Ha. Just tried to upvote your comment and opened your profile instead. Still appreciate the information density, but I can see how it’s a pain for people who are more active here than I.
It might not be worth it to you, but you might try a slightly better quality printer paper. I’m using a generic store brand premium laser/inkjet paper (24 lb/90 gsm), and I’m not getting any bleed through or feathering. It costs more than normal printer paper, but handles ink well and goes on sale often.
I’m with you. Although I recently started writing a lot more than usual. I ended up buying a used wire binding machine. I’ve been making notebooks with nice printer paper and cardboard from cereal boxes recently. It’s worked surprisingly well, although I may get a better source of cover cardboard soon. The nice part is that I can make notebooks of any size and any paper (like watercolor paper for sketchbooks) with lots of pages. Much simpler than sewing the binding.
This is a great example of the thing that happens a lot: There's the hobby or primary activity (in this case: writing on nice paper) -- and then the all-consuming DIY-hacker-ethos activity of needing to build or modify everything associated with the activity.
I'm glad YOU are happy, and I absolutely understand that you aren't doing this, but a super common thing is that someone mentions a hobby -- pens and notebooks; home espresso; motorcycles -- and is then deluged with instructions about how they should do a bunch of stuff that's really part of the second order hobby (the DIY stuff) and not about the main activity.
I just want to make coffee, or ride my motorcycle, or have good pen and paper options. I don't need to
- Hack a chinese grinder instead of buying a turnkey device; or
- Modify a bunch of stuff on my motorcycle when it works just fine as it is; or
- Make my own notebooks
But if you're happy doing these things, bully for you!
I pretty much just tried a bunch of different things until they worked, so I don't have anything to link just yet. I'll make a post on my blog (https://leite.dev) about it tonight and reply again with the link once it's live.
Are you at a firm? I’d encourage you to ask the people on your team. It wouldn’t be a weird question to ask a fellow associate (or if you are comfortable, the partner).
You also want to make sure you understand your firm’s email archiving and retention policy. Some firms have specific controls in place (systems that delete uncategorized emails from your inbox after a certain amount of time).
I worked on M&A deals, but doing the IP/Privacy support and not running the whole deal. My structure while working at a bigger firm, which wasn’t perfect, but worked, was to have a folder for each client and a folder for each big client project/deal. Then just keep moving emails to each project folder as they came in. I didn’t really trust rules to do it for me automatically, but that’s just me.
I also set up Outlook to file reply messages in the folder where the original email was. Then I would generally respond only after I’d move the email.
I feel like I’m rambling now, but in case this is remotely helpful, here are a few other thoughts/pain points:
1. I kept my tasks list separate from my inbox.
2. Hot keys are great, especially for moving to folders and finding emails in a thread. There’s not much you need a mouse for after a while.
3. Moving emails to folders is slow if outlook has to populate the huge list of potential folders each time. If you have lots of clients, it may make sense to split things up alphabetically first (Clients A-G in one folder, etc.).
4. This system was also helpful for syncing emails to the correct folder in the firm document management system, which is a whole separate conversation.
Feel free to disregard, but I figured I’d pass along my system, as it seems to be pretty different from what I’m reading here. Firms are interesting animals, especially where record keeping is involved.
Seems like this is being downvoted, but I’d be interested in hearing more from both sides on this. I’ve only played around with trivial Clojure programs and don’t know anything about the pains (or joys) of “real world” applications. Any good discussions on this somewhere?
Personal favorite, I actually think it links well to this discussion of earnestness.
- Man on Pink Corner
A bar story, the characters are a bit rough on the edges. Action packed.
- The Lottery of Babylon
Mystical world where a
lottery runs everything.
- Three Versions of Judas
This is a good example of Borges combining non-fictional and fictional elements, he is doing a critical analysis on a fictional author be made up regarding the “real” role of Judas.
- Deutsches Requiem
Part of his explorations on fascism and nazism, written contemporarily (1946) so it has a bit more rawness.
- On Exactitude in Science
The title well describes this short piece.
- In Memoriam, JFK
Also short and incredibly well-written.
- The Zahir
The Zahir creates obsession, to the point of driving the obsessed insane.
That's an interesting point. To add to it slightly, maybe the goal is to create a healthier community. Without the guilt or annoyance you mention, it is possible for both the donor and the recipient to maintain a positive relationship going forward (less of an ongoing power dynamic or bitterness).
My guess would be that when these levels developed, most giving was within a close knit community.
Definitely. In the U.S. at least, there were literally laws in place prohibiting merchants from mentioning credit card surcharges or changing prices accordingly, although details varied by state. Supreme Court ruled against one a few years ago on a free speech basis [1]. Now more, if not all, are being challenged.
