Fresh from my triumph over the Ultimate Blog Challenge, I kept right on going with my blogging every day. I celebrated the Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2014 and the return of Vin Scully to Los Angeles Dodgers baseball games, discussed my new direction in writing, admonished everyone to wear sunscreen, dispensed career advice, talked a little about summers in my kidhood, found a couple of articles you might like, and brought you two songs from Level 42. I now have a Level 42 station on Pandora, and added in some music from Simple Minds, Tears for Fears, and Huey Lewis and the News. I forgot that New Wave was still popular and I’m getting The Clash, The Fixx, The Cure, and Blondie as a bonus. Music from my young adulthood. I love it.
On the Evernote front, I’m actually learning more uses for Pocket. In addition to blog posts I get from Feedly, I’m also browsing StumbleUpon and using IFTTT to move the things I like into Pocket. Then, from Pocket, I’m using IFTTT to move the things I want to save permanently (research for blog posts and longer articles, writing and blogging advice, etc.) into Evernote. More to come on all of these fronts later.
How was your week?
Straight ahead!
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Yay for blogging! That’s a really wide range of topics! 🙂
I use Evernote both for personal stuff and for work stuff. It works great.
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I pretty much write what’s on my mind. Some days are easier than others. I’m getting more ideas as I go along.
I’m new yet at the Evernote thing, but it’s been pretty easy to pick up. I haven’t run into anything that has really thrown me for a loop. I’ve also been finding other tools that make life easier. It’s good stuff.
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John, this all sounds fascinating. can’t wait to learn more.
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Neither can I, Louise… 😉
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I absolutely love Evernote. I use it mostly for recipes, actually, but I do stick writing stuff in there from time to time.
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I’m sticking my bill payments in there, and I have a private notebook for bank statements and the like. I’ve got blogging checklists and research for bigger projects as well. And just a lot of articles I wanted to keep. I haven’t gotten to where I’m taking pictures and posting them there yet, but I’ve put a lot of PDF files into it.
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Sounds like you had another great week! Especially good for figuring out what you really want to write. You should check out Michael N. Marcus’s Bookmaking Blog (and his books). He’s pretty funny, and writes similar stuff to what you’re talking about. Me, I had a great week going on a research trip for my fiction. Keep on keeping up the great work!
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I found the blog, and have added it to Feedly. Thanks for the suggestion! I’m sure I’ll read all about your research trip soon…
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