Category: Weeknotes 🗓️
A weekly missive from the virtual desktop of Jay Springett. Begun as an attempt to cultivate a regular writing and posting rhythm. Weeknotes newsletters cover what I’ve been; reading, doing, thinking about, and include links recommendations, a good meme and more. Every week without fail.
1Two Birthdays
I’m in Poland for Unsound Festival. I’m writing this from my hotel room. Full report next weekend. I
I Think I Will Cause Problems On Purpose
I Bought Untitled Goose Game at 9am on launch day last week. I’ve been going on about it to anyone that will listen. Most ‘Gamers’ in my life think the whole premise sounds dumb. But really it is they who are dumb.
It Was Simple Enough
Yeah Boi! 101 posts! I thought it might be fun to go back to post 000 from back in the heady days of my late 20’s and review: its july 2012 and i turn 27 this month. i thought maybe its about time i started a blog.. 000: seems simple enough Good for you. Why don’t…
Start Select Reset Zine – Your Attention Is Sovereign
This first zine is a collection of transcripts on the attention economy, social media, and device use that have emerged as a recurring thread thought making permanently moved in the last 18 months.
Social Media Planning
I’ve been doing a lot of life admin this week. Crossing T’s, dotting I’s, sorting out tax rebates and chasing invoices etc. It might sound vein or narcissistic but the main thing I’ve done this week is that I’ve put a lot of thought into my social media strategy. But then again its 2019 and…
Double Donald’d
I was hoping to round out this week with a DIY repair success. This morning I tried to replace the broken USB port on my Blue Yeti Microphone.
Half formed thoughts On ‘Ralphing’ and Compass Memes
This week feels like the week that the weird Accelerationist political 4×4 compass meme levelled up out of cave twitter and went into wider consciousness.
One Step Forward Two Steps Back
Well, after talking how much better my mental health was last week. This week has been dark and terrible. I don’t want to talk about it.
Micronutrients
I’ve had the lurgy again this week. Maybe I picked it up some of whatever eve had last week but fought it off. Its been a whole week of feeling around 80% and then doing something like walking into town and having to abort the mission to go home back to bed and sleep it…
Birthday!
It was my birthday this week. I spent the day melting in the record breaking heat. Eve got me the Folio Society edition of Dune. It’s wonderful.
Back From Sonar(+D) – Mega Post
I attended Sonar+D Last week to take part in a panel on ‘Tales of the Next Internet’. I spoke alongside cybersecurity journalist Marta Peirano, researcher and activist Xenia Ermoshina, with the panel moderated by Ash Sarkar.
July Vibes
Regent’s Park was looking particularly lovely – tho we had to be careful not to get absolutely baked by the sun.
Back from the Wedding
Last night was the launch of The Brazen Vessel 10 years of Collected Works from Alkistis Dimech ☩ Peter Grey of Scarlet Imprint at Treadwells.
Sunsets In Istanbul
Right now I am in Istanbul with Eve. Yesterday night was Benedict and Mina’s wedding.
Notebook share – Being a ‘List Guy’
I have always been a ‘notebook guy’ – since I was about 16 . I carry one and a parker jotter pen literally everywhere.
Back from Bordersessions
I had barely recovered from last weeks unexplained lurgy and then headed off to the Netherlands once again to The Hague to give a talk – this time at bordersessions. Here’s my Trip Report:
