Posted on 08/11/2019 in misc • Tagged with Internet, Privacy, Amazon, Facebook
It's not paranoia if they really are watching you.
Yesterday I bought this plumbing part at Lowe's. I did not search for it online, watch a YouTube video or in any way disclose online that I had a need related to plumbing repair. It's a $7 part and I knew …
Posted on 07/29/2019 in misc • Tagged with Internet, Twitter
In my 12 years on Twitter I've gone viral twice. The first time was 2015 and it was a stupid Dilbert cartoon. At least this time I added a line of my own commentary to a retweet. My tweets self-destruct after 14 days so this is mostly just to save …
Posted on 06/03/2019 in misc • Tagged with Internet, Marriage
Less Internet = Better Honeymoons?
It’s not often I write a blog post and the world validates my opinion so quickly the next post is on the same subject. But here we are. This NYT article is nuts. It’s about some couples who feel like they ruined their honeymoons …
Posted on 06/03/2019 in misc • Tagged with Internet, Amazon, Facebook
I read an article over the weekend about how the overwhelming number of choices you get when using Amazon and other sites is causing people to turn away from those sites. I just spent 15 minutes trying to find that article again and I can’t. So maybe I dreamed …
Posted on 02/21/2019 in misc • Tagged with Business, Internet
I don't produce content. Nobody cares about content.
I write stories.
I share photos.
I rant
I make a point
I try to be funny
And yeah, occasionally I even troll.
So please don't invite me to consume, share, or otherwise interact with your content. I don't care about content …
This interview with Cal Newport about his new book Digital Minimalism is really interesting. I really want to believe we are at a tipping point where people start to push back against the encroachment of digital technology in our lives.
He makes an interesting analogy between the tech world and …