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16

micro-01-16-2025

But, from personal experience, I know there are many ways to use AI for writing that are not only ethical,
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Jul
28

micro-07-28-2024

In his late seventies he wrote a will stating that his life was not to be artificially prolonged. The hospital
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Jan
25
2023: Get Back in the Box

2023: Get Back in the Box

Today is Bell Let’s Talk Day, and like last year, I want to use it to help prepare myself for what is to come this year. I do that by coming up with a theme to follow for the year.
6 min read
Jan
25

Prime Writing Hours

Prime writing hours, as @SheaSerrano would say. It always feels good to get something new down and scheduled to post.
Mar
04

Hey World - Establishing Something New

Complacency and comfort are poison pills for the creative mind. - Jason Fried
1 min read
Jul
10

Just Write

Write more regularly and write for myself.
1 min read
Nov
01

Fifty Thousand Words - Take Two

50,000 over 30 days, just over 1,600 words a day on average.
1 min read
Mar
04
Charles Johnson on Writing

Charles Johnson on Writing

The Way of the Writer is a book I will read through regularly.
3 min read
Nov
20

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This is some kind of brilliant. A helpful reminder.
Aug
27
Mussolini's Arctic Airship by Eva Holland

Mussolini's Arctic Airship by Eva Holland

The Yukon-based writer sheds some light on a polar misadventure that is difficult to believe, but absolutely true, in her new book.
2 min read

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micro-01-16-2025

But, from personal experience, I know there are many ways to use AI for writing that are not only ethical, but actually strengthen your ability to write and think. Programmers understand this... … using AI is like hiring someone. A quote from Nathan Baschez, developer of Lex, an AI-powered writing app,

micro-07-28-2024

In his late seventies he wrote a will stating that his life was not to be artificially prolonged. The hospital machinery he regarded as sophisticated instruments of torture, up to the standard of the Spanish Inquisition. He would have agreed with film director Luis Buñuel that "respect for human

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