Category: Links of Interest
Chris’ WordPress Wishlist
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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…
So Mastodon “made it”?
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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…
Even on Mastodon – Threads should be blog posts
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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…
Ugh the new Apple TV Remote
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As Michael highlights, the new Apple TV remote is a problem. I have to reset it every week or so. Sometimes that doesn’t work and I have to reset the Apple TV instead…then reset the remote. The last remote just worked. My kids dropped it and broke the glass and it was taped up so…
We Live in an Age of Monomania
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From Strong Towns: We’re living in an age of monomania. If you hang around online, you’ll see lots of people adopt a persona consisting of one principle that they just crank up to 11 and apply to everything. The incentives of social media encourage having a shtick—it’s why people are K-Pop Stans or Swifties. It’s…
Apple’s New HomePod but it’s too late for me
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Apple released a 2nd generation HomePod and you can read about it on MacStories or Six Colors. While I’m in the market for whole home audio…I already went with Sonos and did it when the HomePod was clearly not getting a revamp any time soon. Now I’m in with a pair of Sonos One Gen…
When a company adds AI…
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At this moment in time when I see a company added AI to their product, I wonder if they have their priorities sorted out. Yes I assume that AI is going to be useful to people at some point. Yes I see how people are using it now and I it’s interesting, but when your…
We guage our success based on people we know
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Two good quotes sent to me from Readwise today: How much of our desire for new clothes, a better car, a bigger house, a shinier computer or gadget, is actually driven by the fear that not having these things means we are, in some ways, missing out? Enough by Patrick Rhone and People assess how…
Now I Run this Newsletter Poorly
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Now, I run this newsletter poorly. There is no rhyme or reason behind my topic selection; my tweets are riddled with spelling errors; the courses I teach are challenging to find. I don’t do podcast interviews, and just the thought of attending an event to “network” makes me break out in hives. If I schedule more…
Greg Praising Analogue
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From Greg It’s been a week since I ditched the digital calendar and went back to an analog system. I am really enjoying this part of my workflow and already looking at other ways I can get further away my from devices. I know I can’t get rid of them altoghether, but this is a…