663 entries from "Toronto"

Yaeji: Raingurl

From EP2 (2017). Manages to use repetitive elements with cliché chord progressions without sounding tired or stale. Infectious chorus makes body move. Slight bongo/hand drums keeps it from having a ‘pure electronic’ sound.

Groovy Kaiju: Destroy All Monsters (2021)

Groovy, tasteful mixing with warm upbeat vibes. Reminds me of J Dilla’s Donuts with more modern music.

You should use forums rather than Slack/Discord to support developer community

Frames the issue not only in terms of information architecture or participant usability, but how it fits into the larger Internet ecosystem, including search engines. Although the title suggests a particular course, it drives the reader to use both more thoughtfully.

See also:

• Discussion is ephemeral
• Designed to disappear

Piracy and the four currencies, part 2

[Piracy is unauthorized access and duplication, whereas stealing deprives the owner of something.]

Stay in touch with hundreds of people.

[Automate keeping in touch to stay in sight. A List: very important, every 3 weeks, B List: important, every two months; C List: most people, every six months; D List: demoted, every year to make sure you have their correct info.]

[Find out how they're doing without asking something in return.]

[It's easy to forget and some people will appreciate you making the effort.]

[Therapists are responsible for maintaining the container, the walls of a safe space.]

[You can open things up when the container has integrity.]

The Memex Method. When your commonplace book is a public…

[If it seems significant I will blog about why I think it's important and what it adds to the picture.]

[It's neither my last word nor a repetition of what I have to say.]

it represents the synthesis of recent events with a long run of earlier events, interventions, scandals and actions. Further, it represents the evolution of my ability to convey these complex and thorny ideas, based on the reception earlier pieces on the same subject received.

[If writing is about clarifying your thoughts, your older work will naturally make you cringe. But systematically reviewing older work to observe what you got wrong and right makes it easier to avoid your own pitfalls. The structure can even be a public recap of what happened 5, 10, and 15 years ago on this day.]

[By the time someone arrives at your paywall, they've already used your app so much that they probably trust you more than if it was some random app they just found.]

[If you're not sure which kind of yoga, try them all.]

The Problem With War: You Break It You Buy It

[The launch is for everyone that has to know. The next releases are for everyone who wants to know.]

[Labeling people heroes means we will let them die.]

[If you don't have the courage to make something illegal, make it impossible.]

[You're living off the land in the digital world. Digital homesteading.]

[The basis of hintustani music is the raga. The basis of carnatic music is the composition.]

[Los Angeles suffers from an 'over the shoulder effect' where people are sometimes distracted while engaging with you, thinking about who's more interesting around.]

It's nice to be surprised, to talk about something we didn't expect to talk about. Avoiding expectations facilitation perpetual surprise?

By doing, we understand better structures for doing.