Taking Notes By Andy Sporring - Issue #53

May 08, 2022

It's mid-cohort time, and this one has been extra busy for me. I'm not complaining, I'm actually enjoying myself, as it reminds me of the most fun job in my career.

This newsletter will be focused on:

  • Ship30for30

  • Workflows

  • Tools that help

  • ... and some other undefined stuff! ;)

Let's roll!!

#OnMyReadingList

I have been reading so much nonfiction books lately so I need to send my brain on a vacation in that department for a bit. So these are the books I read now.

I recently finished Queens gambit

The miniseries on Netflix follow the book pretty well, so I suggest you read the book first and then see the series!

Now I'm reading 'Little Fires Everywhere" on my Kindle.

The miniseries I feel has changed a lot of the book, and it's a new story to read. In a way that's a good thing, you get two stories with the same theme.

#ship30for30

Halfway through the April cohort now, and it feels like this one is the best one so far. Loads of new interesting connections and possible cooperations. I have also developed a taste for Twitter Spaces, which I will develop further together with Alessandra White the force of nature behind Creative Work Hour. Sign up and join in on the conversation at CreativitySpace

The creative minds of both of us put together will start a revolution regarding how one sees Creativity. So hang on, be there and join the conversation.

Workflows

I shared how my workflow writing essays for Ship30for30 looks in an Essay, but for the readers of my newsletter I decided to share it here too:

Atomic Essay #121

My Workflow Writing Essays

Somebody asked me what my workflow writing essays look like, so this is my answer to that question. I have a couple of different ways I do it, so here it goes:

Case #1

Using my Ideaboard in Scrintal I have some +50 ideas there and the number is increasing every week.

  1. Picking a subject/Headline I like.

  2. Opening an appropriate template in Typeshare.

  3. Looking in my PKM for connected notes.

  4. Copying interesting ones into the template.

  5. Letting magic (ie my brain) happen.

  6. Formatting and editing

  7. Publishing

Case #2

I Jam away on my keyboard as I wrote in this article: I Have Writing Jamsessions

  1. I have a clear idea or an interesting subject

  2. Opening an empty Template in Typeshare

  3. Leaving the headline empty

  4. Start typing away, jamming really

  5. Look at the essay, good or not?

  6. Setting a headline

  7. Formatting and Editing.

  8. Let it stew for 24 hours

  9. Publishing.

Case #3

The last one is a combination of the two.

  1. Ideaboard has a lot of ideas, so I pick one

  2. Preferably one I'm not 100% sure about

  3. Check for connecting notes

  4. Open an empty template

  5. Setting a preliminary headline

  6. Copy-paste connected content

  7. Rewrite jamming style and format

  8. Final edit

  9. Publishing

Consistency And Always Be Ahead

I have a couple of ground rules that guide me as a creator, and in a way, I'm my own Project manager.

  1. Always write 2 hours every morning

  2. Have 3-5 essays that I can post if my energies are low.

  3. Never ever over-exhaust me.

  4. Be consistent in my creativity.

  5. Write, publish, learn, repeat.

Tools That Help

Airgram

I have been writing about Airgram before in this newsletter. But I wanted to promote their (still free) service to have automated transcripts of your meetings in Zoom and Google meet. It works really well, and I'm using it when doing my one on ones in Google Meet.

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Links I Find Interesting

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