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How to Enjoy What Doesn’t Exist

CJ Chilvers
CJ Chilvers
— 2 min read

I entered my dog’s guitar rig for an episode of the always-hilarious Rate or Roast My Rig.

I’m deep into the part of each fiscal quarter when I’m spending 100% of my time writing for others. So, I’ll keep this issue short on commentary.

I’ve compiled a rough draft of my book on publishing newsletters, but I haven’t had time to set up a separate announcement list for it…next issue? Also, the kind folks at Ghost have generously ported my website over to their platform to kick the tires. Expect a full report (or a full port?) in the coming weeks.

Now, let’s get on with the links.

— CJ

  • Is this the best title ever for a haunted house book?
  • Everyone could benefit from the kind of Post-It project management love happening here. Someone develop a Post-It-based desk, please.
  • I love the idea behind this app. It auto-cuts silences from the videos you create in seconds. How long it will take bigger apps to steal the feature?
  • “There are no traffic jams along the extra mile.” — Roger Staubach
  • Inspirational garden offices.
  • Gumroad posted some interesting articles with tips they’ve learned for selling digital products. It seems they agree that most digital products still exist in the shadow of courses, even though we have a soft spot around here for books . They have tips on books as well.
  • “Local realism is false. Non-contextual realism is false. I conclude that particles themselves don’t exist when they’re not perceived. They have no position. They’re not there. When you have no position, you’re not there. And space-time itself is not there. Space-time itself is merely a data structure.” — Professor Donald Hoffman, MIT PhD, award-winning scientist, and author on why physics has proven “The Case Against Reality”
  • Adding a hand to an image seems to work for engagement. Hmmmm…making photos more human and authentic works? Where have we heard that before?
  • “Enter the URL of an article you found valuable into Twitter search and you’ll see other people who shared that article. It’s a great way to find people with similar interests to follow or connect with.” — Josh Spector
  • “No matter how late in the day it is, everything is still possible and everything is in front of us.” — Nick Gillespie