Category: Creative Development
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Here’s the newest way I’m driving myself crazy
I’m trying to train myself not to use the following words: Just (as in “only,” not “fair”) So (as in “so much,” not, “so I said…”) Very Awesome My technique is simple. Pretend that they’re foul swear words that will get me slapped across the face by shocked and horrified pedestrians. Mothers will warn their…
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How do you find what you love, and find time to do it?
The title of this post may have set you up for one of those handy, “Here are ten ways to make it happen!” posts, but actually the question was sincere. How do you find what you love? And how on earth do you find time to do it? There are a lot of things I…
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Rest in peace, Ray Bradbury
I don’t have a lot of heroes. I’m a fairly cynical person, and there are a very small number of people who I really, deeply admire. Ray Bradbury was one of my heroes. He died last night at the age of 91, and losing him feels like losing part of my chest and jaw and…
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Scratch that one off the bucket list!
My work has officially been up on a billboard. Sure, it’s an electronic billboard, and sure, all I did was frame our logo in some all-caps white type — but still. Bucket list item checked off.
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You know how sometimes
you’ll be working and working on a problem (especially when coding, but it can be any kind of problem, really), and getting nowhere, and then you’ll suddenly be like, “Oh! The problem is that I’m stupid!” Yeah, that happens a lot to me.