Discussion Forum > 9+ years of fun (and maybe productive?) conversations
Thank you, Mike
Enjoy your libation!
Enjoy your libation!
February 14, 2019 at 15:03 |
Mark Forster
Mark Forster
P.S.
This is the 54,321st comment on this site!
This is the 54,321st comment on this site!
February 14, 2019 at 15:14 |
Mark Forster
Mark Forster
Somehow you missed a year Mike. It's been 10! Happy Anniversary Mark!
February 14, 2019 at 18:29 |
Alan Baljeu
Alan Baljeu
Thank you, Alan. Extremely poor mental math skills on my part!
February 14, 2019 at 19:57 |
Mike Brown
Mike Brown
Happy Anniversary, and thank you!
February 14, 2019 at 22:29 |
Cricket
Cricket
Definitely a milestone worth celebrating! It's a real blast from the past reading that first Autofocus thread. In fact, a few days ago I went into the Archives section to read the oldest post on the forum (sometime in 2006 as I recall) - the archived posts are a goldmine.
Congratulations Mark!
Congratulations Mark!
February 15, 2019 at 10:15 |
Margaret1
Margaret1
Margaret1:
<< I went into the Archives section to read the oldest post on the forum (sometime in 2006 as I recall) >>
Do you mean the oldest post in the blog?
10th August 2006 "Vague Goals"
Quote: "Remember that the whole point of goals is how they affect your actions in the present!"
There were a total of 251 posts in the one-and-a-half years 2006 and 2007.
<< I went into the Archives section to read the oldest post on the forum (sometime in 2006 as I recall) >>
Do you mean the oldest post in the blog?
10th August 2006 "Vague Goals"
Quote: "Remember that the whole point of goals is how they affect your actions in the present!"
There were a total of 251 posts in the one-and-a-half years 2006 and 2007.
February 15, 2019 at 10:31 |
Mark Forster
Mark Forster
This is the only blog/message board that I check religiously
February 15, 2019 at 10:37 |
Joe
Joe
Mike Brown:
It's been a wild ride.
Here's my mandatory archive digging for the occasion:
Your first ever comment here, as far as I can tell:
http://markforster.squarespace.com/blog/2006/9/28/its-not-an-option.html#comments
Which Mark to try the No S Diet and blog about it:
http://markforster.squarespace.com/blog/2006/10/3/the-no-s-diet.html
Your first forum thread:
http://markforster.squarespace.com/forum/post/158939
Your SuperFocus guest blog entry:
http://markforster.squarespace.com/blog/2011/3/23/case-study-superfocus-for-writing-an-historical-novel.html
As always, I had to make the urls unusable by inserting spaces so the forum would let me post since I don't have an account (or at least don't remember my old one).
[I've corrected the urls. One space per url should be sufficient! - see below] MF
It's been a wild ride.
Here's my mandatory archive digging for the occasion:
Your first ever comment here, as far as I can tell:
http://markforster.squarespace.com/blog/2006/9/28/its-not-an-option.html#comments
Which Mark to try the No S Diet and blog about it:
http://markforster.squarespace.com/blog/2006/10/3/the-no-s-diet.html
Your first forum thread:
http://markforster.squarespace.com/forum/post/158939
Your SuperFocus guest blog entry:
http://markforster.squarespace.com/blog/2011/3/23/case-study-superfocus-for-writing-an-historical-novel.html
As always, I had to make the urls unusable by inserting spaces so the forum would let me post since I don't have an account (or at least don't remember my old one).
[I've corrected the urls. One space per url should be sufficient! - see below] MF
February 15, 2019 at 11:01 |
Andreas Maurer
Andreas Maurer
http: //markforster.squarespace.com/blog/2011/3/23/case-study-superfocus-for-writing-an-historical-novel.html
February 15, 2019 at 14:16 |
Mark Forster
Mark Forster
Mark, thanks for the urls. I'm not sure one space will work for me. You posted your URL while being logged in. As a guest, I just had this comment blocked even by just having "markforster. squarespace. com" (without the space) in the text, no http and all.
February 15, 2019 at 14:50 |
Andreas Maurer
Andreas Maurer
Andreas: You are a dark genius!
I remembered introducing The No S Diet to this forum, but I had absolutely no memory of that Superfocus post. My god, how I can bloviate. I remember posting responses to some threads with my post being the very last one, so I think I have also killed some threads in my time :)
Kind of weird seeing how much of a footprint one has left on that great big copy machine that is the internet.
I'd love to see an ebook of Seraphim posts, Alan posts, Bernie posts, nuntym posts, Cricket posts, Andreas posts, etc -- "Getting Things Done: The Autofocus Years" -- there's an incredible amount of smarts in this neighborhood.
I remembered introducing The No S Diet to this forum, but I had absolutely no memory of that Superfocus post. My god, how I can bloviate. I remember posting responses to some threads with my post being the very last one, so I think I have also killed some threads in my time :)
Kind of weird seeing how much of a footprint one has left on that great big copy machine that is the internet.
I'd love to see an ebook of Seraphim posts, Alan posts, Bernie posts, nuntym posts, Cricket posts, Andreas posts, etc -- "Getting Things Done: The Autofocus Years" -- there's an incredible amount of smarts in this neighborhood.
February 15, 2019 at 16:25 |
Mike Brown
Mike Brown
Andreas Maurer:
<< I'm not sure one space will work for me. >>
Try it out and see.
<< I'm not sure one space will work for me. >>
Try it out and see.
February 15, 2019 at 18:39 |
Mark Forster
Mark Forster
I am very thankful to Mark for his books and blogs and giving us all a place to have such great discussions. I have learned so much here.
February 16, 2019 at 1:27 |
Seraphim
Seraphim
<<<< I went into the Archives section to read the oldest post on the forum (sometime in 2006 as I recall) >>
Do you mean the oldest post in the blog?
10th August 2006 "Vague Goals"
Quote: "Remember that the whole point of goals is how they affect your actions in the present!"
There were a total of 251 posts in the one-and-a-half years 2006 and 2007.>>
Yes, Mark - it was the oldest blog I looked at. I love the way the Archive is laid out.
Do you mean the oldest post in the blog?
10th August 2006 "Vague Goals"
Quote: "Remember that the whole point of goals is how they affect your actions in the present!"
There were a total of 251 posts in the one-and-a-half years 2006 and 2007.>>
Yes, Mark - it was the oldest blog I looked at. I love the way the Archive is laid out.
February 16, 2019 at 10:04 |
Margaret1
Margaret1
Yes, thank you Mark for creating this community!
February 17, 2019 at 22:46 |
Bernie
Bernie
Like many of you, this is one of the rare blog/sites that I consistently revisit. A lot of the time it's to see what Mark is up to vis--a-vis a new system or tool. His thinking and ingenuity in this space is unmatched, in my opinion.
February 18, 2019 at 2:38 |
avrum
avrum
avrum:
<< His thinking and ingenuity in this space is unmatched, in my opinion. >>
Helped of course by bouncing my ideas off a brilliant collection of comment writers!
<< His thinking and ingenuity in this space is unmatched, in my opinion. >>
Helped of course by bouncing my ideas off a brilliant collection of comment writers!
February 18, 2019 at 10:49 |
Mark Forster
Mark Forster
But shortly after Mark's retirement, he posted here about a new system he was developing that would give him "auto-focus" on his tasks: http://markforster.squarespace.com/blog/2008/12/18/future-developments.html .
It struck me today that his development of Autofocus -- 9 years ago! -- coincided with an explosion of creativity and chat on this discussion forum that is to me unparalleled in my internet travels. It was always a good forum before, but dang, this site is now one of my daily stops.
And seeing all the crowdsource-y ways people are using their creativity to develop their own systems that draw from or react to or build off of so many of Mark's innovations that start with a simple pen and paper format -- well, it just boggles my mind. Software is great, but I can do more with these ideas than what any software could give me.
We praise this forum and its host often, but today I was overwhelmed by HOW MUCH GOOD STUFF is on this site and wanted to acknowledge that. I shall mark my gratitude with a healthy libation at this evening's happy hour.
Thank you, Mark Forster!