This is a personal blog written under the pseudonym bewilder by a 30-year veteran of the software industry with interests ranging from literature, music and films to politics and beyond.
I started this blog site partially in reaction to the ever-increasing enshittification of the public internet (and because I’m a firm supporter of the independent web movement), and largely because I actively avoid the use of anything regarded as “social” media on a day-to-day basis. I view the rise of social networks as perhaps one of the single most destructive and cynical emergent phenomena that our species has ever encountered.
My tastes, views and opinions will become evident once I’ve locked into a writing cadence and manage to file more posts — until then I’m not going to provide much context other than to say that I never go out of my way to offend or trigger people; I’m generally fairly centrist in my views, and I’m not in any way religious.
I’m hoping to file posts of varying lengths across a number of subjects as time and determination allow, and I hope you find at least something of interest.
BTW: if you have your own blog that you might want linking on here (every little helps, right?), then please feel free to contact me using the link on the home page.