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That's So Meta

John Herrman writes about the failure of the metaverse concept. He's clearly disillusioned with legless avatars and unearned hype. The premise for the piece is that there is no "there" there. The metaverse as a concept is simply lacking a reason for existence. Herrman references Ed Zitron, who in writing

I'm Still Uncomfortable With Amazon

I'm Still Uncomfortable With Amazon

A couple of years ago, I wrote about Amazon and my discomfort with a number of the practices that the company employed. After writing the post, I was on a kick in which I was shunning Amazon and avoiding being a consumer of their services. That lasted for about a

Tumbling Down

Jonathan Haidt and his colleague, Greg Lukianoff, believe that the enormous increase in mental health issues for young women who are identified as "liberal" has to do with going through a sort of reverse CBT process. CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) is one of the most effective tools for combating depression

Is Mastodon Really Is The Spiritual Successor To Twitter?

Is Mastodon Really Is The Spiritual Successor To Twitter?

By defining itself as the anti-Twitter, Mastodon feels like a reactionary platform.

This Time, I'm Out

This Time, I'm Out

After 14 years and over 10,000 tweets, I've deactivated my Twitter account. I've been critical of Twitter for a long time now without actually leaving the platform. Obviously, things have changed rapidly for the worse. When, on Saturday, Elon Musk let DT back on the platform, while including a

Predicted Collapse

Predicted Collapse

My degree is in psychology, and though I focused on family and child counseling, industrial/organizational psychology was a close second in my affections. I loved taking a case study from a disaster at NASA — like the Challenger shuttle explosion — and looking at what went wrong organizationally to allow that

When Is Software Too Indie?

When Is Software Too Indie?

Think about the size of an independent publisher when assessing your needs.

Your Musk, My Tusks

Your Musk, My Tusks

Twitter probably isn't going anywhere just yet.

Blogging As Self-Care

Blogging As Self-Care

I have been on a sort of crusade to get more people to blog recently. If I come across a person who is interesting and has something worthwhile to share, I urge them to start a blog. I have a friend at work who, in the early days of the

Minimal Mac

I was texting with an old friend the other day, and he was documenting his progress in getting three monitors set up. Since he has an M1 Mac Mini, like I do, he could only easily support two monitors. He turned to Universal Control with a MacBook Air to get

Engaging Your Readers

Engaging Your Readers

How do you get readers to pay for your writing online?

An Argument for Blog Portability

An Argument for Blog Portability

How much will readers be impacted if you move your blog?

Airshow

A new podcast adjunct to a popular feed reader gets it right.

Arc Welder

A new browser makes the case for why it stands out from the pack.

Rotten Apple

The punishment for being an Apple user.

Reading It Later

Reading It Later

Settling on an app to actively consume web content on an ereader.

Less Is More

The online discourse has made it difficult to keep up a digest style newsletter. It's time to shift course.

Cashing In My Chips

Cashing In My Chips

My first thought when read (at the end of a long day of work) that Elon Musk had purchased Twitter, was some measure of disbelief. I'm almost embarrassed to admit the second thought that popped into my head after reading the news. Yep, it is definitely with some shame that

The Slide from Epistemic Bubble to Echo Chamber

The Slide from Epistemic Bubble to Echo Chamber

We are trees rooted alongside each other, and tearing up the roots of one tree threatens to encroach on the rootedness of another.

Buzzing Towards Babylon

Buzzing Towards Babylon

Blogging platforms are changing, many for the worse, but there are plenty of good options out there.

Writing For An Online Audience

Writing For An Online Audience

A writer is a writer, no matter what platform they choose.

The Twitter Corps

The Twitter Corps

It’s easy to become a jerk on Twitter.

Spotify Canceled

Spotify Canceled

Will a boycott of Spotify by artists and subscribers force the company to make meaningful changes with regard to its intellectual property?

Punishing Facebook

Punishing Facebook

Facebook has been outed in the US for its dishonorable practices, but what it’s done in this country is nothing compared to the damage it has caused in other parts of the world. One the places where it has helped to create a perfect storm of violence by radicalizing

Asymmetric Possibilities

Asymmetric Possibilities

The other night, I was reading through the cover story for this month's issue of The Atlantic, The Bad Guys Are Winning by Anne Applebaum. I got to the part about Russia helping to provide the autocratic guidebook to Belarus' dictator, Alexander Lukashenko, in order to crush the protests in