A Season Change
I'm making some changes.
Brian Turchyn
I'm a software developer, writer, and knowledge-consumer.
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But First...
I'd love to be able to write like Seth Godin does. That means two things. One, I'd love to be able to write something daily that motivates someone out there, along with a plethora of books. Two, I'd love to be able to write
The Gap
It's easy to look at what someone produces and say "I want to do that". It's much harder to peel back the curtain, to think about what it took to get there, and then to say, "those are the problems I want to
Chasing Cars
I find myself continuously wanting to start new things. I'm like a dog chasing cars. Lots of motivation with no discipline. What about just putting the idea on a list and pruning it once a week? Why is my last fascination no longer relevant? Why don't
But Why?
For the past 18 months I've been regularly adding content into my wiki . It's been a way for me to catalogue things that I find interesting or to help reinforce something that I want to learn. And I put it online not only so I can
Meeting Efficiency
Stop wasting everyone's time
I've Been Doing Vacations Wrong
Hey friend; it's been a while.
Boxes
I love well-designed storage.
Social Media For Your Community
What happens when your social media platform fails? Someone saw this coming over 10 years ago. Let's see what we've learned since then.
The Slow Implosion of Social Media
Mastodon feels like so much better of a home than Twitter does now
Practice In Public
I had the opportunity to see a live performance of the musical Rent the other day. I'm always impressed not only with the talent of the actors and actresses on stage, but also their comfort level. Getting up in front of so many people must be daunting. They
The Mundane
I finished reading Keep Going by Austin Kleon yesterday. I love Austin's writing style. Short. Punchy. I want to read his poetry book too, now. His website is something is something I'd love to emulate with my online writing, but I fear I have nothing to
Every Minute
I can tell you exactly how much time I've spent on things this week. Here's how.
The Rut
Ever feel like you just can't get anything done, like you're not making any progress on anything? I've really felt like I've been stuck in a rut this past week. My current metric for measuring this is the number of contributions I&
Ten Thousand Hours
Chances are, you've heard of the idea that it takes 10,000 hours to become a master at something. This was popularized by Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers . Nowadays, those 10,000 hours tend to be treated as 10,000 hours of doing the thing , rather than