2025-10-12T00:00:00-05:00 tag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing Splitflap 2025-10-12T00:00:00-05:00 2025-10-12T00:00:00-05:00 Joel Dueck joel@jdueck.net tag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.iceland-2025 <article><p>Photos and notes from a week of exploration</p><p>Read <a href="/iceland-2025.html">“Iceland”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article> 2025-08-26T00:00:00-05:00 2025-08-26T00:00:00-05:00 Joel Dueck joel@jdueck.net tag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.don-quixote <article><p>Recording thoughts while reading.</p><p>Read <a href="/don-quixote.html">“Notes on ‘Don Quixote’”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article> 2025-08-24T00:00:00-05:00 2025-08-24T00:00:00-05:00 Joel Dueck joel@jdueck.net tag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.color-reception <article><p>Environment as brush, mind as canvas.</p><p>Read <a href="/color-reception.html">“Color Reception”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article> 2025-08-18T00:00:00-05:00 2025-08-18T00:00:00-05:00 Joel Dueck joel@jdueck.net tag: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="/manually-type-punctuation.html">“Manually type punctuation”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article> 2025-04-24T00:00:00-05:00 2025-04-24T00:00:00-05:00 Joel Dueck joel@jdueck.net tag: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="/ai-is-right-about-em-dashes.html">“AI is right about em-dashes”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article> 2025-04-09T00:00:00-05:00 2025-04-09T00:00:00-05:00 Joel Dueck joel@jdueck.net tag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.how-i-license <article><p>Open source with a ‘show and tell’ requirement</p><p>Read <a href="/how-i-license.html">“How I license”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article> 2025-01-19T00:00:00-06:00 2025-01-19T00:00:00-06:00 Joel Dueck joel@jdueck.net tag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.attention-strategy <article><p>A filter for the new year.</p><p>Read <a href="/attention-strategy.html">“Strategy of Attention Economy”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article> 2023-11-18T00:00:00-06:00 2023-11-18T00:00:00-06:00 Joel Dueck joel@jdueck.net tag: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="/vagrant-writers.html">“Vagrant writers”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article> 2023-10-31T00:00:00-05:00 2023-10-31T00:00:00-05:00 Joel Dueck joel@jdueck.net tag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.autumn-2023 <article><p>Short retrospective, with photos</p><p>Read <a href="/autumn-2023.html">“Northern Minnesota, October 2023”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article> 2023-10-05T00:00:00-05:00 2023-10-05T00:00:00-05:00 Joel Dueck joel@jdueck.net tag: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="/mind-palaces.html">“Mind Palaces”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article> 2023-08-03T00:00:00-05:00 2023-08-03T00:00:00-05:00 Joel Dueck joel@jdueck.net tag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.share-poems-like-memes <article><p>A poem is an antique form of meme.</p><p>Read <a href="/share-poems-like-memes.html">“Share poems like memes”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article> 2023-05-02T00:00:00-05:00 2023-05-02T00:00:00-05:00 Joel Dueck joel@jdueck.net tag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.opacity <article><p>Withhold your methods until your results are worth revealing.</p><p>Read <a href="/opacity.html">“Creative Opacity”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article> 2021-06-21T00:00:00-05:00 2021-06-21T00:00:00-05:00 Joel Dueck joel@jdueck.net tag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.static-dynamic <article><p>Not a coherent or useful distinction.</p><p>Read <a href="/static-dynamic.html">“The static dynamic”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article> 2021-06-01T00:00:00-05:00 2021-06-01T00:00:00-05:00 Joel Dueck joel@jdueck.net tag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.friction <article><p>Friction is conserved. To have less of it, do less.</p><p>Read <a href="/friction.html">“Friction in publishing”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article> 2021-05-25T00:00:00-05:00 2021-05-25T00:00:00-05:00 Joel Dueck joel@jdueck.net tag: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="/being-in-the-graph-mind.html">“Being in the Graph Mind”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article> 2021-05-25T00:00:00-05:00 2021-05-25T00:00:00-05:00 Joel Dueck joel@jdueck.net tag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.graph-mind <article><p>The giant social computer in the cloud</p><p>Read <a href="/graph-mind.html">“Graph Mind”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article> 2021-05-25T00:00:00-05:00 2021-05-25T00:00:00-05:00 Joel Dueck joel@jdueck.net tag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.two-approaches <article><p>Engineering it for durability, or cooking it for reach.</p><p>Read <a href="/two-approaches.html">“Approaches to web publishing”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article> 2018-04-19T00:00:00-05:00 2018-04-19T00:00:00-05:00 Joel Dueck joel@jdueck.net tag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.dicewordbook <article><p>Making a book by writing code.</p><p>Read <a href="/dicewordbook.html">“Dice Word List book”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article> 2015-09-15T00:00:00-05:00 2015-09-15T00:00:00-05:00 Joel Dueck joel@jdueck.net tag: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="/publishing-nerds.html">“Publishing Nerds”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article> 2012-11-10T00:00:00-06:00 2012-11-10T00:00:00-06:00 Joel Dueck joel@jdueck.net tag:joeldueck.com,2008:writing.literacy-gradient <article><p>Literacy is not a binary condition.</p><p>Read <a href="/literacy-gradient.html">“Literacy Gradient”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article> 2004-08-12T00:00:00-05:00 2004-08-12T00:00:00-05:00 Joel Dueck joel@jdueck.net tag: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="/screech.html">“Screech”</a> at joeldueck.com…</p></article>