Sunday, April 14, 2024

I have to remind myself how dumb it is to spend time inventing a "use case" for a bit of software, just so I have an excuse to play with it. It should be the other way around: "Hey, I need to do this important thing, what software (that I don't already have) would work best for doing it?"

It occurred to me today that there are similarities between blogging and photography when it comes to which tools I choose at a given moment. Lately I have been much more into the film photography process and have been avoiding digital. Analog photography is more work, prone to error, and less convenient. But, when it works, I really love the results. And I love having the artifacts. This is how I feel about using Tinderbox for my blog. It's a pain. It can break at any time. It's way less convenient than just clicking Publish in, say, Scribbles. But I enjoy the process, the results, and having a document containing all of my notes forever. Tinderbox:Film=Scribbles:Digital I guess. Reminded me of an earlier post/quote: Convenience and meaning

I've added a list of backlinks to each post (if any exist) at the bottom of individual posts. The drawback to using the built-in Tinderbox linking is that they aren't exported as links if the target has HTMLExport disabled. I usually disable export for older posts because it speeds up exports. We'll see how it plays out.

This was a lot of fun, and quite sweet. No real surprises, but I was smiling throughout most of it. Olivia Colman is the greatest.