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No. 126 You're Not Writing, Because You're Not Tracking Your Ideas
December 11, 2025
"Note-making can transform your creativity & check out my new writing course!"
No. 125 Last day for pre-launch discount on writing with a zettelkastencourse
December 5, 2025
"Last call for discounted course access—real-time engagement, intimate groups, and insights from returning students!"
No. 124 Pre-launch extended to Friday
December 2, 2025
No. 124 • 12/2/2025 Dear readers, A couple of you asked for a very understandable extension on the pre-launch discount, "cuz past holiday weekend was a...
No. 123 Last day for pre-launch discounteroony
December 1, 2025
No. 123 • 12/1/2025 Dear readers, As promised, here's your reminder that today is the last day to scoop up the pre-launch discount for the System for Writing...
No. 122 The Master Course Pre-Launch Discount Is Live
November 28, 2025
Dive into my 9-week master course on building and writing with zettelkasten. Now on pre-launch sale!
No. 121 This Friday: Pre-launch discount for the new course
November 24, 2025
Get ready for a 25% pre-launch discount on my 'System for Writing Master Course', from Black Friday through Cyber Monday!
No. 120 My next book has officially entered the deep work phase
October 29, 2025
Discussing academic use of zettelkasten, prepping for the System for Writing Master Course, and sorta but not really revealing my next book project!
No. 119 New courses, marginalia, wild connections, and more
October 20, 2025
A System for Writing Master Course registration opening soon, appreciating marginalia, and questions about revising notes.
No. 118 Scenes and subcultures can be so tiring
October 8, 2025
No. 118 • 10/08/2025 Dear readers, Thanks to everyone who's already signed up for COMPOSITION. We've got an active readership developing (lots of follow-up...
No. 117 Last of five free COMPOSITION emails
September 26, 2025
COMPOSITION is here! Free Bob! is here! It's all happening.
No. 116 Ideas are just information
September 19, 2025
Ideas are information + atomicity + reference notes + main notes + outlines + more!
No. 115 What's an idea and what does it matter?
September 12, 2025
Latest dispatch: Pondering the nature of ideas, PhD student's zettelkasten challenges, demystifying atomicity and embracing the lost-in-notes conundrum.
No. 114 The ZIS 002: Dead-End Metrics for Measuring Creative Thinking, and More
September 5, 2025
No. 002 • 09/05/2025 (ZIS) No. 114 • 09/05/2025 (THP) Dear readers, Welcome to the second of five free installments of my new, writing venture—The ZIS—where...
No. 113 New Feature! The ZIS: Zettelkasten Information Superhighway
August 29, 2025
No. 001 • 08/29/2025 (ZIS) No. 113 • 08/29/2025 (THP) Welcome to a new feature—The ZIS: Zettelkasten Information Superhighway—where I discuss the past week's...
No. 112 Beginner's mind is freaking out about ants, right?
June 27, 2025
No. 112 • 6/27/2025 Dear readers, Living on the property part-time means living qué rústica part time. Compost toilet (which we empty every month), the "pee...
No. 111.1 Join me live tomorrow (Wednesday)
June 24, 2025
No. 111.1 • 6/24/2025 Dear readers, Tomorrow at 12:30pm (NYC time) I'll be live streaming with two iconic YouTubers in the PKM / "fast technical videos"...
No. 111 Toto toilets, fear of death, liquid glass, and more....
June 13, 2025
No. 111 • 6/13/2025 Dear readers, Welcome to issue number 111 of The High Pony. That's a fun number. Hope you enjoy! What I’m up to writing / teaching /...
No. 110 The unknowable future is gonna rule?
June 5, 2025
No. 110 • 6/5/2025 Dear readers, Whenever I’m busy working on books, articles, or the property, writing newsletters tends to fall to the wayside. Mostly cuz...
No. 109 Writing with a zettelkasten is (good) coconuts
February 11, 2025
No. 109 • 2/11/2025 Dear readers, Writing with a zettelkasten is kinda nuts. Good nuts. Healthy plain nuts (sans skins containing lectins for those who...
No. 108 My next course "Writing with Your Zettelkasten" starts in three weeks
January 26, 2025
No. 108 • 1/26/2025 Dear readers, I designed The System for Writing Master Course so those who couldn't (or didn't want to) take the whole thing could take...
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