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I wonder if the people raving about note taking tools would just be better served spending a year getting better at writing. My highest impact essay of the past 5 years was written on an iPhone 5S, in Byword, with shitty internet connection on a beach in Phu Quoc.

3:46 AM · May 15, 2020Twitter Web App

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This essay, if you're wondering: elijames.org/the-two-tiers- It's permanently shifted the conversation about tech jobs in Singapore.

elijames.org

The Two Tiers of Singapore's Tech Companies

There are two tiers of tech companies in Singapore: a good tier and a bad tier.

Cedric Chin

@ejames_c

May 15, 2020

To be fair, the ideas took about 2 years to develop. But I just dumped the references and links in a nVALT document over the course of those 2 years. (Markdown files, synced to Dropbox).

Cedric Chin

@ejames_c

May 15, 2020

If you want to improve: Poynter's got an online course version of the book I used to get good when I first started out poynter.org/shop/self-dire It's free (for now). It's great. Just go through one chapter, apply to a piece of writing, and then rinse and repeat 50 times.

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The Writer's Workbench: 50 Tools You Can Use - Poynter

This course contains essays — written by a master of the trade — on 50 writing tools that are essential to everyone who wants to be a better writer.

Cedric Chin

@ejames_c

May 15, 2020

I'm still trying to get better at writing today. But none of my efforts are helped by tools (apart from the sort of writing 'tools' that the Poynter course talks about).