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I've never worked in a company

Avoiding employment was not an explicit choice I made: it's just how things ended up as I followed my passions. (Okay, I taught piano lessons in various music schools for a couple of years, and maybe did some odd jobs here and there, but not as a career.

Thirty-four

I thought it would be easy to start a 'yearly tradition' at thirty-three, but I've changed more since then than in previous years. Now at thirty-four I'm questioning whether it makes sense to write this—maybe I'm too offline—yet erring to

How I build a digital project archive

In the spirit of 'document and share', here are some considerations for how I assemble an online collection of projects I've made since 2012. Why bother doing this? It's easy to forget what happened, and hard to re-create experiences as time passes. Files can

#031: Strolling format • Berlin arrival reflections • Don't Stop

Welcome to the thirty-first ceremony of Ephemerata: reflections, observations, and life at the edge. I’m doing this to stimulate discussion around what I find interesting, and also to share things before they disappear into the void of my journal. CONTENTS 1. Berlin arrival reflections 2. Strolling format 3. Events

#030: Berlin • transcendence of twerking • I'M DEAD

Welcome to the thirtieth ceremony of Ephemerata: reflections, observations, and life at the edge. I’m doing this to stimulate discussion around what I find interesting, and also to share things before they disappear into the void of my journal. CONTENTS 1. Strolling pace 2. Berlin 3. Transcendence of twerking

#029: hyperspeed • musical note-taking • technology as parent

Welcome to the twenty-ninth ceremony of Ephemerata: reflections, observations, and life at the edge. I’m doing this to stimulate discussion around what I find interesting, and also to share things before they disappear into the void of my journal. CONTENTS 1. Hyperspeed 2. Musical note-taking 3. Technology as parent

Applying note-taking reflexes to making music

I have been satisfied with various versions of my productivity trinity since the late 2000s: developing reflexes to note things down as they occur, put them where I'm likely to encounter them again, and deal with them at the appropriate moment; this served me well for to-dos, writing,

#028: Strolling podcast launch • hear • musical potluck

Welcome to the twenty-eighth ceremony of Ephemerata: reflections, observations, and life at the edge. I’m doing this to stimulate discussion around what I find interesting, and also to share things before they disappear into the void of my journal. CONTENTS 1. Strolling 2. Apps disappearing soon 3. Asides 4.

#027: what we want • bird truth • Reunion

Welcome to the twenty-seventh ceremony of Ephemerata: reflections, observations, and life at the edge. I’m doing this to stimulate discussion around what I find interesting, and also to share things before they disappear into the void of my journal. Thanks to Mark Segger for becoming a backer this week

What we want

When it isn't possible to both make money and do something meaningful, I've always opted for the latter. This is my attempt to understand why. In 2021, I went through several periods of self-questioning, not feeling positive or certain about the path I had chosen. Although