Like on slashdot: First Post!

Yes, I’m reading this.

At first I was irked by the the loss of Google Reader, then I was comfortable with Feedly until they started delaying feeds until you pay a premium, then I did just a little more work and got all my feeds into Inoreader. Now I’m better off than ever with access via Chrome, Android, iPad. However, aside from my regular, somewhat commercially supported reads, I’ve noted the lack of activity of friends and former colleagues.

In this fallow moment I’m STILL, since 2001, considering that I should BEGIN writing for the web in earnest and I look to folks like you Joe for inspiration and motivation.

As to surveillance: I continue to have a concern that I couldn’t really write as I’d like to as Justin, without a pseudonym, without self-censoring, saying yes whimsy, changing persona, indulging in crass and cranky behavior, without risking something professional or personal. I take seriously my freedom as an international traveler and nomadic artist, and pay careful attention to stories of those detained at borders for their contrary positions expressed online.

I scroll past most image posts unless the headline grabs me. I read all your copy.

I’m on Instagram but I don’t browse it at all. Facebook is now my Craigslist/Meetup/EventBrite, used almost entirely for event notifications, housing, group organizing, and the occasional msg to someone who doesn’t check email anymore. I’m on Twitter but don’t interact with it at all.

Enough about me. If you write, I’ll read. Thank you very much.