Every app needs a placebo button. You click it and it does nothing except make someone feel better like a fidget spinner/gadget. It should be big, red, and have a label that says “Do Not Press”. #ui #ux #design #app
The “future” isn’t about the technology we can produce. It’s about overcoming our differences and treating everything and everyone with decency, respect, trust, and helping those who need and want it. The future will never come. #human #failure #future
“Slow and steady isn’t a race. It’s a contest.” #writing #life
“Death is too easy for you. You have to stay alive and suffer through everyone else’s stupidity.” #writing #throwawayline
Based on today’s spam emails, everyone has: — toe nail fungus — Alzheimer’s #apple #mail #spam
Finishing up the outline for “To Gain Knowledge: Coins of Destiny 3”. I have a good story and the plot is laid out in a way I like. Once I start actual writing, I’m sure I’ll have other/new ideas. #writing #planning
Snark mode enabled.
“Climate change” is such an innocuous phrase. It sounds like you’re putting on a comfortable suit. Climate change should be called “Climate destruction”. #marketing #politics #failure
Nice. “The Cat and the Warlock” got featured. #book #reading
Happy International Cat Day
The Gathering: Spent the morning trying to wrangle one of the adults into a carrier to get them to surgery. Luckily, I didn’t need any, but they wouldn’t be wrangled. #feral #cat
Good morning. Remember to breathe. It’s vital. Time for the ceremonial coffee.
A leader isn’t someone who tells you what to do. A leader improves the human condition by their actions. #life #success
“Invisibility had never been seen before.” #writing #technology
“The only content warnings life has are the ones you impose on yourself and others.” #writing
What if there was a social network that required a 1-5 rating on every post and was bot/AI-free?
who do you emulate every day? Why? What processor do you use?
A good looking stranger comes up to you wanting to be your friend, would you: — ask what they are selling — accept their friendship, no questions asked — try “to bed” them — ask for a loan — run away screaming — assume they work for a government agency — buy them a coffee/drink — be a racist/sexist
Rekindle your romance or your lover of reading. Read a book. www.amazon.com/Cat-Warlo… #book #reading
“If your life in a jar. Best used before tomorrow.” #writing #throwawayline
“Never underestimate yourself. Never overestimate yourself. Never estimate yourself. Never estimate.” #writing
“Books are illegal because they are too slow for AI.” #ai #writing
Keep your sink and your mind clean.
Have you ever solved a murder mystery? Have you ever saved the world? No? Then why is your life just an endless trope? #life
“The Emperor had no clothes so he dictated everyone to run around poor, naked, and starving. Most agreed it was a good idea, but a lot of the supply chain and clothing manufacturers went out of business.” #writing