Writer, musician, wizardly guide to platform independence
Sony took away digital movies that people paid for. Streaming services keep raising rates. Amazon bricked old Kindles. Sounds like the LA Clippers broke salary cap rules. Sports teams use tax payer money to build stadiums. Billionaires and VC just bought the Lakers, I guess. See also, The American Sports Plutocracy Is Bullshit. People will … Continue reading "TURNING OUR BACKS ON BILLIONAIRES"
YouTube will always need more. More viewers, more time spent on the site, more more more. Some folks want to “monetize their channels,” meaning, get a cut of the ad revenue from views. Before you had to 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 watch hours over the last year. Well, YouTube says you need 8,000 hours. From … Continue reading "YOUTUBE NEEDS MORE OUTPUT"
I slept on my porch last night. Lived here for like six years now, but finally did it. A piece of tyvek, an inflatable sleeping pad, my camping quilt, and a for-real pillow. Laid under the stars, but I could only see three of them because of all the light pollution. I absolutely had to … Continue reading "SLEEPING ON THE PORCH"
I used to take a ton of photos during my “Bike Nerd” years (from 2010-2012ish or so). I’d post them to Twitter and Instagram, journaliing my adventures in real time more or less. Without social media (aside from Substack Notes, eh), I rarely post photos from my adventures. Sure, some end up as the lead … Continue reading "ON NOT POSTING FOR EVERYONE"
Late start for my walks today, and also oppressively hot. This meant two trips to the gym, four miles walking each time, which took about an hour and 10 minutes for each. Still didn’t wrap up all my walking till 9:30pm. Today is 73 days in a row, and I’ve covered 823 miles so far … Continue reading "WALKING INTO THE NIGHT"
So BMW dropped an ad for Spider Man into the big dumb video dashboard. I mean, did we really think advertisers weren’t going to find a way to weasel their way onto those dashboard displays? It’s prime real estate, esp when you can target BMW drivers who have money, right? Apparently this is a one … Continue reading "ADS ARE EVERYWHERE"
I love loathe seeing breaking news and big statements on Substack Notes with massive engagement without a link to a source. Like, we’re just taking the posters word? Posting without credit or source is 100% totally ok because EnGaGeMeNt??! There was a time on social media where you’d get 100 replies all saying “SOURCE!?!?” if … Continue reading "SUBSTACK NOTES SOURCE PROBLEM"
Today was day 70 of walking at least 10 miles per day. Since May 26th I’ve walked 787.6 miles, about 11.2 miles per day. I start most days with a three mile walk, which takes about an hour. After I get through some of my work, I try to get in another three mile walk … Continue reading "70 DAYS OF WALKING 10+ MILES PER DAY"
“So let’s say you wrote a post about a tortoise…”
We don’t need a new platform, we need to fucking regain focus on allocate time and attention to the people we say we love and want to follow. “Oh, I never see my friend’s posts anymore!” Well fucking bookmark their profile and set a reminder! Subscribe to their newsletter or RSS or podcast, set a … Continue reading "STOP BLAMING TECH FOR MISSING OUT"