What’s been going on? Having immersed myself in piles of paper receipts, credit card statements and downloadable interest and dividend statements I got to wondering if I need to claim a business in 2019 given the anticipated renewal of $250 for web hosting due this year?
“The Tau of Steves: What You Don’t Know Could Fill a Book”
“5” Steve Winwood, 71; Stevie Wonder, 69: “Your creativity comes from the connections you make between things, what you choose and how you bring them together.” Taurus
Hi and welcome to Thursday’s Episode 169 in the first season of “My 1-Year Natural Experiment” on this 13th day of February in winter of 2020.
Context
Simultaneously I’ve encountered being locked out of the remaining five websites other than Know Laboratories, which is I’m the master administrator of the multi-site network, by WordPress / Zip Pack.
What else piles up?
Is the ride over or was it just a bad day and night? @knowlabs, my master digital magazine which drives “Fresh from the Labs …” as a benefit for Tier 1 “Balboa Island” Patreon supporters picked up just one new follower moving from 1215 to 1216 this morning.
It wasn’t that long ago when only 800 or so people chose to find my magazines in their personalized feeds.
What’s going on?
Sometimes I’m surprised, but the pattern I notice is competing activities combined with slower story feeds pick up towards Wednesdays and Thursdays.
The topics change according to regional and local news. I blend vacation (Chamber of Commerce Visitors) with local, more mundane stories about what’s it like to live there year round (Realtor Neighborhood Comps). Still when I share stories to LinkedIn here’s what they draw:
LinkedIn Analytics
1842 Followers “A New Year’s Wish” 1 mo. 502 views
Evidence
You know, I’ve always liked your TauBits Steve. And, it’s not just because you’re the celebrity icon representing Emma the Baroness and me. I’m pretty sure you deserve a high score for this Holiday Tau if I understood just exactly it means.
“5” Steve Zahn, 51: “You’re a creative person trying to communicate about a need that goes beyond what word, images, music, tastes or anything you’ve experienced could possibly fulfill.” Scorpio
Random ones that make me want change my sign.
Researcher’s Note: Nope, this isn’t my birthday — still eight and a half months away. Is this meaningful work what Zahn is referencing? I like it.
Today’s Holiday Birthday:
“Here comes the meaningful work — work that’s measured in how far it can take you, also in how far you can take it. Where stop will be an important thing to sense, as you’ll be switching vehicles for the next leg of your journey. Your grateful heart and exemplary hosting skill will contribute to many happy occasions.”
Spot on. I’ll add the pattern and pace of people, places, things, organizations and information accelerating as they pass through our lives.
“5” Steve Winwood, 71; Stevie Wonder, 69: “Your creativity comes from the connections you make between things, what you choose and how you bring them together.” Taurus
Thanks Coach Kerr, I believe anticipation leads to resilience and makes it easier to adapt to whatever change is required rather than falling victim to energy depletion stress brought on by having to always catch up when time runs out.
“4” Steve Kerr, 54: “Change will be a mixed bag. Relax. It’s better when you expect the work without dreading it.” Libra
Good God, I certainly hope you’re right, Steve.
“4” Steve Howey, 42: “The habit you’re trying to form will be worth the persistence. Also, it will get easier.” Cancer
Haha. My LinkedIn Analytics support your supposition, but the peaking of my digital media followers at 1216 gives me pause.
“3” Steve Aoki, 41: “It feels good to deliver something that people want. This is just the beginning.” Sagittarius
End of the Week “Knews” for FOSs
Trends —
Short-Form —
Long-Form —
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- Tau is also used in some contexts to represent the golden ratio, defined as half of 1 + the square root of 5. This number, about 1.618, has shown up all over art and nature, including in defining the shapes of nautilus shells and plants with spiral forms in their leaves or petals. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-tao-of-tau/
- Exulting in his impeachment acquittal, President Trump took a scorched-earth victory lap Thursday, unleashing his fury against those who tried to remove him from office while looking ahead to his reelection campaign.Trump, speaking to a room full of supporters at the White House, declared the impeachment proceedings a “disgrace” and complained anew that it was “a very unfair situation,” echoing his broadsides hours earlier that stunned the crowd at an annual prayer breakfast.“It was evil, it was corrupt,” Trump declared at the White House. “This should never ever happen to another president, ever.”
Progress and Procrastination —
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- Procrastinate while feeling empty after trying to figure out what this nation has become by watching the Senate acquit Trump without calling any witnesses. What’s up with that?
- Every time I get notified about a new software update I feel panic about what it will do to my inspiration files, where my next manuscript is mapped out, like it did to my hypercard files. The manuscript is now mostly upgraded to .isf formats, which will not be supported with the upgrade.
Speaking Volumes —
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- Treating “11 Simple Steps for Finding the Authentic Quality-of-Life You Deserve” as a missing chapter from Volume One, the first 5-book series and a bonus offer, for example.
- There’s the quote today from Kevin Parker on Tame Impala, “The feeling that time has passed and you didn’t even realize it — that’s the driving emotion of this record.” He spoke about being able to see “exactly which chapter I’d finished and which chapter was just beginning.” And, about a recent success that has given him a platform for artistic leeway to do only what he wants.
- The what’s-in-it-for-me in Volume Two is you’ll be able to choose the next organization that offers the right degree of challenge and opportunity in a work culture that brings out the best in you. And, maybe just as importantly when you’re choosing between job offers which one to take and which one to avoid and why.
- From Alvin Toffler’s classic book, “Future Shock” about the pace of change and turnover of people, places, things, (nouns) lead to a hunger for the past nostalgia. “Time and emotion forecasts; intelligent strategies may well prove the only adaptive response to life stress. Life stress is here to stay. In the ‘Transient Age,’ when people, places, things, organizations and information accelerate as they pass through our lives. Transience, novelty and diversity stretch and mutate our limits of adaptability.”
Banking and ATMs —
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- So it helps if you are a founder or a comedian? How does that work on a crowdfunding platform like Patreon?
- Sobering plateauing of digital magazine followers (1215 to 1216) may be serious or a blip? LinkedIn analytics (502 views) feel promising.
Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Inspired by: Holiday Mathis – Creators Syndicate
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