I don’t know anymore. I don’t. My online footprint is like something breathing — it expands, it contracts, it expands, it contracts.
After 20 months of using Tumblr, I’m moving Pop Loser back to a self-hosted install of WordPress. It’s something I’ve been thinking about, but avoiding because, well, it seemed like a giant pain in the ass. And it has been. (OH. MY. GOD. It really has been.) But WordPress dropped version 3.3 last week and it included a Tumblr importer, which simplified things a bit (A LOT!) and pushed me over the edge.
But why? That’s a good question. The easy answer is that I’m in contraction mode. And I’m in contraction mode because right now I hate the fucking internet. Twitter is a total fucking mess. Gowalla is gone. Facebook is soul crushing. Tumblr is like watching a ska record skip after snorting a fuck-ton of Ritalin. Path is kind of cool, but will probably fail. It’s not good, people.
Then someone digs up this thing by Merlin Mann, which I had mostly forgotten about because ignorance really is fucking bliss, and I start to question everything I’m doing, at least as far as this whole “internet” thing goes. If you’re me, that’s a serious crisis of faith.
So here we are.
I’m trying to take control. And I’m trying to be better. At linking to stuff. I know, it’s ridiculous.
I’ll also try and write more. I am, you know, a professional writer (slash webcock), surely I can come up with something.
I’m trying to be better. I want to be better. That’s my resolution, I guess. Truthfully, I’m not sure what “better” is in this context. I wouldn’t expect a rapid improvement if I were you. This shit could take awhile.
The good news is that by porting this fucker back to WordPress, I’ve managed to bring back all the old posts (including that Radiohead comment thread one or two of you missed so much when I originally moved to Tumblr). That’s over 5,300 superfluous tidbits that are almost entirely irrelevant now. But if we’re looking for things that are getting better — if we really do care about improving and heading in the right direction — check out the first post. Jesus. I hate the guy who started this site, which is sad since it was only five years ago.
So, yeah. Better. Maybe. Go team.
Welcome back to the WordPress family. I can’t say how much I agree with you regarding hating the internet. I mean that literally. I’d lose things I’m not ready to lose. This shit is so broken, but it’s also all I’ve got. I appreciate you taking the lead on being better. I’ll follow you.
December 21, 2011 @ 3:32 pm
I think we’re headed in opposite directions – I have a tumblr I never use and I’m thinking about starting, just to post all the links and videos I find interesting. My regular blog has been largely about all things Apple lately and I’m going to keep it that way. All said, the Internet isn’t going anywhere so I agree with Rhett. It’s all we have!
P.S. I enjoyed how your first post begins with a typo. Lindey.
Is that why you hate past Tyler?
December 23, 2011 @ 3:38 pm