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Stripped down blogging.

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.…

From scratch

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…

The End

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…

Learning

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…

A new thing.

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…

You don’t simplify by adding things.

The urge to complicate things is almost endless.

There is always the hope that adding another layer will make it cleaner, easier, smoother. That if only you did this other thing, it would all magically work. We want there to be a shortcut. There has to be a shortcut.

There is no shortcut.

Fed is best | Weeknotes 5/6/23

I’ve been really swamped at my day job for the last few months, and, surprise, my routines have suffered. But a huge project I was working on just ended, and things should revert to something like normal. But the end…

Credit

In the fall of 1969, my mom and dad were newly married. They were home one night, no doubt staring lovingly into each other’s eyes when the phone rang. It was my grandfather, Mom’s dad, and he needed a ride.…

Blog updates

Most readers know this, but I wanted to state it clearly for anyone who is still here: I am now blogging exclusively over on my new website called Humidity and Hope. I am currently posting there six times a week, so…