Category: Links of Interest
Don’t Trust Facebook’s Decentralized Social Network
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I recently read on Platformer that Facebook is trying to build a “next-generation” text-based social media platform to replace Twitter. I mean sure, Twitter is dying and its death is not happening nearly as slowly as I thought it would be1, but why on earth should we trust Facebook at all in this? Facebook uses
It’s okay to not be creative
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The third installment in some thoughts on creativity. It’s okay to not be creative. Tomorrow I’ve got 2 kids at home and a puppy to take care of. Usually, I’d record a YouTube video but I find it unlikely that I can get the dog to settle and the two kids occupied at the same
It’s Okay to be Bad at Things – to be creative
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Yesterday I wrote about the media demanding our attention and we can’t find the time we need to be creative. One thing I forgot to mention is that it’s okay to be bad at things. I’m terrible at email, I don’t respond in Discord, and as I said yesterday my phone is almost entirely muted.
Some Fun Framework Laptop Information
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I just ordered my first non-Apple laptop in 10-years, a Framework laptop. I’ll be running Fedora on it and for the first time in a while I’m excited about the new tech coming into my house. Here are some fun reads/videos that show why I’m excited about the new laptop. I Could make my own
Soggy Straws vs Private Jets
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So it was Super Bowl weekend and while 140 private jets appear to have been tasked with delivering rich people back home after the event I was rushing through Mcdonald’s and was delivered a paper straw to drink with. As you can guess from the title, it got soggy long before I was done with
The Tragedy of AI and Google Bard
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After reading Casey Newton’s post on Google playing catch up with AI via Bard I’ve been prompted to complete some thoughts I’ve had brewing about search. When I want to research a new product I no longer go to Google. The clickbait and ill-informed reviews of products are a waste of my time. They reveal
We’re just workers and can be let go at any time
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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
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