About Axel

I'm Axel. I live in México, and I'm obsessed with the web since 1996. I launched my first website in 1997 and my first blog in 2002.

Social media took over my online presence for many years. I signed up for Twitter in 2006, shortly after it launched. I was there for a long time, until I sold my account to somebody, but that's a story for another time. After Twitter, I tried Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon, but none of them clicked. Eventually, I started reviving my abandoned website, and it became this what you see here.

This year, I returned to Mastodon, and things were different. I think I needed the social media detox.

I collect vinyl records and cassette tapes, and I love the idea of owning the media instead of renting it. Lately, I've been trying to spend less time with my devices and apps, and listening to music offline fits nicely. Along the same lines, I've been reducing the amount of devices I use to get things done, and constantly reminding myself that I don't need to upgrade anything that works perfectly well.

I believe the secret to enjoying something is not becoming an expert at it. Still, I tend to nerd obsessively about everything I like.

On the grown-up side of things I work as a UI Engineering Manager, focused on design and front-end code. Design, HTML, and CSS have been my hobbies for 30 years, and somehow I managed to build a career around them and make a living out of it. I never forget what a privilege that is.