This category is symbolic of a desk drawer. Someone’s desk drawer may contain personal or private things, like a journal. So, this category represents the writings, reflections, creative works, or other content that are personal to me. I choose to share them publicly here too.
Some time may have passed since a post was first published. If you find something disagreeable, remember I am human too. My views are subject to change as I continue to live my life. In other words, the way I expressed something in the past may not be how I express myself today. Avoid assuming. Ask me!
- Storytelling: 2023 Was a Quiet Blog Year. in 2024, I Recommit to Storytelling.
2023 is almost over. It was a busy year. When I was a student, I used to write about what I was learning. But after finishing my studies, I stopped writing regularly. Now I want to focus on the future and adopt a storytelling theme for 2024. This …
- White Narrative: You Cannot Be What You Cannot See?
My musing this time is an underdeveloped thought about diversity, equity, & inclusion; allyship; and being a white person. Last year in October 2022, I attended the excellent Inclusion & Diversity in Open Source summit at All Things Open 2022. There …
- Shells.
Friend, are you okay? How are you? Is it going well? Or is it a tough time? You can tell me, brother. My ear is yours at this moment, sister. Friend, if I have things you need to borrow, please ask me. I appreciate you. I appreciate the person that …
- Better Than I Knew Myself.
There are moments I reflect back on my life when I met someone who interacted with me in an impressive way. Though unknown to me then, I feel now that they perceived my authentic, true self when I was still searching. In those moments, I think about …
- Saying No.
For a long time, it was a “yes”. For a few years, I was pulled in by the fiscal lure. There are no manuals for someone who grows up having less to suddenly land at a juncture of having more. So I had to be my own guide. While I was saying “yes”, I …
- Cyclical Nostalgia.
A part of me holds nostalgia for this aspect of the Internet I grew up with. Back when blogs played a bigger role in shaping and developing the Internet culture, and being the exemplar way of how we sought to express ourselves online (or, perhaps for …
- A Proposal for the End of Accommodations
Language is powerful. Words are subtle building blocks to how we imagine the world around us. So, with the goal of pursuing more equitable language, I propose the end of accommodations. Accommodations move us closer to equality but not equity. The …
- Breakfast in Bosnia.
Four years ago, on March 13th in 2017, I woke up for breakfast in the city of Sarajevo in Bosnia & Herzegovina. As I ate breakfast on the morning of March 14th of 2021 in the seemingly eternal era of COVID-19, it struck me. Bosnian coffee. Balkans …
- Unsaid.
When I launched my blog, I always envisioned writing cute snapshots of insight into my life. As much as I would publish them for the Internet, I was also publishing for myself. Or so, it started off this way. But over time, I blurred the lines …
- A Reflection: Gabriele Trombini (Mailga)
Trigger warning: Grief, death. Two years passed since we last met in Bolzano. I remember you traveled in for a day to join the 2018 Fedora Mindshare FAD. You came many hours from your home to see us, and share your experiences and wisdom from both …