Musings from Journalings Of Sporring - Issue #18

February 20, 2021

Hi Y'all! :) So it's that time again, to share bits and pieces from my last two weeks. Enjoy!

Journalings of thoughts

  1. As the time for my move is approaching, and I'm throwing (and recycling) a lot of junk. My heart gets lighter, and I'm feeling how good it will be to leave this city. But the real benefit is I'm getting closer to my grandchildren.

  2. The winter is still in its bloom, so the cold weather persists. However, the sun is almost always shining for days now.

  3. It's been a lot of buzz about Clubhouse, the Social networking app, but for me and many others, that app is out of reach as we're Android users.

Journalings of links

Remember Myspace? What about Friendster or Bebo? In the short history of the internet, there have been many social media platforms that have shot to fame before fading to black. We've charted the Google search volume for 9 of them since 2005 to see when each was generating its "peak buzz" on Google.

The idea of a premium version of Twitter — ‘Twitter Pro’, ‘Twitter+’, ‘Twitter Max’, ‘Twitter Prime’, call it whatever you want — is basically as old as Twitter itself.

About a month ago I got a DM inviting me to “a community for casual, drop-in audio conversations.” So I downloaded the app, created a profile, and was greeted by a blank screen. Then, a face appeared! Its name was Paul — and it spoke!

There’s no getting around it: Quarantine is making us weird. Humans did not evolve as social animals for thousands of years to sit alone in their houses, communicating solely by typing and talking through a series of small digital boxes.

With increasing numbers of people isolated because of quarantine and social distancing, COVID-19 is not the only public health threat we should be worried about—loneliness is one as well.

Do you feel overwhelmed by all the collaboration apps you have to use and switch between while you work? If so, check out AirSend. It lets you chat with your team in channels, have video calls, share and organize files, track tasks, and keep your projects on course, all in one place.

An ancient myth about Stonehenge, first recorded 900 years ago, tells of the wizard Merlin leading men to Ireland to capture a magical stone circle called the Giants’ Dance and rebuilding it in England as a memorial to the dead.

Journalings of articles

This week in 2008, I started blogging; I also started using Twitter. It was two of the best decisions I have ever made. It all started very simply, as you can see here: When I had the most followers…

I studied Music Science in Uppsala back in the late eights, and part of that study was music philosophy. And my interest deepened while working two years as a library assistant, where I found series…

My problems vid shaking hands started in my late teens, and they were referred to by doctors as ‘Nervous shakings.’ It had an early impact on my life, and for me, that wanted to be a professional…

Time is a construct of man, and even if we try not to get limited of it, the construct of time is more or less unbreakable. We have two specific timeframes all of us have; sleep time and awake time…

I was not in the market for a new cat; I had been considering adopting a dog from a dogshelter. But as having a dog is more expensive, I gave up on that idea. One day, I got a call from my daughter…

Journalings of Instagram

Remembering Chick Corea

A huge influencer for many musicians all over the world, and one of my house gods (together with the genius Keith Jarret) for me as well.

Journalings of the end

Most rules that you think are written in stone are just societal. You can change the game and really reach for the stars and make the world a better place. - Sebastian Thrun