Editorials

Editorials

Articles about gentle productivity, creative routines and the technologies we use to create or share our work.

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The puritanical pursuit of platform purity

Threads is out. And the natives are restless. 🍿

Jul 9 •

Why I'm illustrating my stories without AI Art

My discomfort with tools such as Midjourney is a big reason, but I find it far more enjoyable to use human-generated art.

Jun 9 •

Substack Notes and the content moderation furor

Why top down moderation is not the solution. Also, why it's not a Twitter killer.

Apr 22 •

Creatives, you need to figure out your 3 core routines

We are far too eager to sacrifice our well-being for the sake of our creative projects. To prevent that, we need to nail down the routines that takes…

Apr 10 •

Smarting eyes, foggy brain

A painful warning that I need to move away from consuming so much content via screens, and giving myself the grace not to create.

Mar 10 •

A reader's struggle with reading

I love reading serial novels, newsletters and blogs. But reading online stuff is hard. How I'm trying to make it work.

Feb 25 •

Letting go of polished outcomes

I'm starting to write without being perfect and precious about the end results. Also, I created a podcast!

Feb 18 •

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