Category Archives: technology

What I’m doing with social media and related platforms in late 2025

Posted on November 6, 2025 by Bryan Alexander

Recently several people have asked me how I currently use social media.  It’s a good question, as it hits on politics, technology, and personal practices, so I thought I’d share my experience here in this post-Halloween week.  Writer Warren Ellis … Continue reading →

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How I find and listen to music in 2025

Posted on May 31, 2025 by Bryan Alexander

Today I’ve been thinking about listening to music, because I wasn’t doing so. This Saturday morning I did a bunch of tasks with some audio accompaniment: read news, biked three miles to the gym, lifted weights, biked back, gave the … Continue reading →

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Celebrate the New Year with a happy Public Domain Day!

Posted on January 1, 2025 by Bryan Alexander

Happy New Year, everyone!  Welcome aboard, 2025! And what better way to celebrate the new year then to recognize a whole slew of cultural objects just entered the public domain?  Yes, books, movies, and more from 1929 (and audio recordings … Continue reading →

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How teenagers used technology in 2024: the latest from Pew Research

Posted on December 27, 2024 by Bryan Alexander

Pew Research has a new report on how American teenagers use social media and related technologies.  I’ve long admired and drawn on their research.  Today I’ll share highlights and some reflections on this publication, especially aimed at educators. Much of … Continue reading →

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Looking for a more ambitious writing experience in an app: an exploration

Posted on February 26, 2024 by Bryan Alexander

For years I’ve written articles, interviews, chapters, and books using a combination of software tools.  Now I’m looking for something more advanced. Currently my main writing application is Microsoft Word, as it is for many people. I also use Google … Continue reading →

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Positive notes on which to start 2024

Posted on January 1, 2024 by Bryan Alexander

Greetings 2024! I’d like to greet you with optimism and a story of gifts.  You see, I ended 2023 with some grim posts (1, 2) and would like to balance those out with some of what cheers me up. 2023 … Continue reading →

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Social media platform numbers: how many people are using what today?

Posted on October 5, 2023 by Bryan Alexander

Greetings from an extremely busy day.  Today the Future Trends Forum is going to explore options for academic Twitter.  I’m very excited about this conversation. Where are folks going?  How many are staying on Twitter, and how many WILL head … Continue reading →

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What I’m doing with social media now

Posted on August 7, 2023 by Bryan Alexander

Greetings from a pleasant early August, at least in terms of weather. I’m back home in the Washington DC area and the heat wave has moved on.  It’s still very warm (84 degrees F) and humid, but not so beastly … Continue reading →

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Thinking about the future of the web

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Bryan Alexander

How might the web change? Today I’m giving a speech to the Reclaim conference in Virginia, and was asked by the mad Jim Groom to help them envision futures of the world wide web. Naturally I asked SlidesGPT to create … Continue reading →

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Rebooting my use of Mastodon

Posted on May 8, 2023 by Bryan Alexander

After another few frustrating months on one Mastodon server, I’m trying the whole experience again with a reboot.  I shifted my account to a new instance, which means you can find me at this address? handle? some elephant-ish nickname? @bryanalexandee@mastodon.education … Continue reading →

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