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title: "Dispatch #12 (February 2024)"
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date: 2024-01-24T22:48:09-05:00
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- title: "Elliot Jay Stocks | 2023 in review"
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url: https://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/2023-in-review
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date: 2024-02-02T15:51:48Z
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- title: "Stride by Stride – iRunFar"
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- title: "Stride by Stride – iRunFar"
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url: https://www.irunfar.com/stride-by-stride
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I make plaintext backups of the things I link to on this site, at least the text-heavy stuff I might want to refer to later (you can see them down below in the "references" section). I'd been using [Lynx][19] to get the text, but I wasn't super happy with some of the results, so I switched over to [w3m][20] after finding the right command-line flag[^1] to include link URLs in the output. I've got some ideas around building a more robust archiving solution but I'm gonna let it marinate for a bit.
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1. I make plaintext backups of the things I link to on this site, at least the text-heavy stuff I might want to refer to later (you can see them down below in the "references" section). I'd been using [Lynx][19] to get the text, but I wasn't super happy with some of the results, so I switched over to [w3m][20] after finding the right command-line flag[^1] to include link URLs in the output. I've got some ideas around building a more robust archiving solution but I'm gonna let it marinate for a bit.
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2. This site previously featured high-res photos of my family, but [this post][21] made me reconsider putting images of Nev online (I don't know what someone might do with them, and frankly, ignorance is bliss). After a late night of coding, all images are now encrypted on disk, and then decrypted, resized, and dithered as part of the deploy process. I really like the visual effect, as well as how it balances documenting our life and keeping our privacy safe. It's techincally pretty neat how it all works -- definitely worth a follow-on post.
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[19]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_(web_browser)
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* Fiction: [_Story of Your Life and Others_][21], Ted Chiang
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* Fiction: [_Story of Your Life and Others_][22], Ted Chiang
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* Non-fiction: [_Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life_][22], Anne Lamott (recommended [here][23] and [here][24])
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* Non-fiction: [_Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life_][23], Anne Lamott (recommended [here][24] and [here][25])
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[21]: https://bookshop.org/p/books/stories-of-your-life-and-others-lib-e-ted-chiang/16687839
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[22]: https://bookshop.org/p/books/bird-by-bird-some-instructions-on-writing-and-life-anne-lamott/8649952?ean=9780385480017
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[23]: https://www.irunfar.com/stride-by-stride
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* [I Made This][25]
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> I’m not sure what the right answer is, but I think I’m getting closer to the right question. It’s a question I think we’re all going to encounter a lot more frequently in the future: Who made this?
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> I’m not sure what the right answer is, but I think I’m getting closer to the right question. It’s a question I think we’re all going to encounter a lot more frequently in the future: Who made this?
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* [The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done][26]
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* [The Rise and Fall of Getting Things Done][27]
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> To move forward, we must step away from Drucker’s commitment to total autonomy—allowing for freedom in how we execute tasks without also allowing for chaos in how these tasks are assigned. We must, in other words, acknowledge the futility of trying to tame our frenzied work lives all on our own, and instead ask, collectively, whether there’s a better way to get things done.
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> To move forward, we must step away from Drucker’s commitment to total autonomy—allowing for freedom in how we execute tasks without also allowing for chaos in how these tasks are assigned. We must, in other words, acknowledge the futility of trying to tame our frenzied work lives all on our own, and instead ask, collectively, whether there’s a better way to get things done.
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* [Cold-blooded software][27] ([via][28])
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* [Cold-blooded software][28] ([via][29])
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> Some projects are different. You work alone, make some changes when you’re inspired, and then don’t touch it again for another year, or two, or three. You can’t run something like that as a warm-blooded project. There’s not enough activity to keep the temperature up.
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> Some projects are different. You work alone, make some changes when you’re inspired, and then don’t touch it again for another year, or two, or three. You can’t run something like that as a warm-blooded project. There’s not enough activity to keep the temperature up.
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* [How I Pocket Notebook][29] ([via][30])
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* [How I Pocket Notebook][30] ([via][31])
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> Though we exist in an age where technology has wrested the “frictionless and ubiquitous” narrative away from analog tools, I maintain that the old ways can be the best ones in this case. Enter the pocket notebook.
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> Though we exist in an age where technology has wrested the “frictionless and ubiquitous” narrative away from analog tools, I maintain that the old ways can be the best ones in this case. Enter the pocket notebook.
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This inspired me to start carrying a Field Notes in my sling bag; see also: [Tom MacWright][31], [Tim Hårek][32].
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This inspired me to start carrying a Field Notes in my sling bag; see also: [Tom MacWright][32], [Tim Hårek][33].
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* [Work hard and take everything really seriously][33]
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* [Work hard and take everything really seriously][34]
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> You can burn out by going too fast, or your flame can dim because you don’t let yourself spend silly amounts of time on silly projects to satisfy your intellectual curiosity. Beware of both outcomes: cultivate your enthusiasm for the things you want to hang onto.
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> You can burn out by going too fast, or your flame can dim because you don’t let yourself spend silly amounts of time on silly projects to satisfy your intellectual curiosity. Beware of both outcomes: cultivate your enthusiasm for the things you want to hang onto.
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[25]: https://hypercritical.co/2024/01/11/i-made-this
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[26]: https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-rise-and-fall-of-getting-things-done
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[^1]: Running `w3m -dump -o display_link_number=1 <url>` gives a nice plaintext version of a webpage with numbered link references (via this [helpful StackOverflow link][34])
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[^1]: Running `w3m -dump -o display_link_number=1 <url>` gives a nice plaintext version of a webpage with numbered link references (via this [helpful StackOverflow link][35])
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[34]: https://askubuntu.com/questions/805014/getting-text-and-links-from-a-web-page/1493418#1493418
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It’s [29]that time again, when I like to dedicate the first blog post of every
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year to looking back on the year that’s just been. Much like [30]Chris said in
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[31]his post, this is more of a recap than a list of highlights. That’s not to
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the bulk of it was written in 2023, followed by the actual illustration and
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design portion of the work. Creating this book permeated all parts of my life
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dominance (which required me to give up on client work), my Google contract
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ending after Q1, and us having committed to getting a new kitchen (a decision
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[34]Smashing in 2023.
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[38]Emma finished designing [39]the hand-lettered logo I’d commissioned, and I
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Music-wise, 2023 was a pretty quiet year, both for [40]me as an artist and also
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for [41]my label, but March was my / our first output: a four-track compilation
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called [42]V/A Three, to which I contributed the track ‘Hour’.
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spiritual successor to [44]Brooklyn Beta. It was so good to see so many
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Michael, and Yaron! Probably way more.
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weeks of April holidaying in Cornwall. It was such a great trip, and the
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cottage we stayed in — which I found via [54]Cornish Hideaways and was way
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After we returned from Cornwall, we went to [55]Gifford’s Circus again (I can’t
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For [56]Sam’s birthday the previous year, I’d bought her a voucher to go wine
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Also in May, I spoke at [58]AllFlows in Milton Keynes — a new event run by the
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people behind [59]MK Geek Night (which [60]I’ve spoken at in the past). It was
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a great event and I thoroughly enjoyed the talk given by Jennifer Estaris, who
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works at [61]ustwo Games. She spoke (amongst other things) about [62]Alba, a
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In June, I decided I couldn’t keep quiet about the book any longer, so did [65]
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Threads launched in July, and despite my general skepticism of Meta, [67]I
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signed up straight away and I have to say that I love it. (A few months in, and
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it — along with [68]Mastodon — is the X / Twitter replacement I needed.)
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approaching, it became clear that there was no way I’d hit my book deadline if
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I was also juggling client work, so I made the difficult but inevitable
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decision to not seek out more work until the summer was over, and instead
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dedicate all of my non-childcare hours to finishing the book. At the time, this
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made me incredibly anxious, but in hindsight, the extra time spent with the
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kids over the holidays made it totally worthwhile, and I’d do it again in a
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heartbeat.
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[69]Lauren visited from LA and took this nice family photo:
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At the end of the month, I got a draft of the book ready to send to [70]Ellen
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so that she could write her foreword. I commemorated the occasion with a beer
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and [71]an Instagram reel.
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Having gone to Cornwall in the Easter holidays, we decided to keep our summer
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trip pretty minimal and opted for a brief camping trip in Wales in August. We
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rarely a good idea, but definitely not a good idea if [72]the campsite is on a
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clifftop overlooking the sea. After a disastrous (and, at times, kind of scary)
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night, after which almost the entire campsite had vacated, we decided to head
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home and book ourselves a consolatory trip.
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at the top) and stayed in a beautiful (and sturdy) cabin in the middle of the
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woods right by the moors. Truly idyllic. But a three-day trip was way too short
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and we’re all desperate to return.
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Another highlight: navigating [73]Bath’s maize maze with the [74]Clarke family.
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With the kids back in school in the first week of September, I flew over to
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Freiburg to speak at [75]SmashingConf.
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It was so nice to return to the city, see a bunch of my European friends (shout
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out to [76]Marc, [77]Tobi, and the whole Smashing crew) and I even got to have
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dinner with [78]Francis, who I’d not seen IRL in years.
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A photo highlight from 2023
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And, with my book deadline the following week, I made the final edits [79]from
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a beautiful biergarten. Shortly after, I got to announce that [80]Ellen had
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written the book’s foreword.
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A photo highlight from 2023
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The label Indefinite Pitch released a split single from me and Mechanist, to
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which I contributed the track [81]‘Close’.
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Once again, we attended the [82]Priston festival, and this time brought [83]
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Francis along.
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Also in September, I launched my podcast, [84]Hello, type friends! I’d been
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saying that there was another project that was “typographic in nature” for a
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while, and had even recorded most of the episodes at this point. The launch
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episode, with [85]Jessica, seemed to go down really well.
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Not long after my birthday in October, I cut my hair! I’d deciding to grow it
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long in early 2018 because I’d always wanted to have long hair, but never been
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brave enough to see it through that awkward, Darth Vader helmet kind of phase.
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I persevered and had it properly long since around the end of 2019, but, given
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that I was mainly just wearing it up in a man-bun most of the time, it was time
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to go short again by October 2023. I haven’t yet regretted that decision.
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A photo highlight from 2023
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[86]Sam and I had our 10th wedding anniversary in 2022, but in 2023, we
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celebrated 20(!) years of being together, and took a bottle of bubbly out to a
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spot in Shropshire we’d originally visited when we first started dating.
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[87]Jamie mentioned that [88]Ellen would be speaking in London, giving [89]a
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lecture at St. Bride’s, so we went along and met [90]Phil and [91]Sarah there,
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too. Also used the opportunity to have lunch with [92]Tom.
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Around that time, I launched the second episode of Hello, type friends! With
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[93]Dan.
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Client work finally got back on track in October, too, and I started working
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with [94]The Type Founders on [95]a new website for P22. This would be the
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first of many collaborations (I’m working with them right now, in fact). More
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soon.
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November was a very musical month. With some financial security restored, [96]
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Sam and I decided to buy something we’d wanted for a long time: a piano. Just a
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digital one, of course, but with 88 fully weighted keys — one that felt proper.
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I also treated myself to a little Orange amplifier so that I could play
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electric guitar in the house again.
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I finally got to meet [97]Luke (who I’ve now been working with for a while on
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[98]the Mote-Evolver cover art) in person, over dinner with [99]Sinead and
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[100]Charles. Then, a few days later, Sinead, Charles, and [101]Paraorchestra
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opened the new [102]Bristol Beacon with [103]an incredible show, and [104]Sam
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and I got some great seats.
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A photo highlight from 2023
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In early December, I met up with [105]Ilana from [106]Good Type, who was
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randomly in Bristol. I also put out my first EP of new music in a year in the
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form of [107]All the faults, all lined up.
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[108]All the faults, all lined up by Other Form
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For [109]Sam’s birthday, I bought her an accordion and some lessons. I’d
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actually bought this before we decided on the piano, but hey. Lots of
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instruments in the house now!
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I launched the third episode of the podcast, this time with [110]Erik.
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On the last day “working” day of the year, I attended [111]Table Talk, a very
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small event organised by my friend and former business partner [112]Keir. It
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provided a much-needed dose of inspiration for the new year.
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In the week before Christmas, [113]Sam and I try to make it as special as
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possible to get the kids (and us) properly excited for the festive season. This
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year, our pre-Christmas week of fun included seeing the [114]lights at
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Stourhead, visiting Lacock Abbey (and eating at [115]a gorgeous pub from the
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1400s), and visiting the roman villa at [116]The Newt with [117]Jamie and
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family.
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Some other bits
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A personal highlight was the audio messages [118]Ty and I frequently sent (and
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continue to send) each other via iMessages or Instagram DMs. I’m not sure who
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started it, or when, but recording little snippets about what we’ve each been
|
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up to has been a really nice way to communicate — and become friends — at a
|
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distance. And, because of this, I’m so grateful to Ty for effectively becoming
|
||||||
|
my audio diary throughout the book writing process.
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I deeply regret not having managed my annual “wilderness day”, which I talked
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about a lot in my [119]2022 and [120]2021 recaps. There’s no excuse, but
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||||||
|
somehow it just didn’t work out. However, I’m hoping to rectify that by getting
|
||||||
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one in very early this year (it’s scheduled for this Friday, in fact) in the
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|
hopes of doing another later on in the year.
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At some point in the summer holidays, I lost my 500-ish day [121]Duolingo
|
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|
streak, and that triggered a big lull in my commitment there. It picked up
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|
again eventually, but I’m disappointed that I let it slip. I also let
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meditation slip, and opened [122]Calm less and less as the year went on. I also
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barely jogged the whole year. Bloody shameful.
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But [123]I watched 68 films in 2023! Some highlights: The Banshees of
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Inisherin, Wonka, The Creator, One Cut of the Dead, TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, Swan
|
||||||
|
Song, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, You Won’t Be Alone, Hostiles, and all of the
|
||||||
|
Mission: Impossible films (none of which I’d actually seen before). I rewatched
|
||||||
|
quite a lot, too, like Edge of Tomorrow, Bo Burnham: Inside, Blade Runner 2049,
|
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Annihilation.
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Lastly, I want to once again mention [124]the newsletter, which really grew in
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|
2023. When I say “grew”, I don’t just mean in number of subscribers, but more
|
||||||
|
in that it’s become a real focus for me. In fact, I’d go so far as to say that,
|
||||||
|
in many ways, it was my favourite thing to work on last year. I still struggle
|
||||||
|
to articulate exactly why that is, but thank you if you’ve subscribed. I very
|
||||||
|
much appreciate it, and I’ve got big plans for it this year.
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Previous post
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[125]A newsletter manifesto that benefits readers & publishers
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Music
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Outside of my life as a designer, I also make electronic music as Other Form.
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My tracks have been played by some of the world’s biggest DJs in some of the
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world’s biggest clubs, and [126]Charlotte de Witte even opened a set with one
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of them. You can listen to my music on all the usual streaming services (apart
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from some vinyl-only EPs) and you can find my most recent releases below:
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V/A Three
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Unknown Movements
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[127] EP cover
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My label’s latest compilation features four tracks, including a much slower
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(than usual) number from me.
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[128]Listen [129]Buy
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Neanthe
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trau-ma
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[130] EP cover
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Releasing music can sometimes feel like shouting into the ether, so it’s always
|
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|
incredibly rewarding when someone wants to put it out on one of your favourite
|
||||||
|
labels. My latest EP is out now on Robert Hoff’s tra-ma label and the title
|
||||||
|
track was played by Luke Slater during his set at Berghain on New Year’s Eve
|
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2022.
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[131]Listen [132]Buy
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Oktober: revisit
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Unknown Movements
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[133] EP cover
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I revisited my track “Oktober” five years after its original release and
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invited a bunch of friends along to remix it for a total of 9 new versions.
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[134]Listen [135]Buy
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Follow Other Form
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• [136]Bandcamp (label)
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• [137]Instagram
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• [138]SoundCloud
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© 2005 – 2024 Elliot Jay Stocks. All rights reserved. Proudly powered by [139]
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Kirby & [140]GURU. Want to know more? [141]I’m so glad you asked.
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[1] https://elliotjaystocks.com/book
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[2] https://elliotjaystocks.com/workshop
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[3] https://elliotjaystocks.com/podcast
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[4] https://elliotjaystocks.com/newsletter
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[5] https://elliotjaystocks.com/
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[6] https://elliotjaystocks.com/work
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[7] https://elliotjaystocks.com/blog
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[8] https://elliotjaystocks.com/speaking
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[9] https://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/2023-in-review/#music
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[10] https://elliotjaystocks.com/about
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[11] https://elliotjaystocks.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a781849697969c818496979f9c818496979f9c81849697929c81849696969c81849696919c81849791939c81849697969c818496979f9c818496979f9c81849697929c81849696969c81849696919c81849697919c8184979e909c81849695969c81849696929c81849696919c81849696969c8184979e9e9c81849697909c81849696929c81849793919c8184979e9e9c81849696969c818496979e9c
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[12] https://elliotjaystocks.com/
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[13] https://elliotjaystocks.com/book
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[14] https://elliotjaystocks.com/workshop
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[15] https://elliotjaystocks.com/podcast
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[16] https://elliotjaystocks.com/newsletter
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[17] https://elliotjaystocks.com/
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[18] https://elliotjaystocks.com/work
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[19] https://elliotjaystocks.com/blog
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[20] https://elliotjaystocks.com/speaking
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[21] https://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/2023-in-review/#music
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[22] https://elliotjaystocks.com/about
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[23] https://elliotjaystocks.com/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e7c1c4d6d7d6dcc1c4d6d7dfdcc1c4d6d7dfdcc1c4d6d7d2dcc1c4d6d6d6dcc1c4d6d6d1dcc1c4d7d1d3dcc1c4d6d7d6dcc1c4d6d7dfdcc1c4d6d7dfdcc1c4d6d7d2dcc1c4d6d6d6dcc1c4d6d6d1dcc1c4d6d7d1dcc1c4d7ded0dcc1c4d6d5d6dcc1c4d6d6d2dcc1c4d6d6d1dcc1c4d6d6d6dcc1c4d7dededcc1c4d6d7d0dcc1c4d6d6d2dcc1c4d7d3d1dcc1c4d7dededcc1c4d6d6d6dcc1c4d6d7dedc
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[24] https://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/tag:year-in-review
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[25] https://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/tag:work
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[26] https://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/tag:life
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[27] https://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/tag:music
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[28] https://elliotjaystocks.com/newsletter
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[29] https://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/tag:year-in-review
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[30] https://shiflett.org/
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[31] https://shiflett.org/blog/2024/2023-recap
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[32] https://elliotjaystocks.com/book
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[33] https://youtu.be/bSydhL7NzVg?si=eQYxUhUT1QYZd-R4
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[34] https://smashingconf.com/online-workshops/
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[35] https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17957403836320808/_
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[36] https://elliotjaystocks.com/book
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[37] https://smashingconf.com/online-workshops/workshops/elliot-jay-stocks-web-typography/
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[38] https://typographictreats.com/
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[39] https://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/i_have_a_logo_now
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[40] https://otherform.uk/
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[41] https://unknownmovements.bandcamp.com/music
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[42] https://fanlink.to/um017
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[43] https://kinference.com/
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[44] https://brooklynbeta.org/
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[45] https://www.drbparsons.co/
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[46] https://www.howellsstudio.com/
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[47] https://itsdavidhughes.com/
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[48] https://jessicahische.is/
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[49] https://craigmod.com/
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[50] https://jbrewer.me/
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[51] https://matthewbuchanan.name/
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[52] https://twitter.com/whale
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[53] https://blog.adobe.com/en/authors/benjamin-welch
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[54] https://www.cornwallhideaways.co.uk/
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[55] https://giffordscircus.com/
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[56] https://samanthastocks.com/
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[57] https://limeburnhillvineyard.co.uk/
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[58] https://allflows.live/
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[59] https://mkgeeknight.co.uk/
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[60] https://mkgeeknight.co.uk/events/mkgn-26#Elliot
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[61] https://www.ustwogames.co.uk/
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[62] https://www.albawildlife.com/
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[63] https://www.drbparsons.co/
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[64] https://armstrong.is/
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[65] https://www.instagram.com/p/CuG2fp7quBp/
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[66] https://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/the-big-book-announcement
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[67] https://www.threads.net/@elliotjaystocks
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[68] https://mastodon.social/@elliotjaystocks
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[69] https://www.laurenjpiper.com/
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[70] https://ellenlupton.com/
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[71] https://www.instagram.com/p/CvPyW6IqhwY/
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[72] https://threecliffsbay.com/
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[73] https://pickingpatch.com/maize-maze-pick-your-own-sunflowers/
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[74] https://jamieclarketype.com/
|
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[75] https://smashingconf.com/freiburg-2023/schedule/#day3-elliot-jay-stocks
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[76] https://marcthiele.com/
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[77] https://www.tobi-lessnow.com/
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[78] https://www.francischouquet.com/
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[79] https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw2bwr3q0yT/
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[80] https://ellenlupton.com/
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[81] https://indefinitepitch.bandcamp.com/album/destinations-ep-17
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[82] https://www.priston.org.uk/festival/
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[83] https://francisbooth.uk/
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[84] https://hellotypefriends.com/
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[85] https://jessicahische.is/
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[86] https://samanthastocks.com/
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[87] https://jamieclarketype.com/
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[88] https://ellenlupton.com/
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[89] https://sbf.org.uk/whats-on/view/the-beatrice-warde-memorial-lecture/
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[90] https://www.monotype.com/studio/phil-garnham
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[91] https://www.typetasting.com/
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[92] https://hellomuller.com/
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[93] https://simplebits.com/
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[94] https://thetypefounders.com/
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[95] https://www.threads.net/@p22typefoundry/post/C0fAixQyRa-
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[96] https://samanthastocks.com/
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[97] https://www.lukeslater.com/
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[98] https://mote-evolver-label.bandcamp.com/music
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[99] https://www.instagram.com/sinead_surgeonsgirl/
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[100] https://www.charleshazlewood.com/
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[101] https://paraorchestra.com/
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[102] https://bristolbeacon.org/
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[103] https://bristolbeacon.org/whats-on/trip-the-light-fantastic/
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[104] https://samanthastocks.com/
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[105] https://www.ilanagriffo.com/
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[106] https://goodtype.us/
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[107] https://fanlink.to/um018
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[108] https://unknownmovements.bandcamp.com/album/all-the-faults-all-lined-up
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[109] https://samanthastocks.com/
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[110] https://www.spiekileaks.com/
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[111] https://keirwhitaker.com/tabletalk/
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[112] https://keirwhitaker.com/
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[113] https://samanthastocks.com/
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[114] https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/wiltshire/stourhead/christmas-lights-at-stourhead
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[115] https://www.signoftheangel.co.uk/
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[116] https://thenewtinsomerset.com/
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[117] https://jamieclarketype.com/
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[118] https://tyfromtheinternet.com/
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[119] https://www.notion.so/2023-in-review-5eb2ddcfea4b4858b0c7df74f6e16430?pvs=21
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[120] https://www.notion.so/2023-in-review-5eb2ddcfea4b4858b0c7df74f6e16430?pvs=21
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[121] https://www.duolingo.com/
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[122] https://www.calm.com/
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[123] https://letterboxd.com/elliotjaystocks/films/diary/for/2023/
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[124] https://elliotjaystocks.com/newsletter
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[125] https://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/a-newsletter-manifesto
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[126] https://www.youtube.com/live/PQm3c-BoT9M?feature=share&t=307
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[127] https://fanlink.to/um017
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[128] https://fanlink.to/um017
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[129] https://unknownmovements.bandcamp.com/album/v-a-three
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[130] https://fanlink.to/neanthe
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[131] https://fanlink.to/neanthe
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[132] https://trau-ma.bandcamp.com/album/neanthe
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[133] https://fanlink.to/um014
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[134] https://fanlink.to/um014
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[135] https://unknownmovements.bandcamp.com/album/oktober-revisit
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[136] https://unknownmovements.bandcamp.com/
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[137] https://www.instagram.com/otherformuk/
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[138] https://soundcloud.com/otherform
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[139] https://getkirby.com/
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[140] https://my.guru.co.uk/aff.php?aff=7098
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[141] https://elliotjaystocks.com/about
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