We have another "life stuff" month for the October newsletter, which is why it's coming in November, but at least it's new stuff largely brought on by Hurricane Helene. The hurricane flooded much of North Carolina. I'm a long way from it,
A recurring line in discussion of federated, decentralized social media is that no one cares about it. They just want their Twitter without the Nazis. Which is okay. But how it looks on the backend matters. When the illusion of a unified user experience breaks, how accessible the escape pod
Welcome to one of these rare newsletters I send. I moved back off of ConvertKit to the newsletter system on my blog. It's been about two months since I last emailed you. Not much has happened creatively since I've been overwhelmed with life stuff, but I
I used to look up into the night sky and wonder. Then I went there. Among the trillions upon trillions of stars, none had that kindred spirit I longed for. I found a machine civilization, a sentient black hole (I called him Phil, which he enjoyed very much), and others
This is all stuff I use or have used and still recommend as of publishing. * Black Octopus Sound has a 1GB royalty-free sampler. This was my go-to pack when I was just starting out and couldn't afford anything. * Sonniss has a huge collection of free and royalty-free sound
A DAW, or Digital Audio Workstation, is a big, fancy environment for working with sound. The common truism is, to an extent, true: you can do anything in any DAW. But the more advanced you get, or the more niche your need, the more friction you'll encounter if
Just a little note to get this all in one place. This was prompted by my comment here: On-demand was a thing before, but it was mediated through slow, glitchy cable and satellite boxes. There was also a thriving scene of RSS-delivered web TV shows. * The technology (RSS) that delivers
"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." - Maya Angelou It's the same case made against Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and every other profit-focused social media silo. And every time, the case is right. I'm going to call it Facebook,
Some people seem to have themselves figured out pretty quick. For the rest of us, identity is like a Matryoshka doll. Pull one layer off, and you don't seem to change much, but the process of coming to terms with it teaches you to see the crack that
The first episode of the Battlestar Galactica reboot that followed the miniseries. In it, the Cylons find the fleet every 33 minutes, and no one knows how. It reminds me of the initial automated jump timer in Stargate Universe and I wonder if this episode was an inspiration for that.
Some day, I want to travel the world with my camera. Until then, I curate the best of what other people shared from their travels in Drop Pod. I drop in on a spot in the world from Google Maps and explore the culture around it through blogs, photos, and
I discovered that trying to write one big blob does not work for me. I can get as far as 2000 words before the volume overwhelms. As with many things in life, breaking it down into pieces helps a lot! This is where most outlining writers suggest a big bulleted