Joel Dueck dot com2026-10-12T00:00:00-05:00tag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing,blogSplitflapMinnesota Derangement Syndrome2026-10-12T00:00:00-05:002026-10-12T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.minnesota-derangement-syndrome<article><p>The absurdity to atrocity pipeline.</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/minnesota-derangement-syndrome.html">“Minnesota Derangement Syndrome”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Back yard2026-10-11T00:00:00-05:002026-10-11T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:blog.back-yard-poem<article><p>Pretend you’re sitting on one of my lawn chairs. We are not in the country.</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/blog/2026/back-yard-poem.html">“Back yard”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Secret Control2026-10-10T00:00:00-05:002026-10-05T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:blog.secret-control<article><p>Control never told anyone his name, how does that work. Oh wait...</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/blog/2026/secret-control.html">“Secret Control”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Talking back2026-10-09T15:00:00-05:002026-10-09T15:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:blog.talking-back<article><p>I think I keep writing, despite the crawlers.</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/blog/2026/talking-back.html">“Talking back”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Sky on fire2026-10-09T14:35:00-05:002026-10-09T14:35:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:blog.sky-on-fire<article><p>Just another great sunset.</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/blog/2026/sky-on-fire.html">“Sky on fire”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Nothing crossed2026-09-29T23:00:00-05:002026-09-29T23:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:blog.get-uncrossed<article><p>Anger : information :: matter : antimatter?</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/blog/2026/get-uncrossed.html">“Nothing crossed”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Font finding2026-09-26T16:00:00-05:002026-09-26T16:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:blog.font-choices<article><p>When an A-lister picks the same outfit as you</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/blog/2026/font-choices.html">“Font finding”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Signals of Interest2026-09-26T10:00:00-05:002026-09-26T10:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.signals-of-interest<article><p>When the universe tells you ‘say more’…</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/signals-of-interest.html">“Signals of Interest”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Synth bloom2026-09-25T00:00:00-05:002026-09-25T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.synth-bloom<article><p>Plants’ musical preferences have changed.</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/synth-bloom.html">“Synth bloom”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Hello world2026-09-21T00:00:00-05:002026-09-20T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:blog.foobar<article><p></p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/blog/2026/foobar.html">“Hello world”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>High voltage2026-09-19T00:00:00-05:002026-09-19T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:blog.high-voltage<article><p>“The new thing is going to kill us all” — the 1890s</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/blog/2026/high-voltage.html">“High voltage”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Valve open2026-09-18T00:00:00-05:002026-09-18T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:blog.first-post<article><p>I decided to add an old-fashioned blog.</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/blog/2026/first-post.html">“Valve open”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Chat with Ribbonfarm re: Blog Evolution2026-05-23T00:00:00-05:002026-05-23T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.vgr-zirp-chat<article><p>An exchange with a bespoke clanker about the future of blogging.</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/vgr-zirp-chat.html">“Chat with Ribbonfarm re: Blog Evolution”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Prompting vs. Perceiving2026-05-04T00:00:00-05:002026-05-04T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.prompting-vs-perceiving<article><p>Breaking from management to meaning</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/prompting-vs-perceiving.html">“Prompting vs. Perceiving”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Oomphalism2026-05-03T00:00:00-05:002026-05-03T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.oomphalism<article><p>Naming the corporate mode of perception</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/oomphalism.html">“Oomphalism”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Iceland2025-10-20T00:00:00-05:002025-10-12T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.iceland-2025<article><p>Photos and notes from a week of exploration</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/iceland-2025.html">“Iceland”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Notes on ‘Don Quixote’2025-08-28T00:00:00-05:002025-08-26T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.don-quixote<article><p>Recording thoughts while reading.</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/don-quixote.html">“Notes on ‘Don Quixote’”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Color Reception2025-08-24T00:00:00-05:002025-08-24T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.color-reception<article><p>Environment as brush, mind as canvas.</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/color-reception.html">“Color Reception”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Manually type punctuation2025-08-18T00:00:00-05:002025-08-18T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.manually-type-punctuation<article><p>Enter correct quotes and dashes while you write. Computers and other people will screw it up.</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/manually-type-punctuation.html">“Manually type punctuation”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>How I license2025-08-07T00:00:00-05:002025-04-09T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.how-i-license<article><p>Open source with a ‘show and tell’ requirement</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/how-i-license.html">“How I license”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>AI is right about em-dashes2025-04-24T00:00:00-05:002025-04-24T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.ai-is-right-about-em-dashes<article><p>Humans invented them and should keep using them.</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/ai-is-right-about-em-dashes.html">“AI is right about em-dashes”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Strategy of Attention Economy2025-01-19T00:00:00-06:002025-01-19T00:00:00-06:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.attention-strategy<article><p>A filter for the new year.</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/attention-strategy.html">“Strategy of Attention Economy”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Vagrant writers2023-11-18T00:00:00-06:002023-11-18T00:00:00-06:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.vagrant-writers<article><p>Seems like the really good writers let other people do the publishing?</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/vagrant-writers.html">“Vagrant writers”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Northern Minnesota, October 20232023-10-31T00:00:00-05:002023-10-31T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.autumn-2023<article><p>Short retrospective, with photos</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/autumn-2023.html">“Northern Minnesota, October 2023”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Mind Palaces2023-10-05T00:00:00-05:002023-10-05T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.mind-palaces<article><p>A ‘mind palace’ is any cognitive system or lever built by a person or small group.</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/mind-palaces.html">“Mind Palaces”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Share poems like memes2023-08-03T00:00:00-05:002023-08-03T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.share-poems-like-memes<article><p>A poem is an antique form of meme.</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/share-poems-like-memes.html">“Share poems like memes”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Creative Opacity2023-05-02T00:00:00-05:002023-05-02T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.opacity<article><p>Withhold your methods until your results are worth revealing.</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/opacity.html">“Creative Opacity”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>The static dynamic2021-06-21T00:00:00-05:002021-06-21T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.static-dynamic<article><p>Not a coherent or useful distinction.</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/static-dynamic.html">“The static dynamic”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Friction in publishing2021-06-01T00:00:00-05:002021-06-01T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.friction<article><p>Friction is conserved. To have less of it, do less.</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/friction.html">“Friction in publishing”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Being in the Graph Mind2021-05-25T00:00:00-05:002021-05-25T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.being-in-the-graph-mind<article><p>Being online is like being a neuron that can drive.</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/being-in-the-graph-mind.html">“Being in the Graph Mind”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Graph Mind2021-05-25T00:00:00-05:002021-05-25T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.graph-mind<article><p>The giant social computer in the cloud</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/graph-mind.html">“Graph Mind”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Approaches to web publishing2021-05-25T00:00:00-05:002021-05-25T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.two-approaches<article><p>Engineering it for durability, or cooking it for reach.</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/two-approaches.html">“Approaches to web publishing”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Dice Word List book2018-04-19T00:00:00-05:002018-04-19T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.dicewordbook<article><p>Making a book by writing code.</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/dicewordbook.html">“Dice Word List book”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Publishing Nerds2015-09-15T00:00:00-05:002015-09-15T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.publishing-nerds<article><p>What do you call someone who loves publishing the way a writer loves writing?</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/publishing-nerds.html">“Publishing Nerds”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Literacy Gradient2012-11-10T00:00:00-06:002012-11-10T00:00:00-06:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.literacy-gradient<article><p>Literacy is not a binary condition.</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/literacy-gradient.html">“Literacy Gradient”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>Screech2004-08-12T00:00:00-05:002004-08-12T00:00:00-05:00Joel Dueckjoel@jdueck.nettag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.screech<article><p>A finished piece of writing should go down like rum and boiling water.</p><p>Read <a href="https://joeldueck.com/screech.html">“Screech”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>