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diff --git a/2023/talks/writing.md b/2023/talks/writing.md index f40ad646..d37115ab 100644 --- a/2023/talks/writing.md +++ b/2023/talks/writing.md @@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ Jeremy Friesen (he/him) - Pronunciation: JERR-im-EE FREE-SEHN, https://takeonrul [[!inline pages="internal(2023/info/writing-before)" raw="yes"]] +<https://takeonrules.com/2023/12/03/emacs-turbo-charges-my-writing/> + I’ve been actively blogging since 2011. In May 2020 I switched to writing my blog posts in Emacs. The numbers don’t lie, I’m writing more than ever, in part because of Emacs. @@ -37,6 +39,59 @@ using Emacs, he observed an explosion in writing, in part because of the joy of using a tool that he can shape and extend to meet his needs and wants. +# Discussion + +## Questions and answers + +- Q: Do you think the line number for writing document kind of + distraction? Especially for notes. + - A:I don't find it distracting; I've been coding for a long + time and those fringes are partially invisible. But help me + orient. + - or, what it brings to you, if we don't have that. + - Given that I'm writing code, prose, documentation, etc, + I prefer to have a common left fring...most of the time. + - Okay. I use (avy-goto-line &optional ARG) for jumping + - I bind C-j to jump to `avy-goto-char-timer`; My C-l is + bound to `consult-goto-line` +- Q: How do you manage private and public data with your zettlekasten. + One of my blockers on putting my zettlekasten on the web is I don't + want everything in it to be public. expeccily fleeting notes + - A: I explicitly export a single page at a time; this ensures the + primary page is something I consider public. + - Q: Do you have anything to prevent private links from getting + accidentally being made publicaly accessible + - The main guard is the "publish this page" function. Under + the hood, private notes are those that I don't specify a + public URL. I do this by way of the `#+ROAM_REFS:` + keyword (technically there are a few other keywords I check + as well; for bespoke historical reasons) on the document. + If it doesn't have that, then an internal link to that item + will not export a public link. +- Q: Is there anything special you're using to go from Org to Hugo + Markdown? This looks like a really nice setup, and I'd like to + give it a try! + - A: <https://github.com/jeremyf/dotemacs> you'll be looking for + jf-blogging.el (also jf-org-mode.el) +- Q: Another font question. What font were you using in eww? + - A: For fixed fonts I'm using "Iosevka Comfy Motion Fixed" and + for variable "ETBembo" +- Q: What's the story behind the name "Take On Rules"? + - A: The blog started as a game rules oriented blog; it was my + time to interrogate rule systems. But over time that drifted; + and once I moved to Org-Mode for writing I settled on an + everything and nothing blog. My + <https://takeonrules.com/about/> has a bit more details on this + - "Anything and nothing." Makes sense. :-) + +## Notes + +- <https://takeonrules.com> (presenter's personal blog) +- When you put your thoughts on the physical world, it actually helps + you to generate more. It's kind of releasing your mind and let your + mind freely be free so from that kind of states you can create + something new + [[!inline pages="internal(2023/info/writing-after)" raw="yes"]] [[!inline pages="internal(2023/info/writing-nav)" raw="yes"]] |