Social media has become problematic over the years. Personally I don’t get much — if anything — from it. Whenever I check out various social media channels I’m quickly reminded why I don’t hang out there a lot: What I want is to stay in touch with people I care about. What I get is an infinite stream of people entangled in drama, hyperbole, and hysteria. What I get is slop content produced for the sake of producing content. What I get is advertising for stuff I don’t want and don’t need.
I like to use this website is my personal outlet on the web. I want it to be my one destination to share what I’m up to, to allow people who care to keep up with what I’m doing. On this site I’m in full control, I own the content, I make the rules. I decide how to present things, how people can access my stuff and how long things stick around. While I’m occasionally writing somewhat profound stuff that’s helpful to people out there, there’s also this personal component to this website, and I like it that way. It presents my whole self, not just a tiny curated slice of it.
The other day I checked out Timo’s blog once again. Timo’s a former coworker of mine and I admire the gorgeous personal website he’s built. I saw that Timo recently introduced “shorts” as a way to keep status updates on his personal website. What an amazing idea!
This concept resonated so much with me that I decided to copy steal this idea and build something similar. I built Moments as a nice and low-friction way to capture and publish everyday moments of my life. The mundane, the highlights, the things I want to remember. Publishing these moments in a short format instead of a blog post helps me avoid overthinking. Having these moments on my personal website allows me to remain in full control and have everything in one place.
It’s like a social media feed without the social media aspects. No likes, no reactions, no infinite slop, no dopamine trap, no ads. It’s finite. It’s slow. By design.
Slowcial media, baby!
Made delicious pan pizza tonight.
24 hours cold ferment. Provolone cheese for a rich smokey flavor and french salami for salty goodness.
Soul food after an exhausting week.