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Note to Self by Gina Trapani
A blog & newsletter about creativity over productivity, by Gina Trapani.
notetoself.studio
Hi friends. Blogging is fun, so I started again. I hope you’ll take a look and follow along at @notetoself.studio
notetoself.studio
notetoself.studio
Definitely Microsoft Teams
Brian Moore's Busy Simulator makes repeating app sounds that make you seem incredibly busy. Which of these sounds make you cringe the hardest?
Busy Simulator
Pretend you're busy by playing a bunch of app notification sounds. Made by Brian Moore.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Definitely Microsoft Teams
Same, going to as many of these as possible
I already enjoy the local handmade holiday festivals but I find my appreciation exponentially growing in an AI era.
November 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Same, going to as many of these as possible
Joyce Carol Oates owning Elon is the only thing I’m sad about missing
November 11, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Joyce Carol Oates owning Elon is the only thing I’m sad about missing
Both the Trevor Project and Trans Lifeline websites have a "Quick exit" feature for when parent or boss walks in: press Esc to switch to weather.com or Google
November 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Both the Trevor Project and Trans Lifeline websites have a "Quick exit" feature for when parent or boss walks in: press Esc to switch to weather.com or Google
All hail Brenda www.tiktok.com/@belligerent...
#ai#excel#accounting#artificialintelligence#brenda
TikTok video by Ada James
www.tiktok.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
All hail Brenda www.tiktok.com/@belligerent...
this new Lily Allen album 🔥🔥🔥
November 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
this new Lily Allen album 🔥🔥🔥
season 3 and still enjoying watching Keri Russell walk with extreme purpose down important hallways in disheveled suits
October 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
season 3 and still enjoying watching Keri Russell walk with extreme purpose down important hallways in disheveled suits
speaking of building apps with AI, Quests is VERY good quests.dev
Quests · The open-source app builder
Quests builds and runs apps on your computer using any LLM
quests.dev
October 22, 2025 at 7:50 PM
speaking of building apps with AI, Quests is VERY good quests.dev
notes on gen AI being remarkable and so very bad at the same time
Measured AI | Note to Self
The extreme hype surrounding generative AI and technologies like LLMs has been exhausting over the last few years. Coupled with fear-based marketing...
notetoself.studio
October 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
notes on gen AI being remarkable and so very bad at the same time
Reposted by Gina Trapani
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
today I wrote code that runs every day to log my current level of email inbox chaos to a spreadsheet with a list of the senders I've ignored the most, there's even a line chart in there
because some days a tiny illusion of control is comforting
because some days a tiny illusion of control is comforting
October 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
today I wrote code that runs every day to log my current level of email inbox chaos to a spreadsheet with a list of the senders I've ignored the most, there's even a line chart in there
because some days a tiny illusion of control is comforting
because some days a tiny illusion of control is comforting
Writing vulnerable things so terrifying / connecting something for someone so gratifying
Really great blog post by @ginatrapani.org at @notetoself.studio
This isn’t practice and there are no do-overs
October 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Writing vulnerable things so terrifying / connecting something for someone so gratifying
Already shelled pistachios - the ultimate luxury
October 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Already shelled pistachios - the ultimate luxury
a phone home screen is a window into the soul
September 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
a phone home screen is a window into the soul
boy everything feeling extra heavy today
in other news, an AI photo editor gave me 3 hands
how’s your day going
in other news, an AI photo editor gave me 3 hands
how’s your day going
September 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
boy everything feeling extra heavy today
in other news, an AI photo editor gave me 3 hands
how’s your day going
in other news, an AI photo editor gave me 3 hands
how’s your day going
Live-editing a website in Obsidian is a true joy, this is my setup with Hugo bsky.app/profile/step...
a quick demo of how I edit my website with Obsidian 1.8
write in @obsidian.md → auto-build jekyll → preview local site in web viewer tab → push to github → auto-deploy to live site
I've been making websites for twenty five years, and this is by far the nicest it's ever been
pt 1/2
write in @obsidian.md → auto-build jekyll → preview local site in web viewer tab → push to github → auto-deploy to live site
I've been making websites for twenty five years, and this is by far the nicest it's ever been
pt 1/2
September 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Live-editing a website in Obsidian is a true joy, this is my setup with Hugo bsky.app/profile/step...
Hi friends. Blogging is fun, so I started again. I hope you’ll take a look and follow along at @notetoself.studio
notetoself.studio
notetoself.studio
Note to Self by Gina Trapani
A blog & newsletter about creativity over productivity, by Gina Trapani.
notetoself.studio
September 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Hi friends. Blogging is fun, so I started again. I hope you’ll take a look and follow along at @notetoself.studio
notetoself.studio
notetoself.studio
It’s weird to live with a giant who used to fit on my forearm
September 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It’s weird to live with a giant who used to fit on my forearm
Had to look up the sex emoji to make sure I wasn’t accidentally texting something untoward
August 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Had to look up the sex emoji to make sure I wasn’t accidentally texting something untoward
FOR THE FANS! before every snack and meal, one of my favorite K-pop Demon Hunters takeaways
a group of cartoon girls are standing next to each other with their arms in the air .
Alt: A group of women standing next to each other with their arms in the air
media.tenor.com
August 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
FOR THE FANS! before every snack and meal, one of my favorite K-pop Demon Hunters takeaways
Boonswoggle (v) a portmanteau of boondoggle and hornswoggle
ie, We’re running late because our preteen boonswoggled me into stopping at Claire’s and buying her face glitter
ie, We’re running late because our preteen boonswoggled me into stopping at Claire’s and buying her face glitter
August 20, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Boonswoggle (v) a portmanteau of boondoggle and hornswoggle
ie, We’re running late because our preteen boonswoggled me into stopping at Claire’s and buying her face glitter
ie, We’re running late because our preteen boonswoggled me into stopping at Claire’s and buying her face glitter
I tend to discount AI chatbots as a fawning junior intern trying desperately to impress me but Harsh Claude and I might be able to get somewhere - wonderful piece
I've been trying to articulate why the fawning, complimentary responses from AI chatbots feel so insidious to me. I've finally figured out how to explain it.
Wrote a long piece on how current model training and design choices threaten our critical thinking skills: maggieappleton.com/ai-enlighten...
Wrote a long piece on how current model training and design choices threaten our critical thinking skills: maggieappleton.com/ai-enlighten...
A Treatise on AI Chatbots Undermining the Enlightenment
On chatbot sycophancy, passivity, and the case for more intellectually challenging companions
maggieappleton.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I tend to discount AI chatbots as a fawning junior intern trying desperately to impress me but Harsh Claude and I might be able to get somewhere - wonderful piece
These egg tealight candles by @jennschiffer.com brought me the highest ratio of delight per dollar of any purchase I've made this year 🍳🕯️
bonus: explaining to my kid that no the candles do not smell like eggs and yes the store is called bugs rock and why
bugsrock.online
bonus: explaining to my kid that no the candles do not smell like eggs and yes the store is called bugs rock and why
bugsrock.online
July 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
These egg tealight candles by @jennschiffer.com brought me the highest ratio of delight per dollar of any purchase I've made this year 🍳🕯️
bonus: explaining to my kid that no the candles do not smell like eggs and yes the store is called bugs rock and why
bugsrock.online
bonus: explaining to my kid that no the candles do not smell like eggs and yes the store is called bugs rock and why
bugsrock.online
look for the helpers johayartist.com
PERSISTERS JO HAY
Persisters is an ongoing series of large-scale portrait paintings depicting trailblazing women in their pursuit of justice at this current time in history.
johayartist.com
July 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
look for the helpers johayartist.com
“July 4th was a bold, dangerous, defiant moral action by a people who were so heartbroken and enraged by abuses of power that they became ungovernable."
July 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“July 4th was a bold, dangerous, defiant moral action by a people who were so heartbroken and enraged by abuses of power that they became ungovernable."