but it definitely would not define PKMS vs journal
Not my intention either. To give you an idea I will index in my pkms entries from my journal where I wrote my thoughts about such or such book I'm reading, or a movie or some event, or whatever. But only as far as I think that entry may one day have interest outside of them being my (personal) thoughts on whatever. So, most journal entries, because of the way I write it, don't enter my pkms. I value them almost equally, though.
You just have to wait until daily usage grows.
That's the plan. My only worry is people starting to feel I'm too active. I mean, I don't worry about their opinion I just don't want my attempt to have the opposite effect I want it to have ;)
Maybe do some interactive thing to engage users (like the superbowl community recently started a tournament where people can vote for their favourite of two owls evry day)
I had hoped mentioning a new banner/icn would have gathered a little more interest but I probably have not managed to introduce the topic properly. What's the expression in English? You live and learn?
I think of what I have far more as a Personal Knowledge Management System than a journal. I spend far less time on personal feelings and thoughts and “what did I do today?” and a lot more on making it a knowledge repository for Future Me.
My journal is a mix of both but it’s still an untangled mess of entries, contrary to my pkms where everything is neatly separated and indexed. That said, I'll index whatever part of mu journal I consider potentially useful in my pkms.
And if what I do is actually pretty separate from journaling it would be cool to know so I don’t invade threads I shouldn’t be talking in.
Reading your question made me realize I never really considered the question myself. I mean I thought I had, but nope. I would say I consider journaling as way to capture part of my flow of thoughts and memories focusing on my daily live, and as a way to step back from it. Where the pkms is the place I would step in (while also stepping back ?!) to deal with ideas and thoughts that are not related to my daily live. That's not much clearer... I would like to get other's point of view.
Digital forever.
Forever is a long time :p
I enjoy a Pilot Precise V5 RT pen. Comes out smoother than every other pen I’ve ever used. I’m left-handed.
Yeah, I quite like my Uniball Eye Micro pens too. They're so smooth, even as a rightie ;)
I use real pens so rarely nowadays
I wonder how 'rarer' it may have become for young kids nowadays to use 'real pens'?
I'm not sure it's a situation I'm happy with. Maybe not because I consider handwriting inherently better than, say, typing is (even though I'm not a bad typist, I prefer handwriting but that's a whole different consideration that has little to do with their respective qualities) but because by not teaching kids propoer handwriting (and by not making them actually use that skill) we may deprive them of a real useful skill that they will dearly miss the day they're left without easy/cheap access to all that technology they have learned to depend on to be able to write and share anything.
Never thought I’d have opinions about how nice a pen is but there you have it.
Thx for sharing it :)
The Hongdian M2
Nice portale pen!
They don’t feel watertight to me, but, like you, I hope to be wrong haha
They aren't, at least I don't think they are. The body unscrews from the grip way too easily for me to trust it as is. But with the right o-ring and some silicon grease could do wonder. I willing to risk it :p
If you’re not refilling, what do you do with your empties?
I should have made it clearer I was referring to the fountain pen itself which, unlike a ballpoint or a gel, is refillable and can be used for many years or decades.
But to answer your question, on most of my pens I either use a converter or whatever mechanism/system the pen comes with to hold ink. I refill cartridges only with the few cartridge-based pens I own for which I also don't own a converter, including one Preppy. My next objective with this specific Preppy is to convert it to an eye-dropper and see how well it fares. It sure will hold a ginormous volume of ink but I have my doubts how well it will hold it—would love to be wrong ;)
the Platinum pen in the picture is an amazing, yet inexpensive fountain pen.
It is exactly that. It's hard to believe how good it is for its price. And that's exactly why it's the first of the two (ok, four) suggested fountain pens in my (Last minute gift?) A cheap but great journaling kit
Legal Disclaimer: any impression I'm trying to take every opportunity to invite you to have a look at our community would be 100% exact. But I have an excuse: that's exactly what I would like you to do. Also, I have no shame :p
imho (50+ years old dude that is not much of a geek and understand not much either), the main issue and one that is shared by most if not all social media but is more annoying on Lemmy, is the fact that by default a new or a potential user is supposed to be reading the full flow of content. And then we're surprised most run away screaming in disgust?
It's a bit like entering a restaurant and being expected by the owner to take a bite or two of every single plate on the menu, and dessert, before being asked what it is we wanted to order.
Be it Reddit, or Twitter, or Lemmy if the default content is of extremely low value and often extremely low effort, qnd when it's not it's still content most people just won't be interested in. So, why force it under everyone's eyes?
The default/new user access to content could have been made opt-in, instead of op-out. Instantly muting most of the noise, trash, and low value content.
Imagine the home page empty of any content by default, save a selection of the most 'popular' tags or community names, say with a description, that the user is still expected to select from before the timeline starts showing them any related content, and then an option to search for more (more specific) communities.
I know a few people my age that have tried Lemmy but could not stand being asked to swallow the constant flow of politics, or memes, or anger, or whatever. Those are legit content to anyone interested in them, just having them the default experience for everybody may not the best idea?
Once again, it's the same on reddit. But reddit had two advantages for people like me: we already had an account and we knew how it worked, so it was obvious how to escape the numerous type of content we did not want to see. It's much less obvious on Lemmy, and even less so if one has not yet created an account... which is the most likely.
I actually have the Preppy, and it’s a great little cheapy.
The first time I wrote with one I could not believe it. It's a miracle.
Just rinse out and refill the cartridges with bottled ink when you’re done with them, and you won’t be adding to the landfill.
You're right, just remember to regularly check the cartridge opening as with time it can wear out and could cause a nasty leak. I do refill cartridge for some of my pens but not the one I use daily. And then, I would have had to suggest to buy a short needle seringue... Something which may unsettle a beginner ;)
That said, it's a true useful hack and, really, a (blunt) seringue with a thick elastic (I almost wrote 'rubber', that would not have helped) can be very useful accessories for fountain pen users—nope, we're not doing anything nasty with those: the needle is great to refill an empty cartridge (or an eye-dropper type of fountain pen), while the thick elastic is great to get a better grip and help remove a recalcitrant feeder from the fountain pen, or even to remove some nibs.
and you won’t be adding to the landfill.
Which is another great reason to use a fountain pen, btw: you don't throw them away when they're empty :)
For people hesitating, it's really a different relation with your tool: as long as they're well taken care of, many fountain pens will... outlast their owner. I still use the very first Lamy Safari I purchased some 30 years ago.
Leur donne pas ce genre d'idées :p