Somtimes things just need to change
I’m James Wolner. If you’re here looking for information on my podcast or documentary films you can find all that over at DakotaSpotlight.com
This blog tracks my goal for the next few months: to get off of as much US-based “big tech” as possible. (Gmail, Google, Apple, Spotify (okay not US but still), YouTube, Chrome, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter to name just a few). Not saying I won’t ever watch a YouTube video again, I just won’t have the app on my devices, and will visit youtube.com on a web browser that is not spying on me.
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Finally looking forward to things instead of burning through everything all day long
A funny thing happened today. I mentioned in a post earlier today that I left home for the second day in a row without my cellphone. Returned both days after… Read more ⇢
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Lost my first friend by divorcing Big Tech
I just learned that I’ll be losing a friend over this. I exaggerate. It’s not that we won’t be friends, we probably just won’t keep in touch as much. Here’s… Read more ⇢
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My memories of Microsoft will float away forever in the prairie wind
Successfully installed Ubuntu Linux on my laptop. For now its a dual-boot situation as I evaluate which thangs…if any…I can’t get done with linux. About 6 years ago I was… Read more ⇢
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Forgetting Facebook (almost)
Facebook is one of those giants that falls into the category of Business-Needed. I want off of F%%book, but I also have a FB group with 5k members that I’d… Read more ⇢
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Vivaldi Web Browser
So far so good (well almost) with ditching Chrome for Vivaldi webrowser. I ran into a situation where a couple of online logins do not work for me (yet) on… Read more ⇢
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The Irony – here’s a YouTube clip for ya
Believe me, I know the definition of hypocrisy, and I suppose this post is hypocritical in some ways. I say I’m getting away from YouTube and yet here I am… Read more ⇢
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Stopped paying the hitman
Today was a milestone. I managed to cancel my Google subscription for storage space in G drive. For the last few years I’ve been paying Google three bucks a month… Read more ⇢
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Moving away from Gdrive & Google Photos
This weekend I made my first step to move away from US Big Tech. I’ve opted to some 50G of data from my Gdrive to Proton. Same with my Google… Read more ⇢
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Yet another new beginning
I’m James Wolner. Time for changes here, on this website and elsewhere. If you’re here looking to contact me, or for information on my podcast or documentary films you can… Read more ⇢