I kick around this idea, “is the internet broken?”, in my mind quite a bit.I’m still working on it but my general thought is “no, but our relationship with social media is”. Social media is not the internet. For a younger generation that probably sounds silly. What is the internet to me A great way … Continue reading “Is the Internet Broken?”
Category: Personal
Exclusivity is the Antithesis to What Podcasts Were Meant to be.
I don’t have too many badges of honor in nerd-dom. One of the few that I do have is that I’ve been into podcasts since 2008. The first podcast I ever listened to was Major Nelson Radio, now The Official Xbox Podcast, hosted by Larry Hyrb at Xbox. I thought it was magical. I was … Continue reading “Exclusivity is the Antithesis to What Podcasts Were Meant to be.”
January Check-In
Monthly Check-In We are one month in 2022. In an ongoing tradition of trying to blog more, failing to do so, and then coming back to recap a few items, let’s go ahead and do that. Health stuff I wrote in an earlier post that my main goal this year will be around improving my … Continue reading “January Check-In”
2021 in Review
2021 What I love about this time of year, is reading the recaps people do of their year. I think it’s important to take the time to reflect on things that were good, things that were bad, and things that one may want to change moving forward. I find Dave Rupert’s recaps to be very … Continue reading “2021 in Review”
Vibe Check Vol. 1
I’m going to shamelessly steal an idea from Dave Rupert and David Walsh and do a bit of a vibe check. This one will be more of a downer but let’s get the negative vibes out of the way and then I’ll talk about some more exciting stuff. COVID-19 This week we passed the one … Continue reading “Vibe Check Vol. 1”
Complaining about censorship on social media platforms? Make a website.
Yesterday, Twitter banned Trump. The current President is no longer welcome to post on Twitter. He’s suspended from Facebook until the end of his term. I think he’s at least suspended from YouTube. Platforms have seen enough. They are throwing in the towel. Showing him the red card. If you dig around Twitter enough you’ll … Continue reading “Complaining about censorship on social media platforms? Make a website.”