I’m usually very private online these days. After working with digital marketing and web analytics for a while, and around the time of Snowden, I started to worry about the use and misuse of my digital footprints. After reading Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now by Jaron Lanier I took the leap and went about to deactivate my presence on the social platforms and trying to clean up my online clutter. GDPR was very helpful in this regard, as I had hundreds of emails from different online spaces that requested my consent to keep data about me.
Well.. then what? I successfully disconnected from everything that attracted me to the web in the first place, as well as the creepy attention economy, data mining social platforms and the rest.
Ever since 5th grade I had some form of place on the web where I wrote or shared photos. From classic free-hosting-using-FTP-to-upload-static-html-files, to custom pages on My Space and WordPress. Online forums, communities and personal spaces. These were things I actually liked. Then I stumbled upon indieweb.org and was gradually drawn back to the online world.
Things take time though, I first learned about IndieWeb several years a go, but the family phase of life is really hectic. But here goes, I just need to do something. Now.
So welcome to my little corner of the web. It is mostly meant to be my personal digital garden, so do not expect regular updates or anything special. Just my own notes on what I am up to.