Adam @adam@librem.one
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Designer & web developer since the mid 1990's starting on the DEC intranet. User experience consultant since 1998. Photographer since 1995. Tech journalist since 2002.
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Joined Apr 2019
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We're any of them spicy?
Ok, the NYC drone light show advertisement party thing was actually pretty cool. https://bookofadamz.com/candy-crush-sagas-10-year-anniversary-party-featured-a-500-drone-light-show/
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Did you know you can add #fediverse account feeds to your #RSS reader? #Mastodon101
As an example, here is a URL for my account: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@cosullivan.rss
Model: Https://[instanceDomain]/[@username].rss
I don't know why I can't get my #Wordpress site to work right on the #Fediverse. It says "4 posts", but none show, and I don't know how to accept follow requests. @adamz #activitypub #help
@Tutanota Do you use DANE to enforce TLS encryption?
@molly0xfff Haha! Coincidence? Nah
@stux Too soon.
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I read this elsewhere: If trusted news outlets would start offering #Mastodon instances to their staff, that would bring some sort of verification and visibility. Think social.nytimes.com, social.heise.de etc. I'd love to read more from trusted journalists on the #fediverse and this could greatly help. (Again, not my idea but couldn't find the original author.) Boosts for visibility would be great. Reminder: Favorites don't help as on this other platform.
@robertology @mhall119 There we go! Those are easy to understand. [SmileyFace]
In the USA, there's a special cellular network for public safety professionals. I got to learn a lot about some of the tech that's being used with it. https://pocketnow.com/this-firstnet-tech-might-save-your-life-soon/
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Facebook has a hidden tool to delete your phone number, email
Link: https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-has-hidden-tool-to-delete-your-phone-number-email-2022-10
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33427004
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Want to cross-verify your identity on Mastodon but don't have your own website?
If you're on GitHub, you can set up something similar with GitHub Pages
1. Add simple index.html file to GitHub repo
2. Enable GitHub Pages in Settings
3. Link in Mastodon profile
4. Voila
@PavelASamsonov Yes, absolutely. We're on the same page now. :)
@PavelASamsonov Yes, I'm aware of all that, but I don't see how that makes "good defaults" better than "good defaults plus options"? Maybe you meant that "good defaults" is better than "bad defaults plus options"? I can definitely agree with that!!
@PavelASamsonov How do you figure that? When was the last time NOBODY complained about the defaults? Yeah, a good default is great for the majority, but isn't the flexibility to be great for everybody better than only being great for some?
@martijnbraam Last week I had a laptop delivery that required a signature. They handed it to someone in the lobby who signed for it and kept it for themselves. They used to ask for ID before accepting a signature!
@PavelASamsonov That's something I hate about Windows 11... designed by a handful of users and stakeholders who want to promote ad widgets. What do you think about allowing users more diverse options to fit their needs? https://pocketnow.com/explaining-windows-11s-bad-design/
@matschaffer @nosherwan @aral There are a lot of advantages, and the disadvantages might be mitigated with stuff like DANE soon. I wrote this a while back: https://pocketnow.com/10-ways-delta-chat-is-better-than-whatsapp-signal-and-telegram/
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RT @PavelASamsonov@twitter.com
Users are not designers, and "doing what the user asks" is a bad design strategy.
However, I see stakeholders saying this to justify another, even worse design strategy: "doing what the stakeholder asks."
*Everyone's* change requests are data points, starting points.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/PavelASamsonov/status/1587434170460114944
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Currently studying my Twitter archive data to figure out the requirements for importing Tweets to the fediverse. You can see my current rubberducking here: https://codeberg.org/postmodern/fediverse-importer/issues/2
- Contact & Web
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- Tech Reviews & Editorials
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- Book of AdamZ
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Designer & web developer since the mid 1990's starting on the DEC intranet. User experience consultant since 1998. Photographer since 1995. Tech journalist since 2002.
DMs don't work, so don't bother.
Joined Apr 2019
