Enjoying your newsletter. Also enjoying the new Conan. I like your Internet Dead Zone piece. I've been running up against outdated links for years. Your "digital scrap file" is a great idea. I am an inveterate note-taker and use both Evernote and email as archiving strategies. I also frequently turn to the archive.org and The Way Back Machine (it often helps). But the thing i love the most is (are) my commonplace books (a practice as old as ancient Greece). Usually a kind of scrapbook of quotes and favourite passages from literature, I extend the practice to include images and sketches and lots of other odds and ends. My commonplace books practice spans both digital and physical realms.
I love having favorite books in print and for physical ref on hand along with my digital scrap file. A mix of physical (longevity and tactile) and digital (fast and convenient) seems to work best.
I'm with ya on the favourite books. I've an almost embarrassingly large book collection (i come from the Umberto Eco school of thought about personal libraries though my collection of 7K+ volumes is maybe maybe a candle to his collection; though add in my comic collection and i'm within arms reach...). My "Jim Zub" sub-collection is growing ;-)
Jim always an inciteful news letter. The tragic and brilliant Steve Williams story certainly is one that highlights the need to develop resilience. I was working with one of my classes on that very topic. Resilience is something that many of us need to pay attention to, develop stronger ability and coping mechanisms to be resilient.
Yeah, I can't speak to his specific struggles beyond what's covered in the documentary, but it seemed to be a failure on both sides - his brash attitude and cockiness and ILM's inability to recognize his skills and channel that energy properly instead of just letting him self destruct.
Enjoying your newsletter. Also enjoying the new Conan. I like your Internet Dead Zone piece. I've been running up against outdated links for years. Your "digital scrap file" is a great idea. I am an inveterate note-taker and use both Evernote and email as archiving strategies. I also frequently turn to the archive.org and The Way Back Machine (it often helps). But the thing i love the most is (are) my commonplace books (a practice as old as ancient Greece). Usually a kind of scrapbook of quotes and favourite passages from literature, I extend the practice to include images and sketches and lots of other odds and ends. My commonplace books practice spans both digital and physical realms.
I love having favorite books in print and for physical ref on hand along with my digital scrap file. A mix of physical (longevity and tactile) and digital (fast and convenient) seems to work best.
I'm with ya on the favourite books. I've an almost embarrassingly large book collection (i come from the Umberto Eco school of thought about personal libraries though my collection of 7K+ volumes is maybe maybe a candle to his collection; though add in my comic collection and i'm within arms reach...). My "Jim Zub" sub-collection is growing ;-)
I deeply appreciate the support!
Cannot wait for the collected Red Sonja!
Jim always an inciteful news letter. The tragic and brilliant Steve Williams story certainly is one that highlights the need to develop resilience. I was working with one of my classes on that very topic. Resilience is something that many of us need to pay attention to, develop stronger ability and coping mechanisms to be resilient.
Have fun in New York!
Yeah, I can't speak to his specific struggles beyond what's covered in the documentary, but it seemed to be a failure on both sides - his brash attitude and cockiness and ILM's inability to recognize his skills and channel that energy properly instead of just letting him self destruct.