Matan Abudy

Content should be pulled, not pushed. I should be the one who chooses to consume something. I want to read something because I want to read it, not because some app pushed me to do so. As I have tried to reduce my time on social media lately (without leaving my friends behind), I noticed that almost every social media app sent me more push...

I am not a native English speaker. While I consider myself quite fluent in English, I lack the nuances that only a native speaker can have. My knowledge comes from years of studying and absorbing content in English. I was always taught to use capital letters at the beginning of a sentence and in the names of places and people. However, along the...

There is a lot of talk and writing in the blogs I read about the horrifying reality of social media and the numbness of infinite scrolling. People, rightfully, want to be in charge of the content they consume and not be the product along the way, and in times like these, I cannot agree more. So people quit Twitter, join Mastodon, quit Instagram,...

If something costs $1000 and I use it once, it costs $1000 per use. If something costs $1000 and I use it 1000 times, it costs $1 per use. This isn’t a justification for buying expensive things—it’s just how I try to evaluate buying things that I want and believe will serve me well. Whether they’re practical (apps I use or services I’m subscribed...

You eat different foods throughout your life. As a child, you eat whatever your parents prepare for you. As you grow older, you might start cooking for yourself, building your own collection of recipes. Each recipe becomes connected to a specific time in your life. It’s similar to how certain smells can bring back memories from your past. Here’s...

Ever since the rise of AI—specifically its use for artistic purposes, like creating images that look like the recent work of your favorite artist or writing rhyming poems to entertain your friends—I’ve been hearing a wide range of emotions about it. As I see it, the spectrum of reactions seems to lie between two extremes, with people falling at...

There are some things in life I’ve hated for as long as I can remember—or at least couldn’t get the hype about—but then, out of nowhere, I become their biggest fan. Sparkling water is one of those things. For most of my life, I couldn’t understand how anyone could drink it and actually enjoy it, let alone buy it at the supermarket or order it at...

Getting things done. Making it better every time. Achieving goals. Doing more in less time. Finishing every item on your to-do list to make room for… for what? Full disclosure: I love productivity content. I enjoy learning about other people’s systems for managing their to-dos, organizing their calendars, and keeping their chore lists neat and...

You can love or hate subscriptions, but they are an inevitable part of the technology ecosystem most of us live in. Even this blogging platform is a subscription (and a great one!). As someone who loves paying for the things I use, subscriptions are a regular part of my monthly credit reports. As someone striving to be responsible, I try to keep...

I’m not a fan of posts that explain “where I’ve been” or “why I haven’t written in the past X weeks.” This is my blog—my space to say what I want, when I want. It’s more of a content choice than a general philosophy; I simply don’t want to write a post that lists everything that’s happened just to catch everyone up on my life. My blog isn’t a...

When I was in third grade, I was given an essay to write. I don’t remember what it was about, but I do remember the teacher explicitly saying, “Do not use Wikipedia; you cannot trust the information there.” At that time, Wikipedia was the new kid on the block, promising to provide all the information for our essays without needing to go to the...

Last week I signed up for a YouTube Premium subscription. I watch quite a lot of YouTube, some for my studies and some for fun and keeping up with my hobbies. I was always annoyed by the ads, but never thought of paying for a subscription. Then, I talked to a friend who told me that paying for YouTube Premium was the best thing he ever did....

During August, I participated in the Blaugust blogging challenge. I’ll admit I didn’t quite follow all the guidelines, but I mostly used it as a way to improve my writing habits and write more within a community. It was an interesting journey! I nearly doubled(!) the number of posts on this blog, wrote about a variety of topics (check out my...