diff --git a/_layouts/post.html b/_layouts/post.html index 5f6ad43..5b9fad9 100644 --- a/_layouts/post.html +++ b/_layouts/post.html @@ -14,9 +14,6 @@ layout: default {{ page.title | escape }} -
- {% if page.image %} - {{ page.description | escape }} | Developer Blog How To - {% if page.image-attrib %} {% if page.image-attrib-url %} + {{page.image-alt | page.description | escape }} + {% if page.image-alt %}

+ {{ page.image-alt }} +

+ {% endif %} + {% if page.image-attrib %} {% if page.image-attrib-url %} +

Photo © {{ page.image-attrib }}

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- Image © {{ page.image-attrib }} + Photo © {{ page.image-attrib }}

- {% endif %} {% endif %} {% endif %} + {% endif %} {% endif %} + + + {% endif %}
diff --git a/_posts/2015-11-14-devcon-summit-2015.md b/_posts/2015-11-14-devcon-summit-2015.md index d4a501d..75bcd20 100644 --- a/_posts/2015-11-14-devcon-summit-2015.md +++ b/_posts/2015-11-14-devcon-summit-2015.md @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ title: WebSAFE - DevCon Summit 2015 permalink: /:title/ image: devcon-summit-2015 +image-alt: DevCon Summit 2015 poster and the event sponsors description: "Presented WebSAFE as a scalable tool for disaster mitigation in the Web Development Special Track" category: talks --- diff --git a/_posts/2023-05-27-coven-of-wisdom-amsterdam-2023.md b/_posts/2023-05-27-coven-of-wisdom-amsterdam-2023.md index 5cef0b7..8859c55 100644 --- a/_posts/2023-05-27-coven-of-wisdom-amsterdam-2023.md +++ b/_posts/2023-05-27-coven-of-wisdom-amsterdam-2023.md @@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ title: "Introduction to Astro - Coven of Wisdom Amsterdam 2023" permalink: /:title/ image: astro-amsterdam-2023 +image-attrib: Lee Ravenberg +image-alt: Ayo Ayco, presenting Astro app creation tool in front of a crowd description: "Fun squeezing awesome Astro stuff into a tiny meetup talk" category: talks --- diff --git a/_drafts/2023-03-23-no-tracking.md b/_posts/2023-05-28-no-tracking-on-my-sites.md similarity index 61% rename from _drafts/2023-03-23-no-tracking.md rename to _posts/2023-05-28-no-tracking-on-my-sites.md index 6f8ddc1..cf1f65d 100644 --- a/_drafts/2023-03-23-no-tracking.md +++ b/_posts/2023-05-28-no-tracking-on-my-sites.md @@ -1,7 +1,10 @@ --- -published: true title: "Why I Stopped Tracking Traffic on My Personal Sites" -permalink: /no-tracking/ +permalink: /:title +image: bliss +image-attrib: Ayo Ayco +image-attrib-url: https://metapixl.com/p/ayo/566394313649618586 +image-alt: An empty bench in front of a calm river on a sunny day description: "I was never happy about being tracked, why should I do that to others?" category: personal --- @@ -10,10 +13,11 @@ Back in 2021, I deleted my Facebook account that had thousands of connections, a Some time before that, I deleted an older Twitter account with hundreds of followers to create a [new one](https://twitter.com/ayoayco) that I wanted to be more focused. +I've always been in a love-hate relationship with the online presence game... but maybe that's another story. + It's quite liberating, but apparently those were just the beginning of my "cutting ties" with big tech. - I deleted all the scripts on my personal sites that use cookies to track visitors. - +Recently I deleted all the scripts on my personal sites that use cookies to track visitors. ## The Social Media Business Model @@ -29,6 +33,14 @@ Somebody profited from this and it has never been better for people ever since. Well that was a bit heavy for a blog about removing analytics ain't it? -In a [recent commit](https://github.com/ayoayco/blog/commit/6e0b664a4fd51c3d9a7bbcb8f7b04c5967ff51c5) to this blog's code, I removed all tracking scripts -- +In a [recent commit](https://github.com/ayoayco/blog/commit/6e0b664a4fd51c3d9a7bbcb8f7b04c5967ff51c5) to this blog's code, I removed all tracking scripts. - in this blog I want to write a bit about why I've +I never even checked Analytics anyway. + +It feels good to be free from numbers that measure my social performance... and I don't really intend to be be successful in the online influencer game. + +Practically, I find that if you play in that game you end up just creating content that pleases the majority of people; and somehow I doubt that's a good indication that you are doing a good job. 🤣 + +To cut the long story short, I was never really motivated by that and I see there's more negative impact. + +So now I can just focus on putting out more content and "logging" my life's journey on the web... Let's go back to the roots of web logging. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/assets/images/bliss.jpg b/assets/images/bliss.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e61ef8b Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/images/bliss.jpg differ