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Listening Notes: You Are Not So Smart podcast ep 92: Bullshit
Episode link: https://soundcloud.com/youarenotsosmart/092-bullshit-rebroadcast Takeaways: Methods of thinking are more important than raw intelligence. The people who were burning witches probably didn’t have a lower IQ than the people who went to the moon. They thought about the world in a different way. Bullshit and lying aren’t the same. Bullshit may contain lies, but the purpose…
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Garden garlic! 👨🌾
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Three Weeks with the 10.5” iPad Pro
I bought the 10.5” iPad Pro the day it was announced and received it the following Monday. My old Gen 3 iPad didn’t support multitasking, Touch ID, iOS 10, or True Tone. Basically nothing that makes an iPad awesome for work. It was getting pretty slow and desperately needed an upgrade. I’m super happy with…
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Finding Wilderness Within Civilization
I read this article from The Guardian about an ophthalmologist who is spending his retirement living out of a backpack and hiking all around the US. Most of it is only mildly interesting, but I loved this part: The next night, we slept in a copse of gnarled oaks beside a graveyard, a shady grove…
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I was having trouble connecting to my Karma Go device on my iPad. Wasn’t auto connecting to the website to authenticate. So I tried the old http://192.168.1.1 trick (happened to be the device’s IP) and it worked!
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3 Ways to Use Your HBO Subscription
If you are like me, you just rebooted your HBO subscription in order to watch the new Game of Thrones season. Here are three great shows you can watch Monday through Saturday: The Wire – A classic. If you haven’t watched it, you must. Drugs, politics, and life in Baltimore. Westworld – Amanda and I…
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Putting Daily Drawing On Hold
I’m putting my daily drawing exercises on hold. They tax me more than I want in terms of both time and mental focus. Instead of a fun creative exercise, pushing through these at the end of long work days ends each day on a low note. I made decent progress in the past three weeks,…
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Learning to Draw, Day 21: Coffee Cup
Instead of another try at my portrait, I decided to try another drawing with a focus on light and shadow, so I set up a swinging arm lamp to light up a coffee cup on a pedestal. I drew it live and took a photo afterward. The photo isn’t from the exact perspective I viewed…
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Learning to Draw, Day 20: Rushed Self Portrait
I was supposed to do another self portrait today after learning about seeing light, shapes, and lines. I was rushed, mentally distracted, I forgot to tone the paper, and I shifted my seat, which messes up my angle of view in the middle of the drawing. In other words, it sucked. I’m going to try…
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Learning to Draw, Day 19: Shadows and Crosshatching
Read about different intensities of shadows and various crosshatching techniques, then practiced them:
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Why I Canceled My Medium Membership
I jumped on-board the Medium Membership train back in March, as soon as I could. I was excited about it. I couldn’t wait to see the great content behind the paywall and to see what new features they were going to roll out just for members. Well, three months later I’m cancelling my membership. Here’s…
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Learning to Draw, Day 18: Light Logic
Today I read about light logic, which results in four aspects of light and shadow: Highlight (brightest light) Cast shadow (darkest shadow cast by a subject blocking light) Reflected light (dim light, bounced back by other surfaces) Crest shadow (shadow that lies on the crest of a rounded form, between highlight and reflected light) To…
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Learning to Draw, Day 17: Filling in the Details
Today I filled in the details of yesterday’s drawing and fixed some of the scale issues. It isn’t perfect, but I’m going to call it complete today and move on to another drawing tomorrow.
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Learning to Draw, Day 16: In Progress
Today’s drawing is still in progress. I had a busy day today and spent the entire evening down in the city, so I only got about 30 minutes to start a drawing of a leaf on the cover of this book I’m reading. I’m going to work on filling in the details tomorrow.
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Learning to Draw, Day 15: Broadway Bridge
Today I did a quick sketch of the Broadway Bridge over the Harlem River on my iPad. After I completed the drawing, I saw multiple places where I messed up the proportions and perspective. In particular, I made the bridge much too wide. I’ll pay particular attention to that tomorrow.
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Learning to Draw, Day 14: Drawing on the iPad
Today I decided to take a break from the specific Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain exercises and try out drawing on my new 10.5″ iPad Pro with the Apple Pencil. I used the Linea app and did another pass at my Day 8 hand drawing. I don’t yet have fine control over…
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Trying out Things 3. I really like the hierarchy: Areas > Projects > Sub headings/groupings > To do items > Checklists. Exactly what I’ve wanted. Goes 1-2 levels deeper than most to-do apps.
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Learning to Draw, Day 13: Live Profile Portrait of Amanda
Today I drew a portrait of Amanda’s profile. She graciously sat at the table and worked while I drew and revised. This was difficult. I don’t feel like I nailed it. Should the eyes be further back? Did I get her nose right? How do I handle the shadows and subtle curves of the cheek…
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Learning to Draw, Day 12: Profile Portrait Warm-Up
Burning the midnight oil. Today I read about expanding the sighting and spacing I’ve been working on the last few days to faces. Then I spent about an hour applying what I learned to a line drawing of a portrait by Sargent. Here is the comparison: Tomorrow I draw a profile portrait of a real…
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Focus on the Day-to-Day Work
Currently reading: Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday Focus on the day-to-day details of your work, not the grand vision. Gain the discipline to make your daily commitments happen and the bigger goals will follow. Working harder and smarter than your competition beats having a bigger vision every time. Make tangible improvements each and…