Going Back to Apple
I’ve tried others, and I keep coming back to the simplicity of Apple apps.
Why I Am Moving From Substack
It’s not as simple as you might think.
One of the attractions to Substack is that it is free. Another is a ready-made audience and community. But the rise of extremism and the investment by Marc Andreessen and Company has led me to rethink being there.
Why I Left Social Media
I cancelled all my social media accounts due to privacy concerns, and have never been happier.
What I Learned From Lent In 2024
During Lent this past year, I really thought hard about what I wanted to give up. What I finally decided on was clutter. It was pretty damn life changing.
Looking For A Place To Call Home
I have been writing for a handful of different blogs on my own for about 10 years now, but I am looking for a place to write that I can settle on—a place to call home.
Right now, I've been moving off of a self-hosted site on Bluehost, and got two sites hosted on Ghost and two on Substack. Ghost has raised their entry tier from $108/year to $180/year without notice, and it seems Substack is getting taken over by the far right. That is why I started looking for another platform.
We'll see how write.as works out. One thing it does not have is the ability to host static pages—I need that for at least one of my blogs. But the others may work out here, especially if I can add additional blogs for a small fee.
I am also intrigued by this Fediverse and social web thing. We'll see how that works out, too—I cancelled all my social media accounts for a reason. But... we'll see.
Anyway, more to come.
Marc