Another fresh start

I have decided to refresh my approach to blogging (yet again). There are a couple of main drivers for this.
Human-centred decisions
I have decided to refresh my approach to blogging (yet again). There are a couple of main drivers for this.
A busier life, and recent events on the internet, mean a new direction for my blog.
Today marks the 20th anniversary of my first blog post. Blogging is important to me, but it has seen many changes. The online publishing ecosystem is having a moment right now. So what’s next?
Christmas and new year is a time for reflection for most people. It never seems to work that way for me.
Last year I began a routine of publishing shorter posts on an almost-daily basis. Today marks a full year of blogging on a daily basis. It’s also the day I’ll stop posting each day.
When it came to blogging, the tail was wagging the dog. So I have changed my routine.
This week, Flickr announced that free accounts will be limited to only 1,000 photos. It’s another warning that we can’t rely on externally-run content silos.
Website publishers have been incentivised to do exactly the opposite of what could have made the web so great.
When I started to experiment with different ways of blogging, I realised what I was doing was a bit off. So I decided to redesign the blog.
2017 is a year that showed that I have a lot to be grateful for. But even though I don’t normally set new year’s resolutions, I am setting myself three broad goals for 2018.
The more we come to understand about the big social media networks’ impact on society, the less appealing it becomes. It’s time we stopped letting them control our digital lives. This is why I will start blogging again.
Why are writers publishing their content to platforms like Medium when it threatens to undermine the do-it-yourself culture that made the web great?