Tag: social networking
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They See Me (Blog)Rolling
Inspired by Tracy Durnell, I've for the first time since 2008 started publishing a 'blogroll' of people I follow (now, dynamically-produced from my feed reader!).
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Magician Roles
Because I work somewhere hip enough to let people tweak their job titles, mine is "Code Magician".
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Short-Term Blogging
Next time you've got something to share or a personal project, why not start a blog?
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Threads
Meta are launching Threads tomorrow. If you're wondering how this will impact the world and society's social connections, I direct you to the predictive powers of 1984 British cinema.
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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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How Chinese citizens use puns to get past internet censors
With commentary, Dan shares an article he enjoyed about specific examples of censor-evading wordplay from Chinese social media.
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Get Lost on the Web
Dan looks at phallic buildings, researches baby monitors, and gets nostalgic for the diverse Web of yesteryear.
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Reply to "I was permanently banned by Facebook"
Dan replies to fellow Automattician Donncha's post about getting banned from Facebook to share his own experience, which lead to a similar conclusion.
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Stumbling
Sharing a post by Lucy Belwood, Dan wishes more people used the open web more, Facebook/Twitter/Instagram etc. less.
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Mark Zuckerberg asks governments to help control internet content
Mark Zuckerberg says regulators and governments should play a more active role in controlling internet content.
In an op-ed published in the Washington Post, Facebook's chief says the responsibility for monitoring harmful content is too great for firms alone.
He calls for new laws in four areas: "Harmful content, election integrity, privacy and data portability."
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Fixing Social Media
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
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Now that Google+ has been shuttered, I should air my dirty laundry...
Now that Google+ has been shuttered, I should air my dirty laundry on how awful the project and exec team was.
I'm still pissed about the bait and switch they pulled by telling me I'd be working on Chrome, then putting me on this god forsaken piece of shit on day one.
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Still Blogging in 2017
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On a blog, I can write about blogging and whimsically toss in self-indulgent pictures of May’s budding azaleas.
I can end my career, right here, in a flash. I can rant about the perfidy and corruption of my local governing party, who I devoutly hope are about to be turfed … -
Reaching people on the internet
The Oatmeal
As somebody who likes to keep his content on his own server (y'know: right here!) but whose readers sometimes prefer that it's syndicated to e.g. Facebook (as it is), I appreciate this comic by The Oatmeal. -
Why You Should Never Use MongoDB
Disclaimer: I do not build database engines. I build web applications. I run 4-6 different projects every year, so I build a lot of web applications. I see apps with different requirements and different data storage needs. Ive deployed most of the data stores youve heard about, and a few that you probably havent. I’ve picked the wrong…
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