reduce spatial friction
In re: Stuck on the now page | Field Notes, William said:
Friction shouldn't exist in your own little personal webspace.
How does that apply to this space of mine?
Skipping reply buttons or links in my posts prevents the urge to update their copy or presentation. Updating them manually across hundreds of posts was a hassle each time. People wanting to contact me can just use the navbar link at the time of writing.
I'm not yet aware of any way to check for dead or down hyperlinks on my blog. Thus, ignoring them instead of manually searching for and marking them saves me much time and effort. Them popping up more in older posts makes savings juicier given how less visible said links and contexts are.
Rarely updating my agave theme for bear blog frees up that much more time for typing up my thoughts and sharing them with you. I'm pretty sure that mission is what got me to register here in the first place. I can afford to honor that through a functional design that I already mostly like.
This space feels rather impersonal and has been described as such before. That, along with how slash pages often go undermaintained, give reasons to skip that busy work. If need be, I can discuss what's going on now in my posts, whether as a complement or a supplement. See William's aside in his own post as an example.
What friction could you eliminate from your own little personal webspace? Better yet, what friction could you eliminate from your own little personal meatspace? With the possibility that you could talk yourself out of acting upon either or both opportunities, could you eliminate that friction... now?