What’s a digital garden?

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The phrase "digital garden" is a metaphor for thinking about writing and creating that focuses less on the resulting "showpiece" and more on the process, care, and craft it takes to get there.

— @jhooks

A digital garden is...

less about:

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and more about:

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What belongs in a digital garden?

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Be creative! What else could/should be included? I& #39;d love to hear your ideas!

A digital garden doesn’t have to be confined to a website. @jhooks says his digital garden extends well beyond his personal domain:

- Twitter
- Notion
- Roam
- Slack
- Discord
- Apple Notes

"My blog is a digital garden, not a blog" is an excellent resource to learn more about digital gardens from @jhooks https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👀" title="Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Augen"> https://joelhooks.com/digital-garden ">https://joelhooks.com/digital-g...

Ultimately, a digital garden is personal and can be whatever you want it to be. A digital garden is a digital extension of you.

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I& #39;ll leave you with this quote:

Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.

— @J_CameronLive