Tag: instagram

  • Is it possible to ignore social media as an author?

    Is it possible to ignore social media and yet be part of it? Social media is the obvious place to let your potential audience know that you are alive and well and being creative. But it’s not as obvious as it was. The social media platforms are now in total control of your watch time,…

  • A new way to make selfies?

    During the recent heat wave our cat hardly spoke to us. He moped around the garden, hiding in the flowerbeds. In the evenings, he didn’t come in for his daily five minutes sitting on my lap. The day the weather broke he ran away from me, tearing over the garden fence, as if I was…

  • No more emojis

    I’ve recently come to feel that emojis don’t do their job any more. Maybe within your particular rabbit hole they do, but your meanings and interpretations are probably quite different to mine. They are also really lazy. So, I am not going to use emoji’s any more. (Smiley face with serious, but knowing, look.) I’m…