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This is a /now page, which describes some of the things I’m currently working on and/or thinking about.

I’m not on Twitter much anymore, given the dark turn it’s sadly (but predictably) taken. These days, I enjoy OnePhoto.Club and Mastodon, plus make occasional appearances on Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky—though I’m really struggling to trade one awful billionaire run social media company for any of these last three.

I’m doubling down on posting on my own sites (rscottjones.com, rscottjon.es, and rsjon.es) and may simply start syndicating posts to the other platforms.

Last updated: February 27, 2024

Bespoke social media

Last year, I launched One Photo Club, a free social community for people who love travel (come join us!). The site centers around sharing photos from your previous trips to various prompts, so it serves as a remembering practice for participants as part of a concept I call Return On Adventure (think ROI but for your adventures).

It’s a free, ad-free, algo-free, bot-free, influencer-free, no-bad-vibes community focused solely on travel and outdoor adventures, which is (whew boy!) a welcome respite. And it’s way more fun to scroll through your own fun memories than the shitposts of others.

Last week, I launched a “re-imagined” version of One Photo Club, which is fediverse-friendly and overall more social than the original version. That means that we’ll continue to have a travel-photos-only feed, plus be able to interact with the wider social web community.

I’m also relaunching #OnePostcard, a monthly postcard exchange for travelers who are traveling in the same month.

As I’m come to really enjoy One Photo Club, it’s scratched my social media itch enough that I’ve mostly abandoned Twitter and Instagram. I currently have 5-minute-per-day app limits for each and no longer find myself defaulting to either when I’m bored. The more distance I have, the more obvious it is that these don’t serve our lives the way they should.

The social web

So I’m also trying to get back to what made the social web so magical before the big social media advertising platforms emerged. That means thinking about how to (1) write here more, (2) build and maintain connections with interesting people online, and (3) keep track of friends that primary post on the social media platforms I’ve mostly abandoned.

I recently made a “digital garden” of public notes available at rscottjon.es, and also starting sharing a few interesting links at rsjon.es.

I’m continuing to slowly build out #GoQuesting, a directory of travel quests that people can adopt. I have a lot more planned for Go Questing, but my first task is putting together some mini-guides for the 1500+ quest ideas I already have listed. This week I’m dealing with some errors that popped up unexpectedly when I moved hosting accounts, so if something seems off, please let me know as I get it all fixed back up.

Travel

After spending nearly a month in Portugal in December, we’re now planning trips for the remainder of the year. Our two big international trips for the year will be campervanning around Norway and finally getting to the Galapagos, after several canceled attempts during covid.

But most of our trips this year will be road trips from Phoenix. Likely destinations include New Orleans/Mississippi/Missouri, Ohio/Pennsylvania, Yellowstone, southern Idaho, and Seattle/Olympic. If you “know me online” you can add yourself to my let’s meet up list that I consult when making a new itinerary.

Caregiving

Last but not least, I’m spending a lot of time at happy hour with my aging dad—who is now battling bladder and three other cancers—and in managing…well, his entire life, basically. Even with having him in an assisted living facility, I still find myself spending 15-20 hours a week on this.

Say 👋 at scott@rscottjones.com.