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63.Re: Posting Fewer Photos of My Kids’ Faces
Matt Langford blogs about intentionally posting fewer photos of his kids’ faces online. The part of the reasons which resonates with me is: A photo posted today can end up indexed, copied, saved, scraped, screenshotted, and fed into who knows what. That sounds dramatic, but it also sounds like Tuesday. Even if the original post… Continue reading
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59: Re: How I Use AI
(Gen) AI and its impact on life, the future of work and pretty much everything in between has been on my mind for quite some time, more so of late. It hasn’t helped that Co-pilot has been rammed down our collective throats at work for the better part of a year, in the name of… Continue reading
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58. Joining JulyReply
The very productive Robert Birming (how does he manage to keep his online projects going?) is at it again, this time with JulyReply. It is another one of those initiatives which focuses on building community. The core idea is [r]eplying to others’ blog posts in a “Re:” format. As I have used the format sparingly… Continue reading
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55. JUnited, The Wrap
And so this year’s edition of JUnited comes to an end, a first for me. I missed a few days but gave it a good shot, I think.I’ll add a few more links over the next few days to make up the 30 for the 30 days of June. In going over the links, a… Continue reading
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46. My Blogger Archetype – Author and Community Gardener
Robert Birming, increasingly my gateway to a small, close-knit section of the IndieWeb took James’ Blogger Archetype Quiz and shared his results. I dived in of course, such is my fascination with Enneagrams, personality tests and the like. Here are my results You are a Author You love writing and have a growing backlog of… Continue reading
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27. Re: A Word to My Readers (To RSS or Not)
Beth Adams, who I have a lot of time for, and have read on and off since 2010, explores the question of subscriptions on the latest edition of her Substack newsletter. Within the essay she harks back to a time – before social media ruined everything – when blogging was fun and like minded communities… Continue reading
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25. JUnited 2026
Robert Birming’s post piqued my interest, particularly as I am a quarter of the way through my 100DaysofBeing challenge to post every day for 100 days, and looking for some structure! Having been part of a close knit blogging community in days far gone, as well as co-curating a project myself, I have good experience… Continue reading
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