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Yet more proof that when it comes to the closed, privacy invasive web you cannot compete against Facebook. Also @manton continues to be right with increasing certainty; the only viable alternative is the open web.
I’m looking forward to the character restriction on Micro.blog replies. My tendency to ramble is bad for my ambitions to better study and write about a variety of topics.
If we’re telling people to not use AMP we also HAVE to tell them to make their websites usable;
- As light as possible. You are not allowed to spend people’s data with your bullshit scripts.
- Free of invasive tracking. You are not allowed to destroy people’s privacy.
USA: “Look how we can ruin the internet!”
EU: “Hold my beer.”
This article on Politico has a terrible headline but I consider it another big item in the case against metrics. When they become politicised in this way, which is now inevitably common, we see the way we are dehumanised by each other.
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.
If I get an iPod Touch I’m going to be confused by the feelings I have for the smaller form factor. Fortunately I’ll have months to work it out since my big Android has a big contract for which I need months to run it down.
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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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.
If you’ve tried to send me a message at contact@swoods.net it probably didn’t go through, which you probably saw but I’m just saying this in case you did not. I’ve tested and it works now.
(I’m super good at email, honestly. 😑)
It’s unsurprising but still disheartening to see so many people leap from “Fall detection in the Apple Watch” to “This will be good For The Old People.” As if younger people aren’t capable of falling over. 🙄 Also, impaired mobility is a thing across all ages JSYK.
The big update to Omnibear is really good. I look forward to better support of non-Note types from Micro.blog.
Time for Apple to introduce the Pro moniker for top-end iPhones. They’re no longer what most people need and have become about more than just what people want, whilst the lower end devices are great. I think this would help reduce people’s perception that it costs too much.
A thing from the past few weeks of chaotic things happeing “in the Real World”. Turns out just dumping Facebook and Whatsapp is in fact not the simple decision a lot of people like to say it is, especially here on Micro.blog. I kinda knew that anyway, just had it confirmed.
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.