I’ve taken some time to consider the issue and can confirm:

His Dark Materials > Game of Thrones

“It’s going to look pretty good, then, isn’t it,” said War testily, “the One Horseman and Three Pedestrians of the Apocralypse.”

– Terry Pratchett, Sourcery

> sees WhatsApp banner on Netflix

> immediately takes a much more critical eye to everything watched on Netflix

Instead of trying that shiny new app or service or platform, which you inevitably not use very much before moving onto the next distraction, try asking yourself this:

What do I want to do?

Then when you are trying things out, ask yourself:

What is this in service of?

Me:

I am eschewing this streaming trash and managing my MP3s!

Me, five seconds into dealing with duplicates:

… shit.

… the more a writer attributes the actions of Apple, an enormous corporation with thousands of talented employees, to Steve Jobs, who is just one man and neither an engineer nor a designer, the more likely the writer is an idiot, a hack, or both.

– John Gruber, “Fast Company”

Why did I say thoughtful so many times? Because there is value in infusing everything we do and say with empathy. Every word, every feature, considered.

– Becky Hansmeyer, Shaken Faith

@becky also hit on a broader point regarding social media. There’s a lot in that.

And it runs at less than 1% CPU usage on an iPhone SE.

– Marco Arment, Introducing Voice Boost 2: Remaster your podcasts

There are many reasons I’ve stuck with Overcast. This is not one of them but a delight to know nonetheless.

(Bonus: “Restored iOS 12 compatibility.")

If you think switching social networks can mask the basic fact that a lot of humans are terrible to each other on purpose, you’re in for a surprise.

– Stephen Hackett

I can’t stop thinking about these three tweets. Ironically, I could only find them via the Wayback Machine.

Email is awful.

– Allen Pike, Human-Only Inboxes

This continues to be my favourite post regarding email. Allen will help you, even if you don’t use Google.

… spending time on Twitter isn’t doing something about the bad stuff.

– Sara Winge

I agree with this, for the most part. Any new personal Twitter account(s) from me will be focused, restricted, and have nothing to do with my efforts to improve the world.

Imagine what a comprehensive, open library could be!

Open Library Vision

Now this is a social network for which I feel good about registering. 📚

Me:

I regret to announce that I will not use a third-party app for twitter dot com

Also me:

ohhhhh look at this

(seriously, Nighthawk looks quite good)

Me:

Micro.blog is amazing because it encourages actual replies with actual words!

Also me:

single emoji replies to everything

Every day, regarding the web, is a walk along two lines:

Must try to make the web better, in any way possible.

and

Burn it all and walk away.

Neither is it for the weak in Spirit. For, being Black in America oftentimes means living in and loving a country, that does not love us back. You may take exception to my premise but you cannot discount my experience.

– LeVar Burton

Developing your thoughts and a clear position in a written form that you are comfortable with people reading and using as the basis of a discussion is a terrific quality bar for those thoughts.

– Stephen Kuenzli, Key practices for achieving large professional goals

Plain text > all of your proprietary faves

Updated Windows -> Chrome session destroyed

Fuck it. This is my opportunity to demote Chrome to a YouTube and testing container.

Time to get Firefox up and running.

“Priority! Mud room!”

– Merlin Mann, Mud Rooms, Red Letters, and Real Priorities

I can hear this in the style of “Bill Cosby innocent!” 😂