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Re: Rest in Peace, Phoebe B. Harden. Mom died on her...

patrickrhone — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 08:58:45 -0000

I am so very sorry for your loss. May we all live such a long, satisfying, and determined life.

Re: “. . .who identify as Black”

patrickrhone — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 00:12:38 -0000

Ditto.

Also, may I note that this is a tremendously good example of two people having a productive online discussion around a potentially difficult subject that, because of mutual respect and assumption of good intent, led to common ground.

What we (should all) believe in.

Re: “. . .who identify as Black”

patrickrhone — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 08:44:40 -0000

I agree that we certainly do not live in a colorblind society (nor do I believe we ever will as it is against our human nature to sort, differentiate, and classify) but I do hope that one day there will be enough "melting" that it won't matter the same as has happened amongst other American groups (For instance, countries and religion amongst those of European ancestry).

On the "are" versus "identify as" point... In the case of my daughter, she "is" Black but she also "is" White and she identifies as both. She participates in the Black Affinity Group and also is a member of the local Sons of Norway Peer Gynt Dance Troupe. I believe as we see much more of such mixing "identify as" may become far more common in usage and will be less about "choice" and driven more by honesty and recognizing and celebrating all of one's ancestral heritage.

As you know, language is meant to evolve and adjust to the times they are in. Good day becomes good bye becomes goodbye becomes bye in the common tongue. I see this is a similar way. Language adjusting in the common usage to fit the current realities.

But I do see your point that from a general perspective it does come across as choice driven. And, for some it may be. I'm just relating that, in my personal experience, it is not.

Re: “. . .who identify as Black”

patrickrhone — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 09:29:56 -0000

Jumping in quickly to defend this use of language... As you know, I have a daughter who is ancestrially half-Black and half White (Norwegian) but looks very White and is assumed White. In order to have her Black roots even recognized in our non-colorblind society, she has to specifically *identify* as Black when the subject of race comes up. I should mention that it is usually Black-specific spaces where she must do this (her school's Black Student Affinity Group, for instance).

Because of my light skin, I too have had to do the same at various points in my life. So, yes, identify as Black is an actual thing many of us must actively do for the comfort and benefit of those who see us and classify us and accept us into their spaces only by the color of our skin.

Re: Fucks

patrickrhone — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 17:05:26 -0000

Thanks for giving your last one here.

Re: A Nineteenth-Century Piano Savant

patrickrhone — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 15:25:43 -0000

Wow! That is so cool. If there is anything I can do to assist you in your own research here please let me know.

Re: A Nineteenth-Century Piano Savant

patrickrhone — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 11:53:33 -0000

Geneva Southall was my Grandmother. Her life's work was researching the life of Blind Tom Wiggins. She wrote three books on the subject and all of the information above is due to her uncovering it. As so often happens with African-American Women, their work often goes uncredited. So, thank you soooo much for including her in the more information credits.

Re: Thread: Examples of great blog design?

patrickrhone — Sat, 05 May 2012 23:59:32 -0000

I like mine: http://patrickrhone.com

Re: http://blog.hogbaysoftware.com/post/902446237

patrickrhone — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:57:50 -0000

I vote for #3

Re: TaskPaper for iPhone quick feedback

patrickrhone — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:22:00 -0000

The only way I have ever seen it done is to have a button toggle some sort of selector on the side of the screen. For instance, in Mail.app on iPhone, if you hit the edit button empty selectors appear on the left hand side and allow one to select multiple items by tapping them.

I personally would use such a UI method as a guide as it is what people have become accustomed to in the built in apps (selectors on the left versus right, etc).

Re: Sproutworx Worldwide - One-handed computing with the iPhone - [cause no one has ever done that before]

patrickrhone — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:29:44 -0000

You did not read the footnote he links to in the bottom of the piece:

http://kottke.org/09/09/you...

He says this very thing. He is using "iPhone" as a stand in example for any "smartphone" with similar capabilities.

Re: Why I Don’t Make Good Points Very Often

patrickrhone — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:36:47 -0000

I guess I kind of understand the overall point of this post. That said, I think you are giving yourself far less credit for your impact than you deserve to make the simple point of saying "less talking, more doing". And while I would agree that talk without action is cheap, I would argue that the words you provide has a tremendous amount of value for the very actions that they inspire in others.

In other words, keep talking and writing. Remind people that the most valuable non-replenishable resource in life is time, and freedom is really about increasing the value of that.

Re: How to Help Great Productivity Blogs Get Discovered

patrickrhone — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:52:38 -0000

I have been enjoying Clay Collins at Finance Your Freedom for a while now. (FKA The Growing Life) http://financeyourfreedom.c...

I will chime in with more as I think of them.

Re: My Scandelous Confession and A Royal Rant About GTD

patrickrhone — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:27:15 -0000

I think this is a very valid discussion and certainly something I have touched on in my own writings.

I will repost an excerpt from my comments on Brett's post:

"Like any _religious_ book, I feel it is best with Getting Things Done to take away the basic tenants and overall message and them make your own path to true enlightenment. Leave the details and zealotry to the new converts because, in time, they too will either loose the religion or find a path of their own."

Re: Complaints about GTD

patrickrhone — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:00:01 -0000

In some ways, I have been right there with you for a while. I am not sure if you caught the writeup of my extremely simplified system at Chris Bowler's place here: http://theweeklyreview.ca/2.... It basically boils down to capture/execute. I have been running that way for about 6 months now and every time I try to switch it up I find it only adds unneeded complexity.

Like any _religious_ book, I feel it is best with Getting Things Done to take away the basic tenants and overall message and them make your own path to true enlightenment. Leave the details and zealotry to the new converts because, in time, they too will either loose the religion or find a path of their own.

Seems like you are finding yours my friend.