We’re just workers and can be let go at any time
From Bryan Merchant at The Los Angeles Times “I think it’s waking people up to some realities of what the industry is really like,” Alejandra Beatty said. “We are workers. Even though we have benefits and we are highly trained — we’re still workers. We can still arbitrarily lose our jobs like anyone else.” I’m […]
PKM Weekly Feb 5 2023 – Issue 055
Welcome to the PKM weekly newsletter. My goal is to round up good resources in the PKM space so you don’t have to. If you get value out of this newsletter consider supporting it by becoming a member. You can either get my weekly thoughts, or all my courses and my weekly thoughts. You could…
Florida Isn’t Banning Books to Keep Kids Safe
The news that’s captured my thoughts the last number of days has been the teachers and librarians that are emptying their libraries of books so they don’t run afoul of a new policy that says they could be charged with a felony for exposing kids to offensive books. All materials need to be reviewed and…
Chris’ WordPress Wishlist
I strongly agree with Chris. WordPress needs to modernize it’s PHP setup and should work with 8.2. The biggest hurdle will be all the 3rd party plugins that make WordPress so useful as a content management system. They all need to be updated. I also wish that the editor would gain in performance. I’m writing…
My Favourite Apps of 2022
We’re into 2023 now so I can take a look back at what apps worked for me in 2022. I try out lots of stuff, and make videos on many things I like, but that doesn’t mean everything sticks. Today’s list is what has stuck for 2022 and I’ll be using in 2023 on macOS.…
So Mastodon “made it”?
Today I noticed that Buffer released a scheduler for Mastodon posts. On one hand, great a larger company has noticed Mastodon and decentralized social networks and has invested in it. On the other hand…who needs to schedule posts to Mastodon? Marketing people? People with stuff to sell? People grooming their social media profile so that…
PKM Weekly Jan 29 2023 – Issue 054
Welcome to the PKM weekly newsletter. My goal is to round up good resources in the PKM space so you don’t have to. If you get value out of this newsletter consider supporting it by becoming a member. You can either get my weekly thoughts, or all my courses and my weekly thoughts. You could…
Shocks are Used to Steal Human Rights and Invade Countries
Today we take a brief look at The Shock Doctrine and how the shocks of war and environmental disaster are used to further capitalism and steal from people. If you want to read these posts become a member. Members get my courses included..
Even on Mastodon – Threads should be blog posts
I’ve said this more than once about Twitter, threads should be blog posts. In the case of Twitter, it was about owning your content because who knew where Twitter would go…eventually. Well eventually happened and Twitter is down the shitter. Even on Mastodon, threads should be blog posts. Own your content. Stake out your space…
How I Use Obsidian to track Programming
If you’re a web developer and want some insight into how you could use Obsidian to track what you work on, today is for you. I’m going to give you a tour of how I use Obsidian to track GitHub issues and document our site setup. As this is a working Obsidian vault, I’m not…
