Tag: blogging
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Excited and exhausted: My honest take about life as a techwriter in the AI age
It’s the best of times, the worst of times. On the one hand, AI has accelerated my workflows and enabled me to create more content than before. On the other hand, I’m overwhelmed and burned out trying to keep up with how quickly the tech is changing and developing.
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My article was No.1 on Hacker News
To say that I didn’t expect this to happen is an understatement. But hey, achievement unlocked!
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Pangram in Substack? I’m so excited for the AI witch hunts
Pangram could spark an AI witch hunt, and increase bullying and harassment on Substack.
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Substack writers, you need a website!
Substack is convenient, but treat it as a distribution tool for your content. Your content should live on an independently owned website, which has a domain name you control and own. This way, you can secure long-term visibility and control over your digital presence on the Internet.
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Linkblog: Dwelling on the Internet
My compendium of links to stuff that I found interesting on the web. This week the focus is about “Being on the Internet”.
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Matt Chung: Building communities – one post at a time
How can communities come together in an age where media is dying, and the one that exists is shifting away from local news? How do we get messages out community when platforms’ “pay to play” business models are making it harder to communicate? Matt Chung is someone that has inspired me with his determination to…
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Digital decluttering: Marie Kondo-ing the content I consume
When you look at your social media and blog feeds, ask yourself: Does it spark joy? In this post I discuss my plan to aggressively implement digital minimalism to my blog and newsletter feeds. As much as I want to support all the writers I see online, I have to concede that my bluetooth-sized brain…
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Pushback against digital gardens?
The pushback I received made me think about a way to re-clarify my message about digital gardens. The last thing I want people to think is that one is better than the other. I rather communicate the freedom digital gardening has given me, and how I’ve written so much more since taking this approach to…
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Digital gardens vs blogging: What’s the difference?
Digital gardens are a different way to present yourself on the Internet. Blogging is often see as a way to “brand yourself”. Digital gardens are less interested in marketing a personality but in sharing knowledge.
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How I use social media, and why Mastodon is still No.1 for me
There’s something inherently combative about Western social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. The people there often seem mean-spirited, and the overall experience feels hostile. Chinese social media can be better due to stricter moderation policies, but you have to choose the right platform to dwell in.
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Weekend Tales #7: Year ends and bodice rippers in the desert
Reflecting on 2024 while watching trashy TV. Also, links to articles I’ve written and have read.
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The circle of competence and our information diet
When it comes to information consumption, am I focusing on a subject that will help me improve my life or make it worse?
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I think I read a racist thing from Canada this morning
Rather than demand articles such as these to be stripped off the Internet, perhaps we need to resist the impulse to label groups of people and understand the reason behind the hatred and anger.
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Is the Internet really broken?
My thoughts about The Verge’s article, The people who ruined the Internet and Danny Sullivan’s response, and the conversation swirling around SEO and the suckiness of the Internet.
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What I learned from one year of Substack
Personal and random observations on what it takes to “make it” on this platform. Caution: Some of it can be brutally honest and rub you the wrong way. This post will be gated after a week. ;)
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Google: All your content are belong to us
In a move that surprised absolutely nobody, Google has changed its privacy policy to declare that they will scrape up anything you post online to train their AI tools. How should writers and artists protect their content from now on?
Elizabeth Tai 