewed my Agile sources for their advice on project initialization to learn how requirements fit into the Agile lifecycle. They fit uneasily, it seems, since Agile enthusiasts like to keep specification informal and minimal, but the authors … Continue reading →