daveinediting (Dave Ris)
@daveinediting.bsky.social
I'm an editor who is fortunate in my career to work with great and talented friends.
I won't lie. I'm petty enough to delight in these profound morning.commute traffic jams on southbound 5 whilst I cruise on by without a care in the world.
😁
😁
July 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I won't lie. I'm petty enough to delight in these profound morning.commute traffic jams on southbound 5 whilst I cruise on by without a care in the world.
😁
😁
Smokestacks seem iconic to visualizing the Industrial Revolution. Smokestacks: which we now recognize, at the very least, as problematic.
So I'm wondering what the icon is for our current Revolution, what about it's helpful human advancement, and what's just black smoke billowing into the air.
So I'm wondering what the icon is for our current Revolution, what about it's helpful human advancement, and what's just black smoke billowing into the air.
July 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Smokestacks seem iconic to visualizing the Industrial Revolution. Smokestacks: which we now recognize, at the very least, as problematic.
So I'm wondering what the icon is for our current Revolution, what about it's helpful human advancement, and what's just black smoke billowing into the air.
So I'm wondering what the icon is for our current Revolution, what about it's helpful human advancement, and what's just black smoke billowing into the air.
As a kid, my future was a reasonably stable thing waiting for me to catch up with it.
It was a long-term doable pursuit during what I now recognize as a period of comparable stability when you compare it to, you know, now. 😕
It was a long-term doable pursuit during what I now recognize as a period of comparable stability when you compare it to, you know, now. 😕
July 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
As a kid, my future was a reasonably stable thing waiting for me to catch up with it.
It was a long-term doable pursuit during what I now recognize as a period of comparable stability when you compare it to, you know, now. 😕
It was a long-term doable pursuit during what I now recognize as a period of comparable stability when you compare it to, you know, now. 😕
Sat in a room last night with other human beings and all we did was listen to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon on vinyl.
As it was meant to be. ☺️
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As it was meant to be. ☺️
www.shibuyahifi.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Sat in a room last night with other human beings and all we did was listen to Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon on vinyl.
As it was meant to be. ☺️
www.shibuyahifi.com
As it was meant to be. ☺️
www.shibuyahifi.com
In other news, we had THE best time at the movies last night! 😁
July 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
In other news, we had THE best time at the movies last night! 😁
A little math: if 10 people run your store & you fire 8 'cause you can run the store w/ 2 people + AI... doesn't that mean at least 2 enterprising former employees can AI themselves into competition with you?
July 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
A little math: if 10 people run your store & you fire 8 'cause you can run the store w/ 2 people + AI... doesn't that mean at least 2 enterprising former employees can AI themselves into competition with you?
I'm reminded that thinking the worst of others is an easy attitude and response to wield.
We've been working on it since grade school.
We've been working on it since grade school.
July 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'm reminded that thinking the worst of others is an easy attitude and response to wield.
We've been working on it since grade school.
We've been working on it since grade school.
July 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I'm thinking it would be helpful to fully understand the prowess and potential of the human brain before deciding it should do, you know, less. 🤔
July 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I'm thinking it would be helpful to fully understand the prowess and potential of the human brain before deciding it should do, you know, less. 🤔
Today's ADHD moment:
Any time it's about comic books I rejoice in how cool it is to learn how someone's professional creative prowess has its roots in that fully immersive daily pursuit, long long ago. 😁
And then I'm back to what I was doing.
Any time it's about comic books I rejoice in how cool it is to learn how someone's professional creative prowess has its roots in that fully immersive daily pursuit, long long ago. 😁
And then I'm back to what I was doing.
July 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Today's ADHD moment:
Any time it's about comic books I rejoice in how cool it is to learn how someone's professional creative prowess has its roots in that fully immersive daily pursuit, long long ago. 😁
And then I'm back to what I was doing.
Any time it's about comic books I rejoice in how cool it is to learn how someone's professional creative prowess has its roots in that fully immersive daily pursuit, long long ago. 😁
And then I'm back to what I was doing.
Today's ADHD moment:
"Banned books" & I'm thinking college class where those were all we read & "Go Ask Alice" discussions & the reasons for its banning & the legitimacy of its banning.
Decades later, turns out the book's not a real diary.
It's complete fiction.
🤔🤔🤔
Moving on with my life now...
"Banned books" & I'm thinking college class where those were all we read & "Go Ask Alice" discussions & the reasons for its banning & the legitimacy of its banning.
Decades later, turns out the book's not a real diary.
It's complete fiction.
🤔🤔🤔
Moving on with my life now...
July 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Today's ADHD moment:
"Banned books" & I'm thinking college class where those were all we read & "Go Ask Alice" discussions & the reasons for its banning & the legitimacy of its banning.
Decades later, turns out the book's not a real diary.
It's complete fiction.
🤔🤔🤔
Moving on with my life now...
"Banned books" & I'm thinking college class where those were all we read & "Go Ask Alice" discussions & the reasons for its banning & the legitimacy of its banning.
Decades later, turns out the book's not a real diary.
It's complete fiction.
🤔🤔🤔
Moving on with my life now...
Sometimes the planets align and someone in need receives words of praise and encouragement from someone randomly and completely unexpected.
It's crazy how much power there is in moments like that.
☺️
It's crazy how much power there is in moments like that.
☺️
July 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Sometimes the planets align and someone in need receives words of praise and encouragement from someone randomly and completely unexpected.
It's crazy how much power there is in moments like that.
☺️
It's crazy how much power there is in moments like that.
☺️
A passing in our hundred acre wood that leaves behind not only family, friends... but also colleagues who now must find their way forward without their center of gravity.
I'm reminded not only of loss but of disorientation and what it feels like to suddenly find yourself in such uncharted waters.
😕
I'm reminded not only of loss but of disorientation and what it feels like to suddenly find yourself in such uncharted waters.
😕
July 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
A passing in our hundred acre wood that leaves behind not only family, friends... but also colleagues who now must find their way forward without their center of gravity.
I'm reminded not only of loss but of disorientation and what it feels like to suddenly find yourself in such uncharted waters.
😕
I'm reminded not only of loss but of disorientation and what it feels like to suddenly find yourself in such uncharted waters.
😕
The Present is a Class 5 river rapid, a relentless, chaotic experience that overpowers our physical, intellectual, and emotional capacities when we allow ourselves to be trapped in it.
July 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The Present is a Class 5 river rapid, a relentless, chaotic experience that overpowers our physical, intellectual, and emotional capacities when we allow ourselves to be trapped in it.
The human experience:
Giving advice and then realizing you should be taking, you know, your own advice. 🤔
Giving advice and then realizing you should be taking, you know, your own advice. 🤔
July 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The human experience:
Giving advice and then realizing you should be taking, you know, your own advice. 🤔
Giving advice and then realizing you should be taking, you know, your own advice. 🤔
Recently, my wife n I came across a woman washing her husband's classic truck. It wasn't long before she told us he died suddenly, six months ago and began to weep.
For some reason she apologized for the weeping but you know what?
Tears are the debt we owe to those we love deepest when they leave.
For some reason she apologized for the weeping but you know what?
Tears are the debt we owe to those we love deepest when they leave.
July 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Recently, my wife n I came across a woman washing her husband's classic truck. It wasn't long before she told us he died suddenly, six months ago and began to weep.
For some reason she apologized for the weeping but you know what?
Tears are the debt we owe to those we love deepest when they leave.
For some reason she apologized for the weeping but you know what?
Tears are the debt we owe to those we love deepest when they leave.
In other news, here's what happened when I asked chatgpt for an image contrasting nature with civilization in the style of Rembrandt. The result's not what I was angling for but dang.
That's grim.
That's grim.
July 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
In other news, here's what happened when I asked chatgpt for an image contrasting nature with civilization in the style of Rembrandt. The result's not what I was angling for but dang.
That's grim.
That's grim.
I won't lie. Not knowing the minute by minute of what's happening in the world is a very compelling experience.
July 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I won't lie. Not knowing the minute by minute of what's happening in the world is a very compelling experience.
Funnily enough, I think I had more consistent, sustained human interaction whilst camping far away from civilization. 🤔
June 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Funnily enough, I think I had more consistent, sustained human interaction whilst camping far away from civilization. 🤔
There really is something relaxing and rejuvenating about being in nature and focusing on everything your senses are telling you.
June 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
There really is something relaxing and rejuvenating about being in nature and focusing on everything your senses are telling you.
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we've been without cell service, wifi, internet for the last five days... and experienced unsolicited peace.
June 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Due to circumstances beyond our control, we've been without cell service, wifi, internet for the last five days... and experienced unsolicited peace.
My early experience with "speed" chess with my dad really did inform my understanding of the speed/accuracy continuum: how one comes at the expense of the other. Which is why when anyone prioritizes speed above all else... I can't help but think "what are you, NUTS???"
June 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My early experience with "speed" chess with my dad really did inform my understanding of the speed/accuracy continuum: how one comes at the expense of the other. Which is why when anyone prioritizes speed above all else... I can't help but think "what are you, NUTS???"
Playing chess with my dad: We started with unstructured time, leaving the board to sit all day long while we lived our lives and considered next moves.
We were evenly matched in this circumstance.
Face to face at the board, though?
He kicked my ass.
Turns out "speed" was not my friend.
We were evenly matched in this circumstance.
Face to face at the board, though?
He kicked my ass.
Turns out "speed" was not my friend.
June 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Playing chess with my dad: We started with unstructured time, leaving the board to sit all day long while we lived our lives and considered next moves.
We were evenly matched in this circumstance.
Face to face at the board, though?
He kicked my ass.
Turns out "speed" was not my friend.
We were evenly matched in this circumstance.
Face to face at the board, though?
He kicked my ass.
Turns out "speed" was not my friend.
Live broadcast is about speed. No avoiding it. When I worked as a Chyron operator for news, though, the priority was Accuracy. Not speed.
Accuracy & Speed was legit but, failing that, Speed alone wasn't acceptable.
The difference was profound in how I worked when accuracy was the absolute priority.
Accuracy & Speed was legit but, failing that, Speed alone wasn't acceptable.
The difference was profound in how I worked when accuracy was the absolute priority.
June 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Live broadcast is about speed. No avoiding it. When I worked as a Chyron operator for news, though, the priority was Accuracy. Not speed.
Accuracy & Speed was legit but, failing that, Speed alone wasn't acceptable.
The difference was profound in how I worked when accuracy was the absolute priority.
Accuracy & Speed was legit but, failing that, Speed alone wasn't acceptable.
The difference was profound in how I worked when accuracy was the absolute priority.