Sorry to see you go from here Fred, but I totally understand for all your reasons. And I'd never hate you for your hiatus!
For any of you who wish to log off now and avoid the rush hour of later, Fred is the kind of friend you want to have. He has been making zines and creating radio, including shortwave radio for decades. This is what the future underground looks like: a time and radio frequency, and a mail box in a town with a street name and an address.
I have some reservations about this platform as well. I never was on facespook or instagram. The last social media platform I was on was friendster, before I decided that was a bad idea. I've hung out on forums and listservs and in the comments on blogs, so hanging out on Notes, has been interesting. I still think listservs and forums are my sweet spot, but they have their issues too.
I like connecting with people over shared interests, but what I dislike is the same dopamine depletion I get from other corners of the internet, the addiction I feel to check Notes, and wow, it has changed a lot even in the year or so I've been here.
I'm glad we still get to collaborate over email, mail and radio.
& in the meantime I wish you all the best in your health & healing.
Peace to you Fred. I was always happy to see your projects here.
I'm very excited to try the AAPA actually! Some people think the point is to be read, in paper, well it seems like this AAPA will give you instant access to quite a few people dedicated to reading other people's publication! So I want to see how a month goes than I will probably try it myself.
But Fred and Justin I'd say that mediums matter. I feel that there is a resonance with a medium or a discord. And it's very difficult to go against the grain.
For example shortware. I do love the idea, but I've never had a good setup and some of the times and inconvenient for me. But, on this last trip, I recorded Imaginary Stations "The Number Station" episode on cassette and listened to it quite a few times and it was really good!
And I think it is a good reminder from you to be careful of what we want. Do we want a large, but shallow audience or a few deep connections? This can not be answered for everyone but the mediums we interact this matter.
Besides, the AAPA seems to be like Substack Sans Screen which seems like a win!
Sorry to see you go from here Fred, but I totally understand for all your reasons. And I'd never hate you for your hiatus!
For any of you who wish to log off now and avoid the rush hour of later, Fred is the kind of friend you want to have. He has been making zines and creating radio, including shortwave radio for decades. This is what the future underground looks like: a time and radio frequency, and a mail box in a town with a street name and an address.
I have some reservations about this platform as well. I never was on facespook or instagram. The last social media platform I was on was friendster, before I decided that was a bad idea. I've hung out on forums and listservs and in the comments on blogs, so hanging out on Notes, has been interesting. I still think listservs and forums are my sweet spot, but they have their issues too.
I like connecting with people over shared interests, but what I dislike is the same dopamine depletion I get from other corners of the internet, the addiction I feel to check Notes, and wow, it has changed a lot even in the year or so I've been here.
I'm glad we still get to collaborate over email, mail and radio.
& in the meantime I wish you all the best in your health & healing.
Peace to you Fred. I was always happy to see your projects here.
I'm very excited to try the AAPA actually! Some people think the point is to be read, in paper, well it seems like this AAPA will give you instant access to quite a few people dedicated to reading other people's publication! So I want to see how a month goes than I will probably try it myself.
But Fred and Justin I'd say that mediums matter. I feel that there is a resonance with a medium or a discord. And it's very difficult to go against the grain.
For example shortware. I do love the idea, but I've never had a good setup and some of the times and inconvenient for me. But, on this last trip, I recorded Imaginary Stations "The Number Station" episode on cassette and listened to it quite a few times and it was really good!
And I think it is a good reminder from you to be careful of what we want. Do we want a large, but shallow audience or a few deep connections? This can not be answered for everyone but the mediums we interact this matter.
Besides, the AAPA seems to be like Substack Sans Screen which seems like a win!