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We need to care about stuff again. Caring is so underrated!
Moo.do looks like a genuine candidate for me to replace Workflowy and TickTick, whilst leveraging Google’s software. Currently waiting for a reply to a request for help, hopefully support will match the seeming potential of the rest of the product.
It is complicated, but appropriately so. Oftentimes that’s the difference between a UI that’s usable, or one that’s confusing, dangerous, and hard to trust.
– Andrew Schmidt, indirectly confronting Lazy Minimalism amidst useful advice for UX writers.
I like it when John Green talks about our attempts as humans to just be a global population. A lot of things may seem terrible in lots of ways but on a larger scale we are rapidly improving.
Nothing is quite as heartening as seeing people blackmail app devs in store reviews. Nice work, everybody. 👍
The fact that there’s a Star Trek emoji but not a Doctor Who emoji continues to give me cause to pause.
Oh, it’s Micro Monday. That reminds me to point you towards @eli who both thoughtfully participates in conversations here on Micro.blog and thoughtfully shares links to web writing that I always enjoy reading. Also… dat beard tho. 🙌
Whilst we’re still recovering from the move two weeks ago, I am reminded that cats have an amazing capacity for adapting to change.
Hm Boutet’s celebratory image for reaching 1000 subs on YouTube is a fair reflection of their talent. If you like Hello Internet, Cortex, or both I wholeheartedly endorse the channel.
I have now fully given up on self-hosting. I tried a wordpress.org install on Dreamhost whilst hosting my domain on Hover and it was too difficult to surpass; it made me feel frustrated in a way that just made me sad. Now to focus on writing and other projects.
The only downside with Micro.blog so far is that I have been exposed to the allure of hobbies and interests that come with a not insubstantial price tag. Thanks a lot everybody! 👋
Quick thoughts after two weeks with the Pixel 2:
- Google Assistant is brilliant.
- System flexibility is refreshing (notifications especially).
- Availability of good third party apps is a lot better than Apple-centred pundits would have you believe.
- This thing is beautiful.
… he brought knives, and was scared away by students throwing their backpacks at him.
I mean… backpacks. Fuck guns.
Feeling even better about my newly acquired Pixel 2. Tip: if you read a review for the Pixel and the Assistant isn’t covered, that review is not worth your time.
Weird. I submitted a post in the afternoon, it went through as usual but didn’t appear immediately. I left and thought nothing of it since sometimes there is a delay… and now, no post at all. So I missed a day. :/
Recently started playing Unravel. I adore these types of games.
Learning (via email no less) that double tapping the power button on my phone opens the camera is just… great.