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I haven’t been ignoring this here endeavor as much as I’ve been actively putting off updates. You’ll quietly wonder why and I’ll go ahead and tell you.<\/p>\n
It’s all been too much.<\/p>\n
Holidays, houseguests, dealing with other people’s illnesses, staying busy at work in spite of the year-end lull, and getting a new roof installed on two houses has all done a number on my psyche. <\/p>\n
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What’s one to do but let things settle down and wait for some inspiration to come. Well, that inspiration has arrived and it’s a real mess.<\/p>\n
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We’ve known each other for a while now, so it won’t shock you to learn that I try to know at least a little something about a lot of things. I also try to know a lot of things about a couple things so that I can gain some expertise in a subject, but also because constantly referring to reference materials makes me lose focus. Trap the facts in the buffer, get the job done quickly, and everybody’s happy.<\/p>\n
I’ve recently started, due to lower ad spending at the end of this year, reading more about this here copywriting craft. I’m trying to learn more about who’s good, who’s not, why they’re considered good or not, and things I can do to get better. One of the paths to writing better copy (if you believe the current thinking) is not to write at all, but use an artificially-intelligent bot instead.<\/p>\n
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Mme. Puppy Dog and I both agree that using an AI is a remarkably bad idea unless I have an aching desire to appear redundant. Since this would impact the steady flow of kibble from the store to Madame’s belly, she disapproves.<\/p>\n
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The world record holder for losing the most personal wealth<\/a> in history has some abhorrent views<\/a> and some abhorrent friends.<\/a> I thought it’d be neat to move off of his bird service<\/a> and migrate my social media attentions to some of the other services that aren’t Facebook or Instagram. The problem is that I can’t seem to settle on one that feels like a good fit. <\/p>\n I wanted to like Mastodon<\/a>, but their web interface is pretty hectic. Tapbots<\/a> is beta testing a client<\/a> and I’ll look into that when it’s baked, but it’s not happening for me yet.<\/p>\n I’m also on Post.news<\/a> and cohost.org<\/a> in addition to my existing ello account<\/a>. They’re really not scratching that itch of having a mass of fun people, delivering the latest news, and rapid updates. Maybe I’ll split my time between here and Substack.<\/p>\n As always, I appreciate your thoughts (unless they’re mean, spam, mean spam, or spam in a foreign language, then they’re deleted).<\/p>\n Your pal,<\/p>\n – bob<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Friends, I haven’t been ignoring this here endeavor as much as I’ve been actively putting off updates. You’ll quietly wonder why and I’ll go ahead and tell you. It’s all been too much. Holidays, houseguests, dealing with other people’s illnesses, staying busy at work in spite of the year-end lull, and getting a new roof … <\/p>\n