One aspect of blogging using my phone that I like is that it provides those neat little auto-suggestions (technical term: QuickType), which means that I have a prayer of spelling words like “miscellany” correctly. Good lord, that was a clunky sentence. Oh well. It’s Sunday night, and not only was last week a busy one … More Ramblings of miscellany
Facebook is a popular critical target–the type that most people use (although that number is dropping, I think), and the type that many (including myself) grumble about but keep using anyway. I’ve been tempted throughout most of my so-far-8-year Facebook stint to leave altogether, but for some reason, I hang on, hanging in there. Actually, … More Facebook, leave me alone
Facebook is that social media platform that it’s cool to love to hate. Personally, I don’t hate it, per se–it has its (constructive) uses–but this is probably only because I’ve figured out how to make it work for me (before I reached my frustration threshold), which, for many, might be a case of trial-and-error, with … More Don’t be that guy [Facebook edition]
Remember back when a new operating system release was a big deal, and software developers went to huge lengths to prevent unauthorized (read: non-paying) people from getting their hands on it? “We need to get paid,” they reasoned. Fast forward a few years (or a couple decades). Remember the surprise you probably experienced in more … More Tired of the Technology Arms Race
I didn’t mean to. Really, I didn’t. It just sort of happened. A little over a year ago, I was quite the regular on Facebook. I posted a lot, shared a lot, commented on a lot, participated in several various groups, and so on. Then came the realization that I’m an Aspie (Asperger’s) and the … More Pulling away from social media
So anyway, my big honking exam took place this morning. I have no idea how I did. I’ll find out in May. Yep, May. It’s a little frightening how three and a half years of various classes and conferences and three solid weeks of relentless studying get distilled down into just about three hours. Those … More Where was I?
Things have changed since I wrote a similar post about 5 years ago. Now instead of just trying to be “up-front”, I get to be “blunt”. 🙂 I’ve gotten both choosier and looser about who I connect with on Facebook. I know–that makes little sense. I’ll explain. Choosier – I’ve gotten more discriminant about who … More Facebook friends, I am probably going to piss you off ~ 2016 Edition
Death and I are reaching familiar terms. (We have not, however, reached any kind of understanding.) Eventually, I’ll be at a social function and catch a glimpse of the black robed figure with a scythe, hanging out in the back corner, waiting. And I’ll totally walk up and blow his cover. “Yo, Death, who’d you … More The other shoe falls
After reading this well-written and eye-opening post about social media addiction and why the constant feeding of our personalities and lives into a 2-dimensional, 140-character-limited soundbitten meme may not be the best thing for our mind-body, our authentic inter-connectivity with the real live people in our lives, or indeed our very lives themselves, it got … More Being still…
And so it begins. Over the next few (3, 6, 12, more?) months, I plan to slowly leave Facebook. Perhaps it will be a complete departure, or perhaps I’ll keep a lingering presence that lies dormant most of the time. Why, you (may) ask? It’s not that it takes up too much time. For many, … More On the turning away
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