(Wolken wie Berge, Wolken wie Schiffe, und ein Herbst, der die Haare zerzaust und durch das Denken bläst. Auf den Dächern sind die Tauben unterwegs, auf der Kreuzung junge Menschen mit Getränkedosen und schnellem Essen. Planungen des Nachmittags formen eine Liste mit Fragezeichen und Gesprächsbedarf, aber die wissenden Kontakte sind alle abwesend oder beschäftigt. Also schreit man Nachrichten und Randnotizen, wischt Staub von Tasten und alten Tickets, dreht einzelne Rädchen einen Zahn weiter und meditiert über der Idee, dass auch große Aufgaben nur in kleinen Schritten lösbar sind. Das Ringen von Anspruch, Ungeduld und dem Verharren im Dazwischen. Immer wieder in diesen Tagen.)

#outerworld #home_office_hours #task_piles_and_human_interaction #where_we_do_what_we_do #business_city

#home office hours #task piles and human interaction #where we do what we do #business city

Circling 1pm. Virtual get-together, distanced yet close. Or the other way 'round. Throwing everything of importance for the coming month on one big pile, staring at it dazed and with a very strong sense of respect. Open ends, stretching tasks, and all the human depths and issues in between. Few solutions, many questions, and autumn sneaking into the day more and more.

#outerworld #office_hours #the_rain_in_the_days #task_piles_and_human_interaction

#office hours #the rain in the days #task piles and human interaction

A quotation by Tolkien, J.R.R.

The road must be trod, but it will be very hard. And neither strength nor wisdom will carry us far upon it. This quest may be attempted by the weak with as much hope as the strong. Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.

J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973) English writer, fabulist, philologist, academic [John Ronald Reuel Tolkien]

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2, ch. 2 “The Council of Elrond” [Elrond] (1954)

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More notes and sourcing on WIST: https://wist.info/tolkien-jrr/52014/

WIST - Tolkien, J.R.R. | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2, ch. 2 "The Council of Elrond" [Elrond] (1954)

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#linuxhacks #background #bash #linuxshellscript #parallel #task #hackaday
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