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I quit Facebook in December 2018. I discussed my reasons in the post Leaving Facebook, which I will list below as well. However, since the lockdowns, I have been thinking about returning. Why Return?...
Read more →Remember that scene in the movie Titanic (spoiler ahead) when the ship started going down? The passengers were racing to get off the ship, but the musicians accepted their fate, sat back down, and...
Read more →After quitting Facebook and uninstalling Instagram, I stumbled onto the book Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport. This book makes the case and advises on what I already knew. Social media, smartphones,...
Read more →Quitting Facebook in 2018 turned out to be easy for me, but I took several steps before I quit to make it much easier. Here is how I quit Facebook. #1 Define the Reasons You Want to Leave Write them...
Read more →A little more than two months ago, I quit Facebook. I outlined my reasons in the post Leaving Facebook. I wasn't sure if I would be successful. I failed to go even 30 days without Facebook back when...
Read more →Yesterday I deactivated my Facebook account. I didn't tell anyone I was leaving. I just did. I always found those people annoying that would make some grand announcement about how they had to quit...
Read more →I have some pretty strong opinions when it comes to the web, especially when it comes to owning and controlling your own work. In recent months I've become increasingly frustrated with Facebook. I...
Read more →Last year I announced that I was going on a Distraction Diet. > For the month of August, I am going to stay off Facebook and Twitter\, as I believe those are the two sites that are doing the most...
Read more →I tried to go 30 days without connecting to Facebook. I failed. Besides being an agent of distraction, Facebook is the best contact management system ever created. I was receiving emails for events...
Read more →I just finished reading the book The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr. He articulated brilliantly what I have been suspecting. The Internet, in addition to being a...
Read more →It is time for a good old-fashioned rant. This is not targeted at any one person. This rant is against the increasing trend of not being able to send a proper email response. If I sound like an old...
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