hello 2004. i'm blogging. again.
again because i've had blogs hosted by xanga, wordpress, and medium since i can't remember when. i probably had a blogger/blogspot-hosted blog a thousand years ago as well.
blog blog blog.
why am i blogging again? and why on this relatively unknown write.as platform instead of a behemoth like wordpress?
several reasons:
i've become increasingly skeptical and worried about my digital footprint, and the insanely-powerful companies that own and monetize it for their real customers: advertisers.
i really miss self-expression. i miss sharing my thoughts and opinions. but i want to control who has access to them, and who i allow to host them on the internet.
i'm supportive of write.as's philosophy regarding data privacy and approach to blogging. more specifically that it's hidden from search engines and only accessible by you knowing the URL. although i worry that they may not last 2 years, i'm willing to pay for this philosophy.
so here are my next steps:
i will delete my facebook and instagram accounts. i really dislike mark zuckerberg. if you want to know about my goings-on, you can do that here.
i'm not sure whether i want to delete my twitter account or not. twitter's actually useful for networking in the tech sector. i work in the tech sector. i know where to compromise.
i will promise to post here at least once a week.
i'm considering setting up a personal email newsletter so my friends and family can get updates sent directly to their inbox. write.as apparently has this feature on their roadmap as well, so we'll see what comes first. if you're interested in this, let me know.
i'll keep my medium posts up, because they're still really important to me. they're just not worth me importing them here. medium just makes it really unfriendly to export their content for importing into another platform. they've become an unfriendly platform in general. hence write.as.
anyway, if you're reading this, thank you. if you use an RSS reader, this is RSS friendly. if not, you'll always find me at jadanzzy.com. and, again, let me know if you'd like updates sent to your inbox.
love, dan