In recent weeks, there has been a few events in my life that marked the passing of time. First and foremost, I lost my father on March 7th after a week stay at the hospital. He was 92. I’ll certainly write about this experience in the near future. 🌌 Next, March 13 marked one year anniversary of working-from-home, thanks to COVID-19. It...

A few years ago, a friend of mine invited me to go with him for an urban exploration photo session. I was excited. Visiting abandoned places has always been fascinating for me. It’s like going back in time. There are so many untold stories sitting around us in cities or the countryside. Each place is different, telling its own story, o...

Working from home for a year helped me learn new habits that are beneficial for me at work, and for my sanity. Let's see how and why. “"It was Jobs that day, out on one of his many walks around the Palo Alto area, where Apple are based. Steve Jobs was famous in the area for his long walks, which he used for exercise, contemplation, pro...

Last summer, thanks to COVID-19, instead of traveling out of the country for our vacation, we decided to rent a summer house for two months, far from our home city. It was different, much needed and very much appreciated. In the last few years, I felt the need to get closer to nature. Is it because I’m getting older? Maybe, I don’t kno...

Someone once asked me: “why are you calling yourself ‘numeric citizen’ online?” I was caught off-guard because this name was chosen instinctively, without much thought. When I came back to blogging in 2018 after a few years hiatus, I wanted to use a pseudonym that would endure time, be unique, and related to cyberspace world. I knew my...

I love photography. I consider myself a serious amateur photographer. My first contact with this art form goes back to when I was a teenager. But, what's even more interesting is photo with a story behind it, because they all have a story behind, right? I love when photographers tell their story about the when, the where and how a phot...

To all my Medium readers who subscribed to my Friday Notes series, here on HEY World, I want to thank you for following me 🙏🏻. Medium is a great platform but it is not a blogging platform. Blog content should be free in my opinion. This goes against the business model of Medium, and my goals as a blogger. That's why Friday Notes is now...

Every single day since the official release of HEY World, I'm thinking: what can I do with HEY World? I like it so much; I cannot ignore it. Something has to happen because of it. Today, out of nowhere, I finally found my use case for it. Let me explain, briefly. On December 10, 2020, I wrote on Medium: “In recent months, Medium made q...

Have you tried: http://world.hey.com/~shuffle? I did. A lot. I even created a Shortcut on my home screen named “HEY World Dice”. Tapping on the icon opens Safari with this URL and boom, I’m presented with a random HEY World user’s wall (can I say that?). I found some interesting things but most of my findings can be summed up to: “Hey,...

I like Om Malik's take on HEY World: “"Hey World is all about blogging as a philosophy. It recognizes the inherent value in sharing and expression. It tips its hat to blogging’s past and focuses on its essence."” The essence being self expression as a tool to help build an audience, because this is exactly the way I see it. I'm current...

Following the announcement of my father who passed away last week-end, I received a lot of support from people who follow me. To them, I want to say thank you. Your kinds words are helping me cope with the events. 🙏🏻 Now, looking forward. Life must go on. Resuming normal programming.

Yesterday, I lost my dear father. 😢 He was 92. I knew it was coming. He didn't suffer much; I'm grateful for this. As a candle slowly loosing its flame, he slowly left this world for another one. I'll miss him. Allow me to take a short pause. 😔🪦

Yeah, that’s me on this picture. This is my third post on HEY World, still thinking about the possible use cases of HEY World. It is so good, that I have to find something for it. Thinking out loud is how I found a “raison d’être” for my Numeric Citizen Introspection newsletter. I was walking with my wife last summer talking about news...

I've been thinking about HEY World since writing my first post. Lot's of tidbits about it to share, and a few observations as a blogger. Tell me more! First, a couple of information tidbits. HEY World doesn't track it's users but we actually can see how many people are subscribing to the newsletter. We can even export the subscriber's ...

Today, HEY World came to (numeric) life. When I’m thinking about this new service, the image above exemplify the thing that comes to my mind. What is simpler than putting a message in a bottle in today’s world? HEY World for bloggers or writers like me is exactly the kind of frictionless experience that we are constantly looking for. T...