Author Archives: de1991

How I Read in the Age of AI

Lately, I have been struggling with… reading, especially content online. The reason is: I don’t know if I can trust the content. I had written about this in my blog The ‘Not because X. But because Y’ content is everywhere now – Is this the new “em-dash”?. I ended this blog with some open questions, asContinue reading “How I Read in the Age of AI”

Okay great! This is me giving you an update one week after my worst food poisoning experience… 

Last week around this time, I traveled home from Berlin after attending this year’s ITB – not precisely so, because I actually didn’t go to ITB at all. This is the first time I was in Berlin in March and didn’t go to the trade show! Over the past few days, I have been reflectingContinue reading “Okay great! This is me giving you an update one week after my worst food poisoning experience… “

The ‘Not because X. But because Y’ content is everywhere now – Is this the new “em-dash”?

The past few months, I have had an experience that changed how I view AI. I wrote a book and used AI to help with the editing. It was faster, and why not? But during that process, I realized how easily I could lose my voice if I let my guard down, even for aContinue reading “The ‘Not because X. But because Y’ content is everywhere now – Is this the new “em-dash”?”

Chapter 3: Grandpa—The River Philosopher

My grandpa farmed. He was fit until his last days. If my grandma was a top-notch artisan, my grandpa was a jack of all trades. He could build houses, make furniture, fix roofs, shape apricot trees—it was similar to the bonsai art, just ten times bigger. Among all the things he did, I loved seeingContinue reading “Chapter 3: Grandpa—The River Philosopher”

…here is another chapter

If you resonated with the first two unedited chapters I shared, here is Chapter 8. Writing this one brought a lot back… and it was a beautiful feeling writing it. It’s tender, honest, and one of my favorite chapters in the book. Notes: I wanted to add more pauses and white space, but WordPress doesn’tContinue reading “…here is another chapter”

…and I’m writing a book

…and I am happily peacefully and dangerously writing a book now 🙂Start Date: Oct 1991 – PresentThis is what it’s about… To the people who have known me and secretly wondered,“Why is she like that?” —this is the long, honest answer. And to the people who haven’t met me yet:this is really about YOU. BecauseContinue reading “…and I’m writing a book”