Anyone have experience with @MMDSoftware's Composer? I'm realizing it may be the exact missing piece in my writing flow. @nvALTApp for lists and rough outlining, but a true writing editor for markdown would help.
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The Liberation and Consternation of Writing a Whole Book with Paper and Pen https://lithub.com/the-liberation-and-consternation-of-writing-a-whole-book-with-paper-and-pen/
Gathering - the conscious bringing together of people for a reason - shapes the way we think, feel, and make sense of our world. - @priyaparker
I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened. - Mark Twain
Your Passport’s Expiration Date Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means by @johndavidmoyer
http://www.jdmoyer.com/2019/07/15/your-passports-expiration-date-doesnt-mean-what-you-think-it-means/
The Weekly Impulse goes out in the morning about a new writing app download. Be sure to sign up as it won’t be posted elsewhere.
The latest on the blog: "The Calendar Fight"
I could see the rage building in her eyes. This had come up many times before and it had now reached critical mass. Something was about to break and regretta...
There is No "Real" You by @ScottHYoung
https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2019/07/18/no-real-you/
This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. - Hannah Arendt
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone. - Henry David Thoreau
A lot of people seem to do these monthly book boxes. Anyone purchase these and can you share why you go that route?
Every site with tagging should do this.
"Fans Are Better Than Tech at Organizing Information Online" by @gretchenamcc
Archive of Our Own, the fanfiction database recently nominated for a Hugo, has perfected a system of tagging that the rest of the web could emulate.
Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece. - Ralph Charell
I redownloaded @Twitterrific and Instagram for @macstockexpo. So I'll be around here more often this weekend. 😉
"Morning and afternoon rituals for peace and productivity" by @RobertTalbert
https://rtalbert.org/morning-and-afternoon-rituals-for-peace-and-productivity/
Bought a domain recently and absent-mindedly put my cell number in the contact fields. I'm averaging 35+ unknown calls a day right now. 🤦
“Redlining is a recipe for burnout.”
Well said, @_isaacmsmith. Well said.
The Power of a Focused Life by Shawn Blanc — Living without regret in the age of distraction.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself. - William Faulkner
The subscription trend continues.
"Airmail Switches to Subscription-Based Pricing" by @bobbleheadjoe via @thesweetsetup
This week, the popular email app Airmail made the switch from a standard paid app to a subscription-based app, angering many of its users. Before the change, Airmail was priced...
"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." - Aristotle
“I already know what to do, I just don’t do it.” I disagree. by @ScottHYoung
You understand what you need to do better than you understand yourself. Knowinging how to get things done is a skill you can learn.
The Weekly Impulse goes out tomorrow morning titled, "A New Podcast." Be sure you're on the list if you want the low-down.
I love it when my words inspire others to share their thoughts as well. 🤗
"The More I Write My Thoughts" by @curtismchale
I too journal my thoughts on the day in my Bullet Journal. Sometimes it’s intimate, sometimes it’s me saying I wish I could read more without needing to do “billable”...
I really like 4.0 and @BobbleheadJoe likes 4.5 apparently. https://twitter.com/tdeadville/status/1152517900907008001
The latest on the blog: "Decreasing Granularity in GTD"
Contexts are forever a sticking point for new adopters of Getting Things Done (GTD), but they are also an extremely popular discussion point for long-time pr...
I'm slowly becoming obsessed with these things. Sorry. Not sorry.
"Anatomy of a Mechanical Keyboard" via @drop
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Hi!
I'm Isabela Moreira and I'm a software developer at Microsoft and a mechanical keyboard enthusiast.
You can find me on Twitter @isabelacmor...
