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Tag: identity

The Mastodon in the room

I read Patrick Hogan’s post about Mastodon titled “Mastodon makes the internet feel like home again” last week. It prompted me to install a Mastodon app on my phone again, and take another look.

Published 2017-12-25
Categorised as Blogs and blogging, Semantic Web, Social Web Tagged federation, identity, indieweb, mastodon, social, twitter

Finding my Israeli identity in Hebrew

First steps

I am an עולה חדש (oleh hadash – new immigrant) and the more time we spend here the more I believe that being fluent in Hebrew is my key to unlocking my new identity.

Published 2015-12-17
Categorised as Events and Life, Mindsets, People, Travel and places Tagged hebrew, identity, israel, journeys, learner israeli

The parts of me that wants to …

I have a copy of Hugh Prather’s “Notes to Myself” which is a collection of thoughts and ideas which a friend of mine recommended a few years ago. I eventually bought the book, started reading it and then put it down for a couple years. I picked it up again recently and have carried it…… Continue reading The parts of me that wants to …

Published 2014-11-11
Categorised as Mindsets Tagged expression, hugh prather, identity, Passions, personality, roles

Recent Posts

  • Choosing Signal over WhatsApp is about personal agency 2021-01-14
  • Why I prefer to use Signal, and not WhatsApp 2021-01-10
  • Receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine 2021-01-06
  • My first half marathon 2021-01-05
  • My longest run so far 2020-12-23

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  • 5 months with ProtonMail and I haven't looked back – Arun's blog on Facebook messages aren’t so private after all
  • Thank you. I hope those people aren't deterred by @signalapp's downtime in the last day. Hope they can resolve that soon. on Choosing Signal over WhatsApp is about personal agency
  • Very good article; have been sharing it in WhatsApp chat groups to those that are reluctant to follow over to signal and co. Thanks for summarising it so well. on Choosing Signal over WhatsApp is about personal agency
  • I dunno though. The thing is facebook/whatsapp already have most of our information and now going to another provider just spreads that info to yet another company which can yet again change their TOS in the future. on Choosing Signal over WhatsApp is about personal agency
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