Despite its best efforts to make you hate it.In a departure from some of the writing Iâve 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 âeveryoneâ, but most accounts).
I recently appeared on a podcast with my friend and tutor for my Masterâs, Jean-François 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. Itâs in French, with my âAllo âAllo accent, but itâs 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, Iâm feeling good about writing a few essays this year on some of the emerging topics that have captured the imagination of the technorati. Iâll 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.
I have been on a hiatus for the last few months for several reasons. Most notably, I caught the dreaded writerâs block and wasnât able to write anything that wasnât regurgitated and ill-thought-out junk. In my defense, Iâve been doing a few projects that have taken up a lot of my time and pulled my focus away from this endeavor. More on that in the future, perhaps.
I know as a writer on the internet, that shouldnât matter.
In this essay, I explore the meaning and consequences of Computational Computing. Itâs a deep reflection on the state of tech currently and a work in progress. Some of it might not be coherent or have a conclusion, but it is all how my mind is thinking about the world today.
I have to say, overall, Iâm more optimistic than I am pessimistic. Not that you could tell from this piece.