The archive of a weekly email letter that was sent between 2019 and 2022.
The First 52
Weekly Musings 001 - On New (Old) Ways of Communicating
Weekly Musings 002 - On Slow Reading
Weekly Musings 003 - On Paper and Japan
Weekly Musings 004 - On Living Life at 1,000 mph
Weekly Musings 005 - On Discovering New Music
Weekly Musings 006 - On Blogging
Weekly Musings 007 - On Privacy as a Right
Weekly Musings 008 - On The Difference Between Movie and Film
Weekly Musings 009 - On Traveling In Your Own Country
Weekly Musings 010 - On Going Home Again
Weekly Musings 011 - On Being Utopian
Weekly Musings 012 - On Information Pollution
Weekly Musings 013 - On Riding the Rails
Weekly Musings 014 - On Resilience
Weekly Musings 015 - On Newsletters
Weekly Musings 016 - On Effectively Telling a Story
Weekly Musings 017 - On the Need for Dissent
Weekly Musings 018 - On Libraries
Weekly Musings 019 - On Autism, and Raising a Child with Autism
Weekly Musings 020 - On Becoming a Space Faring Species
Weekly Musings 021 - On Why People No Longer Join
Weekly Musings 022 - On Thinking Smaller
Weekly Musings 023 - Small, Mobile, Self Contained
Weekly Musings 024 - On Disengaging
Weekly Musings 025 - On Calm Technology
Weekly Musings 026 - On the (Misguided) Need to Innovate Everything
Weekly Musings 027 - On Stargazing with the Ancients
Weekly Musings 028 - On the Power of Good Writing
Weekly Musings 029 - On Stepping Off the Plane
Weekly Musings 030 - On the Sounds of Music
Weekly Musings 031 - On What's Gained in Translation
Weekly Musings 032 - On Wider Reading
Weekly Musings 033 - On Art, Time, and Mindfulness
Weekly Musings 034 - On What You Don't Own
Weekly Musings 035 - On Slow Reading
Weekly Musings 036 - On Mastery
Weekly Musings 037 - On Pen and Paper
Weekly Musings 038 - On an Internet of People
Weekly Musings 039 - On Digital Versus Physical Books
Weekly Musings 040 - On (Local) History
Weekly Musings 041 - On What's Under Wraps
Weekly Musings 042 - On What Might Have Been
Weekly Musings 043 - On Going Cashless
Weekly Musings 044 - On the Joy of the Notebook
Weekly Musings 045 - On Slow Travel
Weekly Musings 046 - On Smart Cities
Weekly Musings 047 - On a Different Way of Approaching Technology
Weekly Musings 050 - On Preserving Local History
The Second 52
Weekly Musings 053 - On Listening to the Heartbeat of a City
Weekly Musings 054 - On Gaining a Different Perspective on Nature
Weekly Musings 055 - On Slow Communication
Weekly Musings 056 - On Information Overload
Weekly Musings 057 - On Information Overload (Again)
Weekly Musings 058 - On When a Place Has Its Greatest Impact
Weekly Musings 059 - On Finding Simple Pleasures in Unexpected Places
Weekly Musings 060 - On the Necessity of Boredom
Weekly Musings 061 - On Living an Ordinary Life
Weekly Musings 062 - On Minimalism
Weekly Musings 063 - On Open Source and the Power User Fallacy
Weekly Musings 064 - On Travel and How It's Changing
Weekly Musings 065 - On Taking Notes While Reading
Weekly Musings 066 - On Striking the Balance Between Work and Life
Weekly Musings 067 - On Numbers Stations
Weekly Musings 068 - On Learning Because You Want To
Weekly Musings 069 - On the DIY Web
Weekly Musings 070 - On Riding the Rails in Kyushu
Weekly Musings 071 - On the Netbook
Weekly Musings 072 - On Blogging (Again)
Weekly Musings 073 - On Walking
Weekly Musings 074 - On Productivity
Weekly Musings 075 - On Failure and Failing
Weekly Musings 076 - On Quality of Life
Weekly Musings 077 - On Keeping Older Hardware Alive
Weekly Musings 078 - On Journaling
Weekly Musings 079 - On Taking Control of Your Information
Weekly Musings 080 - On Reading Fiction
Weekly Musings 081 - On What to Keep (and What to Delete)
Weekly Musings 082 - On Teaching (and Learning) Skills, Not Software
Weekly Musings 083 - On the Importance of Being Alone
Weekly Musings 084 - On Social Media and Data
Weekly Musings 085 - On Bookshops
Weekly Musings 086 - On Making Our Lives More Efficient
Weekly Musings 087 - On (Not) Reading More Books
Weekly Musings 088 - On Reflection Versus Speed
Weekly Musings 089 - On Embracing Your Inner Geek
Weekly Musings 090 - On the (Japanese) Vending Machine
Weekly Musings 091 - On Making an Impact
Weekly Musings 092 - On Cultivating a Digital Garden
Weekly Musings 093 - On the Death of the Post
Weekly Musings 094 - On Simple Software
Weekly Musings 095 - On the Joys of Disconnecting
Weekly Musings 096 - On Walking Amongst the Monuments
Weekly Musings 097 - On Experimenting
Weekly Musings 098 - On Fanciful Technology
Weekly Musings 099 - On Being Constantly Connected
Weekly Musings 100 - On the Effects That Books Have On Us
Weekly Musings 102 - On Exploring Your Surroundings
Weekly Musings 103 - On Carving Out the Time To Do What You Want
The Third 52
Weekly Musings 105 - On Rereading
Weekly Musings 106 - On Analog
Weekly Musings 107 - On Pseudoscience
Weekly Musings 108 - On Outlining and Outliners
Weekly Musings 109 - On Constraints
Weekly Musings 110 - On Portable Technologies Past
Weekly Musings 111 - On the Problem of Reading It Later
Weekly Musings 112 - On Doing Something Because You Enjoy it
Weekly Musings 113 - On the Need to Make Everything Smart
Weekly Musings 114 - On Everything You Do Needing to Be Practical
Weekly Musings 115 - On the Follow Button
Weekly Musings 116 - On How I Might Die
Weekly Musings 118 - On Tool Fetishism
Weekly Musings 119 - On What You Don't Own, Redux
Weekly Musings 120 - On Art, Creating Art, and Craft
Weekly Musings 121 - On NSCA Mosaic
Weekly Musings 122 - On Pulling the Plug
Weekly Musings 124 - On the Phone Booth
Weekly Musings 123 - On the DIY Web, Redux
Weekly Musings 125 - On Digital Footprints
Weekly Musings 126 - On Ad Blocking
Weekly Musings 127 - On Blogging As Thinking Out Loud
Weekly Musings 128 - On Publishing a Letter, Not a Newsletter
Weekly Musings 129 - On the Typewriter
Weekly Musings 130 - On What Users Really Care About
Weekly Musings 131 - On the Fallacy of Doing More
Weekly Musings 132 - On Building Tech For the Masses, Not the Classes
Weekly Musings 133 - On Sustainable Technology
Weekly Musings 134 - On the Perfect Tool
Weekly Musings 135 - On Cover Songs
Weekly Musings 136 - On Feature Parity
Weekly Musings 137 - On Cryptocurrency
Weekly Musings 138 - On Being Tech Savvy
Weekly Musings 139 - On Flying Cars
Weekly Musings 140 - On Distraction-Free Writing
Weekly Musings 141 - On the Second Brain
Weekly Musings 142 - On Information Silos
Weekly Musings 145 - On Technology for the Masses, Not the Classes (Redux)
Weekly Musings 146 - On Thinking Points
Weekly Musings 147 - On Using One Tool For Everything
Weekly Musings 149 - On Needing an App to Do Anything
Weekly Musings 150 - On Urban Oases
Weekly Musings 151 - On Repairing, Rather Than Replacing
Weekly Musings 152 - On Tools for Thought
Weekly Musings 154 - On Needing a "Why"
The Final 52
Weekly Musings 158 - On Memory and Remembering
Weekly Musings 159 - On Having an Exit Plan
Weekly Musings 160 - On Subtraction
Weekly Musings 161 - On Personal Journeys
Weekly Musings 162 - On (Bad) Handwriting
Weekly Musings 163 - On Cooking
Weekly Musings 164 - On Technology Before Its Time
Weekly Musings 165 - On Building Habits
Weekly Musings 166 - On Personal Knowledge Management
Weekly Musings 167 - On Time and How Much You (Really) Have
Weekly Musings 168 - On Maintenance
Weekly Musings 169 - On Being Stuck in the Middle
Weekly Musings 170 - On Low Tech
Weekly Musings 171 - On PKM, Redux
Weekly Musings 172 - On Not Embracing New Technology
Weekly Musings 174 - On Travelling Light
Weekly Musings 175 - On Digital Natives
Weekly Musings 176 - On the Expectations of Others
Weekly Musings 177 - On Choosing the Personal Technology That's Right for You
Weekly Musings 178 - On Change
Weekly Musings 179 - On Doing Nothing
Weekly Musings 180 - On (Software) Alternatives
Weekly Musings 181 - On Relying (Too Heavily) on Technology
Weekly Musings 182 - On Being Good Enough
Weekly Musings 183 - On Jumping Between Tools
Weekly Musings 184 - On Content
Weekly Musings 185 - On Context
Weekly Musings 186 - On Tweaks, Not Hacks
Weekly Musings 187 - On (the Idea of) Chromebooks
Weekly Musings 188 - On the Jukebox
Weekly Musings 189 - On Engaging with What We Read
Weekly Musings 190 - On the 10-Year Device
Weekly Musings 192 - On Libraries (Again)
Weekly Musings 193 - On Paying for Services
Weekly Musings 194 - On Doing the Work
Weekly Musings 195 - On Boring Technology
Weekly Musings 196 - On Social Logins
Weekly Musings 197 - On Stories
Weekly Musings 198 - On RSS (Again)
Weekly Musings 199 - On Technology as a Lifestyle (or Not)
Weekly Musings 200 - On Getting Older
Weekly Musings 201 - On Being a Poly-Not
Weekly Musings 202 - On Visiting Hiroshima
Weekly Musings 203 - On Watches
Weekly Musings 204 - On the Playlist
Weekly Musings 205 - On Expertise
Weekly Musings 206 - On Melding Analog with Digital