tech changes I made this week
After reading Paris Marx's blogs about our relationship with tech and how we use it, I reassessed my own tech uses and made some changes.
browser & search engine
The first thing I did, was switching browsers. I've been using Opera for over a year now and was fairly happy with it. I started using it for the mindfulness aspect of it. The only thing I didn't like, was that Opera uses Google search. Something I didn't manage to change, so this was always a downside for me. I downloaded Vivaldi and am using this as my new browser.Using Vivaldi also gave me the opportunity to use Qwant as my main search engine. That already feels a lot better!
One thing that happens when you change browsers and not automatically transfer bookmarks: a clean slate! Loving that!
It would be a nice goal for 2026 to keep being mindful of how I use tech (online products/websites/apps/platforms). So I will try to do that.