Essay

<p>Where to actually start? Every so often we see the once great Instagram app slide into oblivion, barely clinging on to its importance to the users that have used it for more than a decade. Unfortunately, there isn’t a service that comes close to the reach

The well shared Om post from a few weeks ago: > "“While Instagram initially fueled my passion for photography; rather than being inspired through the art of photography itself, too often I find myself chasing numbers of followers and likes. I realized that all this time I wanted to

Turns out TikTok is basically spyware. > "TikTok is said to collect “everything”, from search and browsing histories; keystroke patterns; biometric identifiers—including faceprints, something that might be used in “unrelated facial recognition technology”, and voiceprints—location data; draft messages; metadata; and data stored on the clipboard, including text,

<p>Mike Elgin on the <a href="https://www.computerworld.com/article/3666739/why-open-plan-offices-are-a-disaster-for-your-company.html">hopeful demise of open plan offices</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The open-plan office obsession, which probably peaked around ten years ago,

I’ve struggled with my motivation and inspiration in photography for years. It’s been something I am always interested in, yet limited by the time and attention I can give it. I felt as if living in a sleepy (boring) town was difficult to take the pictures I wanted

<p>I always struggle to start writing a blog post, so I will just get right to it. There’s no more podcasts coming. I have taken it as far as I can with the time and energy I have available I’m afraid. So with a heavy

<p><a href="https://ljpuk.net/2022/06/22/blogging-consistently/">Lee Peterson</a> via <a href="https://jeffperry.me/2022/06/23/blogging-consistently/">Jeff Perry</a>:</p><blockquote>.. my blogging has almost

<p>The cursor blinks at me in a, what I interpret as, passive-aggressive way. Its yellow line set starkly against the black screen. Gently appearing and reappearing in the same place as if to utter to me that it hasn’t moved. I still haven’t typed anything,

<p>On my <a href="https://gregmorris.co.uk/blog/unplugging-should-be-mandatory/">few days unplugging,</a> I noticed something strange happening. The sun was shining, the atmosphere was upbeat due to most of us having 4 days off work, yet as I looked