Cartoons on Creativity Hacker

Closing in on 500

jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 09:40:20 +0000

With much of my attention on WebSmith lately, Unforgettable has slowed a little but it hasn’t stalled. The more nouns I add, the harder it is to find the next one, but I keep finding them. And I keep reviewing and improving the ones I’ve got. Current tally is 472 cartoons, with only 22 in the “needs work” pile. At this rate, I hope to be finished the writing phase and get it off to an editor by the end of March.

Unforgettable Intro

jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 15:44:40 +0000

Hi. My name is Ogg and I’m a caveman. Okay, well, I used to live in a cave. Sadly, it froze (long story) and I waited there for absolute ages until the science dudes finally thawed me out. But they had to tear open my cave to get me out, so now that they’re finished studying me, I don’t actually have a home anymore. Which is kind of why I’m writing this book.

Unforgettable

jeff@smithicus.com (Jefferson Smith) — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 10:50:50 +0000

Traditional tools for learning foreign language vocabulary usually employ simple L1-to-L2 text translations (shoe = sko), and sometimes they’ll add an image to illustrate, but the way this material is commonly presented completely ignores how memory actually works. Fortunately, I’ve got an idea for how to change that…