A Quick Announcement for my Subscribers
DISCON/NET is now "The Internet Feels Broken," and will be updated on a fortnightly basis.
To stave off any confusion when I send out my future posts, I just wanted to give you all a heads-up: the name of my newsletter has changed, and I plan to publish new posts twice per month going forward.
DISCON/NET never really sat well with me as a publication name. It sort of told you what the publication was about (the disconnect so many of us feel with the modern internet), but it wasn’t specific enough.
I realized today that the title of my first post is what this publication should have been named all along. It’s the reason why I started writing on Substack, and I think it’s just a more compelling (ugh, and more clickable) name on the whole.
Changing the publication’s name also means I had an excuse to design a new logo. 🙂 Check out this sad little part-ASCII guy! He’s pretty fed up with all these affiliate links, sponsorships for VPN services, and tech broligarchs shoving AI down his throat.
Regarding the new schedule, posting weekly worked for me in my first month here, but it’s not really sustainable. Life has been pretty busy of late and I don’t have much left in the tank, some days. I write in my free time on my days off from work solely for the joy of it, and don’t earn an income from it. Posting once every two weeks will be much easier for me to maintain.
Thanks again for subscribing. I really appreciate it. Until next time!