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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:

Iron Man: Setting Pride Aside

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:

  1. I can easily take high-quality screenshots for sketching later (I’ll share some sketches next time).
  2. 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.
  3. I now have access to a plethora of comics I would never have purchased but have loved to read!
  4. 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.