weeknotes #38
Last updated 4 months ago
- been a little while, sorry, hi.
- i got told i'm using semicolons wrong in subediting and now i will never use them again. this is like dashes (not em dashes) all over again, it's almost like i learnt grammar through osmosis rather than being directly taught it! apparently you can use a semicolon to demarcate a list so i was doing that bit right, just not in clauses unless they could be two sentences. but don't quote me i didn't fact check them, grammar is for nerds.
- speaking of nerdery, i often wish i loved solving puzzles a lot more than i do a lot. i felt like i would be a better developer and maybe even a better person. but then, as a podcast i was recently listening to eventually mentions, why do i care if the problem i'm solving is hard in itself so long as i get where i'm trying to go? what's the obsession with hard problems? there are many solved problems the implementation of the solutions has never or barely happened. maybe i can do that instead and stop trying to be a shiny brilliant star and just join the human tapestry of doing the thing. part of last year's resolutions was letting go of brilliance as a measure, but it hits me again, silly boomerang of a revelation.
- reminding myself to finish a fucking book, as i am still reading blood in the machine, started reading designing an internet, and have many more books that are about to come out and that i have mentioned in weeknotes before that i need to get to. sort it out olu!
- i ate easter food a little, but nowhere near as much chocolate as was allowed by the season and i'm a little salty about it. gonna drink aperol spritz now its sunny, and eat fruit salad and sorbet.
- i was going to go back through my planning notes to see what happened in my weeknotes gap but i think i'll spare you, i was a little sad but i feel much better now. thank you for asking.
- it's good to be back, baby! see you next week maybe?
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