Axel Valdez
Design Engineer
All the posts saved with the tag "internet".
Apr 30, 2026
I've seen three blog posts about this in my feeds today, and it's notable that so far everybody avoids openly sharing that they blog.
Sep 17, 2025
I removed Instagram from my phone two weeks ago. Well, all social apps, but Instagram is the main one for me.
Nov 20, 2023
Musk has made it really easy not to go back to Twitter. Props for that.
Threads is slowly creeping into being a true replacement for Twitter, toxicity and all. It may come as a surprise to no one that the problem isn’t the platform, but the people pouring their shit into it.
Instagram is still the one app I’m using to go watch ads with scattered updates from my friends.
This quote from Leif K-Brooks, Omegle’s Founder is spot on and feels painfully prophetical:
I worry that, unless the tide turns soon, the Internet I fell in love with may cease to exist, and in its place, we will have something closer to a souped-up version of TV – focused largely on passive consumption, with much less opportunity for active participation and genuine human connection.
See you on the other side (after the ad break).
Apr 03, 2023
Today is the last day of my 30 days without social media. These are some bullet points of my experience:
Mar 08, 2023
I used to believe that social media kept me connected to the people I love, like, and enjoy, but I now realize that this couldn't be further from the truth. Although social media gives me the impression that I'm in touch with many individuals, broadcasting random thoughts and out-of-context ideas ultimately leads to a lack of genuine communication. The worst thing is that this false sense of connection provides me with temporary satisfaction that prevents me from forming real connections with the people I care about.
Jun 28, 2017
Before photography was invented, people could only see that in front of their eyes. To experience the rest of the world, people had to physically travel, or, if they couldn’t afford it, to use other’s interpretation of remote places via narrative or painting.
That’s why the invention of photography was so huge for the human race. It removed a limit that most people didn’t even thought was there, and it opened the possibility of exploring the physical world beyond our reach.
Today we don’t believe anymore that everything important was already invented, but we have an attitude of cynicism to every new thing that comes along. In 2017 we even have cars that drive themselves, and we aren’t excited at all.
These are two (now) very basic inventions that occurred during my lifetime and changed me forever.