I Ching Systems and Artworks, Engineering For the Human Spirit: From Gentle Wind Project to I Ching Systems, 1983-2022 (Theta, New York)
ON DECK: Preparing for classes. Restarting the competition law project. Finalizing my new research and writing workflow.
SLEEP DEBT: 1.6 hours
INBOX: 71 unread email messages.
PLAYING: Persona 5 Royal. Because only the Japanese make fully developed titles that focus on good narrative and don’t ship with live network play and micro transactions.
From the exhibit Post-Capital (Kunsthal Charlottenborg)
ON DECK: Organizing my notes and files to get back into a project I’ve been neglecting for the past few months. Preparing for classes next week.
INBOX: Zero unread email messages. Clearing the deck before I go silent again for a deep dive into that back burner project
READING: Articles and email newsletters in my Instapaper buffer.
WATCHING: The U.S. version of The Good Doctor
SHIPPING FORECAST: Getting out of the house to get repairs for the car.
Categorical complexities of the former British Empire
Futuretools.io is an extensive, well-curated list of AI tools that are available out there.
Button It - A collection of Soviet control room photos.
Roald Dahl interview, featuring a peek into his cozy writing space and workflow.
Sean Bonner on decentralizing social media.
Someone has leaked software and docs from spyware maker Cellebrite and MSAB
Kyoto Idetsu, I want to wear a warm sweater (Bridget Donahue, New York)
ON DECK: Grading exams; A plan to readjust the timeline for a consultancy; Professorial chair application.
INBOX: 6 unread messages.
WATCHING: Bocchi the Rock!
LISTENING: Kessoku Band (from the Bocchi the Rock OST)
Ester Partegàs, Refugio de Fachada Solar, (NoguerasBlanchard, Madrid)
ON DECK: Policy note on digital taxation. A billing invoice, and paper work for my research load credit application.
INBOX: 25 unread emails. Hope to process more before I close the window and get back to the grind.
LISTENING: Planet Money podcast.
WATCHING: Yuru Camp Movie. Just two hours of gentle healing.
Evelīna Deičmane, Tanzorgan (Kim? Contemporary Art Center, Riga)
ON DECK: Sending out some important emails, and then diving back to drafting the policy note on digital taxation.
INBOX: 49 unread messages. Partial backlog. Processed the backlog after getting the first draft of the LAE 2023 manual out.
ADMIN: This is now my default, on-the-go work environment. A Traveller’s Notebook for appointments, notes and zero drafts. The phone is a refurbished Blackberry 9930. I like the form factor and I am nostalgic about physical QWERTY keyboards. That and it makes me look like a wired political operator from Washington D.C. A lot of the functionality has disappeared since Research in Motion imploded. It can’t load apps from a central store, and it can’t connect to social media. All it can do is text and call.
The sparseness is by design. My new workflow is based on getting off the Internet’s algorithmic Pavlovian treadmill and working in (mostly) offline, distraction-free environments.
Julia Scher, Maximum Security Society (Kunsthalle Zürich)
ON DECK: Done with drafting the LAE manual. Will shoot a note to the vendor later today. Tomorrow will start working on that policy note on digital taxation.
INBOX: 167 unread email messages. This was the final count before I started reading and responding to emails again. Note: None of the messages were really that urgent, and any harm done from delay was reversible.
READING: How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens. WIRED Magazine back issues.
Satoru Kurata, 2P, (Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo)
ON DECK: The latest LAE manual, and a note to the exam vendor. A policy note on digital taxation.
INBOX: 142 unread email messages. I’ll get back to it as soon as I finish any one of my on-deck items.
READING: How to Take Smart Notes by Sönke Ahrens. WIRED Magazine back issues.
Shannon Te Ao, Tīwakawaka (Coastal Signs, Auckland)
ON DECK: The latest LAE manual, and a note to the exam vendor. Catching up on reading. A policy note on digital taxation.
READING: Almost forgot I got myself a discounted subscription to WIRED magazine. Catching up.
INBOX: 70 unread email messages. Maybe a couple more in my messaging apps. I was able to process my messages before the weekend after finishing the terminal report as well as the Q and A for the Paralegal Training Program. I’m closing the email processing window until on-deck items are closed.
WATCHING: I never got to finish House of Cards. I’m giving it another go.
Raimer Jochims, Papierarbeiten, (Jacky Strenz, New York)
ON DECK: Terminal report for the digital tax project is done and posted. Later at noon I have live Q and A with the Paralegal Training Program. After that I hope to get back to All the Things.
INBOX: 112 unread emails. No processing until I am done with the PTP Q and A. I am not even looking at SMS and messaging apps. Forget about that. Most of the time nothing really justifies instant action on stuff from the Internet.
WATCHING: Git for Professionals