Category: Blogchains

Rethinking How I Use Internet: 7
Jun 8, 2020
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Ahmet A. Sabancı
in Not Defteri | Notebook, In English, Blogchains, Rethinking the Internet
On most of what people call “the internet” I’m somewhere between lurker and behind the locked accounts. I want to draw more solid lines on that but maybe what I need is just going with the flow and seeing where it’s going to take me. What I’m actually thinking about lately is actually my newsletter.…
Rethinking How I Use Internet: 6
Apr 3, 2020
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Ahmet A. Sabancı
in In English, Blogchains, Rethinking the Internet, Not Defteri | Notebook
It’s been a while since I wrote in this blogchain. And during this time, I relapsed quite a bit. Especially after all the events going around the world. But this is a good time (at least for time) to restart this conversation. The main thing is, for many different reasons, what many people consider as…
On Traveling: 1
Oct 24, 2019
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Ahmet A. Sabancı
in Not Defteri | Notebook, In English, On Traveling
I think a lot about traveling, being able to go somewhere else for any reason and the action itself. There are many reasons behind this. I think the first one is related to how I grew up. Being almost exclusively in one city for 18 years, while being connected with rest of the world through…
Rethinking How I Use Internet: 5
Aug 29, 2019
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Ahmet A. Sabancı
in Rethinking the Internet, In English, Blogchains
Decided to experiment on my social media use: I’ll be giving most of the control to the automation for a while. It’s not that I’m trying to go Hard Waldenponding. (Thanks for pointing that term out Warren.) But instead, taking a step back during the adjustment process. Because that’s what I need right now. With…
Rethinking How I Use Internet: 4
Jul 20, 2019
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Ahmet A. Sabancı
in İnternet Notları | Notes From Internet, In English, Blogchains, Rethinking the Internet, Not Defteri | Notebook
Do you ever feel tired just by using internet, mostly the social media platforms? Not sure when it started but I’m feeling tired every time I check social media in the way they designed. With algorithmic timeline, not filtered, filled with “personalized recommendations” and advertisement. Still not sure which part contributes that tiredness the most…
Rethinking How I Use Internet: 3
Jun 11, 2019
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Ahmet A. Sabancı
in In English, Blogchains, Rethinking the Internet
One thing I think bothers me most about all those social media platforms and its usage is the fact that it turned many people obsessed with numbers and they started to think about almost everything based on those meaningless analytics data. For example, one of the Turkish musicians which I like recently did something really…
Rethinking How I Use Internet: 2
Apr 23, 2019
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Ahmet A. Sabancı
in Not Defteri | Notebook, İnternet Notları | Notes From Internet, In English, Rethinking the Internet
There are many things that drives me away from social media, especially from Twitter. One of those is the fact that, from my perspective, social media kills conversation and replaces it with stats (likes, RTs…). This tweet from Jay (her account is one of my favorites on Twitter btw) made me think about this more.…
Rethinking How I Use Internet: 1
Apr 20, 2019
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Ahmet A. Sabancı
in Blogchains, Rethinking the Internet, Not Defteri | Notebook, In English
This is not one of those “I hate social media” stuff. I actually owe a lot to social media and will continue using it. But not in a way that will consume all my energy and turn me into an angry beast, which means my old way of using it. Don’t know why but I’ve…