diff --git a/archetypes/default.md b/archetypes/default.md index 00e77bd7..e379ce54 100644 --- a/archetypes/default.md +++ b/archetypes/default.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- title: "{{ replace .Name "-" " " | title }}" +emoji: ❓ date: {{ .Date }} draft: true --- diff --git a/content/curiosities.md b/content/curiosities.md index c8354562..3aae0fac 100644 --- a/content/curiosities.md +++ b/content/curiosities.md @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ I'm a thoroughly [miriscient](https://www.miriscient.org) chap, and this often e ## Words and writing -* I created a word to fill a hole in the vocabulary I had to describe my _miriscient_ friends. Read or listen to 📖[the story on medium](https://medium.com/miriscient/miriscience-5e342ff198f5). +* I created a word to fill a hole in the vocabulary I had to describe my _miriscient_ friends. Read or listen to 📖[the story right here](/posts/miriscience). * During the pandemic I built 🐌[slow.fyi](https://slow.fyi) so I could write to friends old and new without pressuring them to reply or be rude. * I published a book, 📔[A lighter side of Africa](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lighter-Side-Africa-Paintings-Michael/dp/0993324908/), with my brother and Dad which showcases the artwork of a now sadly deceased Zimbabwean family friend, Michael J. Allard. diff --git a/content/posts/communicating-slowly.md b/content/posts/communicating-slowly.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3ff6affb --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/communicating-slowly.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +--- +title: "Communicating Slowly" +date: 2020-07-29T19:49:19Z +draft: false +emoji: 🐌 +tags: +- microsite +--- + +I've built a microsite called [slow.fyi](https://slow.fyi). It is a single-purpose, small, and simple page designed to let people (myself very much included) let those I send messages to that receiving a reply would be _appreciated_ (rather than being expected). + +Particularly now the stresses of our own lives are unpredictable, let alone those of our friends we're not regularly in touch with. I've been using "[slow.fyi](https://slow.fyi)", literally written like that on Signal/Whatsapp/email/etc., as a way to demonstrate a lack of pressure in long or short messages I've been sending to friends. Perhaps you'll find it useful too.