It can suck sometimes can't it

It doesn’t take a lot to see how frustrating some people can be. Here I was in a happy little bubble and thinking the world was getting better and twitter was an OK place to be again.. and then Doctor Who was announced as a Black man I am

Sharing?

About an hour ago, I decided I was going to sign up for a year of micro.blog and start sharing more things. I’d just finished the 7th day straight on using our home cross trainer as part of our monthly challenge and wanted to write something. These kinds

Get On And Do It

<p>I recorded another episode of <a href="https://gregmorris.co.uk/aya/">my podcast</a> last night, and the guest gave me such an inspiring speech that I almost wanted to release the episode straight away. I won’t, for fear

Thinking About Twitter

<p>Trying to form my desires and intentions for sharing online is hard. There are a few things I want to do, and a few more I would like to do but probably won’t and then a few more that I would like to cut out.<

Twitter Spaces

<p>The app's first words to me about Spaces were “What the #$@!% is that” and I entirely agree. I hate that little icon that plagues my Twitter app screen. I think it’s supposed to be a microphone, but I vaguely remember it being something different.

I Miss Pebble

<p>Eric Migicovsky on <a href="https://medium.com/@ericmigi/why-pebble-failed-d7be937c6232">Why Pebble failed</a>:</p><blockquote>Looking back with hindsight, I should not have aggressively grown the company without a stronger plan. We should have just stuck

How To Sign Shortcuts Files

<p>I woke to an email about an ancient <a href="https://github.com/gr36/Shortcuts">Shortcuts repo</a> I had stored old backup files in. They were available as a place to save Shortcut files I had written about because the

We Need A More Social Web

<p>Om Malik on <a href="https://om.co/2020/03/15/why-do-you-have-to-share/">Why do you have to share</a>:</p><blockquote>“Their whole algorithmic model is based on engagement – and lots of it. The model is not

85mm For Street Photography

<p>Although there are a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqKkn7kpvto&t=931s">few people</a> who sometimes use a longer lens for Street Photography, there are far more that dismiss a longer focal length. The internet is

I Don’t Need A Blog

<p>There are far too many things in my life that I don’t really need. I don’t need half the technology I have, nor most of the myriad of online services that I pay for. These include the hosting for my blog. I don’t need