Is AI the devil?
🤖 Recently I've read some posts on Mastodon against AI-generated images on websites. Personally, I'm not totally against using AI for individual purposes and with the right intentions. For example, I would NEVER use AI...
⁙⁘⁙ Digital echoes ⁙⁘⁙
Unlimited growth
“ Cory Doctorow famously coined the enshittification term to describe the sad trend of online services going to shit over time. I don't think that's just an online services issue. It's a societal issue related to...
Science fiction is not to be taken lightly
I've always thought that science fiction has been regarded as a minor genre. But if you look at the facts, there are several ideas that were invented by sci-fi creators. For example, the talking computers...
Perspectives
📷 Sometimes it's a matter of perspectives
No contact page (for now)
👻 In this little corner of the web I share my ideas and thoughts in a semi-anonymous way. I really like it and so (for the moment) I will not add a contact page /...
Long walk
🚶♂️ Yesterday I went for a long and lovely walk. It started just 15 minutes by car from my home. It was the first time I'd done it and I'm really glad I finished.
Supporters
⚽ Sticker Discovery: Supporters of Lugano Football Club
Random thoughts
🧠 This blog was literally born to share random ideas and thoughts. Hence the blog title "Snippets" and the subtitle "Digital echoes". From analog to digital, thanks to my brain. 🙃
User experience
👉 A clean user interface makes all the difference.
My first Haruki Murakami
📕 I've just started reading "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running" by Haruki Murakami. It's the first book I've read by this famous author and I really like his style of writing...
April Fool's Day
🤪 Remember, it's April Fool's Day! It is traditional to play pranks or practical jokes on others. Keep your eyes open when reading the news or socialising with friends and family...
Holiday update
🌬 Welcome to another windy and rainy day! I had a great Easter with my family Yesterday! Luckily I'm still on holiday Today, so I'm enjoying the time to slow down and keep things cool.
Easter holidays
🐣 It's Easter today, so I'm spending my holiday with my family. It's the perfect time to relax after a stressful period. Anyway, the weather is pretty bad these days, the temperature is dropping and...
It's summer time in Europe
⌚ If you live in Europe it is time to synchronise your clocks to the European Summer Time. It begins (clocks go forward) at 01:00 UTC Today (the last Sunday in March), and ends (clocks...
Journaling isn't for me
✍ Probably the best way to journal is with a physical notebook (yes, the old-fashioned analogue way!). But (being the technical guy that I am) I've tried journaling digitally, using various apps. Unfortunately, I've always...