identi.ca vs. twitter
I’ve used identi.ca micro-blogging for the past five months. I’m switching to twitter. Why identi.ca? I was involved with a number of projects at Fisher Communications until last month. Including...
View ArticleTwitter echo chambers
Lately, I’ve seen an increase in “Twitter porn.” That’s my term. I just invented it. I’m not referring to web-cam girls, accounts with handles like lusty[insert name]2755. I’m referring instead to...
View ArticleI learn about news events mostly from Twitter
I had a revelation this morning: I learn about news events mostly from Twitter. This seems obvious, and almost natural, in hindsight. But even three months ago I didn’t expect this. I grew up on...
View ArticleLots cookin’
My work is going well. We released a substantial pre-alpha of our product, and the first reactions are positive. I can’t say more than that, except to say that we’re now in a slog to reach the next...
View ArticleM-x Twit && PyCon
If you use Emacs and Twitter, give TwitteringMode a try. It won’t replace your favorite client, but you can easily follow a list without leaving Emacs and do most things (reply, RT, etc.) with it. No...
View ArticleBye Twitter
I’ve left Twitter. I can no longer tolerate their arbitrary rules that favor the powerful and the fraudulent.
View ArticleI’m happier and more productive without Twitter
I recently left Twitter. I’d had it up to here with the fake news and trolls. I enjoyed keeping in touch with friends and exchanging brief observations about our lives. But on balance I felt it wasn’t...
View ArticleBanned
I’ve been banned from a subreddit. This is a kind of merit badge. It’s a good thing.
View ArticlePython 3
Helping my company migrate everything to Python 3. Righteous! And we’ll update everything else, including Django, when we do it. If only an updated Python Essential Reference was available… I’d buy it...
View ArticleChanging my PyCon badge
Since registering for PyCon 2017 back during the early bird registration, I’ve changed jobs and stopped using Twitter. Here’s my classy fix to the badge.
View ArticleThe Guardian makes subscribing fun
After I left Twitter, I decided to start paying for news. So I subscribed to The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Guardian. (And I’ve been subscribed to Talking Points Memo for about five...
View ArticleBanned from /r/progressive
I’ve been banned from the /r/progressive subreddit due to “multiple user reports.” I’ve never posted nor commented on that subreddit, as best as I can tell from searching my own account history. Lol.
View ArticleI opened a Bluesky account to test the social media waters
Not sure what to make of it yet. I yearn for the good old days of Twitter when it was fun and not toxic. Those were the same days when social media generally was fun and not toxic. But those days are...
View ArticleBluesky
I’m starting to like it. Overall it works well. It’s easy to block trolls, the multi-feed structure is sensible, and the default app is ok. I found one old Twitter friend there.
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