I love this story about Jerome Gence.
I love this story about Jerome Gence.
Our sweet precious angel is at the salon for the first time and he immediately got excited, behaving perfectly. We’re so lucky. 😊
… mainstream levels of ease of use …
— Jason Becker, on his blog
When I read the words “mainstream levels of ease of use” all I can think about is The Good Place:
There’s something so human about taking something great, and ruining it a little so you can have more of it.
To me, the idea of the big social web and the silos and convenience and everybody on the web altogether… it all just feels like that quote.
Perhaps I’m too cynical but I don’t want to see people throw their lives away for this anymore. The web, open and decentralised, can handle virality and all of that; let the networks be smaller, more secure, and given closer attention by actual humans with an emphasis on effort and care as can be seen in smaller physical communities.
Do we let creators/influencers/web projects end?
An important question being asked by Jason Becker. The more we embrace paid endeavours with a limited run on the web, the healthier our entire culture will become.
The return of inessential is my highlight of the week.
The “Engage” page for the Bylines Network is a good example of an information hub; it’s useful as well as explanatory, and (at least on my desktop) looks pretty good.
While it may be more fun and exciting to develop new features than fix bugs, and may even bring in more users, it can end up being at the expense of your existing user base.
Currently listening to the soundtrack for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 and suddenly I’m a teenager all over again 🥹 🎵
It’s Micro Monday! My pick for this week is our beloved community manager, @jean, who amongst about a million other things is currently leading the charge of this year’s edition of the Microblogvember challenge.
You can play along with this and other challenges via @challenges.
I have had difficulty working on @TIL. The majority of that stems from my life, and that of my family, being in an extended phase of that which I can only sum up as Everything All At Once.
What does not stop me is worrying about how many Followers or Likes I have. It’s nice.
Listening to To My Soul, by Jerry Folk 🎵
Trying out the free version of Bike, with an eye on replacing Workflowy.
I’ve found that outlining has been much more useful for me to work through ideas as opposed to discreet note-taking, at least digitally.
The current emergency in Shetland is exactly why I’ve come to draw a cynical eye towards not just digital but specifically web-dependent technology.
Our societal infrastructure should not be so dependent on this technology and we should not remove analogue resources.
Listening to some cryptex like it’s 2016. 🎵
Most excellent news: the return of Annie Mueller to Micro.blog 🎉
The recent updates to ActivityPub on Micro.blog are further proof of the strength of the non-silo approach; separate networks, working together, with zero ambition to trap people and harvest them for the skeevy ad-tech industry.
Craig Mod’s page for his SPECIAL PROJECTS program is very good.
Listening: D.A.N.C.E., by Justice 🎵
Listening: New Lands, by Justice 🎵
The remarks from senior coroner Andrew Walker re, the death of Molly Russell are both heartbreaking and profound.
We need to confront the reality of this digital world into which we have so quickly invested so much, including our children.
Listening: This Is Why, by Paramore 🎵
Listening: Misty, by Floppy Circus 🎵
Thanks Bosch washing machine.
Listening: Deep Inside, by Safakash via Bad Faith Records 🎵
Making the Mentions timeline more capable in the apps means that Micro.blog conversations become even more valuable. When combined with Sven’s upcoming plug-in for searching Replies, this is something of an upgrade to the community experience for the community. 💯