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I resumed my WordPress contributions

When all this started, I questioned if I would resume my WordPress contributions that had been on hiatus. When all started going really batshit crazy, I questioned it even more.

All that made me sad. I do believe in WordPress’s mission. I do believe in FOSS and it having a positive impact to our world. I do highly value the larger WordPress community, hold that as something dear to me and consider it as one of my virtual homes.

Then I went to sauna for a few times. Sauna has always been a place to process and organise my thoughts.

Alternative reality would have been better

Brian Coords wrote an excellent alternative reality version of how things could have gone at WCUS this year. Definitely worth a read.

Will I resume my contributions to WordPress?

That’s the big question in my head after this morning. I’m terribly sad that I’m thinking of this.

Notification hard reset

Once I was a person who wanted to to follow as many things as possible related to topics and projects that interested me.

Once I was a person who lurked in many places to stay up to date with lots of stuff.

Once I was a person who subscribed to many newsletters and podcasts.

Once I was a person who wanted to be highly available to others.

Then life happened.

I couldn’t keep up with the notifications.

WordPress plugins that make me happy

Just a list of plugins that do the job really well, which is something that makes me really, really happy. These are in my go-to list and in constant use. Not in any particular order.

Website tree and curation of our internet experience

In the past week, I have stumbled into two separate blog posts about the same thing: how it feels like finding interesting websites has become harder, and we let the algorithms curate the internet for us. The first of the posts mentioned was in the Hacker Newsletter, and Aaron Jorbin shared the latter.

Those posts hit home for two reasons;

Crossroads

Originally published in Finnish on dude.fi.

Seven years and eight months ago, I was at a crossroads in my life. I was in need of new challenges, and the hustle and bustle of Helsinki had started to wear on my soul.

Small life update

Updating my now page was a long due. I’ve moved the task on Akiflow forward countless times. Now that I’m finally updating that page, I figured out tha I might as well write a small life update on the blog. Well, this post also acts as an easy way to tell some big-picture things simultaneously for a large number of folks, since I will be contacting some personally during the coming days.

HeroPress essay: Finding My Place In The World

Recently I had the opportunity to share my story in HeroPress. Thank you Topher!

Read or listen to the essay in English or Finnish on HeroPress.com.

Services and apps I use weekly

I find people sharing their toolbelt of different services and apps interesting, as those appeal to the mindset that is always looking for shinier alternatives and ways to trim any overhead off from days.

Haven’t shared my toolbelt earlier, so decided to do so. My philosophy for services and apps is that the simpler it is, the better. Many do try to solve too many things and pack features that are only loosely related, ending up being nightmarish for users.

I’ve been using the majority of the items listed for years now – it’s up to you to decide whether it tells something about them or me. In any case, hope you find some new services or apps to give a try!