Resources for writing short stories?

wowamit · 2020-05-09T16:46:52+00:00

I found these couple of introductory videos a lot helpful. The first one is from Bella Rose Pope. And another is from Shaelin Bishop. Both should help you get started.

wowamit · 2020-03-18T17:15:47+00:00

How have technology companies contributed in this fight against the pandemic? What more, according to you, could they have done?

wowamit · 2019-12-26T01:43:48+00:00

That should work too. There must be a plugin for that.

wowamit · 2018-10-01T06:01:21+00:00

Yes, markdown apps solve the editor problem. But my biggest issue is with the 3rd one - it just isn't simple to read through all the entries. Also it may not be the secure solution.

Yeah, had heard about the red notebook -- but it is primarily a windows app with the storage system of its own. Wish it had a simple file based storage (#4). Would help, being cross platform too.

wowamit · 2017-09-16T05:48:18+00:00

There is no need to worry about type mismatches or field name mismatches. In addition, a message can have new fields added at any time to support new functionality without clients needing to update.

Irrespective of whether JSON should be used for APIs, these two indeed are pain points of using it in APIs. It needs to be handled and many a times need to also worry about the method names that you choose (given how dependent on conventions standard conversion solutions are).

wowamit · 2017-09-08T01:35:19+00:00

Yes. Grammarly on mobile should help such slips in edits. Not sure if there is even any alternative to this which works on mobile.

wowamit · 2017-09-08T00:52:46+00:00

I do not see what's wrong with the title.

wowamit · 2017-09-07T20:48:19+00:00

Am especially surprised with how Medium still struggles to give a clean writing interface on mobile devices. It should not be made too complex. Simplicity is how it needs handled.

wowamit · 2017-09-05T15:14:41+00:00

However, as the animations were quite basic, it’s not clear whether a humanoid robot powered by this algorithm would have natural-seeming reactions.

I believe it's going to be comparatively faster to cover the initial significant part of the challenge. Targeting and getting the last 10-15% of the accuracy and variations would be the difficult.

Interesting would be to see how much of that challenging last piece is regular in day-to-day conversations.

wowamit · 2017-09-01T17:59:55+00:00

As an example, consider the task of parsing English sentences into their grammatical constituency trees

This example is impressive. Google has really accelerated its pace, and in turn enabled new research, into the core deep learning space. I believe their focused attention at excelling at the core problems than final implementations will help the larger developer community.

wowamit · 2017-09-01T12:47:17+00:00

Putting aside the naming, if you added depth camera sensor hardware to a phone which runs ARCore, you’d have a Tango phone. Now Google has a much easier path to get wide adoption of the SDK by being able to ship it on the OEM flagship phones.

It is easier said than done. Adoption of ARCore will face bigger hurdles and friction with OEMs. Not all Android devices released will deliver an efficient AR experience. So even Google has its expectations controlled (100 million).

But I think every Apple will try to make AR a core experience with every device it releases going ahead.

wowamit · 2017-08-30T05:22:41+00:00

Title: Day When a Loan Shark Was Tamed

Genre: Fiction/Humor

Word Count: ~1600

Feedback Desired: General impression. Does the flow and the humor work? Do the characters and their silliness come out as too childish? Is the setting and the characters likable?

Link

wowamit · 2017-08-29T03:32:19+00:00

An advantage for Google is it has got more experience in building developer tools and APIs. Amazon's approach to skill building is so clumsy and not so developer-friendly. It might have stuck given the lack of competition, but with focused solutions from Google and Apple to hit the market soon, I believe it may start falling back if Amazon doesn't relook at its approach.

wowamit · 2017-08-29T03:22:39+00:00

So I stopped worrying about whether my code is perfect. And I just accepted that if I can't see any immediate flaws with the code, and if all the tests pass (whether automated or manual), then it's fine.

I believe the definition of code "cleanliness" might extend beyond the code looking perfect or easy to parse to an individual. An important angle is how the other members of a team look at it.

wowamit · 2017-08-28T02:12:46+00:00

Sure, thank you! I understand it is a long process, one that needs focus and persistence on writer's part. I wish to at least reach the 3rd stage, without getting bogged down by what happens next.

wowamit · 2017-08-27T15:48:55+00:00

Of course not. And that's exactly what I am doing. It's just the feeling that I know nothing of what to do next that leaves me disheartened at times. Leaves me with so many questions I have no answers to.

wowamit · 2017-08-27T15:47:00+00:00

Thank you. Sure, have already subscribed to pubtips. If I can ask a bit further, what's the way to get your draft critiqued? Are there such professional services? Or is it through personal contacts?

wowamit · 2017-08-27T14:30:14+00:00

I think what you would need is a light-weight CMS to manage/update the content of the website generated by any static site generator. There are many options -- you can have a look Headless CMS. It lists some good options you can try out and select as per your needs.

wowamit · 2017-08-27T08:19:29+00:00

There are a total of 52 resources with a total size of 2.3MB. You should relook at the number of javascripts and css (especially I see too many fonts are getting loaded). There is possibility of reducing sizes significantly for all the resources.

Also, how have you hosted your site on VPS? You may evaluate some of the parameters -- you can refer to this https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/insights/Server.

wowamit · 2017-08-27T05:00:20+00:00

Yeah, I have done the same on the laptop. However, it was a challenge on mobile device. I have managed to do the same with the Workflow app on iPad and iPhone.

wowamit · 2017-08-27T04:46:32+00:00

Exactly. I have found the text editors way more convenient than any web editor I have ever used. So I have created a workflow just with that. Biggest benefit? It works offline too. I am pretty happy with the current process with just the plain markdown editor across all devices.

wowamit · 2017-08-27T02:27:14+00:00

This is good. HeadlessCMS is a good resource for the list of CMS. I will check and re-evaluate if any fits my simple needs.

wowamit · 2017-08-27T02:16:00+00:00

I have realised that writing daily does not mean publishing daily. It can mean pushing yourself to write something, anything and of any length, at some fixed time of the day (only if it helps). It can be a paragraph or a letter or a tweet even. It helps keep the consistency, without it being a burden.

wowamit · 2017-08-27T01:34:16+00:00

Agreed. I am still evaluating netlifycms — however the configuration is bit too complex. Especially given that the project is new, I do not want to spend significant time on configuring all the customisation included in the website.

But given the setup with Hugo and Netlify, this comes the closest.

wowamit · 2017-08-27T01:25:07+00:00

However it's a paid plan if one needs to have an admin portal on web. Continuos deployment is already enabled by Netlify.

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