I binged a lot of Casey Neistat’s vlog and ended up running into a wall. You can have too much of a good thing, however!, I’m now back on that Neistat train and re-watched this video. This is great, I just forgot how great he is at what he does.
I binged a lot of Casey Neistat’s vlog and ended up running into a wall. You can have too much of a good thing, however!, I’m now back on that Neistat train and re-watched this video. This is great, I just forgot how great he is at what he does.
Next Thursday, FEMA will do its first test of a system that allows the president to send a message to most U.S. cellphones.
News To Let You Know You Are Already Living In A Dictatorship No Really It Is Happening Right Now Why Are You Reading This
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A few things for you:
Enjoy your weekend!
Micro.blog has grown unevenly, likely against expectations from different quarters, and is now in a somewhat odd position within the context of the wider web. Inevitably, its early members are conflicted as the plastic wrapper is peeled away.
The big update to Omnibear is really good. I look forward to better support of non-Note types from Micro.blog.
In reply to: Why I hate Advertisements by @vishae
Here’s a thing I think is important; now we can actually ask these questions. Back in the day before the web and ideas centred around mainstream social networks, what did you have? Vote with your money? Well that excluded a hell of a lot of people. Now people can voice opposition and it can actually be heard.
For all of the bad of modern advertising, there is also good advertising out there and the bad stuff can now be voted against in ways that are much more inclusive; for example, boycotting a social media site’s most valuable accounts, just to pick an example out of the air.
We need to be realistic about a lot of the noise being made regarding advertising, privacy, social media and so on; much of it comes from people who previously were unaware of such issues, and in past generations many people lived in ignorant bliss. Again, I am thankful this has changed, it is great to see people asking questions and being heard and actually taking part in such important discussions.
Things are bad, sure. But they used to be so much worse.
All of Apple Event Twitter can be swapped out in favour of this excellent post from Walt Mossberg. It is all of the (second hand) information, none of the tiresome snark, and saves you from using Twitter.
🎙 The latest epsiode of Under The Radar was really good.
Testing Pico since my phone decided it was OK to download it after an update.
cc @belle
Having recently got a healthy reply about private/semi-private online conversations I’ve been thinking about having some sort of group/s for Micro.blog users in a different space but for some reason it feels weird, maybe… presumptious? 🤔
One thing I have yet to talk about on here (at all, I think) is the NHS. I’m used to avoiding the subject on Twitter because, well, a lot of people seem to be keen on misunderstanding a good thing. But, in a nutshell: I fucking love it.
The special double bill of @monday was a lot of fun. Seeing the tech development side of things for MB from different viewpoints is interesting enough but it also reveals the importance of remembering these networks are made up of people. Building with that in mind is 💯
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My favourite new podcast is @joncast. This Podcast Is Cool 😎
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I care about history, but not at the expense of the future.
– Brent Simmons, Decision: Not Publishing NetNewsWire 3.x
This type of thinking is one of the reasons the 3rd party ecosystem for Apple is, frankly, invaluable.
One of the many reasons I massively prefer Micro.blog to Twitter is that Manton Reece has shown no interest in allowing vile people to peddle their sick message across the network.
⭐️ Micro Monday! My question is this: Why aren’t you reading @JohnPhilpin’s posts? Beyond a substantial mix of commentary, the first and only British MB meet-up, and a continued effort to highlight other people is the refreshing simplicity of a an all-round nice chap.
The latest episode of @TheWeeklyReview (That’s Too Devious, Jean) was great. At one point I couldn’t help but say aloud “Oh no my Vatican Tour!”
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Merlin’s special timeline is easily one of my favourite podcast moments this year. 😂
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Updates:
Today’s album:
(It’s like a starter pack for one of my favourite artists.)
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The sky is falling on Twitter. Maybe. Probably. Nobody knows for sure but we do know one thing: giants fall, especially on the web.
With that in mind people who at one point or another waved a flag for Twitter and social media in general are beginning to think back to when the web seemed less scattered and fragile, even if it wasn’t actually, and remembering that blogging is a thing! Yes, it still exists, and lots of people do it, and they do it well!
As the shock of that idea settles in your mind and you take a look at Micro.blog let’s also talk about where the platform is lacking, specifically with mainstream social web users in mind – basically, you’re looking to spend less of your time in Twitter, Facebook, whatever, and want to actually replace it with something – and a little about how improvements can be made:
These appear to be the flagpole issues surrounding the idea of Micro.blog as at least some sort of alternative to Twitter and mainstream social media platforms. It is still entirely true that Micro.blog does not exist to replace these platforms for every single person, nor is it likely to ever be that.
However, the more these issues are tackled the more likely people will find Micro.blog to be a viable alternative for exactly that which many people have already embraced it; a place for thoughtful, considerate posting with space for lots of ideas, discussions, and more than supportive of the quick-post culture that initially pushed Twitter into the mainstream of web culture.
TIL, thanks to @rosemaryorchard, the one-port MacBook has a 480p camera.
480p. £1200. 😐
One of the changes it made was to stop third-parties from being able to post to Facebook as the logged-in user.
Facebook’s change to the cross-posting API kicked in for Twitter; they have now fucked up by deleting thousands of cross-posted posts.