Alexander Khor

thinky thoughts & mostly just coffee

[Alexander Khor @alexander_khor]

Hey @clerk, any updates on the 500 errors? (we've got customers on our back that the servers are down 🙃)

[Brian Solis @briansolis]

Watch this game-changing dissertation on "expert writing."

Expert writers write to "think" about the world.

99% of experts write and think at the same time. They use the writing process to help themselves think. This is how they do their best thinking.

Write to think about the world. Do this because you care, because you want to be part of progress, because you want to make a dent in the universe.

Write to inspire and influence. And when you are finished writing, and you click publish, think about your work this way...

the intent of your text is to cause readers to change the way they think about the world.

Engagement metrics don't really matter in comparison.

Whether or not your text is valuable, depends on whether or not your readers perceive that you have valuably changed what they think, or what they do, or how they decide.

One of the reasons it's so hard for smart people to write well is because they don't write to change the way people think about the world. They write to complete a project, to earn a grade, to be assessed. Or they write to publish *their* thoughts without going through a mental and soulful exercise of writing to think about the world, without writing to change how people think about the world.

Write to think about the world.
Change how people think about the world.

In an era of #GenerativeAI, content isn't the end game. Your goal isn't just to get someone's attention, generate reactions, or show up in search. Your mission is to change how people think about the world.

Change How People Think About the World.

Thank you, Larry McEnerney (now-retired former Director of the University of Chicago's Writing Program).

[Alexander Khor @alexander_khor]

Can I finally stop refreshing twitter every 5 mins now

[The Star @staronline]

JUST IN: The King has consented to appoint Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as Malaysia's 10th PM.

[Alexander Khor @alexander_khor]

@ashleyeong go to sleep!!

[Alexander Khor @alexander_khor]

@ashleyeong mission to keep the nation informed 🫡

[Alexander Khor @alexander_khor]

Candy & cereal

The khorfee adventures resumes momentarily for this special shout out;

Super floral, sweet, and tastes like cereal (!!!) Yum (!!!) 🌸🍬🥛

Happy to have saturday morning to chill tf out & make coffee slow

[Alexander Khor @alexander_khor]

@weiwenn_tan We dooooo you have my number!!

[Alexander Khor @alexander_khor]

What a strange feeling to be unemployed again (albeit only for a week). Slept in guilt free today + time to make coffee in the morning!! 😋

[Christian Petersen-Clausen @chris__pc]

Shanghai Covid Stories:

So how do you get food during a lockdown, when shops, restaurants and delivery apps are out of service?

Spoiler: It's tough.

A thread.

[Alexander Khor @alexander_khor]

Been struggling with balance of being my best self vs. simply being good enough.

Read today:

“Excellence is not ‘a hill to climb’, it’s the ‘next 5 minutes’”

[Alexander Khor @alexander_khor]

@PaperPoop hot girl summer vibes incoming

[Alexander Khor @alexander_khor]

Mangos & nectarines!!! So so good.

“Seasons of change help us discover things that stay unchanging”

[Alexander Khor @alexander_khor]

See this super cute plant mum brought in from home 🥺

[Alexander Khor @alexander_khor]

@ashleyeong Gasp she found out my secrets

[Alexander Khor @alexander_khor]

Haven’t posted a bean juice update in awhile. Have had pretty awesome coffee recently thanks to the addition a new-ish Comandante HEHE

Featured are:

My 1st ever Yemeni bag (tastes of chai & mint, insane!)

Lots of ethiopian espressos

This sick photo of a sick CNY pull for dad

[Alexander Khor @alexander_khor]

@ViannSiew Oh NOW you are free

[Alexander Khor @alexander_khor]

@asianeliya Oh the dream :’)

[Alexander Khor @alexander_khor]

@NicholasYJY How to be handsome like you 🥺

[Alexander Khor @alexander_khor]

@keithgohtzehan The only correct way to drink coffee

[Alexander Khor @alexander_khor]

Bit of a breather today after what has been a really hectic few weeks with WAY too much on my mind.

Still don’t have all the answers but having amazing friends help.

Felt fance today so made myself an iced oat latte 😌