i have always been an internet enthusiast. i have early memories of getting online in my friend’s house and joining shady chat rooms and forums. we were probably too young for that, but made friends along the way.

then in 2003, when blogspot was becoming huge deal, i learned how to craft my own templates and started participating in a community of like minded kids that were creating things and sharing them semi anonymously on the internet. that experience was probably what led me to design school years later.

the internet changed a lot since then. blogging kinda died, and then became facebook, twitter, instagram and others. at first they seemed like better spaces for kind of the same thing as blogging, sharing stuff with your friends in a much more convenient and easy to use interface.

the problem for me, an introvert, is that that was all overly intertwined with my reality. it became less about sharing what you created and more about how cool your life was. i felt like i lost a place to be that kind of semi anonymous online avatar, because now i was under the eyes of real life people, so i basically stopped sharing anything.

but i once again long for a place on the web to call my own. to share the stuff i create, pictures i take, the food i eat or the music i listen to. and to talk about all the cool things i come across, away from the lenses of social media. i’m also excited about exercising my writing chops again, both in english and portuguese.

see you next time!