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Roni Rolle Laukkarinen
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CTO @dude (a WordPress agency), admin of several servers like this one, programmer, *nix user, and advocate for an open and ethical Internet. Creator of Mastodon Bird UI. I work with servers, websites, and open source for a living. I'm safe. 🌈

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nostr:npub1cmgqvz7xr07euwkum3mjghjqcu4d3k2fcyf6g4uwwe5ggnd6fetq0wrzd2 I must say, in the past, the 140 character limit was one of the things that appealed to me about Twitter. It teaches you brevity, which really tightens and cleans up your writing, because you have to look for ways to say what you want in fewer words (and without text-speak and abbreviations; that's cheating). ;-)

But now I'm on Mastodon, and my instance supports 5000 characters per post, I really enjoy that too. It's freeing.

But as you can see, my writing is starting to become unnecessarily verbose again. Maybe I should override the character limit in Sengi to be 500 or so, to force myself to be brief again. :-D

nostr:npub1zej0m00tmnz6aczhx3ypfnsrtkzxt895m4py5ly049sqe367yy9q53c804 I know what you mean. But I remember that was actual limit (from SMS) rather than a feature. Then we embraced it as a feature. Like pros: "We should be brief!", cons: "It's too limiting!".

I like the feeling of freedom. It's the better web.

I don't like posting to other social media services nowadays, solely because of the character limit. I hate limiting my words. 600 characters should not be not too long thing to post on social media. #SocialMedia #Writing

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This sounds and looks interesting nostr:npub1cmgqvz7xr07euwkum3mjghjqcu4d3k2fcyf6g4uwwe5ggnd6fetq0wrzd2

But unfortunately I havenā€˜t heard about any of the apps. Starting to look them up right now …

nostr:npub1k8lnjdd0rrrmy3tqgkvgrhxnkxn6q2ys99g8aq6tvlvvsa4h5hqsyqnzsp Very few apps provide time blocking (where ou can actually block time in calendar rather than having bunch of tasks without times). Each task take time to complete, if you don't know or estimate how much, you are in trouble if you have lots of tasks. Time blocking helps me tremendously to complete tasks in time.

I absolutely love Sunsama and how it takes care of your valuable time. There are no priority labels other than time.

From time blocking apps I have used first Sunsama, then Akiflow, then TickTick. All have pros and cons, but now that I have returned to Sunsama after one year I've seen it's improved since I last tried it.

I forgot how good it feels to actually FOCUS and see your productivity increase over time.

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#Productivity #Focus #Apps #Sunsama #TimeBlocking

Can you call yourself "a social media professional" if you're everywhere but on the Fediverse? #SocialMedia #Mastodon

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nostr:npub1cmgqvz7xr07euwkum3mjghjqcu4d3k2fcyf6g4uwwe5ggnd6fetq0wrzd2 nostr:npub12na3t5lz2rtlh4l8z3c49yh46e6la9flxg92xdusvcnxkysuvfuqqanpsu have to admit, Moshidon might be the only app I haven't tried. Will check it out! First toot this one. Looking decent so far, but no left margin for toots in timeline. and no thread view, which I find quite important. Hmm.

nostr:npub1ns2vvds9kfjwtnucveh8yxaqw6kahg8ng2le833cajffcgcj4x6qtlsas7 It's practically a slightly improved fork of the Megalodon app which is a slightly improved fork of the official Mastodon app. Yes, many UI-things missing. nostr:npub12na3t5lz2rtlh4l8z3c49yh46e6la9flxg92xdusvcnxkysuvfuqqanpsu

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nostr:npub1cmgqvz7xr07euwkum3mjghjqcu4d3k2fcyf6g4uwwe5ggnd6fetq0wrzd2 Any not well known apps or newcomers out there I could try? I like nostr:npub1235ksdhfgtzr6mnq0360ecexmyt5yxqmvwhuycelcuv745jg2fkqs86qs5, design wise, for example, but it is lacking in performance and functionality a bit.

nostr:npub1ns2vvds9kfjwtnucveh8yxaqw6kahg8ng2le833cajffcgcj4x6qtlsas7 I only liked Moshidon but it still didn't cut it UI wise. I never found any good app for Android that would satisfy my taste buds.

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nostr:npub1cmgqvz7xr07euwkum3mjghjqcu4d3k2fcyf6g4uwwe5ggnd6fetq0wrzd2 ahhh damn, iPhone users have so many beautiful options at their disposal. Meanwhile Android users have a lot of the functionality, but not a lot of beautiful design for Mastodon. PWA with #BirdUI is the best available option - but frankly, I'm nor a huge fan of PWAs and their performance (at least on my phone). 😭

nostr:npub1ns2vvds9kfjwtnucveh8yxaqw6kahg8ng2le833cajffcgcj4x6qtlsas7 I know your pain as I used Android for the past decade until recently moved on to iPhone world.

nostr:npub1svs3dzxhfc3mtdr7a59jsj48wdg0f0fgy0au2yataxu6vza6n8userp66u Lol it even has the swipable bottom bar and hollow icons. The similarities to my UI are astonishing. :blob_aww: #Mona #MonaApp #MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI

nostr:npub1svs3dzxhfc3mtdr7a59jsj48wdg0f0fgy0au2yataxu6vza6n8userp66u This app has everything I have done to my Mastodon web fork and more. What I’d like to see in the future in Mastodon core are:

- threaded view on all feeds (you should know what people are replied to)

- grouped favs/boosts

These exist on Mona! #Mona #MonaApp

I absolutely LOVE the customization options of nostr:npub1svs3dzxhfc3mtdr7a59jsj48wdg0f0fgy0au2yataxu6vza6n8userp66u for iPhone. I can actually make it very close #MastodonBirdUI because I can pick the hex colors, change profile photos to circular, make breathing space more relaxed etc. Good job! #BirdUI #Apps #UI #MastodonApps #iPhone #iOS #Mastodon

nostr:npub1svs3dzxhfc3mtdr7a59jsj48wdg0f0fgy0au2yataxu6vza6n8userp66u Lol it even has the swipable bottom bar and hollow icons. The similarities to my UI are astonishing. :blob_aww: #Mona #MonaApp #MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI

Mammoth for iPhone actually has a ā€For youā€ feed and very Bluesky/Twitter-esque aesthetics. I love the variety of Mastodon apps in the iOS world. nostr:npub178lr0vtt5rj5y985phgs8jra39sz9xe0tquhshe9asy6vuxz0t4q6ecahs #iPhone #Apps #Mammoth #iOS #Mastodon #MastodonApps

nostr:npub10ad8034e0eqajlvsykl7xvefg24f53st9wpnsf8xeh4gn3v8skyq2cfm05 nostr:npub1svs3dzxhfc3mtdr7a59jsj48wdg0f0fgy0au2yataxu6vza6n8userp66u Aww thank you. I will not stop working on it, I use Linux too. I just don’t really use it on mobile because I use iPhone nowadays and I dislike that annoying white bottom bar on Safari PWA: https://mementomori.social/@rolle/110961162869527216 - so instead looking for an app alternative. On desktop I still use my UI, naturally.

The update cycle has slowed down for #MastodonBirdUI because I’ve veen too busy with work, but I promise you this is my crown jewel and won’t give up on it.

nostr:npub1axz7dk0v4njhtkczsmp2j3fe6qkzy0cg2qjr42rmjd7rmrv7m3mqzupw43 Yeah I know. The Guided Access is cumbersome, it is indeed very inconvenient.

I absolutely LOVE the customization options of nostr:npub1svs3dzxhfc3mtdr7a59jsj48wdg0f0fgy0au2yataxu6vza6n8userp66u for iPhone. I can actually make it very close #MastodonBirdUI because I can pick the hex colors, change profile photos to circular, make breathing space more relaxed etc. Good job! #BirdUI #Apps #UI #MastodonApps #iPhone #iOS #Mastodon