4.6.2025 8:40pm EST Got expected but also still startling news. 4.4.2025 12:07pm EST So, I poked around on special fish, and this is a really special place. :-) It is quiet and gentle, with the right pace of interaction. I wanted to add images and realized I could not so I brushed up on some ASCII art. Let's see how translating photographs into ASCII works. I haven't been able to program for a while so I am excited to finally curve out some hours tonight to see if I can quickly build a bespoke cloud word processor. 4.4.2025 10:49am EST I do not know why I am here. I think I am here because of excess - excess energy, excess thoughts...and maybe special fish was a sort of fun place to spill. Finding a home to spill I want to use this for random thoughts throughout the day. Back when I used Twitter, I just dropped random links or thoughts. Sometimes, I would text someone with no need for a response. I love sharing. It is my love language - how I love and enjoy being loved. When people notice my special interest and feed me fun bits, I feel very seen. And when I see you, you will likely suffer from/benefit from a deluge of links. An ASCII drawing of a text message I sent this morning. Today 7:52 AM /------------------------------------------\ |Yes, in the 1980s we downloaded games from| |the radio. | |https://tinyurl.com/yujhxrps \------------------------------------------/ /-----------------------\ |Thought you’d like this| \-----------------------/ /-----------\ |That’s dope| \-----------/ /------------------------------------------\ |You can unsubscribe from my links | |at any point. Once I learn someone’s | ________________|interests, I have a hard time not | | |collecting and sharing interesting things | | \------------------------------------------/ | | /------------------\ |I appreciate that | \------------------/ I collect my little learning trinkets, and I want to disperse them widely! Speaking of dispersal, I am thinking about what it means to have a centralized digital presence - a website, a social media profile. I was reflecting on all the little digital seeds I have planted and learned that they are certainly not growing in the same field, and something is charming about having to gather me (unsuccessfully) across many platforms, interfaces, and gestures. I didn't do this intentionally. When I exceed the affordances of one platform or interface, I attach another to form a little platypus of a digital presence. I had a studio visit with an artist, and we discussed how informal sharing has been supplanted by formal and monumentalized sharing. It then seems to make sharing difficult because you need a PR plan. No PR plans, just sharing a bunch of bits.