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Oh Yeah…Audiobooks
In 2002, I joined Audible and began binging on Audiobooks. We had recently moved to a new house which tripled my commute to 30 minutes, so I retasked the 15″ woofers in my 16 year old little truck to the … Continue reading
Posted in ponderings Tagged audible, audiobooks, books, reading
Field Notes are Good for Field Notes
Late in 2011, I started doing something I hadn’t done for at least seven years. I started keeping an analog journal. I’ve always been an erratic journaler, more streaky than the tears of a clown. I have seasons of daily … Continue reading
Posted in ponderings Tagged analog, capture, field notes, journaling, writing
That's So Last Year
Long before we had kids, my wife and I were on a trip to the mall. (After you have kids, time with just the two of you is far too precious to spend at such a soulless place.) We were … Continue reading
Posted in ponderings Tagged examen, practices, reflections
Thanks Steve
In 1984, my dad took me to a computer store to see the brand new Macintosh. The salesman opened MacPaint and helped me paint a tree. (I marveled at how the spray paint brush could be used to paint clumps … Continue reading
Posted in ponderings Tagged steve jobs
More Morris Lessmore, Please
Earlier this summer, buzz echoed around the internets about an iPad app called The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. If you haven’t seen it you should. And don’t be fooled into thinking it’s a kids book…adults should find … Continue reading
Posted in ponderings Tagged content, ipad, itunes
The Creative Loop: Movement
In part one of this series, I introduced The Creative Loop and described the stages that exist in the loop: Engage, Capture, and Create. In this part, I will focus on the movement between the stages. It is helpful to … Continue reading
Posted in creativity, ponderings Tagged attending, creative_loop, creativity, drafting, shipping
"Checking Stuff"
“Checking stuff.” That was the standard answer my friend Justin gave to his wife whenever she asked what he was looking at on the laptop. The exchange often happened in the evenings when they were both home. She didn’t understand … Continue reading
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iPad: The First 399 Days
A few weeks ago, I had the idea to write about my shifting thoughts of the iPad in the year since it was introduced. I looked it up, and discovered that the iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010, so … Continue reading
Posted in ponderings Tagged ipad
And Then There Were Links
I had a number of things in mind when I relaunched this site as byJohnChandler.com. One of them, I’ve already spoken about — I wanted to have a site that merged my ponderings with my portfolio. But I also wanted … Continue reading
Posted in ponderings Tagged linkblog, site
What is Your Creative Process?
Yesterday, I received a submission on my initial site questionnaire from a potential client. In the final comments space, she asked me, “What is my your creative process?” I don’t know if this was off-handed curiosity, or a make or … Continue reading
Posted in creativity, ponderings Tagged creativity, workflow
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