As you kick off the new year, maybe you have set a New Year’s resolution. Perhaps this year you would like to learn a new language, pick up a new skill, or work on becoming better at something. Whatever your goal, if it involves learning something new, there are a wide range of apps to […]
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Today I deleted my Facebook account. There wasn’t one particular reason, just a lot of small ones and one big final straw. The final straw was the scandal involving Cambride Analytica. They used Facebook to steal data on 50 million people and used that to influence the election. But I’ve been considering deleting my account […]
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A Week Without Twitter
I’ve slowly been losing interest in Twitter. It has become a pool of hatred and bigotry, and I find it to be an unfulfilling experience. Even my best tweets ever have given me no more than a shot of dopamine that makes me feel good for a few minutes. But then what? Last year was […]
Today Medium announced that they will be laying off 50 people to refocus on their mission. That mission, they say, is to make publishing more accessible to everyone, and to allow the highest quality content to get noticed even if it comes from someone without many followers. I can totally get behind that mission. But […]