Simon Woods

Planning directions from a city centre to a major hospital. Two significant locations, both of which are table stakes for modern map services made by the big companies.

The results:

• Apple: Laughably bad.
• Google: Got it in a few seconds.

Why isn’t Apple better at this?

Experts sharing their knowledge freely on the big social silos over years has now created a sense of loss for many people.

Hopefully the lesson learned is not to recreate those silos elsewhere but to share that knowledge in a variety of ways and invest in a diversified web.

So the third episode of The Last of Us is… a thing. Oof.

Quotebacks are better than timeline quote-posts because, above all else, they look great on a website.

Quote-posting… interesting. The “convenience at all costs” crowd is really winning out over there on Mastodon, huh.

what the fuck… Audible doesn’t keep your place in a book?

I can leave a paper bookmark in a paper book and it can easily stay there for months, even years! But this American megacorp with its monopolies and bullshit can’t keep my place in the story? ugh

I miss buttons in UI.

The two clothing revelations that have had an immediate positive effect on my daily life and already feel like are going to be a part of the rest of my life:

• Base layer thermals.
• Fingerless gloves.

Also; the return of sweaters in my life!

Got a really good set of new clothes a couple of days ago. Not only perfect for the current weather but also very good quality.

When you spend years in deep poverty it’s easy to forget the importance of an investment in good clothes.

I do like “micronauts” a lot as a nickname for members of the Micro.blog community. Going to use it more often.

Dune is so good that I enjoy the bagpipes.

I mean, it’s Zimmer so it was probably always going to work for me but still… bagpipes.

Referring to Elon Musk as “Space Karen” only makes me think you’re no better than an ignorant child, playing pretend at having opinions about serious issues.

He’s not a fucking dark wizard and this isn’t some shitty piece of fiction.

Say his name next to his actions.

TIL our GP has all but removed the capacity to order medication via the small paper forms. The justification: “Most people have a smartphone.”

For a business run by two people based in London, the delivery costs for Cortex Merch are painful.

It’s bad enough that I am now more than a little unsure about my future use of the Theme journal. Which is a shame, since I love the practice already.

til @ lol 👀