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Notes from Brian

I'm Brian, and I'm building Present in Port Macquarie. This is where I write about why, and how it's going.

• 24 September 2026Australia gets to choose its own feed

  My response to the US Government's submission on the Digital Duty of Care.

• 22 September 2026Slow social

  A good app gives you your time back.

• 19 September 2026Both ways

  Why there are no followers on Present, and no likes on posts.

• 17 September 2026Keeping up with mates on the other side of the world

  The part of social media I never wanted to give up.

• 12 September 2026Why everything on Present has to be real

  The time was only half the problem.

• 10 September 2026Colours from outside the window

  Where Present's greens, pinks and oranges come from.

• 7 September 2026Two loops

  Why other feeds keep getting worse, and why Present goes the other way.

• 1 September 2026What Dry 28 taught me about my phone

  I didn't need to quit. I needed to change how I used it.

• 26 August 2026Present 29

  Where the name comes from.