Hugh Macleode writes the global microbrand rant and mentions something I’d like to achieve: Live decently at 2% of the stress level of urban life. I’m currently at 80% of the stress level during 8 months a year, at perhaps 5% for the remaining four months. And that’s already pretty good, I think. 😄
So how would I do it, what am I good at? I like to work on Oddmuse, hack Oddmuse configurations, write CSS for Oddmuse, and produce websites for other people. I also know that I’m good at SQL and talking to people. What a weird collection of talents. I’m also a pretty fast reader.
I remember that I once had a page where I tried to write an intro page “Internet for Women” where I imagined myself selling wiki setups to middle aged women in their forties and fifties. I tried to think of the ones I knew, they seem to like my style, some of them have a family, some of them have a job, they don’t like to handle computers, they’re still interested in the Web, they don’t chat or email much, etc.
Using a silly title in terms of technical correctness (Internet ≠ Web) and emancipation (as if Women were per se somehow Internet challenged) allowed me to focus on the target audience while writing and rewriting. I abandoned that page and that little idea of mine, by the way. All that remained is my current “beige-red” CSS. 😄
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