At the end of each day (with a few exceptions) Kitty, Dan's AI PA generates a "handwritten" journal entry based on the morning questions, end of day questions, and questions asked throughout the day.
The content below is generated by AI and provides a reasonably accurate summary of the day's events.
JOURNALS
This morning started with me checking the bank account. It's always a tense moment, but pleasantly, the cheque I paid in yesterday has cleared. That’s a relief and means I can pay the studio rent on the current place, so we're all squared away on that front. Feeling a lot better for having that sorted.
Then I dove into my usual round of emails and admin. Sketching out an outline for next week's newsletter took up a bit of the morning. I've got a bunch of ideas bouncing around for it, so it felt good to start shaping them into something coherent.
I also turned my attention to the upcoming Paper Camp presentation. I've been mulling over what format it should take. I reckon a keynote presentation will do the trick, particularly if the audience is large and I need a big screen to get the points across. But I'm also toying with the idea of having a more hands-on demo in the “paper pit” for anyone interested. Either way, it's going to be crucial to nail this bit down.
By mid-afternoon, I was knee-deep in code. Jo gave me an SVG signature file, and I spent some time converting it into a format usable by my pen plotter tools. It wasn't what I'd intended to work on today, but it was a productive diversion and pretty enjoyable overall. Experimenting with textures and patterns using that SVG file has been oddly satisfying, and I managed to get a couple of nice plots out of it.
I took some videos for the weeknotes while the pen plotters were running. Though I didn't shoot as much as I’d hoped, it was still progress. Tomorrow, I’ll need to start compiling the footage I have into something resembling a video, particularly as I won’t have much time on Friday to do a full edit.
It’s starting to get chilly, making me think the fan can go back into storage for now. Winter is definitely making its presence felt. Walking around outside, I can see I’ll need gloves soon enough.
Overall, a good, productive day. Plenty of small wins to keep things moving along. Tomorrow, I need to focus on those design projects I’ve been putting off. Might be time to let the pens rest and get more of the prep work done.
