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I've played soccer for the last three days straight, which is slightly unusual, but it fits in with the general trend of me getting out on the field more fre...

I don't know why I started a blog because writing is so hard. I haven't written something for my blog in ages so every word I type evokes a scratchy, unstabl...

Here are some sensory experiences of mine that will probably sound familiar: I’m extremely sensitive to my clothing—to whether it sits right, falls right, to the texture, whether it’s too rough, it…

I spotted an interesting post by Nick Heer this morning while catching up (also, you should be reading his blog; it’s great). He presents the idea that sometimes hardware is as much of a barrier to switching platforms as software is, which is often overlooked by those considering doing so. The barrier to switching from, say, an iPhone to Android is usually thought to be software — iMessage, for instance, comes up frequently.

It is a story full of humor and heart as two elders create ways to overcome the obstacles of circumstance and physical limitation to embark on the last intimate and romantic adventure of their live…

I needed a new headshot for work, as I was pissed in my old one. But instead of getting a photographer, I asked AI to do it for me instead.

Years ago I wanted to do a deep dive on Japanese aesthetics and I needed a list of good books to read on the subject. Rather than googling for books, …

All the plugins I'm running with WordPress (it's a lot), and the functionality I get.

Eyal Press, the New Yorker: In June, an appellate court ordered the N.Y.P.D. to turn over detailed information about a facial-recognition search that had led a Queens resident named Francisco Arteaga to be charged with robbing a store. The court requested both the source code of the software used and information about its algorithm. Because […]

I now have a space on the internet where I can share my thoughts to the world

Writing, blogging, life, tech and mental health with a philosophical/psychological slant

Talking with a former boss led to some weird moments in our …

One year ago, the first post on Bluesky was created. Now, we're working toward federation and a truly open network.

I'm experiencing this feeling where I cycle through periods of high work activity, where I'm the most productive person on earth, and then several weeks of a...

I don't know if I'm just grumpy .. Son drags his feet behind him this morning, wife left early for work and me and son is having breakfast, I'm done, go b...

The question of why I write is a strange one. I write because I always have, because I must, because it’s who I am. Any reader of this blog knows that I take my teaching very seriously, and I…

I tried out Beeper a few months back. The whole point is that it’s just one app that combines your inboxes from lots of other apps. For me, that would be: Messages, WhatsApp, Discord, Slack, …

After a few days on micro.blog it occurred to me, I …

Posted on Thursday 16 Nov 2023. 748 words, 8 links. By Matt Webb.

Lance Ulanoff, TechRadar: RCS or Rich Communication Services, a communications standard developed by the GSM Association and adopted by much of the Android ecosystem, is designed to universally elevate messaging communication across mobile devices. Even though Apple has been working with the group, it has until this moment steadfastly refused to add RCS support to […]