Weekly Finds: I Think I’ve Finally Figured Out My Format
[Quote] David Allen’s 2-Minute Rule
“If it takes less than two minutes, then do it now.”
[Project] Marvel Stories
I’ve long wanted to write and illustrate my own comic. I’m constantly coming up with ideas for characters, powers, and storylines. Before diving head-first into such a daunting task, I decided to play around with some characters and worlds I’m already familiar with. Here are two of my short stories that I wrote using Iron Man:
Guardians of the Galaxy: Genesis
I’d love some feedback on my style!
[Tool] Facebook Purity
I’ve been pretty disinterested in Facebook for a while now. It’s mostly parents and businesses…This handy web app was recommended by a programmer friend. It lets you open up and edit Facebook getting rid of all the clutter. It’ll even hide posts with pre-selected keywords from your newsfeed.
Now, whenever I go to Facebook, my newsfeed doesn’t show up. It’s let me focus on the few notifications that build up and checking in on friends I actually care about rather than endlessly scrolling through photos of babies and dogs that I’m uninterested in. It’s been a great productivity booster!
[Music] Best of Star Wars Spotify Playlist
This playlist is fun and familiar, and I’ve been using it to study lately.
Another fun bonus is that the play bar morphs into a lightsaber. Spotify has been good about playing to the nerd culture like they did with the Stranger Things playlist.
[Reading] Kindle Comics
I’ve combined the powers of my local library, Overdrive, Kindle, and Amazon to bring free comic books to my iPhone! I was initially super opposed to the idea of reading digital comics, but it has proven fantastic for several reasons:
- I can easily take high-quality screenshots for sketching later (I’ll share some sketches next time).
- It zooms in and takes away the guessing game of which panel to read. You simply swipe and it zooms as is appropriate to read and view the art. It does a phenomenal job.
- I now have access to a plethora of comics I would never have purchased but have loved to read!
- It’s made reading comics much more casual again. I can whip out my phone wherever and jump back into a distant yet familiar world.
