Got up again this morning for a ride. Day 2/2. Roads were wet from overnight rain. Lots to think about but I blotted it out with an episode of the Square Ball podcast. Heading to Blacksburg this afternoon to help Colin move to a new spot across town.
Played around with Notion AI to enhance my blog posts. I say, “clean up grammar and spelling” and it rewrites the whole thing. Fun to watch, but so far I don’t like the way it makes my “voice” feel generic. So right now AI is still just a spell checker. The AI is pretty good at helping write meta descriptions and summaries for the SEO side of blogging. I may try using it for headlines too. I dunno.
Reads:
- George Saunders, Congratulations, By the Way: Some Thoughts on Kindness, 2014
- Grabbed this off my county library app without knowing what it was. Turns out it’s about a 10-minute read – adapted from a graduation speech he gave some years ago. Reminded me a little of Kurt Vonnegut.
I listened to “congratulations, by the way”. Nice thoughts. Noticed that A Suzanne , on FB, always leaves a positive, kind responses to many posts by her followers. Thought it a good way to be. Really aren’t going to change anyone’s mind on something or the other. Just be positive.
Hope you have a smooth move in Blacksburg. Hi to Danette, Colin and Marcus.