I’m using the cheddar | meat | bread technique. Blurb out my thoughts (voice), my own writings & a little bit of AI, and redacting this with a red pen.
For the last part, I’m adding printing to the mix. (For now, this was digital). Thanks for the inspiration!
this is so true about how the screen makes everything sound like "hospital soup" lol. i always try to start in a notebook but then i get distracted by my phone,
So true, think about this, how many times have you downloaded a piece of software and they want to add a shortcut to your desktop or to your browser. Everyone is competing for your "real estate" and it's a big deal.
I have noticed myself doing this a lot more too! One question I ask myself is whether digital natives have much experience with analog. For me analog is crucial to how I think and love using my ReMarkable tablet for that - which does both the handwriting and then converting it to text really well.
I have noticed myself doing this a lot more too! One question I ask myself is whether digital natives have much experience with analog. For me analog is crucial to how I think and love using my ReMarkable tablet for that - which does both the handwriting and then converting it to text really well.
As I don’t have a printer I put the output into its final context but as a Draft (Eg into Mailchimp) and leave it at least 24 hours. Reading something in context changes everything and giving time ‘detach mentally’ from fast and furious AI output and helps surface both tone and content misalignment better the next day
Draft-then-wait is a solid alternative to print-and-attack. The point is breaking the trance. Time works. Paper works. Whatever gets you out of "I just made this" brain and into "wait, did I actually say that?" brain.
I keep hearing about ReMarkable. My printer loyalty is weakening by the hour.
I’ll share more thoughts in my restack, but…I always edit in pencil. Partly for mistakes, partly so it’s less jarring. It’s been my workflow since grad school many odd years ago (it’s what my advisor used). And, good pens are worth every penny. You just keep them in one place, cheap ones are for on the go. And good pencils. Really good. You can’t go wrong with Blackwing.
I like this!
I’m using the cheddar | meat | bread technique. Blurb out my thoughts (voice), my own writings & a little bit of AI, and redacting this with a red pen.
For the last part, I’m adding printing to the mix. (For now, this was digital). Thanks for the inspiration!
Cheddar | meat | bread.
You've improved my framework within 40 minutes of publishing. This is either humbling or a sign I should workshop my metaphors harder.
For me, the print step is where all the magic happens. Report back once you try it. I want to know if your experience matches mine.
Haha, will report back.
Consider the framework a living document and let’s find some nice lettuce and tomato analogies.
Ps. We should collaborate some day. 😉
I'm always up for a solid collab!
You're getting ripped off if you are paying $2 for a Bic pen
Fair. I don't know what things cost in the US any more. I made a guess based on secondhand information and speculation over inflated prices there.
I found mine in a junk drawer.
this is so true about how the screen makes everything sound like "hospital soup" lol. i always try to start in a notebook but then i get distracted by my phone,
This is the part nobody wants to admit. Notebooks don't fail us. We fail notebooks.
Because the phone is right there, and it's been scientifically optimized to be more interesting than whatever we're trying to think about.
Different room. Airplane mode. Whatever it takes. The phone can't win if it's not in the arena.
So true, think about this, how many times have you downloaded a piece of software and they want to add a shortcut to your desktop or to your browser. Everyone is competing for your "real estate" and it's a big deal.
I have noticed myself doing this a lot more too! One question I ask myself is whether digital natives have much experience with analog. For me analog is crucial to how I think and love using my ReMarkable tablet for that - which does both the handwriting and then converting it to text really well.
I have noticed myself doing this a lot more too! One question I ask myself is whether digital natives have much experience with analog. For me analog is crucial to how I think and love using my ReMarkable tablet for that - which does both the handwriting and then converting it to text really well.
As I don’t have a printer I put the output into its final context but as a Draft (Eg into Mailchimp) and leave it at least 24 hours. Reading something in context changes everything and giving time ‘detach mentally’ from fast and furious AI output and helps surface both tone and content misalignment better the next day
Draft-then-wait is a solid alternative to print-and-attack. The point is breaking the trance. Time works. Paper works. Whatever gets you out of "I just made this" brain and into "wait, did I actually say that?" brain.
I keep hearing about ReMarkable. My printer loyalty is weakening by the hour.
I’ll share more thoughts in my restack, but…I always edit in pencil. Partly for mistakes, partly so it’s less jarring. It’s been my workflow since grad school many odd years ago (it’s what my advisor used). And, good pens are worth every penny. You just keep them in one place, cheap ones are for on the go. And good pencils. Really good. You can’t go wrong with Blackwing.
You're telling me I could have been editing in pencil this whole time instead of attacking my drafts like a disappointed teacher from 1987?
Blackwing is now on my list. My Bic loyalty was already shaky. This might be what breaks it.
Yep. I love those pencils. They aren’t cheap, but they are high quality and all kinds of awesome.