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Tag: mastodon

  • The Mastodon user interface showing an "Alt" button in the bottom left corner that is toggled and shows the alt text for the image: "Pink daisy flower on a piece of driftwood"

    Developing an alt text button for images on my website

    James has come up with a fun way to do Mastodon-like alt-text-bubbles. I'm intrigued, and am looking forward to expanding on the idea when I get the chance to try implementing it on my own blog.

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    • of this original
    • posted 30 August, 2025
  • If the most useful thing I achieve this Bank Holiday Monday will have been to make it easier to post short geotagged notes from my mobile to my blog (and Mastodon), it will have been a success.

    Full image of Dan sits on the grass in a garden, with his French Bulldog.
    Alt

    Dan sits on the grass in a garden, with his French Bulldog.

    This has been a test post. Feel free to ignore it.

    • Note
    • posted 26 August, 2024
  • Printed letter on Vagina Museum headed paper, reading: Dear Dan Q, I'm assuming you donated ยฃ50 on 1st February in response to my desperate plea for help on Mastodon. I'm pleased to say this was printed on our brand spanking new Brother Laser. The entire Vagina Museum thanks you for your generosity in our hour of need. Yours quim-cerely, Zoe Williams; Head of Communications and Fundraising

    Yours Quim-cerely

    I received a lovely letter from the Vagina Museum - which I've not had the opportunity to visit yet - printed on their new laserjet printer.

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    • Article
    • posted 10 March, 2024
  • Mastodon Re-Introduction

    Finally got around to rewriting my Mastodon introduction, now that my selfhosted server's got enough interconnection that people might actually see it!
    If you're on the Fediverse and you're not already doing so, you can follow me at @dan@danq.me. Or follow my blog at @blog@danq.me.

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    • Note
    • posted 18 July, 2023
  • When Twitter Loses, WordPress Wins

    Alex Standiford observes that Automattic stand to win from Twitter's losses; I'd like to expand on that a tiny bit.

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    • of this original
    • posted 21 November, 2022
  • Screenshot showing @dan@danq.me's Mastodon account as the verified owner of website DanQ.me.

    Reply to Decentralization and verification

    Dan replies to Derek Kedziora's blog post, arguing that identity verification on Mastodon is, for the most part, a problem already solved.

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    • Reply
    • 6 comments
    • posted 15 November, 2022
  • Photo showing fragile dewey spiderwebs on blades of grass.

    Wake Me Up When September Ends

    Inspired by Hugh Rundle's post about Mastodon's imminent "Eternal September", Dan muses on what he can best do to help as the fediverse faces its biggest expansion surge yet.

    Read more - about 3 minutes (657 words)

    • Article
    • 5 comments
    • posted 9 November, 2022

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