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 048 - On Slow

Weekly Musings 049 - On Tokyo

Weekly Musings 050 - On Preserving Local History

Weekly Musings 051 - On What's New Being Old Again

Weekly Musings 052 - On Fetishizing Notebooks

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 101 - On SEO

Weekly Musings 102 - On Exploring Your Surroundings

Weekly Musings 103 - On Carving Out the Time To Do What You Want

Weekly Musings 104 - On Algorithms

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 117 - On Wikis

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 143 - On Place

Weekly Musings 144 - On Radio

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 148 - On Less

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 153 - On Mars

Weekly Musings 154 - On Needing a "Why"

Weekly Musings 155 - On Doing Things Wrong

Weekly Musings 156 - On the To-Do List

The Final 52

Weekly Musings 157 - On Email

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 173 - On Lists

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 191 - On Goals

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

Weekly Musings 207 - On Software Minimalism

Weekly Musings 208 - On Criticizing Tech