iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Thinking of switching from X to Bluesky specifically because X's search is broken. My micro-blogging is mostly personal reference of ideas and notes-to-self, and that requires working search. How's the search function on Bluesky?

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

You can’t unsee some things, but I don’t recall ever feeling I couldn’t un-read. Yet another reason to default to reading.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

To start note-taking, think of “cell division” Start with one note: “Inbox”. Dump into that until you’re ready to divide into a new note, then another, and another. You’ll eventually have a bunch of folders and notes and your unique way of organizing, and it will look like you planned it.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Things are happening all the time, many of them are lucky, and so lucky things are happening all the time.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Switching from the exploration mode to execution mode on a creative project is like folding a drop of ink in a piece of paper, opening it, then deciding whether you see an angel or demon.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Procrastination is the present framemogging your future.

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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Seriously though do the kids understand that we had basically no electronic media on-demand growing up? Pre-internet, I grew up without even home video rentals. Recorded music was expensive, books were expensive, my town had no book shops or record stores, we had no movie theater

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

The popular saying is “Sleep on it,” but we rarely use incubation intentionally. If you need to think hard about something, jot down notes about it for 5 minutes, then go to bed. In the morning you’ll have the solution. It’s magic!

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Your mind is a building that starts burning when you wake up. What you create with the first hour of your day is who you rescue.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Something I believe but can’t prove is people who read books are increasingly not on social media at all.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Have many ideas, start a few, finish even fewer.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Home is where your preferences and habits can balloon from mild neuroses into full-blown disorders.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

If you're going to send an authentication code to my email every time, what is the point of my password?

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Every streaming service should have subtitles on every movie in every language, AI-generated. Why don’t they?

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Writer’s block is often caused by trying to take a deductive approach to what’s better served by an inductive process. You’re expecting to write something true. But to get to the truth you have to be willing to first risk writing something false.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Today, a hummingbird came to my lunch table and floated in front of my face several seconds, looking right at me. It was crazy. I wonder if it was the same one I rescued from my house a year ago.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Creations can’t be consumed until they’re crafted. Innovations can’t have impact until they’re implemented.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

You might have a handful of lasting memories of awkward interactions that happened IRL. With social media you can keep shoveling them into your noggin till there's no more room.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

What if the meaning of life, besides four hours deep work, is to season your skillet?

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

We believe we're on the cusp of AGI because it helps us avoid the inconvenient truth that LLMs show us our thinking isn't that original.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Your mind is like a body of water, which must circulate. If your mind doesn’t meditate, it stagnates.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Main Character Syndrome is a scourge on society, but viewing your life's story as that of a main character is actually quite useful.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Just distilled my first gallon of water with my new water distiller. This is what it removed from my tap water.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

I believe now more than ever that spending a lot of time meditating is a very productive activity. With technology changing so fast in the age of AI, and more and more information coming at us, it’s increasingly true that being effective is not a matter of how much of your time you spend in motion.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Amazon's share of my self-publishing income: 2018: 94% 2024: 58%

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Just published a MASSIVE, 6,000 word income report, including a review of 2024 and predictions for 2025. How did I limit Amazon to only 58% of my book income revenue, and grow my newsletter 30%? It's in here, and much more. kadavy.net/blog/posts/d...

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December 2024 Income Report (and 2024 review!)

To listen to an audio version of this report, join the Patreon » December’s revenue was $6,298, down from November’s $6,968. Profits were $2,022, down from November’s $3,351. This is also the last rep...

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

9 years ago I sold everything moved to where it takes 2 weeks to get something from Amazon. I have a vivid memory of desiring, anticipating, and celebrating the arrival of every item I own. It really bothers me how much joy I get from the consumption process.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

If we're going to live to 150, we must invent the MIB flashy thingy. Even at 45, my daily thoughts are so invaded by the recall of images, experiences, smells, sounds, and memories of those who have long passed, I scarcely live in the present.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Life Pro Tip: Put all social media apps on a separate phone, then smash it to pieces.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

The deeper it comes from within your soul, the harder it will be to bring to life.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

No use watching in awe as others do what you can’t. Much better to do what you can until others are in awe of you.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

If you want to understand why it's a good idea to ban TikTok, read: - Amusing Ourselves to Death - Brave New World - Love Letter to America (Yuri Bezmenov)

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Authors, remember: if you're on the 70% royalty plan with Amazon, you're being charged about 15¢/MB to deliver your ebooks. I just reduced an ePub file from ~1MB to <250Kb with a few simple measures. Could save me thousands in profits.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

I tried to imagine birds taking a holiday but then realized "work" for them is literally looking for food and eating it.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

21 days in on daily 60-minute meditation. This is becoming a regular thing and it takes me to mentally uncharted territory every time.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

24% of my book revenue in 2024 came from direct sales. 🤯 Amazon used to account for more than 90% of my book sales.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Anyone who thinks one micro-blogging social network will turn out fundamentally different than another doesn't understand the meaning of The medium is the message.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

If you’re a fan of 80s teen movies, this underrated film is a must see…

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Anyone who thinks AI will decimate jobs is grossly underestimating the degree to which AI enables consumers to make increasingly sophisticated choices faster than ever. AI is a commerce engine.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

A good way to make progress on a novel is write in short, 68-page notebooks. Fill one page at a time, then one notebook at a time. Glad to say I've made it to notebook two!

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Some of the best creative energy you’ll ever have will be during and just after eating. Don’t ruin it with a phone, and have a pen and paper ready for the ideas.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Someone who will never treat you like it was a dumb question. Don't underestimate how valuable this is about LLMs.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

You’re in an arm of the multiverse that’s gone full-circle when you see Carson Daly, while hosting The Voice, promote an album ON VINYL.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I think the only way for free information on the web and LLMs to live in harmony is an LLM that distributes crypto-tokens to content creators based upon their contributions to responses. Is someone working on this?

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Productivity hack: Leave your phone in another room. You’ll walk 10,000 steps a day fetching two-factor authentication codes.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I’m finding a good way to make progress writing a novel is, instead of reading someone else’s at night, grab a notebook and pen and write whatever keeps you entertained.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I propose a cognitive bias called the "pool table effect." Easy access to something can reduce your use of it. I posit it dilutes your implementation intention. Anyone who's bought a pool table knows they stopped playing pool. Also applies to home gyms.

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Hey why are horrible things horrific but terrible things aren’t terrific?

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains

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David Kadavy @kadavy.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

No impression numbers on Blue Sky? What are y'all hiding?

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