Essays – Page 3 – Elizabeth Tai

Being Chinese in an anti-China world

Jul 22, 2023

I speak and think in English. But I’m genetically Chinese and that is problematic in an anti-China Western world. 📧 To read, subscribe to the blog.

Why I Left Apple’s Ecosystem

Jul 13, 2023

I acknowledge that Apple products are sleeker, high in quality and they “just work”. But I still left the Apple Ecosystem anyway and have absolutely no regrets.

The puritanical pursuit of platform purity

Jul 9, 2023

Threads is out. And the natives are restless. 🍿 📧 To read, subscribe to the blog.

Being an imperfect gardener of my digital garden

Jul 6, 2023

The way I blog has drastically changed since I discovered the IndieWeb. For one, I’m less precious with my blog posts. I allow mistakes, errors, and no longer think chronologically. Every post is an evolving document.

How I am blogging the IndieWeb way

Jul 3, 2023

Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, Medium, Substack … if you’re building your content home on any of these, it’s time to wake up to the cold hard reality that they could all disappear on you one day. As a writer, embracing Indieweb principles could save your life’s work from disappearing along with these platforms. Here’s how I…

POSSE and PESOS: Better ways to publish content

Jul 2, 2023

When I wrote this today, #TwitterDown was trending on Mastodon. Here’s another lesson why using platforms like Twitter and Substack as your content home is a bad idea. Publish your content the POSSE/PESOS way and you avoid much of the dangers of a social media site melting down.

WordPress.com releases paid newsletter features

Jun 14, 2023

Watch out Substack, here comes Wordpress! Automattic has now enabled WP.com blogs to share paid or gated content. Should I mirror my Substack to my wp.com website?

Why I’m illustrating my stories without AI Art

Jun 9, 2023

My discomfort with tools such as Midjourney is a big reason, but I find it far more enjoyable to use human-generated art. 📧 To read, subscribe to the blog.

Author’s notes: Patchwork Dad

May 28, 2023

Why this is probably the only poem I’ll ever write. 📧 To read, subscribe to the blog.

You don’t have a moral obligation to leave Twitter

Apr 16, 2023

Believe it or not, many parts of the world do not think of Twitter the same way Americans do. Some are still happily on Twitter enjoying themselves. A semi-rant about being a non-American in the heavily North American Mastodon. 📧 To read, subscribe to the blog.

Category: Essays