Week 848

What’s this? I’m blogging about my work on a weekly basis – a simple way to track and archive whatever it is I spend my time on.

Last week I focused on hybrid writing, mainly the Geometry Girl project. The hardest part right now is organising (and prioritising) my ideas in a presentable manner, for the outside world and for my contributors. I solved some of it with a whiteboard, some of it with outlining and mindmapping software, and some of it with a prototype for a new website. Cleaning out my desk and inbox helped too; it can be so tough to think clearly sometimes.

It was also the week in which I officially continued the Hybrid Writer’s Podcast, as I published my interview with Arnon Grunberg on Thursday. The format was refreshed: I now break in with narration from time to time, which I feel works quite well (though I’ll have to do it more to get better, obviously). I recorded a new podcast too, with Auke Hulst, on Monday. I plan to edit and upload that one sometimes in May. If you’re interested in writing at all, and your Dutch ain’t too rusty, please add my show to your favorite podcast app.

Somewhat relatedly, I received the latest issue of 609, the magazine of the Dutch Cultural Media Fund, which contains an article I wrote on the cross-pollination possibilities of games and literature, with a starring role for Mr. Grunberg. It’s online too: De vrije modus van het spelen – Hebben literatuur en games iets met elkaar? (When a headline ends with a question mark the answer is usually no, but here it’s a definite yes.)

Finally, in the ‘random’ category, I…

• Visited the NOS on Tuesday afternoon. We talked about the innovation report I made for them a while ago, and tried to figure out if and how we can continue working together (the jury’s still out on that one).
• Was interviewed by Alex Lie-Hap-Po for his podcast Ondernemerspassie on Tuesday night. I’m always happy to share my story.
• Did some work on my #hobbydev game development project, without Hessel this time. I rebuilt the same part again, and it might actually make sense now.
• Experienced some excellent sailing weather on Wednesday, as I rented a boat with Filip and toured the Loosdrechtse Plassen a couple of times.

Average step count per day: 7.077
Average staircase count per day: 15
Average sleep per night: 6:45
Average weight: 89,6 kg