Welcome to Kirkman's Korner

Go inside the thoughts of a professional nerd and unapologetic elder millennial.

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The language of tech

March 25, 2025

It's like 1984 in 2025.

Tags:

tech, technology, cloud, language, buzzwords, marketing, newspeak, orwell

Mid-March update on my disconnection

March 18, 2025

Thoughts on my quest to have a healthier relationship with technology: March 2025

Tags:

detox, unplugging, self-care, mental-health, technology

You don't hate ads, and you don't hate ad-supported content

March 7, 2025

How the internet has, unsurprisingly, poisoned the well for everyone

Tags:

ads, advertising, targeting, privacy, data, media, ethics

I believe in paywalls

March 4, 2025

They can be annoying, but they're necessary

Tags:

paywall, economics, english-is-weird, free, gratis, libre, etymology

I like the concept of the fediverse, but not its culture

February 28, 2025

To be slightly hyperbolic, emphasis on cult.

Tags:

social-media, open-web, fediverse, culture, complaints, i-am-old-dont-remind-me

Bluesky is not a monolith, but good luck convincing anyone

January 28, 2025

It sure looks like one, but that's to reduce user confusion

Tags:

social-media, technology, bluesky, at-protocol, atproto, decentralization, open-web, fediverse, activitypub, mastodon