Boom. Front page. Not bad eh, @manton.
Boom. Front page. Not bad eh, @manton.
There is currently a technical problem on Micro.blog, specifically with regard to photos. I’m going to take this opportunity, by way of two @til Tips, to remind members of the best places to get info in times like this:
Bokeh will be ad-free, have a chronological timeline, and will be private by default. That means that all accounts will start off as private.
– @smith, Bokeh: Private, independent, and user-funded photo sharing
A great addition to the diverse, independent web.
There’s an interesting conversation here regarding Apple and support documentation, specifically with regard to what is missing.
This is embarrassing. “It Just Works” should more than cover documentation. I don’t know how many people I’ve read and heard in revered tone about “The Most Holy HIG” and so on… seriously, they are a trillion dollar company and don’t have the resources to make comprehensive guidance across ALL formats? That is utter bullshit and completely user hostile.
Oh, also, don’t forget that “you’re doing it wrong” will make an appearance from time-to-time whenever the executives have been lowered to our level in response to something on which the company has fucked up.
I see a lot of “they’re premium” whenever somebody brings up Apple being expensive. Irrespective of the realities of premium or not, Apple certainly screams premium with everything they do but the deep holes in their user documentation, whatever the format, is terrible and counter to even the slightest notion of a premium experience.
The statement went against everything I had experienced as a person who stutters.
– Pratik Mhatré, Self-Disclosure Statement
I like this speech a lot. It’s like a warm greeting in written form. Nice work, @pratik!
For now, Spotify is only focused on content promotion within its own service — not anything outside of its app.
– Sarah Perez, Spotify launches voice-enabled ads on mobile devices in a limited US test
Welp. There goes my Spotify account.
It’s been a year already: First of May
It’s interesting to see the replies to Gabriel Santiago’s post, in which a group of iOS users are strongly requesting a feature for Micro.blog. Does the web app not work on iOS? Or is the app-centric model so strong that people forget, or never even think, about workarounds?
Don’t be hasty!
I was getting ahead of myself. Today I Learned is not going to stop – to be fair, that seemed unlikely anyway – but I did need to take a break, to take a few steps back and think about why it was that I felt the way I did; I was tired and in pain, generally feeling down, and none of it had anything to do with a need for TIL to stop.
Rather, I need to do two things;
I may or may not elaborate further on this in some form or another but I think that’s enough for now. The core of this post is to say that TIL is very much back on track, with updates and all, and I am committed to it – barring any major life-altering events – for at least another 12 months.
The ten days that were my unplanned break were illuminating to say the least. It feels good to be back.
It’s been great to see the recent development of Indigenous, by Kristof De Jaegar. My Micro.blog timeline loaded in the app for the first time just yesterday.
This means there are now four ways to access Micro.blog on Android: Web app, Diaolog, Indigenous, and Gluon.
It’s test-driven space adventuring.
– @macgenie, re: Star Trek Voyager on The Weekly Review; Perspectives On Perspectives
😂
this pocket of wind resistance
– @bsag, Micro Monday: Episode 56
BSAG hit the nail directly on the head here and was great. Also, @macgenie, you and @manton both do a lot for lots of people. It’s probably not easy to see it right now but will become obvious over time.
Spikes on trees in Oxford to ‘stop bird poo’
The height of English civilisation on display, that’s right, in Oxford.
Girls/Girls/Boys by Panic! At The Disco is great but my favourite thing is this:
Two years ago i came out to my sister by jumping out my room’s closet and throwing skittles at her while this song played in the back
Sometimes YouTube comments are brilliant. 😂
We always credit sources for news, tutorials, and other articles; we link to other websites profusely because the Open Web is a beauitful thing and because it’s the right thing to do;
– @viticci, 10 Years of MacStories
MacStories is one of the few sources of news I read.
My recent announcement regarding the non-cancellation of TIL was soon followed by a bout of flu-like symptoms. It’s safe to say that between my previous break and this illness I have well and truly realised just how much I do want to do this. So that’s nice.
More than 141,000 girls in all Welsh primary and secondary schools will be given access to free sanitary products under Welsh Government plans.
– BBC News, All Welsh schools to get free sanitary products
It’s shameful that we’re only beginning to tackle period poverty.
The Swiss supreme court overturns referendum result due to “incomplete” information
Note: This is not Private Eye.
This is a fantastic update. Not only does it open up the possibility for a whole new type of blog, and site even, it also makes the subscription offerings much more valuable.
A microblog dedicated to maps? That’ll do nicely. Bonus; it is in fact a Hosted Micro.blog microblog and so comes with an accompanying account: @AJgloe. Thanks for making this, Andrew!
(h/t @JohnPhilpin)
Classic. 😂
But everything about the presentation of release notes in this sheet is obviously bad.
– John Gruber, Bad UI: MacOS 10.14’s Software Update Release Notes
Note: I am posting this from a browser extension that includes a resizeable text field.
It’ll be interesting to see if it’s worth dumping the Gmail app.
In good news:
In better news:
Longer posts forthcoming.