Re: Social Hangover
On its blog Robert Birming is ruminating about the need of being reachable 24/7. “There's a lot of talk about the importance of online privacy,...
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2024
Analog photography
I came across an interesting article by Juan Villela about analog photography. Recently I was thinking about the same topic and came to similar conclusions....
Do we have too many choices?
Jack Baty is embarrassed when he looks at his tools. We live in a society with a lot of alternative products and services. The more...
Nature sounds
🔉 If you like listening to Nature sounds you can try moodil.com. There are a lot of options to try and it's completely free.
Being yourself
“ I tried and failed a few times at starting a “blog” / website. Though I could probably point to a few reasons why those projects...
To be kept in mind
😏 There is always more to learn.
Warning
🔥 I prefer to stay away from flames, both digital and real.
My JOMO journey
I've recently realised that over the past few years I've been on a JOMO (Joy Of Missing Out) journey without even being aware of it....
What I learned with WeblogPoMo
After a month of (almost) daily posts, I realised there are still many people who enjoy writing (and reading) blogs. It's awesome! The web has...
Making the web a better place
Three tips for being a nice person on the web: - Think before you speak; - Respect other people and their ideas; - Don't be...
Why is blogging still so cool?
In my humble opinion blogging is still cool. Why? - It gives me time to think about things and jot down my thoughts. - I...
AI and Wikipedia
🤔 I'm not involved with Wikipedia, but I'm wondering how that service can fight against people adding computer-generated content to the wiki. It will be...
Is leaving WhatsApp possible?
🗨 I'd like to quit WhatsApp, but it's complicated because everyone uses it, including my contacts at work. I think a lot of people are...
My idea of blogging
“You don’t need to labor over your posts. You don’t need to have perfect grammar or spelling. You don’t need to leave a post in...
Why you can blog semi-anonymously
Having your "www.fullname.com" blog should normally be the first choice for your professional / company blog. But you can also think about opening a semi-anonimous...
Seen on Homepage
How to follow a Mastodon user with RSS
Following social networks is not easy, sometimes there is a lot of 'background noise' in timelines that leads to distraction and that you would like...
Using AI for blogging is alienating
Recently I've tried to give to Gemini and Copilot some blog post prompts in order to evaluate the result. Unsurprisingly I found the resulting texts...
Is the old web gone?
🙈 I grew up using a 56k modem to connect to the internet and I published my first website over 20 years ago on Geocities. ...
Why casual blogging is great
“ Casual blogging is a relaxed and informal approach to writing and publishing content online. ” ✍ Some people may think that casual blogging is less valuable...
A snap in the grass
📷 Nature from the bottom.
What defines online communities?
🕵️♂️ I've been online for more than 25 years, so I have participated in various types of digital communities, such as mailing lists, newsgroups, forums,...
Beard shaving
🧔 Everything has to be portable these days. So engineers are putting batteries everywhere. Mostly these batteries are not removable and standard. For example I...
One blog, one language
💡 My main blog has been hosted on Micro.blog for about a year now. I'm quite happy with it and I really like posting updates...
Why I like indie projects
🖥 There are a lot of big tech companies out there right now. Fortunately, there are also some stoic programmers working on their own independent...
Just get the words down
I totally agree with Notes from the Underground: “My advice? Write whenever you can. Don’t worry about the word count. Just get the words down....