2022-11-03 Thu 12:31 PM ![[DALL·E 2022-11-09 12.33.54 - a glowing magical force brings small pieces together into a transcendent while, digital art.png]] # [[Journal section]] ### 2022-11-03 Thu 12:31 PM In [[2022-11-03 Thu]] I wrote about how I was inspired by Ben Thompson on the old idea that to get good at something, you have to do it a lot. [[The greats weren't great because at birth they could paint; the greats were great because they paint a lot]]. Ben wasn't talking so much about writing — more about having easy access to well-formed opinions about stuff that happens in tech because he's written about it 4-5x/week for 10 years. So he has a lot to draw on. I write a lot, but I don't publish a lot. So I'm gonna do an experiment with Obsidian publish. One note published per day for 7 days. A worry would be that instead of writing to [[Writing is thinking|think]], this will cause me to write to publish. And that the process of writing to publish wants to be very different from the process of writing to take a first pass at figuring something out. And that by conflating the two I'll break both processes. cf [[Write notes for yourself by default, disregarding audience]]. I don't want to be crushed under the pressure to publish, but I do want to let that pressure bring in positive influence. To take a [[The managers want integration too]] perspective, maybe can say: there are public writing parts that aren't very involved in my normal private obsidian writing? There's a desire to get them involved. Not to hijack the process or wreck it with overbearing demands. But to integrate. To become part of the team. One way to mitigate this risk is to publish low-stakes, unrelated notes. Eg a quote. Another way is to roll down the complexity ladder — eg by [[Write about the question, rather than the answer]], or by [[Write about a tiny part, rather than the whole thing]]. Anyway, let's get to it. ### Obsidian publish tracker #### Run 1: 2022-11-03 to 2022-11-09 - [x] 2022-11-03 Thu https://publish.obsidian.md/moses/0/Hello+world [[§ Hello world]] - [x] 2022-11-04 Fri https://publish.obsidian.md/moses/0/It+is+difficult+to+get+a+man+to+understand+something+when+his+salary+depends+on+his+not+understanding+it - [x] 2022-11-05 Sat https://publish.obsidian.md/moses/0/Emergence+tower - [x] 2022-11-06 Sun https://publish.obsidian.md/moses/0/I+got+the+shotgun.+You+got+the+briefcase. - [x] 2022-11-07 Mon https://publish.obsidian.md/moses/0/Spotify's+Star+Wars+native+ad - [x] 2022-11-08 Tues https://publish.obsidian.md/moses/0/Find+the+easy+next+step, https://publish.obsidian.md/moses/0/Experimental+writing+process+techniques+(list), https://publish.obsidian.md/moses/0/Experiment+-+7+days+of+writing+via+Obsidian+publish+starting+2022-11-03+Thu - [x] 2022-11-09 Wed https://publish.obsidian.md/moses/0/The+perfect+map+is+impossible and more #### Run 2: 2022-11-09 to 2022-11-16 - [x] 2022-11-10 https://publish.obsidian.md/moses/0/Protect+time - [x] 2022-11-11 - [x] 2022-11-12 - [x] 2022-11-13 - [x] 2022-11-14 - [ ] 2022-11-15 - [x] 2022-11-16 ### 2022-11-08 Tue 19:37 PM - 2022-11-08 Tue 19:37 PM - have done it every day so far - hasn't been painful - haven't noticed it stifling my private writing - but up until today I have been publishing minimally compliant notes — hello world, a quote, etc - today I had a little extra time, and I had the motivation to start getting into something more substantive, and I took a step in that direction. also published three notes - should probably develop some explicit success criteria for the experiment. what would a positive result look like? - 2022-11-09 Wed 12:21 PM - completed the run. - Was kinda slow at first, as is expected with tiny habits, but then it took off, as sometimes happens. - today I got into adding Dall-E art to posts and it was super fun. Excellent vibes. Adds something insubstantial to the logical mind but immenseley substantial to the feeling body. ([[The Chasm]]) - It was *fun* writing for Obsidain and adding images today. That's a critical feature I'm looking for. That I'm pulled to do it. Not because of should, but because of desire. - So the 7-day run is complete. What's next? - Default is it's just over - I could extend eg for another 7 days - I could ramp up the requirement - It worked quite well — was easy but non-zero the days I needed it to be easy, and spurred me on to more when I inspiration struck. So I think we just extend it for another 7. - 2022-11-18 Fri 09:32 AM - Run 2 ended a couple days ago, and I did all but one day. - It continued to be pretty good but this time I did not have any days (that I currently remember) of deeper engagement on that dual engagment loop. - But that's fine. That's the idea of a [[➰ Elastic engagement loops for sustainable behavior]]: it's totally fine and valuable to do the short snacking loop most of the time; if that occasionally, even rarely, is the gateway to a session of deeper engagement, the whole thing is working. - So I think this is basically working, and I'm going to move it out of experimental zone and into [[Projects_matt]]: [[Todo. Write and publish in obsidian publish]] - 2023-02-16 Thu 21:43 PM - Have been doing this for a while, but I find myself running into a familiar problem: not enough feedback (zero, because I haven't shown this site to anyone) means this is all kinda dry. So I'm not prioritizing it, and I'm pubilshing low-effort stuff. It's not currently seeming to provide a lot of value. - So I'm gonna pause the experiment now. Will return if/when I find a new experiment. ### 2023-11-02 Thu 15.34pm I pubished off and on over the last year. And tinkered, tweaked. And had the thought "I should tend to Moses Notes more." Then recently, under urging from Dan K, took on [[Project MosesNotes Shape-Up]], which is: 1. Review what's published and edit it to the point where I feel not too embarrassed to show anyone the Moses Notes site 2. Begin publishing notes and feature requests regarding [[Seven Pi]] and [[AI-assisted therapy]] there So today and yesterday I've been reviewing all the notes published here. And adding some more. They're not great, but they're not so embarrassing either.