Grayson

@me.graysonarts.com

Screenwriter | Director | Producer | Actor | Local 600 Cinematographer Three Dollar Bill Cinema Board Member https://me.graysonarts.com/

I've been working on an webapp for managing my life, and it includes a digital morning pages module that allows me to write in the morning, and keeps track of my word count. Goal is 750 words every day to clear my brain. The entries are locked afterwards, no ability to read them (for now).

A screenshot of an application for writing morning pages with a target of 750 words. The streak counter shows 4 days of writing morning pages

Wow. I just got my official acceptance letter, and the initiation fee to join the union is $20,000. Like what? That's more expensive than the DGA. And with quarterly dues of ~$600 and 1% of gross revenue.

I saw "Project Hail Mary" last night. My take is that it was about 45 minutes too long, and could have used tighter editing. The story was simplistic with some obvious plot holes and the humor was basic. Ryan Gosling gave a great performance, and it was beautifully shot. A solid B- in my book.

With my new position, I've had to learn "agentic coding", I'm a kinesthetic learner, so I've been using it for a side project. One side-effect of this has been that, now, on side projects, I actually spend the time specing out in detail what I want to build.

I’ve been using Claude as a productivity coach for the last few weeks and I’ve learned a few things that I’m going to probably turn into a guided journal for my adhd. It’s been good at helping me see patterns

Next week at my new job is what is called "Vibes Week" which is really just an all hands week. I'm going to make some chocolates to share with the office. I need to make 50 or so.

Starting a day job again in the new year. I've always been a notetaker because my memory is shit. Debating between Circa/Arc/TUL notebook + nice pen, and a Supernote Nomad (one is clearly more expensive than the other). I use obsidian for long term thinking, but for work notes? #papervsdigital