Finally an item that inspires! Listen not to nay-sayers or sourness or cynicism. Thank you for sharing this. For me, it takes a kind of courage to ask questions that you allow to change you.

wrestled through a video presentaion. How I see it is the author found a way to generate a script that is both notes and commands-in-a-shell that you can execute step by step. e.g. "how to install <xyz>". That way it functions as a sort of knowledge repository, i guess. However, I have a hard time understanding the author as he has a very difficult way of presenting... Despite that, there must be something to learn here, i think. Keeping this on my to-read list.

I liked reading this. For me emacs with orgmode works better. Went from evernote to onenote, to tiddlywiki, mediawiki...to emacs. My handwriting is so unreadable even I cant read it sometimes :-) Plus, I would fear losing the paper notebook..although how often have I irretrievably lost something? Never. Anyway, thanks for sharing.

One issue I found with computer based setup when working is that... there are 2 of them.

When I was in college I had folders of notes and it's read and updated regularly. Once I got issued a work laptop; the personal one sometimes don't get turned on in days... and rapidly became outdated.

> there are 2 of them

Do you have a phone (doesn't have to be one you're using)? At least on android, you can install syncthing and use it as a middleman. I use emacs org mode for many of my notes and this system works well. My computers are NEVER online at the same time but the phone is always on so it will always be up-to-date with the latest files. It also serves as another backup location. Works wonders.

I use syncthing to keep notes from Boostnote (as well as other things) in sync across multiple computers. I imagine the same would work well with emacs org mode.

why would Benjamin Hoff create a website about himself and talk about himself in third person? ... seems weird to this commentator...

It's a common way to write an auto-biographical article.

I found myself talking about "myself" in third person when the discussion gets philosophical with respect to free-will, as it can help convey my beliefs better.

PartiallyTyped stops being the person directly opposite the other party, but instead becomes a commentator, one who explaining the thought processes of the person that sits opposite the other part; it just happens that the voice of the commentator is the same as that of the person, and the lips are synced, however, for all intents and purposes of that discussion, that person is a p-zombie, and the commentator somehow manifests into the head of the other party.

The commentator considers the case where the audience may be wondering why one would create such a scenario. PartiallyTyped uses that scenario to expresses her belief that free-will is an illusion. She believes that talking about her brain but referring to the p-zombie person enables the other party to understand her point of view; that is, that she is the person that arises or manifests out of the zombie, the person who experiences the world even though she is never in control.

so that it can be quoted, re-shared, copied, etc. without losing context.

Yes, but also it could be written and maintained by an assistant, publicist, etc. as it's often the case with authors.

Why bother with the overhead?

He's obviously older, pre-Internet age. He may not be computer-savvy and care to maintain a website.

Time has value. If it's not how you want to spent your time it may be well worth it.

This is very common with writers. You (usually) don't know who produces content for the website (it can be the author himself or a third party). Plus it makes copy/pasting of the bio way easier, and you don't want, for instance, your author bio at the end of your books or on Amazon to be written in first person (it sounds very amateurish).

"seems weird to this commentator..."

I see what you did there!