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Where’s the line in offending?

More often, even a technical writer like me runs into a problem: something I’m going to say offends someone. As creative people and even iOS developers, we can add our content in ways that may have objections from a part of the audience, sometimes by mentioning a name. First of […]

Posted on July 13, 2022July 12, 2022 by sliceofapppie_ddnxyv Continue reading
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Memory and Moving

Have you ever moved or done a spring cleaning, reducing what you own? Moving, especially a long way or to a smaller place is a bit stressful for me because of Memory. Memory has a way of attaching itself to objects, and giving away or throwing away stuff is a […]

Posted on July 6, 2022July 6, 2022 by sliceofapppie_ddnxyv Continue reading
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Surfing and Sailing Change

Change can make your creative life stumble. I’m feeling that now. Some significant changes have started in my creative life. I’m trying to figure out how to juggle all this and, simultaneously, get the projects I started to continue. I found that there is no way in one week to […]

Posted on June 22, 2022June 21, 2022 by sliceofapppie_ddnxyv Continue reading
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Starts, Stops, and Endings

Last week I took a vacation, and something interesting happened. I broke my creative streak. I could ship most of the work for the week by producing it the week before and scheduling the launch for the appropriate time. I missed doing so here, only posting a small note. I […]

Posted on June 15, 2022June 15, 2022 by sliceofapppie_ddnxyv Continue reading

And a week of rest

I was planning to do something this week while I was on vacation, and then i realized: this is vacation. I’m allowed to slow down for a week. And so I am. So nothing more this week, we’ll be back next week.

Posted on June 8, 2022 by sliceofapppie_ddnxyv Continue reading

Understand Genre Through Comics

Creative people walk a tightrope in their careers. On one side, the creative person is unique in what they do. But, on the other side, the work needs to be recognizable. To gain an audience, one must balance these. Much of the romantic notions of the creative person lean dangerously […]

Posted on June 1, 2022May 31, 2022 by sliceofapppie_ddnxyv Continue reading

Medals and Memory

A friend of mine wrote a wonderful blog post about his experience in a race recently It got me to thinking about my own races and medals. I have a few medals from my racing days. A medal is both a moment and a memory. I like to keep my […]

Posted on May 25, 2022June 1, 2022 by sliceofapppie_ddnxyv Continue reading
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AI is Not Taking over Creativity

A friend of mine, who happens to be a writer, was a little concerned about an article she read recently: Two Quotes to consider from the article: But there’s another kind of poetry AI will have to beat—poetry as an art of brilliant accuracies, of reality redescribed in ways that […]

Posted on May 18, 2022May 18, 2022 by sliceofapppie_ddnxyv Continue reading

The top 100 ÷ 10 + 1 Things I Learned in the Akimbo Creative Workshop:

I’ve spent since Late January in an Akimbo workshop for creativity. It was, to sat the least, an incredible experience, one I’d direct others to take. I learned a lot but much of it was introspective. So it is time for a top 10 list of what I learned. Keep […]

Posted on May 11, 2022May 10, 2022 by sliceofapppie_ddnxyv Continue reading

Own Your Demons

Since ancient times, there have been legends about demons. One legend comes to mind: If you know the name of a demon, you can own him.  One variation of this story is, of Course, Rumplestilskin. He will grant you a wish for a high price, but you can break the […]

Posted on February 2, 2022February 2, 2022 by sliceofapppie_ddnxyv Continue reading

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