I actually write READMEs a bit like Sam describes – onwards, never erased, first-person diary accounts of what I'm trying, where I'm typing it, and what happened. But the case for pen is a good one. (Also: I enjoy Sam's writing).

A whole book about videos of things being made! Also: reading the full blurb at the Duke Press site immediately make me thing about the genre of music gear videos on Youtube affectionately known as Hands Videos…

Good examples of Genchi Genbutsu here (and more on Toyota's processes)

"Genchi Genbutsu (現地現物) means "Go and See” and it is a key principle of the Toyota Production System. It suggests that in order to truly understand a situation one needs to go to genba (現場) or, the "real place" – where work is done."

Eric Heisserer shares some notes on the adaptation of Story of Your Life into Arrival. Some good notes on adaptation (and: a clarification of why it was such a successful one) in here.

This all looks really sane: proper, package-managed WordPress deployment. Except: it relies a lot on slightly unofficial packages, which makes me nervous. Hmn. Filed away for reference.

You know, that's not a bad idea.

Justin's year. What a year. (Also: some days, I wish I saw things better.)

George Saunders on 'story'; watching this, and hearing him talk, I begin to see more about his writing emerges. It's still a mystery, but it feels like a tiny bit more of a known mystery.

"Show up for the work. For me, this means sitting at my loom every day and weaving for at least a few hours no matter what else might be pulling at me in business or in life. I was given this advice early on, in both my studio art education and in writing workshops I attended over the years. This commitment is the gateway to developing a habit, and in turn, a creative practice. The simple repetition of throwing the shuttle across the loom for even an hour has never failed to open up my thinking, ground my anxiety and, ultimately, move the work forward. Even if my thoughts don't dramatically shift, I can walk away from the work and see tangible evidence of a woven yard or two. Affirmation." As if I didn't need reminding. (I bookmarked this primarily, though, for the beautiful photos and workplace.)

I didn't know about this, but Composers' Rooms sounds marvellous; how-we-work combined with music. Brilliant.

JS/webGL sculpting app. Nifty.

"So many traditions of art-making like music, painting, or carpentry, all involve some sense of rejecting formalist intellectualizing in favor of just… "doing." Try to take joy in doing, collaborate with your computer, embrace messiness." Great stuff from Robert Yang.

Looks good: simple cardwall made of Actual Github Issues and with solid Github integration. Free for public projects.