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Tags (or are they categories?)

Here on substack, “tags” not the normal tags those of us who have been chronically online for 30 years think of as tags. They are more like the classic “categories” toxonomy of wordpress and other standard platforms. Why substack devs decided to call categories “tags”...

Hurricane Part 2 (10/7/2024)

I’m in a safe zone but the whole state is under siege…Milton’s Paradise Lost… Part of me doesn’t even know what to say about this. It is already one for the history books, which only four or five days ago was estimated to be a completely unnoteworthy...

Work With Me!

If not, why not? Feeing overwhelmed? Suffering writer’s block? Can’t hit a deadline with a truck? No idea how to schedule your writing time, or organize your writing projects?I’m the cure for analysis paralysis!“KimBoo is a great help for getting on with getting work...

What's the Worst that Could Happen?

What discovery writers should do when we get stuck!Hey y’all, it’s KimBoo! I’m an author and a podcaster who is also a librarian, text technology historian, and former I.T. project manager. I write about a lot of interesting things, I hope you agree! Please consider...

Waiting on the Storm

Just a short update and thoughts on hurricanes…Pre-storm PTSD incoming…I’m glad I recognize it for what it is, these days, but it still sucks.TS Debbie will barely be a Cat1 (if that) when it lands, and in Florida we generally call that “rain...

They've Gone and Made a Hash of It

Why our reliance on hashtags is working against us, at least for now…Hey y’all, it’s KimBoo! I’m an author and a podcaster who is also a librarian, text technology historian, and former I.T. project manager. I write about a lot of interesting things, I hope you...