Category: Links of Interest
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…
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.
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…
Laptopless @macsparky
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So David is doing another experiment with no laptop. I’ve mostly gone Macless now. Web development with my iPad and a VPS. Audio recording and editing on the iPad. Next week I’ll talk more about why I think that traditional desktop UI is less productive and why iOS is better. Few weeks you’ll get a…
Do You Schedule Time for Social Media?
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I encountered this question in a Slack channel recently: Do you schedule time for social media? The short answer is no, I don’t schedule time for social media. social media is so much more noise than marketing now social media is not good creative work social media sucks your time away from stuff you should…
App addiction?
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Instagram is a photo sharing app that has over 800 million users. Its users can take a snapshot using the app camera and share it with their followers. What makes Instagram so addictive is that the app itself also has a number of filters that the users can apply to their images to make them…
