Things I don't want to do
Here is a list of things I don't want to do, in no particular order. I'll update it as needed.
I don't want to:
- ...decide where to put things
- ...charge the battery
- ...pair with my phone
- ...update the firmware
- ...pay to remove ads
- ...upgrade to Premium
- ...review our recent transaction
- ...subscribe to receive updates
- ...agree to your terms and conditions
- ...allow notifications
- ...review my contact information
- ...add a Passkey
- ...ask ChatGPT
- ...connect on LinkedIn
- ...share my contacts
- ...fill out your stupid cookie form
- ...see what's trending
- ...install another app
- ...send anonymous usage data
Words to avoid
Words and phrases I should try to avoid.
I collect these throughout each year and record them when they reach a threshold of overuse or annoyance.
2024
- Apple
- Fediverse
- Enshittification
2022
- Content
- Trump
- Click and Subscribe
2021
- don't get me wrong
- content creator
- suffice it to say
- super excited
- ideate
- mindful
- sublime
- but I digress
2020
- unprecedented times
- Orthogonal
- Roamcult
- Heuristic
- Hustle
- Playbook
- Journey
- Super excited
- Emergent
- Suboptimal
- Dunning-Kruger
- Systems thinking
- Second order effect
- Unpack
- Stoked
- Trump (one can dream)
2019
- dopamine
- "walled garden"
- "you're the product"
- silo
- Trump
- really
- actually
- "sparks joy"
- just
- pupper and doggo
- stoked
- journey
- folk