Tag: Weekly Notes

  • Weekly Notes 40/2023

    Writing

    I wrote a lot this week. Most of them have been work but I have managed to pull aside some time to write about Scott P Scheper’s version of the Zettelkasten, that he calls Antinet this week. I am exploring Andy Matuschak’s Evergreen Notes this week.

    I also wrote the broad contours of the novel that I will write for NaNoWriMo 2023. Title is TBD.

    I have not written my fortnightly space newsletter in two fortnights.

    I am writing but things are not in kilter yet.

    Reading

    YouTube

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    • The Irregulars (English)
    • Rocky aur Rani ki Prem Kahani (Hindi)
    • Biohackers (German)
    • Reptile (English)
    • Miss Sloane (English)
    • The Pale Blue Eye (English)
    • Wheel of Time (Season 2, English)

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  • Weekly Notes 39/2023

    I missed writing the Weekly Notes for the thirty eighth week and the fifty eighth edition of Pradeep’s Space Newsletter. I caught up with a lot of writing work-wise but not much otherwise.

    It was a fantastic week for reading. I got a lot of reading done and listened to a lot of podcast episodes. This post is just to make sure that I don’t miss more than two in a stride.

  • Weekly Notes 37/2023

    I started reading, physical exercise, and a few routines.

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    • Luther: The Fallen Sun (English)
    • The Gift (Turkish, English)

    Reading

    Books I listened to (on Audible):

    • The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck – Mark Manson

    I read more articles than books to get back in touch with reading:

    YouTube

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  • Weekly Notes 36/2023

    I missed writing the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth edition of these Weekly Notes. These defined my steady decline into procrastination mode. Everything suffered – writing (at work and at home), reading, time spent with family, and many house chores.

    I am trying to get a handle on things again but they are slipping. The flow is very viscous.

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    • Kleo (German)
    • Those Who Wish Me Dead (English)
    • Collateral (web series, English)
    • Who is Erin Carter? (English)
    • God’s Crooked Lines (English)
    • Late Night (English)
    • Nalla Nilavulla Rathri (Malayalam)
    • Satyaprem ki Katha (Hindi)
    • Kohrra (Hindi)
    • Neeyat (Hindi)
    • In from the Cold (English)
    • Jailer (Tamil)
    • Nobody (English)
    • Rough Diamonds (Flemish)
    • AKA (French)

    I managed to Netflix and chill, though a few hours everyday. The above is from the past three weeks and not just the effort of the last week.

    Writing

    Reading

    I am listening to Mark Manson’s The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck on Audible.

  • Weekly Notes 33/2023

    Writing

    I got a lot of writing done this week. I was happy with the progress made in the space and philosophy spirals. A lot of work writing also got done. This is a good foundation for the upcoming week.

    Space

    Philosophy

    Reading

    Reading took a back seat again. But, I bought a bunch of books from the Pune independent book store, Pagdandi. This mostly adds to my TBR book stack. Need to dynamite this stack to get going.

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    I watched the Malayalam movie Padmini, and a horror-thriller-young adult series Lockwood & Co. I would recommend both.

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  • Weekly Notes 32/2023

    Most of the week was spent in the hospital with my 7 m.o. who had a lower abdominal infection. I got little to no writing or reading done this week and all of my focus had been on my 7 m.o.

    Last week, everything was going smoothly at home and work. However, this week has been quite challenging due to the hospitalization. As a result, a lot of tasks have been left unfinished. Today, we focused on catching up with the undone tasks at home, and I’ll soon do the same at work.

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    • Heart of Stone (English)

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  • Weekly Notes 31/2023

    I missed writing the thirtieth Weekly Notes last week. Thejesh had shared in his Weekly Notes yesterday that he writes his notes throughout the week. This does not work for me. I complete a week and then look back at the long threads I worked on. I like to think in terms of spirals.

    Reading

    I am currently reading/listening to:

    1. The Beginning of the Infinity – David Deutsch (audible/physical book)
    2. Doing Great Work – Paul Graham (essay)
    3. Restaurant at the End of the Universe – Douglas Adams (audible)
    4. Passage Meditation – Eknath Easwaran (kindle)
    5. Karejwa (Hinglish) – Varun Grover, Ankit Kapoor, Sumit Kumar

    OTT

    • Maamannan (Tamil)
    • Marcella (English)

    Writing

    I wrote a few things this week

    On this blog:

    On Tumblr:

    https://www.tumblr.com/pradeep/724634655299633152/relevant-screenshots-in-case-x-implodes
    There’s been a Medium post on a chapter of a novel in the drafts that I’m working on. I need to publish that.

  • Weekly Notes 29/2023

    I missed posting the weekly notes for the twenty eighth week. This update is also a good two to three days old.

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    • Ntikkakkakkoru Premondarnn (Malayalam)
    • Janaki Jaane (Malayalam)

    I was sorry to see the series, The Blacklist (English) end on Netflix.

    Writing

    I did no writing other than work-related writing over the last two weeks.

    Reading

    I was reading/listening to:

    • The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Audible, English)

  • Weekly Notes 27/2023

    I missed posting the Weekly Notes for the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth Weekly Notes.

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    I’ve watched:

    • Trishanku (Malayalam)
    • Ayisha (Malayalam)
    • The Net (English)
    • The Vortex (French)
    • Live (Malayalam)
    • The Sinner (English)

    Writing

    I had a lot of end of the quarter deliverables at work that I completed. This was at the cost of some other thinking and writing. After a brief pause because of fever, I got back to writing excited by the Chandrayaan 3 launch date confirmation. I wrote:

    Information Consumption

    After Threads launched, I signed up immediately. I posted this:

    There is no sane way to process the amount of information that we are hit with every day. Trying to consume it all only left me with no time for family, friends, etc. So, I went back to digital subscriptions for The Hindu, Frontline, The Scroll, and The News Minute.

    I read The Hindu for a general awareness of stories. I read Frontline for some in-depth reading of certain stories. I read The News Minute for coverage related to Kerala. I read the Scroll for some of the book excerpts and investigative news coverage.

    For stuff related to work (technical writing) and interests (Space and Zettelkasten), I follow people on social media specific to these interests.

    I have been trying it out for a month and so far, it seems to be helping.

  • Weekly Notes 24/2023

    The Weekly Notes seems to be the only blog post that I have been consistent with recently. All the other writings are cooling their heels in my draft folder. Many of the things that I began recording here have fallen to the way side and recollecting them has not been important.

    I had a section for what I read or listened to this week. I have mostly been re-reading Ryder Carroll’s The Bullet Journal Method. I am reading it keeping in mind the stuff I read of Scott P Scheper on his ANTInet. This is to sharpen the Zettlekasten system inside my bullet journal.

    I had a section on badminton and cycling. All the equipment related to these pursuits have begun gathering dust in different corners of the house.

    I am embarking on a couple of courses related to the work that I do as a technical writer that will keep me occupied at home during the monsoon.