Month: August 2018
Utopian Internet Promise
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The early, utopian promise of the internet was as a decentralized network that would connect people under hundreds of millions of websites and communities, each in charge of creating their own rules. But as the internet has evolved, it has become increasingly corporatized, with companies like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Reddit, Tumblr, and Twitter replacing individually-owned…
Smaller Topic Focused Communities
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From my friend Bob: A good portion of my “growing up” on the Internet focused on participating on writing forums focused on Star Trek. While I thought the community was large, it was tiny in comparison to the Twitters and Facebooks of the world. However, I was able to meet and talk with a more…
Jason Snell on the Brydge iPad Keyboard
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Read the whole thing here. No it’s not Smart Connector based, but it’s actually something you can use on your lap. Monday I’ll have a full look at how I use the iPad on my desk for my full time work machine. This is the next addition when I upgrade from the 9.7” iPad Pro…
Freelance Friday 020 – August 24 2018
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So The Art of Focus launches on August 28th, that’s Tuesday. Came up faster than I thought it would. If you’re not on the email list and want to get told when it’s free in the first two days make sure you sign up. This week was recording the 35k words for The Art of…
Facebook feeding violence
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From The New York Times: Wherever per-person Facebook use rose to one standard deviation above the national average, attacks on refugees increased by about 50 percent. I’m largely off Facebook. I certainly do not watch the feed to engage with any posts outside of a single book club I like. Even that interaction is waning.…
Which operating system should I use macOS, Linux or Windows?
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Of course the answer starts with “it depends”. What software is the default option in your desired field of work? If you need to use Photoshop, then you’re on macOS or Windows. If you mainly need terminal then macOS and Linux are Unix based systems so you have a good terminal. I think that this…
Ciatations made easy
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I’ve used Citation Machine but always hated it because it’s terrible and as covered. Seems I don’t have to because Citationsy exists. Has macOS and iOS clients. Thanks to Appedemic for pointing this out.
Twitter’s Security Choices Shows They Don’t Care About Users
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I already know that I’m not the customer for Twitter. Advertisers are the customers. That’s who gives them money, not me. But it always really hits home that Twitter doesn’t care about me when I try to do anything with it and am confronted with their security choices. Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) and Twitter Unfortunately given…
Why The Twitter API Change is Nothing but Good
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As of August 16 2018, the Twitter API changed for 3rd party developers. Without getting too technical, Twitter is turned off the old streaming API and did not replace a bunch of it with anything at all. That means 3rd party clients lost: timeline streaming notifications on retweets, quote tweets, likes, and follows mentions and…
Keyboard nerds take a look
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Brett Terpstra at least initially likes that Ultimate Hacking Keyboard. I like that it splits but not so impressed that it doesn’t have any angle adjustment for ergonomics. I’m still using the Kinesis Freestyle Solo V2 happily. I had the V1 out of the drawer for a few weeks recently and it’s still great. I…
