By skyforbes 
I open my Instagram and I get the same picture of the same girl dancing in front of the Eiffel Tower. Again. I sigh and I close it because that’s not the content I’m looking for. But then again…what IS the content I’m looking for?
In the “old days” of the early 2010s, the Internet used to feel like a conversation. I don’t mean the social media replies and comments. I mean online. Here. This place. These days “The Internet” is synonymous with social media, but I remember a time when tech was friendly, not hostile. When the Internet wanted to know who you are, not what your data is to sell to you.
Trying Something New
Around the start of this year, I decided I am not going to play the algorithm game anymore with the big kids. I’ve decided to take a stand and jump on here. Yes, I’m going with the team that’s getting their ass handed to them.
Why would I do something that’s so obviously social suicide? Because I feel like I have something to offer that the traditional social media marketing things feel are overplayed or not worth appreciating. I like writing for readers, not for people with short attention spans.
The truth is, I’m tired of a five-second reels, the thirst-traps, and the empty, non-sourced information that has people believing things they have no right believing.
TikTok gives you fast dopamine. Instagram is just a high-school popularity contest that never ends. SEO is just soulless keyword stuffing in most cases. I’m a blogger at heart, and while everyone says it’s dead, I don’t think so.
So, Why Medium, And Why Now?
I like to write. I like the sound my own words make in my head and I like the way I bleed on the page. I don’t want to lose this part of myself just because The Internet has moved on without me.
I want to write stories that are real. That aren’t made for clicks, or to draw people in for a bait-and-switch. I don’t want to be ‘that guy’ who promises you something and gives you nothing but suggestions. Nor do I want to be the marketing engine that tries to sell you something in every post.
There are some things I like exploring. Culture. History. Art. Those things are boring to most people. They don’t have things that sell. But they’re the things that interest me. And I want to write about the things that interest me, in the hopes that someone out there, maybe you, would like those things as well.
Who And What I Am
A few years ago, I leaned how to live my life in a way I wanted. I stopped working for companies and started working for myself. And the money I made from that, I turned into fun travel experiences. I got to see some of my online friends that I never thought I’d get to see.
I’m a first-generation traveler. My family has never been big on travel for leisure, but I have always wanted to travel the world and see places that I could only get a glimpse of in books and travel documentaries.
I’m tech literate (I have to be, since I work remotely), but I don’t worship the next big thing. I can use AI but I don’t let it replace my thinking or my writing.
I am all these things, a tech enthusiast, a traveler, someone who;s curious about other places and cultures. But over all, I am a human. And I want to bring humanity back to the blogging space.
So, what should you expect from me? That’s a complicated question. Twice a week, I’ll share one of the following:
- A story from the road
- A tool that helped me stay creative abroad
- A small, weird moment I can’t forget
- An idea that stuck to my ribs
If any of thise strikes your fancy and you want something that’s written by a human, not for views, but to arrange my own thoughts, feel free to follow me on here. If you’re already following me, I hope that you’ll like the stuff I put out.
I don’t expect virality from this. But I do expect people who want to come along for what might shape up to be an interesting ride.