#amprocrastinating — Public Fediverse posts

Technical or academic writers... if you use Zotero for your sources, and if you sync to Zotero ($ but not much $), you get API access to your Zotero stuff - you can just set up an API key.

Which means you can programmatically add a *tag* to all the items you are using in a paper.

And you can export a bib file filtered for the key.

So. then in your paper you can just cite your item (like if you use pandoc [@MyDocumentKey: 22-23] or what now).

Then you can automate the rest: run a script to list the docs you are citing (by citation key - I use Better BibText so I can rename those), and another to refresh your Zotero tags so you can automatically export the CORRECT bib file for your bibliography when you generate a bib file with a filtered list.

Also if you want to procrastinate you can write scripts instead of writing your paper.

#zotero #PyZotero #writing #amProcrastinating

Technical or academic writers... if you use Zotero for your sources, and if you sync to Zotero ($ but not much $), you get API access to your Zotero stuff - you can just set up an API key.

Which means you can programmatically add a *tag* to all the items you are using in a paper.

And you can export a bib file filtered for the key.

So. then in your paper you can just cite your item (like if you use pandoc [@MyDocumentKey: 22-23] or what now).

Then you can automate the rest: run a script to list the docs you are citing (by citation key - I use Better BibText so I can rename those), and another to refresh your Zotero tags so you can automatically export the CORRECT bib file for your bibliography when you generate a bib file with a filtered list.

Also if you want to procrastinate you can write scripts instead of writing your paper.

#zotero #PyZotero #writing #amProcrastinating

Technical or academic writers... if you use Zotero for your sources, and if you sync to Zotero ($ but not much $), you get API access to your Zotero stuff - you can just set up an API key.

Which means you can programmatically add a *tag* to all the items you are using in a paper.

And you can export a bib file filtered for the key.

So. then in your paper you can just cite your item (like if you use pandoc [@MyDocumentKey: 22-23] or what now).

Then you can automate the rest: run a script to list the docs you are citing (by citation key - I use Better BibText so I can rename those), and another to refresh your Zotero tags so you can automatically export the CORRECT bib file for your bibliography when you generate a bib file with a filtered list.

Also if you want to procrastinate you can write scripts instead of writing your paper.

#zotero #PyZotero #writing #amProcrastinating

Technical or academic writers... if you use Zotero for your sources, and if you sync to Zotero ($ but not much $), you get API access to your Zotero stuff - you can just set up an API key.

Which means you can programmatically add a *tag* to all the items you are using in a paper.

And you can export a bib file filtered for the key.

So. then in your paper you can just cite your item (like if you use pandoc [@MyDocumentKey: 22-23] or what now).

Then you can automate the rest: run a script to list the docs you are citing (by citation key - I use Better BibText so I can rename those), and another to refresh your Zotero tags so you can automatically export the CORRECT bib file for your bibliography when you generate a bib file with a filtered list.

Also if you want to procrastinate you can write scripts instead of writing your paper.

#zotero #PyZotero #writing #amProcrastinating

Technical or academic writers... if you use Zotero for your sources, and if you sync to Zotero ($ but not much $), you get API access to your Zotero stuff - you can just set up an API key.

Which means you can programmatically add a *tag* to all the items you are using in a paper.

And you can export a bib file filtered for the key.

So. then in your paper you can just cite your item (like if you use pandoc [@MyDocumentKey: 22-23] or what now).

Then you can automate the rest: run a script to list the docs you are citing (by citation key - I use Better BibText so I can rename those), and another to refresh your Zotero tags so you can automatically export the CORRECT bib file for your bibliography when you generate a bib file with a filtered list.

Also if you want to procrastinate you can write scripts instead of writing your paper.

#zotero #PyZotero #writing #amProcrastinating

I just discovered "filler text" in my writing program! So much fun. Vestibulum vel metus. Donec sagittis velit vel augue. #amwriting #amprocrastinating

I just discovered "filler text" in my writing program! So much fun. Vestibulum vel metus. Donec sagittis velit vel augue. #amwriting #amprocrastinating

I just discovered "filler text" in my writing program! So much fun. Vestibulum vel metus. Donec sagittis velit vel augue. #amwriting #amprocrastinating

I just discovered "filler text" in my writing program! So much fun. Vestibulum vel metus. Donec sagittis velit vel augue. #amwriting #amprocrastinating

I just discovered "filler text" in my writing program! So much fun. Vestibulum vel metus. Donec sagittis velit vel augue. #amwriting #amprocrastinating

Okay, after much #AmProcrastinating, it's time to get some #Spanner #AmEditing out of the way. First off, I'll attack the mess that is Chapter 37.

To keep me on track, I'll have an LP soundtrack. #NowSpinning first: Miles Davis, Bitches Brew.

Okay, after much #AmProcrastinating, it's time to get some #Spanner #AmEditing out of the way. First off, I'll attack the mess that is Chapter 37.

To keep me on track, I'll have an LP soundtrack. #NowSpinning first: Miles Davis, Bitches Brew.

Okay, after much #AmProcrastinating, it's time to get some #Spanner #AmEditing out of the way. First off, I'll attack the mess that is Chapter 37.

To keep me on track, I'll have an LP soundtrack. #NowSpinning first: Miles Davis, Bitches Brew.

Okay, after much #AmProcrastinating, it's time to get some #Spanner #AmEditing out of the way. First off, I'll attack the mess that is Chapter 37.

To keep me on track, I'll have an LP soundtrack. #NowSpinning first: Miles Davis, Bitches Brew.

Okay, after much #AmProcrastinating, it's time to get some #Spanner #AmEditing out of the way. First off, I'll attack the mess that is Chapter 37.

To keep me on track, I'll have an LP soundtrack. #NowSpinning first: Miles Davis, Bitches Brew.

I should be doing homework but sitting outside writing on a foggy morning instead is way too tempting.

#autumn #fog #writing #amWriting #amprocrastinating

I should be doing homework but sitting outside writing on a foggy morning instead is way too tempting.

#autumn #fog #writing #amWriting #amprocrastinating

I should be doing homework but sitting outside writing on a foggy morning instead is way too tempting.

#autumn #fog #writing #amWriting #amprocrastinating

I should be doing homework but sitting outside writing on a foggy morning instead is way too tempting.

#autumn #fog #writing #amWriting #amprocrastinating

I can't decide whether to start my story at the discovery of 'the thing that drives the plot' or end it with its discovery.

#amWriting #writingcommunity #amProcrastinating

I can't decide whether to start my story at the discovery of 'the thing that drives the plot' or end it with its discovery.

#amWriting #writingcommunity #amProcrastinating

I can't decide whether to start my story at the discovery of 'the thing that drives the plot' or end it with its discovery.

#amWriting #writingcommunity #amProcrastinating

I can't decide whether to start my story at the discovery of 'the thing that drives the plot' or end it with its discovery.

#amWriting #writingcommunity #amProcrastinating

I can't decide whether to start my story at the discovery of 'the thing that drives the plot' or end it with its discovery.

#amWriting #writingcommunity #amProcrastinating

My brain keeps giving me new ideas for Science Fiction & Fantasy stories I'll never write.

Latest is a person inventing a technique to look into the future, but the only thing it shows is what their filtered words are on Mastodon. In this way, they can guess what the next catastrophic news event might be.

Last week, it was imagining a witch who draws power from sugar, (a sugar-bender, if you will) activating their ability in the middle of a supermarket. All the packaging and wrappings are shredded as a whirlwind of sugar rises out of the shelves.

Also, what if we could create teleportation toilets? The sewage could teleport directly to the sewage plant instead of wasting precious water to transport it through pipes. Could result in some nasty side effects too, I suppose.

#AmWriting #AmProcrastinating #WritingLife

My brain keeps giving me new ideas for Science Fiction & Fantasy stories I'll never write.

Latest is a person inventing a technique to look into the future, but the only thing it shows is what their filtered words are on Mastodon. In this way, they can guess what the next catastrophic news event might be.

Last week, it was imagining a witch who draws power from sugar, (a sugar-bender, if you will) activating their ability in the middle of a supermarket. All the packaging and wrappings are shredded as a whirlwind of sugar rises out of the shelves.

Also, what if we could create teleportation toilets? The sewage could teleport directly to the sewage plant instead of wasting precious water to transport it through pipes. Could result in some nasty side effects too, I suppose.

#AmWriting #AmProcrastinating #WritingLife

My brain keeps giving me new ideas for Science Fiction & Fantasy stories I'll never write.

Latest is a person inventing a technique to look into the future, but the only thing it shows is what their filtered words are on Mastodon. In this way, they can guess what the next catastrophic news event might be.

Last week, it was imagining a witch who draws power from sugar, (a sugar-bender, if you will) activating their ability in the middle of a supermarket. All the packaging and wrappings are shredded as a whirlwind of sugar rises out of the shelves.

Also, what if we could create teleportation toilets? The sewage could teleport directly to the sewage plant instead of wasting precious water to transport it through pipes. Could result in some nasty side effects too, I suppose.

#AmWriting #AmProcrastinating #WritingLife

My brain keeps giving me new ideas for Science Fiction & Fantasy stories I'll never write.

Latest is a person inventing a technique to look into the future, but the only thing it shows is what their filtered words are on Mastodon. In this way, they can guess what the next catastrophic news event might be.

Last week, it was imagining a witch who draws power from sugar, (a sugar-bender, if you will) activating their ability in the middle of a supermarket. All the packaging and wrappings are shredded as a whirlwind of sugar rises out of the shelves.

Also, what if we could create teleportation toilets? The sewage could teleport directly to the sewage plant instead of wasting precious water to transport it through pipes. Could result in some nasty side effects too, I suppose.

#AmWriting #AmProcrastinating #WritingLife

My brain keeps giving me new ideas for Science Fiction & Fantasy stories I'll never write.

Latest is a person inventing a technique to look into the future, but the only thing it shows is what their filtered words are on Mastodon. In this way, they can guess what the next catastrophic news event might be.

Last week, it was imagining a witch who draws power from sugar, (a sugar-bender, if you will) activating their ability in the middle of a supermarket. All the packaging and wrappings are shredded as a whirlwind of sugar rises out of the shelves.

Also, what if we could create teleportation toilets? The sewage could teleport directly to the sewage plant instead of wasting precious water to transport it through pipes. Could result in some nasty side effects too, I suppose.

#AmWriting #AmProcrastinating #WritingLife

Pikes Peak Writers has an upcoming presentation called "Stop Procrastinating," which they have cancelled and are now trying to reschedule for later 😂

#writing #amwriting #writersofmastodon #amprocrastinating

Pikes Peak Writers has an upcoming presentation called "Stop Procrastinating," which they have cancelled and are now trying to reschedule for later 😂

#writing #amwriting #writersofmastodon #amprocrastinating

Pikes Peak Writers has an upcoming presentation called "Stop Procrastinating," which they have cancelled and are now trying to reschedule for later 😂

#writing #amwriting #writersofmastodon #amprocrastinating

Pikes Peak Writers has an upcoming presentation called "Stop Procrastinating," which they have cancelled and are now trying to reschedule for later 😂

#writing #amwriting #writersofmastodon #amprocrastinating

Pikes Peak Writers has an upcoming presentation called "Stop Procrastinating," which they have cancelled and are now trying to reschedule for later 😂

#writing #amwriting #writersofmastodon #amprocrastinating

Final push to make sense of all the contradictions in this hopeful piece of poo I call my book #amwriting #amprocrastinating posting on #mastodon

Usually, I don’t comment on people’s typos on social media.

However, in a hair group for wavy and curly folk, someone commented on wearing “space bums” in their hair, and I thought that was one of the cutest typos ever, and I had to let them know. 🚀

#SpellCheckWillNotSaveYou
#SpellcheckCannotSaveYou
#AmEditing
#AmProofreading
#AmProcrastinating

Trying to photograph the rats through the holes in the dig box. An absurd number of the photos were of their butts, perfectly framed by the holes, in perfect focus. Only got one or two with their heads visible.

Conclusions:
1) Rats have triangular butts
2) Dig boxes smell really nice, all green and grassy

Still have a cold, but much better today. Actually getting some work done. Playing with rats is the perfect procrastination though.

#rats #Ratstodon #PetsOfMastodon #today #AmProcrastinating

Trying to photograph the rats through the holes in the dig box. An absurd number of the photos were of their butts, perfectly framed by the holes, in perfect focus. Only got one or two with their heads visible.

Conclusions:
1) Rats have triangular butts
2) Dig boxes smell really nice, all green and grassy

Still have a cold, but much better today. Actually getting some work done. Playing with rats is the perfect procrastination though.

#rats #Ratstodon #PetsOfMastodon #today #AmProcrastinating

Trying to photograph the rats through the holes in the dig box. An absurd number of the photos were of their butts, perfectly framed by the holes, in perfect focus. Only got one or two with their heads visible.

Conclusions:
1) Rats have triangular butts
2) Dig boxes smell really nice, all green and grassy

Still have a cold, but much better today. Actually getting some work done. Playing with rats is the perfect procrastination though.

#rats #Ratstodon #PetsOfMastodon #today #AmProcrastinating

Trying to photograph the rats through the holes in the dig box. An absurd number of the photos were of their butts, perfectly framed by the holes, in perfect focus. Only got one or two with their heads visible.

Conclusions:
1) Rats have triangular butts
2) Dig boxes smell really nice, all green and grassy

Still have a cold, but much better today. Actually getting some work done. Playing with rats is the perfect procrastination though.

#rats #Ratstodon #PetsOfMastodon #today #AmProcrastinating

Trying to photograph the rats through the holes in the dig box. An absurd number of the photos were of their butts, perfectly framed by the holes, in perfect focus. Only got one or two with their heads visible.

Conclusions:
1) Rats have triangular butts
2) Dig boxes smell really nice, all green and grassy

Still have a cold, but much better today. Actually getting some work done. Playing with rats is the perfect procrastination though.

#rats #Ratstodon #PetsOfMastodon #today #AmProcrastinating

Today it's raining really hard and I'm in the garage with the door wide open so I can hear the rain while I pack a suitcase for a friend.

She's got a bunch of stuff in storage, and somebody's travelling in her direction. We're taking the chance to get some of this stuff to her.

We've got a sort of stop-motion animation of whatsapp messages going as I send her photos of the suitcase gradually filling up, and she tells me what to add and what to leave out via text 😅

And every now and then I weigh the suitcase because it has to be under 20kg...

I"m supposed to be marking student work but this is so much more fun...

#today #AmProcrastinating

Today it's raining really hard and I'm in the garage with the door wide open so I can hear the rain while I pack a suitcase for a friend.

She's got a bunch of stuff in storage, and somebody's travelling in her direction. We're taking the chance to get some of this stuff to her.

We've got a sort of stop-motion animation of whatsapp messages going as I send her photos of the suitcase gradually filling up, and she tells me what to add and what to leave out via text 😅

And every now and then I weigh the suitcase because it has to be under 20kg...

I"m supposed to be marking student work but this is so much more fun...

#today #AmProcrastinating

Today it's raining really hard and I'm in the garage with the door wide open so I can hear the rain while I pack a suitcase for a friend.

She's got a bunch of stuff in storage, and somebody's travelling in her direction. We're taking the chance to get some of this stuff to her.

We've got a sort of stop-motion animation of whatsapp messages going as I send her photos of the suitcase gradually filling up, and she tells me what to add and what to leave out via text 😅

And every now and then I weigh the suitcase because it has to be under 20kg...

I"m supposed to be marking student work but this is so much more fun...

#today #AmProcrastinating

Today it's raining really hard and I'm in the garage with the door wide open so I can hear the rain while I pack a suitcase for a friend.

She's got a bunch of stuff in storage, and somebody's travelling in her direction. We're taking the chance to get some of this stuff to her.

We've got a sort of stop-motion animation of whatsapp messages going as I send her photos of the suitcase gradually filling up, and she tells me what to add and what to leave out via text 😅

And every now and then I weigh the suitcase because it has to be under 20kg...

I"m supposed to be marking student work but this is so much more fun...

#today #AmProcrastinating

Today it's raining really hard and I'm in the garage with the door wide open so I can hear the rain while I pack a suitcase for a friend.

She's got a bunch of stuff in storage, and somebody's travelling in her direction. We're taking the chance to get some of this stuff to her.

We've got a sort of stop-motion animation of whatsapp messages going as I send her photos of the suitcase gradually filling up, and she tells me what to add and what to leave out via text 😅

And every now and then I weigh the suitcase because it has to be under 20kg...

I"m supposed to be marking student work but this is so much more fun...

#today #AmProcrastinating

Oh? I washed more dishes in a day than I ever have?

I must be #writing!

#WritingCommunity #AmProcrastinating

Oh? I washed more dishes in a day than I ever have?

I must be #writing!

#WritingCommunity #AmProcrastinating

Oh? I washed more dishes in a day than I ever have?

I must be #writing!

#WritingCommunity #AmProcrastinating

Oh? I washed more dishes in a day than I ever have?

I must be #writing!

#WritingCommunity #AmProcrastinating