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Category: Links of Interest
Default Apps for 2023
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I’ve had fairly large change in 2023 in that I no longer use macOS as my primary operating system. Now I’m on Fedora with my Framework 13″ laptop. Some things have thus stayed the same, but some had to change because they don’t exist on Fedora.
Excellent Ergonomic Keyboard Primer
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This is an excellent ergonomic keyboard primer from Dygma. I currently have a Moonlander, which I just realized I have never reviewed. I have no complaints about it, and don’t really need to switch but I have always looked at the offerings from Dygma and wondered what they’d feel like. Originally it was the Raise,…
We Own Nothing – The Broken Promise of the Information Age
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From Animatronic Pumpkin: Remember in the 90s when we thought we were headed for an amazing Information Age? Instead we find the greatest engine of censorship ever invented. Streaming services disappear movies. Amazon can rewrite the books on your kindle. Best Buy stops selling movies on disc. Nobody owns anything. Links evaporate all the time.…
Jose on the Beauty of Finished Software
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Finished software is excellent, but I don’t think that most people really want it. What they want is new features to learn, or some new software to try because it’s “better”. They want both of these things because learning new features or trying out new software makes them feel like they’re doing the work, but…
Apple Scary Fast – Also Scary Expensive
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I’m just catching up on the Apple M3 news from last night. Overall, things are faster and you can get more RAM in some models. I see nothing here that makes me want to upgrade from my main machine, a 12th Intel i5 Framework laptop. I see nothing here that makes me feel like I…
To Purchase Books or Request Materials at the Library
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Prompted today by finding Lost Subways of North America and Dark PR I first checked the local library to see if they had the books, which they didn’t. My next stop was the local book store where I pre-ordered Lost Subways but I also asked myself a question. Should I instead request materials at the…
Should EV Subsidies be Stopped and Invested in Public Transit
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From Vox about Norway’s strong performance in electrification of their vehicles: Eye-popping EV subsidies have flowed largely to the affluent, contributing to the gap between rich and poor in a country proud of its egalitarian social policies. Worse, the EV boom has hobbled Norwegian cities’ efforts to untether themselves from the automobile and enable residents…
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.