Years ago I sat down with someone I love who was burning out and couldn't hear it from anyone. I pulled out a sheet of notebook paper. The standard kind — blue lines, red margin rule down the left, another one across the top. Everybody who went through American school knows that page. I started … Continue reading The Margins On The Page
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Hold the Thread
If my past self walked in and watched me work now, he'd think I'd lost my mind. On a normal afternoon I've got three or four conversations with AI running at once, each one chewing on a different problem. While they work, I'm answering email, checking back with people I owe an answer, reviewing something … Continue reading Hold the Thread
The Room That Knew What I Knew
I found an old Toastmasters competition video of myself the other night. Watching old video of myself is its own small torture — you're looking at a former version, and you can see everything he doesn't know yet. It's like watching a younger sibling do the thing. But I'll say it plainly: it was a … Continue reading The Room That Knew What I Knew
What You’re For
7-40 Challenge | Round 5 Day 5 An AI tool will do almost anything you ask it to. For a while I treated that as the whole point — like the win was the capability. Look how much I can produce now. Look how fast. But something strange happens when capacity stops being the bottleneck. … Continue reading What You’re For
Introducing Myself
7-40 Challenge | Round 5 Day 4 Before I can write a character, I have to introduce myself to them. That sounds strange for people I invented, but it's the truest way I know to describe it. I have to spend time — not just in the story I want to tell, but in the … Continue reading Introducing Myself
