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10 August

A few minutes ago, I pinged what would become Ping #9827. Only to realize that I'd pinged the exact some thing (#9763) on July 27. Not only that, I had printed and taped #9763 to my computer monitor!

At first, I felt – mmm – sad (?) to have forgotten #9763. Although, while I sat in this feeling, it occurred to me that part of why I'd felt moved to ping #9827 in the first place was because of something I picked up in the Ethel Cain interview I'd been watching over the previous week.

Prior to remembering the existence of #9763, I'd assumed the resonance I felt with what Cain was describing about her time on the internet as a teen as a fresh thought. Now, I realize I'd pinged about it weeks before encountering the interview and the message she was sharing. I suppose that ping had been in me all along...

Post-script

So much of Ping Practice, I think lies in the everyday awareness and presence of noticing.

5 August

I "exported" a Ping and placed it within a Google Doc . Placing that ping there, thinking all that that phrase means to me, ended up helping me to get started. I wonder if even the act of the page not being empty helped.

2 August

Action idea: set a ping to "public." In doing so, maybe ping is visible anywhere you've referenced it. I also wonder if there is like a centralized timeline that the ping could appear on.

Ya know, this feels like what "seeing other peoples'" pings could look like. Maybe action only available after a minimum amount of time after initial capture?

28 July

Inspired by this, what if another one of the actions was the ability to kind of "abstract" or "take a picture" of a Ping?

21 July

With long press, I wonder if we even need the controls on the bottom in "focus" mode...

11 July

Long press is inviting ideas for all sorts of other actions...

  • Select / hold multiple Pings. Think: Apple Photos

  • Parallel a Ping. Said another way: offer an alternative version of the ping you're viewing. Think: editing but each version of the ping is saved and shown in sequence.

  • Find related Pings. Maybe this takes the effect of generating a custom lens that would surface Pings related to the one you're viewing.

  • Print

  • Reflect on a Ping. See 18 April 2025.

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