Focus Determines Reality has been around since April 2004 when I bought yawnbox.com for sharing my thoughts about philosophy to my friends and family online.

Over the years I've transitioned to discussing aspects of privacy, security, and open source software with the goal of lowering the bar with useful education. It makes me very happy to be a student then to teach these topics for free. Instead of trying to publish many articles, I keep a small amount up-to-date as technology and knowledge changes.

In 2024, I moved yawnbox.com to yawnbox.is and now the blog is physically located in Iceland. yawnbox.is is coded using Zola, a Rust static site generator, and VSCodium is my choice editor.

I reject surveillance capitalism. I don't know how many people read my content. However, due to how much direct engagement I have about various articles on social media, I know that "How to Use an iPad as a Secure Calling and Messaging Device" is probably the most popular article. It's not without controversy.

Thank you for reading!