Now
This is a now page. It details exactly what I’m focused on at this time of my life.
Last updated from my home in Spain.
Reading
Meditations for Mortals
Short book from Oliver Burkeman that’s laid out in the form of a 28 day plan to help break some of the productivity tropes you can fall into.
The Unconsoled
I’ve read a few Kazuo Ishiguro books and this is the most surreal. It is a dreamlike narrative that is kind of hard to follow. It pulls you in as the main character seems to get dragged deeper and deeper into the absurdity.
Simplifying
Stil working on simplifying my life. Right now working out ways to force myself to go slower. I’m making great progress with paper based notes systems. I find it usful to write everything down first before decididng what to do with it. Rarely do I need to act on things immediately, but with a computer almost always at my finger tips the tempatation is to hard to resist. By writing things down first what I’ve noticed is I stop getting so distracted by things that seem important but after an hour or two of writing them down just aren’t.
Building
slowwwtech
Building a new website focusing on slow technology. It’s like the slow food movement but for technology. The idea is to build things that are more sustainable, more human, and more focused on the long term. As well as building products for humans and not for algorithms. Look out for it at slowwwtech.com.
commonplace
I’ve been trying to build a writing habit for a long time. I’ve tried to keep a commonplace in a couple of different forms and apps. Note cards, various notebooks have had their chance. I’ve also tried to use Obsidian, Notion, org-roam, and zettlr but nothing seemed to stick. Now I’ve started a fresh using hugo and markdown. I publish my commonplace as a practice to force my self to keep the writing organised and clean. You can find it at commonplace.daniebker.co.uk.