2021 Reading List
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2021 Reading List

Shikake: The Japanese Art of Shaping Behavior Through Design Naohiro Matsumura Published: | Pages:192 My Rating: 4/5 Description: We are living in a time when behavioral change is necessary for our health and survival. Yet we find it exceedingly difficult to transform our own habits, let alone those of other people. Enter Naohiro Matsumura, whose powerful new design method is as astonishingly simple in its logic as it is sophisticated in its psychology. It allows any of us—from UX designers and marketers to concerned citizens and overworked parents—to address challenges in our homes, our public spaces, and our social interactions.As…
CHVRCHES @ The Pageant feat Donna Missal (12/06/2021)
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CHVRCHES @ The Pageant feat Donna Missal (12/06/2021)

Back in 2019 after going to see Sigrid live, I decided I really wanted to go to more concerts. I even started planning to maybe try to go to Lollapalooza at some point. Then well, the world fell apart, and there were no concerts really for a while. Things are still kind of falling apart but they are better for people making an effort to make them better (though that's a subject for another post). I did manage to make it to another concert. I even have one, maybe more lined up for 2022 already. This time it was CHVRCHES.…
CHVRCHES – Screen Violence
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CHVRCHES – Screen Violence

CHVRCHES - Screen Violence Cover Released - 2021.08.27 Note: I started on a general CHVRCHES write up I intended to post first but because I am a slacker, I didn't finish it yet. Screen Violence is the fourth full studio album from CHVRCHES, and the first that I've gone through a "release cycle" for.  It was preceded by three singles, He Said She Said, How Not to Drown, and Good Girls.  The videos all share a sort of kaleidoscope motif similar to the video for Gun.  I suspect this was done somewhat out of necessity due to COVID and travel…
New Desktop PC
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New Desktop PC

My new desktop I mentioned at the end of my last post arrived. I am fairly good about adjusting my workflow when changes or upgrades happen, but this particular change in it's nature, is incredibly disruptive. My whole process kind of stems out from a source, which for the most part, is either my laptop or my desktop. If I were to get a new laptop, not much would change. Most of that workflow runs off of shared drives or cloud files. On the base level, the desktop works the same way, the real trick I get to deal with…