started biosejo

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+# biosejo
+
+a chronological account of {sejo}'s life and research.
+
+# 12022
+
+## Here we go: Intro, research and notes 
+
+In which I introduce {biosejo} and talk about my plans regarding research, note-taking, and movement.
+=> ./biosejo_120220503.gmi {biosejo 120220503}
+
+# subscribe
+
+updates here are replicated in the {log} and the multiple feeds it has.

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+# Here we go: Intro, research and notes - biosejo 120220503
+
+In which I introduce {biosejo} and talk about my plans regarding research, note-taking, and movement.
+
+# Intro
+
+I tend to enjoy writing in chronological posts. 
+
+Now that I think of it, I've done that in several instances for a period corresponding to at least half of my life.
+
+Here in the compudanzas site I've been exploring a {wiki}-like structure, because non-linear arrangements, and specifically hypertext-based ones, have attracted me for a long time as well. I hadn't had the chance to explore this until I received plenty of inspiration from the Merveilles webring, especially from the XXIIVV wiki.
+
+=> https://webring.xxiivv.com/ Merveilles webring
+=> https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/home.html XXIIVV
+
+I have enjoyed the process a lot. I even started a digital Zettelkasten now, to create a living archive of my knowledge that I can explore to find new insights (more on this below).
+
+However, I also enjoy reading other people's chronological posts. I was okay reading them, not writing them, until... something (relevant) changed.
+
+I'm starting a predoctoral research position focusing on playful applications of computing to improve proprioception and movement!
+
+We have yet to move to another country in another continent. Meanwhile I've been reading, noticing that this would be a great time to improve my long-term retention of what I read, and therefore deciding to improve how I actually read and learn.
+
+This is where the Zettelkasten comes into play, but I'll talk more about it in a moment.
+
+The thing is that I decided that it would be a great exercise for me to linearize here not only my research, but also the surrounding events (aka "life"). On one hand I love knowledge-sharing, on the other this could be a way to keep close people (that will now be relatively far away) in touch with what I'm living, and on the third hand (or first foot?) I find this could be a great way to practice my writing.
+
+My intention is to write and share here once a week.
+
+# The Zettelkasten
+
+Very simply put, the Zettelkasten is a method to take and organize interconnected notes that tend to represent someone's knowledge. You can read more about it in the following link; these past few days I've been reading many of those posts!
+
+=> https://zettelkasten.de/posts/overview/ Getting Started - Zettelkasten Methon
+
+I decided to start one because I realized that for my preliminary readings for the PhD program I wasn't really taking meaningful notes.
+
+Additionally, because what I'll be doing will be super interdisciplinary: relating movement, psychology, social sciences, philosophy, neuroscience, and also computer science and electronics, I thought that I would need a way to make sense of all this and to avoid getting lost.
+
+I had read about the method already, but now I went deeper and then started with a simple system based on plain text files. The automation and ergonomics will come later whenever I start feeling friction.
+
+My objective here is to improve my reading, being more deliberate about it. I tend to read relatively fast, sometimes just skimming, and I kind of "get" the main points, especially when I talk with my partner about them. 
+
+However, I notice I could get a lot more out of reading if I take a more attentive and careful approach, creating and tending notes, interconnecting them with previous ones. Also, I can see how this can lead to longer-term retention and knowledge creationg.
+
+I'm excited about it!
+
+# Movement and less screens
+
+Lastly, I want to share that I'm currently going through a process of simplification. Following a relatively common trend in my circles, I want to spend less time online, and less time in distraction (procrastination disguised as distraction?).
+
+For the zettelkasten I'm taking notes in paper first, and I'm also using paper notebooks to organize my ideas. This very post was outlined in paper!
+
+Also, the text-based focus of what I'm doing right now means that I can use my main computer in "text mode" or "console mode", and that I can use my android tablet with termux and a keyboard to have a similar and more portable writing experience.
+
+=> https://termux.com/ Termux
+
+I'm also getting back to {running} and moving, and I'm being more deliberate with my on-screen time by using a timer.
+
+It has been great to alternate focus with breaks, in contrast to being aimlessly in front of the computer for a long time!
+
+I'm really excited about all this and what's coming next.
+
+I reiterate my intention: See you next week!

src/log.txt

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+2022-05-03T18:00:00-05:00	here we go: intro, research and notes - biosejo	{biosejo 120220503}
+2022-05-03T17:00:00-05:00	started biosejo: a chronological account of sejo's life and research. 	{biosejo}
 2022-04-22T14:00:00-05:00	new version of our introduction to uxn e-book with the screen auto byte and other updates in varvara devices	{introduction to uxn programming book}
 2022-04-07T20:00:00-05:00	released jarotsim, a playground for the discovery, exploration and livecoding of turing machines	{jarotsim}
 2022-04-02T12:00:00-06:00	started developing jarotsim, a playful tool to explore and livecode turing machines	{jarotsim}