46 days ago · Life · hide · Fediverse post

I have the fondest memories of starting this website. It was in a completely different form, on a completely different platform, in a completely different city (if that even matters). I remember coming across the idea of a blog in a printed tech magazine. The magazine used to come with CDs, sometimes two or three of them, and eventually switched to DVDs. Just the idea fascinated me: I could log on, write, and my words would appear as if printed on a piece of paper, instantly, for the world to read. Of course, nobody read it back then. My ‘readership’ was around three a day, which meant my entire readership was within a margin of error. It did not matter that nobody read it. And that never changed. What changed is how I think of writing on this website now. It remains just as fun, yet very different in many ways. I no longer associate it with a cosy evening, sitting by the tall windows we had at home, looking out at the street, typing away. I no longer associate it with a sense of…

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