Reclaiming myself

I’ve spent a lot of time worrying about what people think, far too much time. Over the last several years it’s been exceptionally bad due to conflicts on social media. I have friends who have been labeled the vilest things by people who have impossible moral purity tests that one must pass. In defending them I have also been labeled with some of the vilest terms by those same people. Because of that, and my personality quirks, my tendency has been to shy away and try to hide from it all. Well, recent events (which I will write about soon) have completely changed how I’m thinking about this.

It’s time to stop pretending that anything that group of people, or anyone else on the Internet, thinks really matters. These are random people who only know me from what I post. None of them have ever taken the time to engage in honest conversation about any disagreements we may have. This is standard procedure on the Internet. Paul Ford, widely known in Internet tech circles, wrote recently about AI in the New York Times of all places and has taken fire for it. If someone with a good reputation, backed by decades of writing, can’t get past that how the hell am I supposed to? So enough of that nonsense.

I’m back writing here, with my name on my domain and my posts here and on social media, and the hell with everything else. I’ve got nothing to be ashamed of and life is too short to waste on the types of people I was talking about above. There are so many more interesting folks out there I hope to engage with (like Paul who I’ve been talking to about audio and music tech). Feel free to reach out via my contact form!