2024
Need to make a note of Charlie Monroe’s upcoming video player so that I have some chance of remembering. I’m going to buy this thing without trying it; that’s how good I find Downie and Permute to be.
The MB Analogue Meet-up, aka The Patrick Rhone Appreciation Hour was fun! I came away with some ink on my hands…
ICYMI: The Analogue Tools Meet-up is due to take place tomorrow. Follow Halsted’s instructions if you’re interested! 🖋️📝
One of my decisions about becoming a software developer was whether to put my effort into native Apple development or not. With the company’s latest childish outburst, I feel less inclined to do so.
Twenty-seven years later and “the Crazy Ones”, as a notion in this company is dead.
You know that Clicks keyboard case would work well with the phablet. At that point it is very much a mini-computer; a “hand terminal” as Vincent used to say.
Rambling: politics, us vs them, pragmatism in progressives
The US is a continent that votes in this thing, and the election is ridiculous with regard to mobilised effort; people, money, employed, volunteers, events, etc… and only one strategy is attempted? Why not do all of this?
idk I’m probably not in the best position to judge for the US specifically but I think there are similarities in this country (England). Do you know what happened when progressives last tried to just energise the base? Jeremy Corbin rambled on about obscure policy that literally nobody cared about.
Why are so-called progressives so willing to fall over their own feet with this stuff? Maddening. We’re like “we care!” and then do… uh, something about it, I guess? Clarity and focus is required, and whilst I agree you shouldn’t abandon your base or ignore the supposed non-deciding minority I also find it difficult to believe that we can’t do more than one thing.
I would hope that the people involved have this covered, and the strategy involves some degree of establishing priorities — you apply x amount of resources to each type; base, non-decided, opposition; and then shift your efforts as the situation develops.
I see an awful lot of “ew the other side” specifically on the web and it’s tiring given how the majority of people all want the same thing: make my life better.
I recall Obama talking about his frustration with this, especially on the internet, in that it seemed to him that too few people on the progressive side of things understood that they were shooting themselves in the foot by getting overly involved in nonsensical tribalism. There are real problems to solve and it never happened without clarity of purpose.
TIL that Punkt. have made a smart phone, which runs on an operating system called Apostrophy. According to CrackBerry the system is based on GrapheneOS, which is built using the part of Android that is independent from Google’s control of data.
It’s interesting. I still have my eye on the MP02.
The latest @effinbirds looked directly into my soul.
The conclusion to CGP Grey’s Rock-Paper-Scissors game is not only my favourite video of his, I think it is my favourite YouTube video.
It’s great to more Micro.blog community groups starting up.
As well as the Analogue Tools Meet-up I think it would be fun to have;
- a remote co-working space;
- a shared analogue space (co-working but for journaling, note-taking, general stationery time);
- and coffee hour (casual chat, catch-up).
Regarding the case for .bar, @leonp asks:
… but how do you get everyone using it?
For everyone: Keep talking about it.
For the people who like to move between hosts: Demand support of it.
For the people who find themselves in a position to elevate it: Take that opportunity when it arises.
As a result of work being done to improve stability, the exciting new Micro.blog feature will now be released some time in 2025.
Good job everybody! 😜
DuckDuckGo appears to have dragged itself into a position in which it has become less useful whilst still lacking the network and integration advantages of Google or Microsoft.
I’m listening to Myke Hurley’s first impressions of Apple Vision. The use of your eyes as a selection device is such a good idea; I always feel my computer is fundamentally superior to mobile devices because the cursor is so much more precise, and this sounds even better.