Category: social networking
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A Mixed Ride along the Women’s Tour De Romandie Track
Reading Time: 3 minutesA few years ago I went for a ride and noticed that people were standing by the side of the roads and there was little traffic. I eventually realised that it was for the Tour De Romandie and that I was riding at least an hour ahead of the race. It was…
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What Threads Could and Should Be
Reading Time: 2 minutesPeople on FB have pigeon holed me as negative, and don’t understand why I am this way. The reality is that I believe the algorithms highlight when I am negative, rather than positive. I also think that there is a certain amount of bias against me. I post plenty of positive things…
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Hiking to Valangin From Neuchâtel
Reading Time: 3 minutesYesterday I went for a hike from Neuchâtel to Valangin. This is a 14 kilometre loop that begins with a relatively steep climb out of the city before heading into the woods. You hear the sounds of the road every so often as you crisscross paths with it. The castle was used…
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The Anti Whatsapp for Conversation Mentality
Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently I was added into a Whatsapp group where people discuss things to do in Geneva as well as more interesting activities a drive from Geneva. I was given admin privilieges on Whatsapp to organise events. In connection to this I shared activity ideas, interesting videos and more related to the topic.…
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On Not Driving People for Free
Reading Time: 3 minutesYears ago I would drive people to and from glocals activities for free. A diving friend of mine had excellent service. I drove to his home to pick him up, and then drive to dive sites. One day I decided that I wanted to go for a hike with a group, rather…
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On Whether to Do a Hike and a Via Ferrata on the Same Day
Reading Time: 2 minutesTwo weeks ago I thought that I would have an issue with this weekend and I was right. I thought that I would want to do a hike with one group, and do a Via Ferrata with a second group. That situation is now a reality. A Good Hiking Group and a…
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Watching Films Again
Reading Time: 2 minutesDuring the pandemic I became unable to listen to podcasts, watch television series and watch films. Each of these media reminded me of how dreadfully my existence had become during the pandemic. Instead of watching films and television series I listened to tech podcasts and watched people play computer games. The reason…
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The Demise of Shortened Google Links
Reading Time: 2 minutesNext year [all goo.gl shortened links will be dead due to the planned obscolence of hyperlinks](https://9to5google.com/2024/07/18/googl-links/). Any website, blog, or social media site that used Goo.gl shortened links will find that their links are worthless from that point on. ## The SMS Era on Twitter URL shorteners thrived for a while because…
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The Hypothetical Attention Pyramid Scheme
Reading Time: 2 minutesI loved the idea of Substack as a replacement for a few minutes, or maybe a few hours. I loved the notion of a writing community for people to share ideas, and written words. I lost passion when I saw that it was an attention pyramid scheme. ## What is the Attention…