• Since last week, my sleep has strangely split across two days at an interval, and now I am considering cutting down on caffeine for a while
• The process of not worrying about things I can only worry at and over is progressing nicely
• Taking inventory of my shop, found out I can just switch off my laptop’s keys and put my drawing tablet right on top of the keyboard, like a very expensive poor man’s Wacom Mobile Studio, if that makes sense; or just a laptop with a drawing tablet instead of a keyboard­−bonus: the keys are not being pressed either. Lucky!
• Moved most of my ecosystem to Microsoft’s solutions, aside from graphic design software, which is still pretty much work in progress; there’s something entirely perverted about regular Windows users, where they use the OS, but shun all other products by Microsoft, especially in Germany
• Turned a coffee table into a sort‑of Japanese sitting and reading affair; I want to tell you how much I enjoy sitting and working at this thing but I don’t know if that would make sense to you
• Also taking stock of all the software manuals for my graphic design software I have and use; if you ask me, I am building up to something but I could not tell you to what−we’ll see if reading e. g. the Corel Painter 2019 manual in 2025 makes sense

Note: in case you are like me, you were interested in investing in the Wacom ExpressKey Remote Accessory (ACK-411050), but if you are even more like me, you just realized that by looking at your Intuos Pro you already have its functionality integrated.

It’s kind of like realizing that by using a keyboard with your iPad and Procreate, you can access a couple of shortcuts at the press of a key: there’s a lot to be said for understanding which tools you already own allow for additional affordance.

Time for camomile tea and a cookie or two. Of course I am moving to that coffee table now and getting back to reading. It is just so nice to get away from the gaming‑chair‑and‑laptop‑seated‑at‑a‑table situation.

Source: My after‑hours blog on Tumblr Code & Canvas