Facebook is certainly hitting the headlines these days. The huge data leak, its role in the results of the recent US elections, the increasing privacy concerns of its users… It all sums up to a strong feeling of discontent among once devoted fans. However, we can’t blame Facebook alone. In this post, I want to reflect on the internet we are building, and propose a…
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Forget SEO. Write Content Only YOU Can Write
If you are a blogger, chances are SEO has a powerful influence over your writing. In fact, SEO is so ubiquitous in the web these days, most blog articles are all starting to look alike. In this article, I want to encourage you to forget SEO and, instead, focus on writing awesome content only you can write. Articles for $1… Is Writing Dead? I was…
Control and Choice
Hello there, and happy 2018! This year, I have decided to go through this book: The Daily Stoic. The book has an interesting concept. It contains 366 “meditations on wisdom, perseverance, and the art of living”. Thus, it has one short passage to read and meditate about every day. I tried to go through the book in 2017 but I abandoned it by February for diverse…
How To Update To Ghost 1.0 In Debian And Apache
Edit: I’m sad to announce that this blog runs on WordPress now. Ghost had the potential to become the next big blogging platform, but they opted to retreat to a geeky, self-imposed limited audience by only supporting officially Ubuntu+Nginx. That’s a bummer, but if that’s their choice, I wish them best of lucks. I will stick to WordPress. Initially, when ghost announced its 1.0 release,…
Working on an iPad Pro for Bloggers
From the moment I bought my iPad pro, I fell in love with it. At first, I thought it would be just another iPad with a faster processor and an attached keyboard. However, I discovered that the iPad Pro is a performance beast and wondered if it may replace your laptop if you are a blogger, writer, developer, or even designer. In this “Working on…