The Bored Horse

Considering today season 1 is live Die hard newsletter readers knows this, but Considering today is transmitting season 1 right now.

I start projects when I’m stressed Last week saw the birth of Considering today, and it’s quite on par with the way I handle stress.

I have news First of all, my agency is now known as Hedengren Agency.

Finding the perfect read it later service Long time followers know that I'm a big fan of read it later services.

Screen size matters I recently helped a friend pick out the right laptop.

Essays lost I had originally planned an essay called Writing on glass for this issue, but then I got a nice little Apple Pencil tip from PenTips in the mail, and GoodNotes decided to revamp their app.

Blocking ChatGPT from stealing your content I don't intend for this site to become a tech blog or anything, but I do feel that this is interesting enough to warrant a quick post.

I'm going to kick this off with a little housekeeping: This newsletter is now sent using Buttondown, a service I've used in the past and trust.

Welcome to the new Bored Horse Hey look, there's a new site here.

Mechanical keyboards ruined me Hi!

The hotel working trick Hi!

The importance of being idle Hi!

I love email Hi!

AI will change the way languages work Hi!

A linkage letter Hi!

Thoughts after returning from a convention table Hi!

Please don't let AI write your emails Hi!

Private dancer Hi!

Email service woes Hi!

Sunday link edition Hi!

Different cities, different people Hi!

On keeping a journal Hi!

If it takes less than two minutes, do it Hi!

On work/life balance Hi!

On getting older Hi!

I used to review games for a living 🎮 Hi!

Single purpose device Hi!

In praise of TXT files Hi!

Popcorn books 🍿 Hey!

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I failed my quarterly goals Remember how I set five goals for the first quarter of this year?

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Does it fit my quarterly goals?

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On the past few weeks I’m not really sure where to begin, looking back at the past couple of weeks.

Substack is even more like Medium now Newsletter platform Substack, covered here previously, has launched an app.

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Dealing with the bleak I’ve gone a whole day without looking at the news, or subjugated myself to doomscrolling the war in Ukraine.

Micropayments will never take off I’ve always liked the idea of micropayments.

Beware of Stripe I’ve been meaning to write this for a couple of days.

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All is not well I’ve spent the past two weeks recovering from, well, something.

AI or bust Hi!

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Writing by hand vs. writing digitally A writing trick I use is alternating input devices, or platforms, if you will.

The internal clock at 7 am I may be sniveling, still, but at least I’m sleeping okay.

Joan Didion Play It as It Lays I’d never read anything by author Joan Didion, except perhaps an essay in a collection I received some years back, when I read about her death just before Christmas last year.