I am no longer writing regularly for The Register or DevClass – I have loved writing there but made the decision to stop in order to free up more time for other things. I may still write there occasionally, and/or do freelance work elsewhere.

One of the consequences is that I have a bit more time to post here on things that interest me – which includes running, music and audio as well as software development.

I have pretty much de-Googled the site in order to improve the reader experience; and because I can see hardly any benefit in showing Google ads or donating the site analytics to the company. At one time the ads generated a small but useful income which at least more than paid for the hosting; that is no longer the case, in part because of reduced activity, and in part because the model no longer works well, with the rise of AI overviews being the latest blow to the economics of online publishing.

Google has never been a content provider; it profits from other people’s content. The question of whether it benefits Google to keep readers on its own site via AI overviews, at the expense of the content providers on which those overviews depend, is an interesting one which deserves more attention than I have time to give it now.

This site is still on WordPress though that could change; I do intend to preserve the existing content even though most of it is obsolete and on some matters I have been too ignorant or have changed my mind; it is still part of my history.

There remain plenty of things I want to write about so I expect to be posting quite often but make no guarantees; if you enjoy any of the posts or find them useful, than that pleases me too.