There's been quite a few updates lately.

First, Soft Signal now has archives — yay! I've been hesitant to use the automatic archiving system provided by my email newsletter platform. They're lovely, but I've just run into so many situations where content and data is effectively "stuck" in systems controlled by other people. Which means it's a pain in the bum if I ever need to change systems.

This, by the way, is the reason the archives don't include the very first few issues sent out in 2016 (or was it 2015?). Those were archived on Mailchimp and went away when I switched newsletter platforms. However, everything sent from 2022 onward should be there for your reading enjoyment. At some point, there will be an RSS feed for those who prefer following stuff that way, finally undoing all the hard work I did getting rid of my blog 🫠

The booklog has had another update — a big one this time, as I've been reading so many good books. It's halfway through the year and I've already read 31 books, which is more than double what I used to read when I was actually trying to hit targets. Getting off social media helped a lot with this (as I used a habit replacement technique to jumpstart a reading habit), and then switching to physical books seems to have accelerated things. I don't say this to brag, I'm just surprised what a difference it's made considering just two years ago, I wondered if I might have lost that old childhood ability to immerse in a book.

I've jotted some booknotes for a great book on managing energy instead of time, which was compelling and compatible with slow productivity theory, which I am so excited to read the book for.

I stumbled upon a cool silly game called Sandtrix (sand tetris). It sells for a "name your own price", but you can also play in your web browser.

New additions to thinkylinks, but not many because books have taken over my life lately.

There's a lot I've been wanting to write about, but haven't had much of a chance as the manuscript I'm working on is now in its crunch phase before release. You might not hear from me for some time.