Category Archives: Social Networking

Digital Minimalism (The Newport Way): 30 Day Results

Greetings, From 27 August through 30 September, I set out to do a modified version of what Cal Newport discusses in his best-selling book “Digital Minimalism”. Essentially, the detox calls to get rid of using, not just social media sites, … Continue reading

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Oversharing – Is there such a thing in social media?

Greetings all… This particular post is twofold, maybe threefold, in that it piggybacks on my previous post about the Twitter doomsday posts/articles regarding Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter. What I mean by threefold is the genesis of this post comes … Continue reading

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The Doomsday being presented as Elon Musk’s Twitter

I joined Twitter in November 2006, upon being told about it by a friend I knew from the days of AOL Instant Messenger, iMusic, Yahoo Instant Messenger, and Blackplanet, Lis. Shortly afterwards, I began to connect with other early adapters … Continue reading

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The Return of Tech Times – The Podcast

Greetings all, If you’re fortunate enough to have Labor Day off and not working as I type this, I hope you’re enjoying the weekend. This post signifies the return of a podcast I started back in the Summer of 2013, … Continue reading

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Social media’s growing influence (and distraction)

Ok, I get it…old hat, right, right. How ironic is it that I have written this post to primarily appear on social media (my Twitter account). With regards to the subject of this post, I’ve read what feels like a … Continue reading

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Where in the world is…(my privacy)?

unsplash-logoNESA by Makers NP: Daneel – Debris (Inner Ocean Records) Greetings, all… I’ve been out of the blogopshere for awhile, but this topic has been brewing within me for months. As you’ve probably guessed by know, it’s on the aspect(s) … Continue reading

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Social Media Sabbatical (SMS): Day 23 – 23 Aug 18 – Using less social media – Pt. 3

Greetings all… Long work week, but the good thing is one more day left, until a two-day break from it all. So, as those who have been keeping up know, I have eight more days until this FB/Instagram/Reddit/etc social media … Continue reading

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Social Media Sabbatical (SMS): Day 20 – 20 Aug 18 – Using less social media – Pt. 2

Another workday Monday has come and gone. It was productive, tedious but productive. This morning, the usual diatribe occurred between me and my brother in podcasting/tech/photographer/music, DarrenKeith regarding our social media use, or lack thereof. The discussion was briefly about … Continue reading

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Social Media Sabbatical (SMS): Day 18 – 18 Aug 18 – Using less social media (?)

Greetings readers… Eighteen days in of disengagement from Facebook and Instagram. I’m starting to think about, increasingly, my reasons (and associated ROI) for returning to Facebook. I’ve not had the desire to even check it at all, so there is … Continue reading

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Social Media Sabbatical (SMS): Day 16 – 16 Aug 18

Greetings all… After a solid two weeks of no Facebook and Instagram, I’m starting to see it’s not really jsut the avoidance of using the two, but more so this: Tnat is all, moving along now…nothing more to see here. … Continue reading

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