Google Search Ruined The Web

<p>Nick Heer writing in <a href="https://pxlnv.com/linklog/google-search-trust/">Trust in Google Search Is Dying</a>:</p><blockquote>Big publications are all trying to do their own take on the Wirecutter for home goods, and

Link Posts From Obsidian

<p>This started off life as a link post to an interesting video on <a href="https://birchtree.me">Matt Birchlers</a> writing set up. However, it quickly spiralled out of control into me writing regular expressions, editing javascript and spending two

The Ultimate Minimalist Phone

<p>For the last few years, I have been <a href="https://gregmorris.co.uk/blog/i-cant-go/">looking to go back</a> to simpler times. Ones that didn’t try to hack my brain every time I open my phone. Or, in

Platforms Are Not Treated The Same

<p>Coverage from Steriogum on Neil Young pulling <a href="https://www.stereogum.com/2173905/neil-young-spotify-joe-rogan-vaccine-misinformation/news/">his music from Spotify </a>:</p><blockquote>In a open letter to his management and record label, which has since been

Breaking Rule #1

<p>Cheri imploring me to join no social media club<a href="https://hypertext.monster/hello/"> but not to talk about it</a>: </p><blockquote>My feelings are true to me, but I don’t want others to

Not Everything Has To Be Sold.

<p>Charlie Warzel talking about <a href="https://newsletters.theatlantic.com/galaxy-brain/61e9a30ddc551a002084a483/web3-debates-wordle/">Wordle in Galaxy Brain</a>:</p><blockquote>Wordle’s success has scrambled the brains of people in tech who have a reflexive desire to

Just Background Noise

<p>When I wake at silly times in the morning and get out of bed, I don’t even know why I put the TV on. I am not bothered about what is showing on the screen, it doesn’t light my way in the dark, I must

What’s After I Quit?

<p>For years, I have imagined a future I seemingly cannot attain. One where I no longer have a need for a smartphone and don’t share my life on the internet. Perhaps I retire to a cabin in the woods. You know, that type of thing an

Social Media Ghosting

<p>The straw that broke the camel's back, or <a href="https://gregmorris.co.uk/blog/i-finally-deletedfacebook/">broke my relationship with Facebook</a>, was a podcast on ghosting. I am pretty sure everyone knows what it is by now, but

There’s a Flaw In The Metaverse

<p>To be honest, I never wanted to talk about the metaverse. An idea that has been floating around since at least the 70s that we are all going to live in VR one day. Populating a world that replicates our old one but allows us to do