What is this website for? ...
Useful Intentions
... Well one explanation is, I stopped using the social network playgrounds, because I disagree with their data collection policies, their appropriation of rights to use my content & although I left before it became an issue, I also have reservations over their censorship. However, I like the idea of having a web presence.
I’m not ruling it out but I don’t intend to use this site to sell products, nor provide services to advertisers. I would like to showcase some of my work & express some ideas, but if previous attempts at keeping it up-to-date prove anything, time will be a scarce commodity so it will probably be in a state of continuous development.
Perhaps my favourite idea would be a journey of discovery. I’d say as far as Internet technology goes, web pages themselves are rather like the Internet having a kind of superficial surface or skin with nerve-like links between the viewer & what lies beneath or beyond.
By creating the content & engaging with the technology that presents it, maybe I could learn something beneficial along the way — I already get the feeling it is way too verbose & I'm working on that. One day I might even get around to providing viewers with a means of feedback!
Privacy Intentions
For logistical reasons this website's layout is currently quite conventional. Keeping up with latest design trends is not a priority yet. As far as I’m aware it has no sneaky technologies to track or trace you. You may encounter links to other websites whose technology & attitudes could differ.
The server this website is hosted on is shared & is probably collecting information such as your IP address. I have access to read certain aggregated viewing figures but seldom look.
If I ever add interactive content such as comments, which need cookies & or personal information, I will try to keep the data collection to a minimum. Profile building based on peoples personal or residual data is little more than organised bigotry & contributes to an increasingly polarised society.
Good Intentions
The content on this site is here to be viewed, read & hopefully enjoyed, to some extent, by everyone. Nothing here is intended to cause personal offence & in no way do I want to incite violence, intimidate or impart harmful discrimination against anyone. This does not mean I am not critical of actions & published ideas — even my own. Trespass to thought, doesn't exist in law (well not until we get brain implants). Opinions can change with improved knowledge & understanding — in some circles it’s called learning!