Danica Swanson
@danicaswanson
Back in February I wrote about my idea to publish more "unpolished thoughts." Published 7 new essays since then. All very polished. Still looking for a good low-friction way to publish casual snippets (too long for FC/too short for an essay). https://paragraph.xyz/@danicaswanson/what-is-a-digital-incubation-space
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Samuel ツ
@samuellhuber.eth
LinkedIn posts? May work in length. Longish tweets may work or FC/Tweets could be threads
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Danica Swanson
@danicaswanson
Thanks for the ideas! Deleted my LinkedIn long ago, and don't miss it. Would like to delete my Twitter too. Social media threads have a very short half-life. I'd like to group my snippets all together in one spot for future reference/search. Best option may be a separate blog, but I hesitate to start another one.
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Samuel ツ
@samuellhuber.eth
Can you use categories? So that one category is like „shower thoughts“ or something like that. „notes“ etc So that it is clear these are shorter ? Then you could collect them there too
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Danica Swanson
@danicaswanson
Assuming I keep everything on @paragraph (likely my best option), yes, I can do that using tags and/or "communities" (newsletter subdivisions). Still, I hesitate to post unpolished work alongside my more polished essays. Not sure whether the hesitation is about my writing, the platforms, or something else entirely.
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Samuel ツ
@samuellhuber.eth
Is the hesitation about you thinking about how it will fit / be perceived?
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Danica Swanson
@danicaswanson
No doubt that's part of it: "the curse of the overthinker." I rely on those habits/instincts to make a living as an editor, so I'm glad they exist. But I write every day, and very, very little of that work ever gets seen. I'd also like to avoid letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. Appreciate the questions!
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Samuel ツ
@samuellhuber.eth
Same for me with most things. talking to people, texting, programming. Working on getting fine with "good enough" all the time and knowing when/what to actually make perfect. Would be interesting to see how a blog would integrate that as you don't seem to want to be using linkedin/twitter for that
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Samuel ツ
@samuellhuber.eth
@colin so the unlisted may actually be it? or some way to make it seem unformal and therefore make sense to not have perfection in the short form post? Kind of like a public drafts section? not sure on the naming/design
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