This completes a mini-series that looks at whether or not we should feel concerned about the digital tools we use and the effects that they have on us. In this episode Owen Kelly looks at some practical examples of changes we can make and tools we can use.

He discusses why he uses Vivaldi as his browser of choice; why his websites all run on ClassicPress; what software he uses to write; which apps he use to access the fediverse; where he lives on the fediverse; and why the fediverse has replaced Big Social in his online life. Rather oddly he does not mention Todoist at all despite the fact that it sits at the heart of his attempts to stay organised. He obviously didn’t stay organised long enough to remember to talk about it.

As Owen says during the episode his argument does not represent a set of recommendations, let alone some kind of official requirement. (He does not speak on behalf of the Fashion Police.) They simply represent some answers that he has arrived at in his personal quest to find digital tools that work in a convivial way. He would very much like to hear your reactions and responses, as well as your own suggestions for digital tools that you trust.

Please email your responses to hello@miaaw.net and let’s start a conversation that we can continue here or in Mastodon. You can contact Owen there at @owen@mementomori.social and he rather wishes you would!