Phoenix [she/they]

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Cake day: June 29th, 2023

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  • I use it for all the reasons you’ve mentioned. I especially write down recommendations, ideas, thoughts that felt worth noticing, anything I think I’m going to forget that doesn’t go on my calendar or somewhere else, and braindumping/processing my feelings.

    I use an app called Logseq, because it combines the things I wanted from some of the other main apps in one place, which none of the other apps manage to do all of:

    • Outliner structure like Notion or Roam or Workflowy lets you have (my brain requires this format when taking notes)
    • Super fast page linking search, which Notion kinda sucks at but others are better at
    • Data is stored on my computer, like Obsidian; not in the cloud. It’s stored as markdown (ish) by default.
    • Automatic daily page created for each day, like Roam
    • Mobile app is almost 1-1 feature parity with the desktop app, like Notion
    • Open source (mostly)

    Logseq does have a moderate amount of rough edges, and has been frustrating from an open source perspective at times (I’ve had PRs linger for over a year before just getting rejected because they didn’t want to bother with it), but it’s still the one I like the most.

    FYI though syncing between devices with it is still pretty shaky. They have a native sync for $5/mo that is getting reasonably good, and is in beta. Syncing files via other means is kinda risky/not-great UX.









  • From the same people as FTL, Into The Breach is one of the only games I consider a “perfect game” — there is almost nothing about it that could be improved without it just being a different game. I 100%'ed that game 1.5 times and it’s absolutely amazing.

    It’s a turn-based tactics game with absolutely perfect interface (the way they went about its design is a whole interesting thing in itself); like chess but you only need to think 1.5 moves into the future.






  • I think the answer to “am I asexual/aromantic?” is one you gotta answer yourself. But from the sound of it, you’d definitely be in good company with us.

    More specifically, I think words like that are best used as descriptors when you’re trying to communicate your deal to other people — if they’re useful descriptors, go ahead and use them. If they’re not, then toss em.

    And then the labels are useful for finding people with similar experiences, so that you can hang out with them.

    I have a short laundry list of labels and “diagnoses” I don’t care about making official in any kind of capacity because that’s not the point, the point is finding the people I can relate to and the ways of approaching the world that work for them, because often those things work for me too if I try them out. In the context of ace people, it’s taught me that it’s actually viable, and a thing that’s valid to want, to have a relationship where sex is not an important focus, and it’s helped me reorient myself towards close friendships as I’m getting over my last very bad long term relationship.