Despite its best efforts to make you hate it.In a departure from some of the writing Iāve done here, I thought it would be interesting and perhaps helpful to mention how I use Twitter and how that keeps me a little more protected from the dreadful content and commentary that is so readily forced onto your retinas.
It starts with using the right tools and then unfollowing everyone. (Well, not āeveryoneā, but most accounts).
I recently appeared on a podcast with my friend and tutor for my Masterās, Jean-FranƧois Nantel, where we talked at some length about web3 and the aspects to take notice of. I really enjoy the format, and I hope you will too. Itās in French, with my āAllo āAllo accent, but itās full of interesting tidbits. If you understand French, you should check it out here.
In this essay, I wanted to follow up on some of the things I wrote in Part 1, give a little context, and highlight some of the changes that have happened since.
(Photo by Rahul Pugazhendi on Unsplash)After my recent hiatus from writing, Iām feeling good about writing a few essays this year on some of the emerging topics that have captured the imagination of the technorati. Iāll also be diving into some other issues that, whilst not specifically about tech, have such a tech element to them they can be considered tech subjects.
If there is one overriding theme, it is that tech, or digital if you prefer, is sticking its nose into almost everything.
Good day from Martinique.
Iāve been on a hiatus for a few weeks as I wind down a multi-month project researching and investigating the state of ICT in the Eastern Caribbean, I hope you donāt mind. Rather than the 2,000-ish words I write here, Iāve written and re-written over 50,000 words in the last month or so. Looking at the statistics for Grammarly āyes, I use it happilyā I have written over half a million words over the previous year, despite being on a reduced schedule.
My apologies for the long lapse between writing essays. If Iām honest, the world has been just too much to afford me the mental space to think, write, edit and record these essays. Iāve taken on more responsibilities and simultaneously fell down the rabbit hole with the US presidential elections. And, despite not being directly affected by the ousting of the āGreat Orange Liarā, I canāt help but be touched on a personal level.