Archive - Ponelat's blog

Resting is great, but getting the urge to do something is better.

Jun 29 •

May 2025

if you don't make time for the big things, the little things will eat it all up.

May 21 •

April 2025

Journey into the Great North

Quitting a ten year career to take summer jobs in Canada

Apr 30 •

March 2025

Are you almost agentic?

Choosing goals and completing them, builds my agency muscle.

Mar 5 •

December 2024

An antidote to burnout

On adjusting the scope, so that it can be finished.

Dec 28, 2024 •

November 2024

Potential. It kinda sucks

Potential for its own sake is bad

Nov 4, 2024 •

September 2024

Why aren't we living in Bret Victor's world?

Discovering Bret's principle of immediate connection

Sep 21, 2024 •

August 2024

Pacing, in 3 minutes 38 seconds

A breakdown of pacing in an animated music video and how to apply it to my own non-fiction writing.

Aug 18, 2024 •

July 2024

Keep the silence for big moments

How silence marks the occasion by emphasizing the events leading up to it

Jul 31, 2024 •

Marketing jargon on landing pages

Playing catch-up with end users

Jul 17, 2024 •

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