This is my corner on the Internet. Relatively new in this particulary spot, but have been found on the same url since 1998. Being new here means that some things might not work as expected, yet.
Anyways. Here I collect quick scribbles and longer texts, and links. Some of my photos can be found on Pixelfed.
84 posts in English so far (and even more if you understand Swedish). Don't want to miss the next one? Use RSS, that's still a thing.
Selected posts
Social media, algorithms, user control, and server costs
What I want is better control over the algorithms, both on a general level and also access to some settings to fine-tune how they perform.
What is the exit plan for your notes?
I'm willing to sacrifice both features and UX for the longevity of my notes collection. And right now, I only find longevity in locally stored markdown files, text files that can be opened in any text editor on any device.
Preparing to share my bookmark backlog on the blog
Looking for recommendations on good bookmark managers, as I plan to start sharing what I have in my read it later pile on the blog.
The lastest posts
A Hundred-Year-Old Pedagogical Theory That Elevates AI as a Thinking Partner
“Explain it so a ten-year-old would understand!” A hundred-year-old pedagogical model combined with a theory about language models has helped me think about how to best use ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini as sounding boards and for learning new things – without losing the ability to “fly by the seat of my pants.”
There is no cloud, but a server in a closet
This spring I got an old motherboard from a colleague. "Build your own server," was the challenge. Half a year later it's running at home in a closet and has replaced several cloud services I previously used.
Linkding is my new bookmark manager
Mastodon was right. Linkding is a great bookmark manager.
The latest links
All 84 English posts are available in the archive.