Reblog via Warner Crocker
Always remember to never forget that everything changes, dies or fades away. Especially if it holds your data.
#evernote #tech
https://warnercrocker.com/2023/07/10/evernote-like-everything-was-never-forever/
Statuses
Reblog via Ben Werdmuller
I love Amber Case's framing of "truthy" tech: hype-driven technologies that promise too much too soon, are driven by FOMO, and are intriguing because of their depictions in popular culture. There are plenty of examples to choose from right now, and this is a great guide to spotting them. #Technology https://caseorganic.medium.com/how-to-identify-truthy-tech-trends-70f553c5a445?utm_source=werd.io&utm_campaign=mastodon&utm_channel=mastodon
Opting out of opting out
So I get (and appreciate) that brands are trying to be more sensitive in their messaging. But does it really help that in lieu of what might be two dozen Father’s Day promotional emails, we’re moving in the direction of this:
If I’m going to get a bunch of those for every potentially sensitive holiday (which is all of them in one way or another, isn’t it?) can I just unsubscribe altogether?
Reblog via Ben Werdmuller
Flag Day is, of course, the national holiday for content moderators
Reblog via Steve
Reblog via Media Economies Design Lab
This summer, we're doing a series of events on #OpenSocialMedia—the new explosion of alternative platforms and protocols. Up first:
OPEN SOCIAL MEDIA: ORIGIN STORIES
Next Tuesday, online and free for all. Learn more & register: https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/2023/06/06/open-social-media-origin-stories
Reblog via Ethan Marcotte
This is a remarkable thing @kissane just wrote. https://erinkissane.com/tomorrow-and-tomorrow-and-tomorrow
Reblog via John Overholt
As an outgrowth of Houghton's Slavery, Abolition, Emancipation, and Freedom (SAEF) digitization project on African American history, Harvard is today releasing an open data set of the materials in the collection. Learn more at https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/SAEF via @internetstine
Reblog via Dan Gillmor
WordPress is adopting ActivityPub and now enters the paid-newsletter market. Combine those with the traditional blogging package and this is getting quite interesting. https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/01/wordpress-com-challenges-substack-with-launch-of-paid-newsletters/?guccounter=1
Reblog via Ben Werdmuller
There should be a non-profit accelerator for end-user open source projects that have the potential to make the world more equal, inclusive, and democratic.