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  • I can’t remember the last time reading Twitter made me happy. It’s been even longer since I’d wanted to post anything. I wasn’t using it as a communication device. It didn’t seem to serve any purpose beyond letting me see people yell at one another over things I used to like. I had a Twitter…

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  • Usually, I just search for a blog post that would already have this information, but I couldn’t find one. So I decided to write up this experiment. I don’t like the iPhone Music app. I find the experience of browing, organizing, and listening to music with it is poor, and rating music with it is…

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  • You have music you like. Somewhat inevitably, you might want someone else to hear it. What do you do? Okay, so the answer is YouTube. This is a hard question today. If you want to share music with even just one person, it might be hard. What if they’re not using the same streaming service…

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  • Since I’ve been rebuilding my personal music collection in 2018, I thought this would be a good place to share where I find new music. This seems obvious, but I think it’s the main reason so many people’s collections got abandoned in favour of streaming services. If you don’t regularly add music, your collection will…

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  • My personal music collection history is fraught with poor choices. But I’d like to think it’s less because I’m an idiot, and more because I’m in search of the best solution for how I like to both listen to music and manage a collection. In terms of hardware, I began with tapes and CDs in…

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  • Back to Bookmarks

    I’m definitely going through a thing. A few weeks ago I called it a season of reconfiguring, but as one season turns into another I may have to widen that scope a bit. So, fine, it might be a year of it. Bookmarks! You know, for when you like a website and would like to…

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  • I’m definitely going through a thing. A few weeks ago I called it a season of reconfiguring, but as one season turns into another I may have to widen that scope a bit. So, fine, it might be a year of it. Bookmarks! You know, for when you like a website and would like to…

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  • Little Hacks for Phone Addiction One goal I’ve had this year is to feel a little bit more in control of my life. I have no zen aspirations here. I’m not trying to find my truth. I’m just trying to not float through each day as much. Sometimes a month will go by and I’ll be like,…

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  • Date: February 27, 2018 Tags: links I read Om Malik’s blog, and I really liked this post, partially because small, personal writing is exactly what I’m trying to do here. I like his “micropub” idea a lot. But how did I find Malik in the first place? Maybe all likelihood, I found him through another blog…

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  • I read Om Malik’s blog, and I really liked this post, partially because small, personal writing is exactly what I’m trying to do here. I like his “micropub” idea a lot. But how did I find Malik in the first place? Maybe all likelihood, I found him through another blog linking to him. Individual, interesting people…

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