Hi, I'm Dani and this is my blog.
I can't stop thinking about this stupid interaction I had while playing an online game with strangers. For context, my username is very obviously feminine and I don't hide the fact that I'm a woman when talking to strangers. Somehow, in the chat, the topic of operating systems came up and I mentioned that I use Linux. This man proceeded to tell me that I must be a man because women don't use…
One of my biggest pet peeves when visiting most commercial websites these days is the inevitable data privacy modal dialogue box that pops up on the screen. The second you land on the site, you'll be faced with a pop-up asking whether you would like to accept cookies and share your data with 15,324 partners. Why yes, that sounds lovely. The best popups have a "Refuse all" button somewhere on the…
I've been feeling really overwhelmed lately. The broken arm on my desk chair remains unfixed. My bed remains unmade. A simple happy birthday message from my uncle remains unacknowledged. Each of these tasks is simple and only takes a minute, so why am I finding them to be so overwhelming? Let's look at some of the possible reasons why. Work My job feels like my biggest source of overwhelm right…
I don't need to tell you that generative AI has been shoehorned into just about every tech product and user interface lately 1 . Microsoft has been guilty of some of the most egregious examples, such as the inclusion of Copilot in Notepad and Calculator on Windows 11. But I think I've found one that's even worse. A member of my team at work has recently received a promotion and will therefore be…
I occasionally have to travel for work, and one of the highlights of my trip is always these little individual pots of porridge I have for breakfast. I know, I know, it's a single use disposable plastic pot, and it's terrible for the environment. But when I'm travelling, the options are rather limited if I fancy something other than fruit. I like to eat both porridge and a piece of fruit, since I…
Hey Bearbloggers, it's been a while! In my first post , I alluded to the fact that my next blog post would be about my experience of the web while growing up. But for whatever reason, I just can't bring myself to write about that topic right now, so I'm just going to get on with writing about what I want to write about. Maybe another day! I got up pretty late this morning, but earlier than I…
Hello, and welcome to my blog! I'm Danielle, or Dani for short. It's so lovely to meet you! I've been deliberating over the idea of creating a Bear blog over the last few months, so if you're reading this it means I've finally made a start. I've been an avid reader of many Bear blogs ever since I stumbled across the platform earlier this year (probably via Hacker News). So far the experience with…