Wednesday, January 1, 2025
I knew a guy once who seldom drank, but when he did, it was single malt scotch. His motto was, “Drink less, drink better.” Going into the new year, that is my guiding phrase: Less, but better. Fewer, better projects. Fewer, but better, articles published. Fewer, but better, income streams. Less, but better, work. On this first day of 2025, here is what I’m thinking about: What do I want to do more of?
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
I spent the morning redirecting my domains and so on with micro.blog. I guess I am doing this thing. I’ve spent some time working on my site notes page, in an effort to describe what I’m trying to do here. The TLDR of it all is I want to like blogging as much as I did back in 2004. Simplify, simplify. No tags. No categories. No footnotes. Hell, I may even put up a blogroll.
Sunday, December 29, 2024
I have been complaining about social media for at least 7 years, maybe more. I don’t like the way it captures my attention, the way it sucks me in, the way it kills my mood and makes me distrustful of people. Yesterday I saw a positive post about a thing currently in the zeitgeist, and whose viewpoint I agreed with. My response was not to share it or comment on it, but instead I went to the comments because I wanted to see what the horrible people would say about it.
Saturday, December 28, 2024
I’m not really into technology, but I follow and read a lot of technology folks. H’mmm, that’s not quite right. I obviously use tech - like I am right now! - but I don’t really care how it works. I’m sort of like the guy who drives a hi-performance car, but has no desire to actually understand how fuel injectors actually work. I can change the oil and know to rotate the tires, but have no desire to actually build my own car.
Friday, December 27, 2024
I like learning new things. It’s sort of my toxic trait - I would rather learn something new than master the existing thing I know. It’s probably ADHD-related - God knows everything else in my chaos-Muppet existence is. Like, last night I came across a video of someone silver-soldering a ring, and ended up in a rabbit hole on YouTube watching folks make jewlery, and now maybe I want to learn how to do that?
Thursday, December 26, 2024
I have been on social media since the early days. I have been blogging since 2003. I have friends from all around the world because of social media. I have raised several million dollars for good causes because of social media. My livelihood, my relationships, and so much enjoyment I get from my life is because of social media. But I’m tired of social media. Or, rather, I’m tired of the ways the social media companies manipulate us.