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What should my system be doing for me? How can I better expose my thinking and produce meaningful
results? I've thought before about making paths through the ((digital-garden)) but what would that
look like?

This notes-system is currently my [home-cooked meal][sloan] and not meant for public consumption,
yet.

How does it relate to ((projects/wisps))?

* ~~Mark `draft` notes as such.~~ Table the draft concept for now. Everything here is a draft.
* Look into formatting `code` blocks differently. Syntax highlighting?
* Organize "chains" of notes like [Tom Critchlow does][blogchains]. Do I want the note-system
  running locally to write out these paths for me or show them to me somehow?
* Surface things that have been updated recently to the front.

[blogchains]: https://tomcritchlow.com/2019/07/17/blogchains/
[sloan]: https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/home-cooked-app/


Notes System


## Text

* Trying to put more of my current thinking into my notes and organize them, even a little bit.
* ((projects/wisps))!!

## Code

### Webby stuff

* ((notes-system))
  * Working on a [NextJS]-driven static site that allows for exploring my notes.
  * [The notes site itself][note-site].
* ((projects/wisps))
  * Microbloggy, tumbleloggy thing that is mostly linkspam, written in NextJS and hosted on Vercel.
    Super-addictive combo, them.
  * [The wisps site itself][wisps].

### Video games

* [Gemini Rising][gr]
  * On brief hiatus while I work on games that won't take me four more years to complete.
  * Need to write about that hiatus.
* [Beehive.lua][beehive]
  * Released at <https://github.com/drhayes/beehive.lua>
* ~~Surrender~~
  * A short game that is entirely a boss fight from an earlier game.
  * On hold for a bit.
* [Squeak.lua][squeak]
  * A lua framework for making games.
* [Generic Platformer][platformer]
  * Example LÖVE codebase using proto-Squeak and proto-Squick.
* Squick.lua
  * Don't like that name.
  * Keyboard-accessible UI framework.


[gr]: https://drhayes.io/games/gemini-rising
[platformer]: https://github.com/drhayes/generic-platformer/
[squeak]: https://github.com/drhayes/squeak.lua/
[beehive]: https://github.com/drhayes/beehive.lua
[nextjs]: https://nextjs.org/
[wisps]: https://wisps.drhayes.io
[note-site]: https://notes.drhayes.io


Projects


I don't like Twitter. I deleted my account a few years ago and I'm never going back.

Their irresponsible policies around mass moderation and emphasis on lowest-common denominator,
widest-possible distribution and interest hoovering make them more of a bullying and marketing
platform. No thanks. I want my own place to stick stuff that I'm looking at that isn't stuck in
someone's database to scrape and analyze while manipulating my brain's dopamine production to boost
some "engagement" stat.

What would that look like, given that I'm not really looking for a place to connect to people
(Mastodon?) but more of a "check it out" place that doesn't annoy people too much?

And of course my random experiment is running on NextJS and Vercel. Very addictive combo.

Inspired by <http://leahneukirchen.org/trivium/> and <https://leahneukirchen.org/anarchaia/> before that.

* Next:
  * RSS.
  * About page?
  * Tags?
  * Definitely music.
  * Definitely images.


Some notes about the microbloggy tumbleloggy thing I'm working on.

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