Category: Links of Interest
If Apple is So Awesome – Why Make it So Hard for Competitors
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In How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism, Cory Doctorow asks the question, if Apple is so gosh darn awesome with keeping their software safe, and keeping your hardware safe with their repair facilities…why do they make it so hard for competitors? Apple doesn’t do this to “keep you safe” as the often claim, they do this…
UI vs Development vs Business Priorities
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Probably the most frustrating thing about being a developer is when business owners prioritise stuff they can see over anything that needs updating/maintenance but is not visible. Take today. I’ve been asked to work on a bunch of Gravity Forms stuff that bugs users, which is fine. But that continues to put off the object…
Cory Doctorow on Halting the Internet’s Enshitification
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This is an excellent video about what we can do to help stop the enshitification of the internet. It’s going to take time, but it is within reach.
Street Safety is Why My Kids Don’t Walk to School Alone
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Jumping on this article about childhood freedom, my wife and I discussed why my 9 and 7 year old don’t walk the 800m to school alone as we walked back home this morning. The only reason is the 4 lane road the have to cross. Sure the city put in lights and a button now,…
Want a Small Phone – Maybe the Jelly Star is for You
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I’m currently happily using an iPhone 13 Mini and have no desire to upgrade to any of the massive phones Apple currently has on offer. That means i’m on the look out for a small phone that runs Android. Today I heard about the Jelly Star which is a seriously tiny phone running Android 13.…
Saskatchewan had to override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
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I think that when you need to override the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to pass legislation history is going to find that you’re on the wrong side of the issue. One of the things I do to support the LGBTQ+ community is to make sure I email the schools my children attend when…
Agreed – Your Talk Should Also be a Blog Post
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Jamie has a great short article to support the idea that your talk should also be a blog post. I also think that Twitter/X Thread should be blog posts because threads produce little value. Even on Mastodon, threads should be blog posts. Think of all the content you put on Twitter that is now in…
I Hate Client Side JS Crap
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This article cites React and how bad it is, but really I dislike all client side JS stuff that renders the DOM with JavaScript. Angular…ugh digging out of an old app that no longer builds and was always slow. As I’ve replaced it with PHP and standard HTML we’ve seen reliability go up and speed…
Framework Cyberdeck
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Stuff like this is why the Framework is so cool. I’m just using a normal laptop, but I could turn it into a cyberdeck if I was interested.
Software Defined Radio for Your Framework Laptop
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I love my Framework laptop and how inventive the community can be. Today I saw that there is a software defined radio module people are working on. I have no use for this, but I think it’s very cool.