Tag: writing
8 posts tagged "writing".
The craft of putting thought into words — and, just as importantly, a tool for thinking itself. Paul Graham argues that writing doesn't merely record ideas but generates and sharpens them; you don't fully know what you think until you try to write it down. On the blog it is treated as a keystone of productivity and knowledge management, the discipline that turns scattered reading and notes into durable, shareable insight. Done in public, writing also compounds: clear prose builds an audience, attracts serendipity, and accrues as a form of career capital that pays dividends for years.
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I Miss You
We don't talk much these days but we go way back. So I'm feeling kinda bummed about how I permanently and irrevocably lost any way of contacting you. Whoops!
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I Aten't Dead
My initial impulse was to delete the blog, de-list the book, and generally disappear quietly into the ether.
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The Best of the Best Books I Read in 2020
Over the last couple of years, my reading time has mostly been chewed up by research for my own book.
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Is Blogging Worth It? A Cheap Option for Attracting Serendipity
Blogging is an endurance sport. As Deep Dish's 4th birthday approaches—a million views, a thousand comments—I have a decent sense of whether it's been worth it.
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The Commonplace Book: How to Get Compound Interest on Your Ideas
The magic happens in the nooks where ideas collide and fuse, but we have to create the right conditions for recombination.
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Deep Dish Turns Two: Big Lube, Beards, and an Exciting Announcement
The blog has entered the terrible twos! Here’s a quick status report, a little housekeeping, then a look ahead to some new projects coming down the pike.
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What I've Learned From One Year of Blogging
One year ago, a squalling infant entered the world, confused and alone. It was ugly, weird, and coated in blood and slime. I named it ‘Deep Dish’.
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Self Authoring Review: Sorting Myself Out With Dr Jordan Peterson
Imagine your dad giving you a lecture about life, except your dad is Canadian, has an IQ of ~150, and is voiced by Kermit the Frog. That's Jordan Peterson.
