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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.
When even people like John Gruber, who have lent full-throated support for blog feed technology, are advising their readers to use Twitter notifications as an RSS replacement then you know that no single web technology can carry the heavy load of the entire populace.
I feel so sorry for the people at Fantastical.
The mob mentality of Twitter is going to damage the prospects for the 3rd party ecosystem. Who could possibly be motivated to try to make a living when people lash out in this immature and dangerous way.
Speaking of CAH, the website for their new restaurant is classy as fuck.
I have a visceral reaction to sites that block “open in new tab” and force pop-ups as an alternative. This bullshit should be illegal.
Two of my favourite things about my iPhone SE are;
- the lack of a stupid bump;
- the shape and size for properly holding it.
Today I am grateful for @manton, @macgenie, @cheesemaker and all of the work they do to make Micro.blog. I am also grateful for the Micro.blog community, and everything you all do to make this a space I feel motivated to visit.
Thanks to all of you I can feel sane on the web. 🙏❤
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.
It’ll be interesting to see who, if anyone, Gruber gets access to at this years WWDC. Lot of (rightful) condemnation coming from him over the past few months.
Using a web service to host your photos has never been a good idea. There’s no point getting mad at the companies who (mistakenly) allowed their service to be used for this function.
Thinking about the independent web being friendlier to the average person – which is true – but an important part of that equation is how it shouldn’t be too easy.
Think about our world and the things that are convenient to the point of almost no effort. How good are they?
Reading user feedback on the web via the filter of offering support is an exercise in patience, and practise in the art of not replying instantly. To the people who get paid to do this; I applaud you.
When Apple inevitably closes the iTunes Store it’ll be interesting to see if somebody else fills the void. Maybe Bandcamp will finally get the mainstream push it deserves…
I need people with annual subscription offerings to listen to me:
You need to show the god-damn ANNUAL. PRICE.