Term finished yesterday. Today, I have a cold.
Obviously.
The single biggest thing that would improve my AI prompt writing skills: not making typos.
Oh, shit. The dolphins have had enough and are coming for us.
Fog on the Adur.
What if the real X/Twitter replacement isn’t a Twitter clone at all?
https://onemanandhisblog.com/2023/12/what-if-the-twitter-replacement-isnt-a-twitter-clone/
When the [problem contains the obvious solution](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/12/03/london-decline-crime-chaos-home-working-ulez/):
> Residential areas are increasingly unaffordable even for the middle classes, while the office districts are being hollowed out by working from home.
So, refu... adders.blog https://adders.blog/2023/12/04/when-the-problem.html
Ah, the horror on my daughter’s face was only matched by the delight on mine when Siri delivered The Wurzels version of I wish it could be Christmas everyday, rather than the original…
Proper job.
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/i-wish-it-could-be-christmas-everyday/1065972578?i=1065972931
Sad to see TinyLetter closing down. It was ahead of the curve on newsletters, but got bought by MailChimp, and was left to wither on the vine.
MailChimp is all about the marketing, and that’s very different from editorial newsletters.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/29/23981363/mailchimp-shutting-down-tinyletter
It’s easy to claim you have ethical supply chains. It’s much harder to actually monitor them to check, say, your outdoors costs aren’t being made by Chinese prisoners.
OMG: On TikTok, kids are making Christmas wish list PowerPoint decks
My girls will use Keynote, or it’ll a disappointing Christmas. 😉
https://www.fastcompany.com/90989905/tiktok-kids-christmas-wish-list-slideshow-trend
Started reading: Flourish by Antonia Case 📚
It’s beginning to look a lot like…
"”’Was your world once wild?' a distant intelligence might ask.
Yes, we’d say. Till it went under our ploughs and the hooves of our cattle. Under the weight of our stuff.”"
— Surfacing by Kathleen Jamie 📚
WordPress themes that are dependent on multiple plugins to function are a crime against all that is good and holy in web publishing.
The problem with WordPress’s 100 year plan.
I would absolutely pay for a service to keep my work online after my death. This is not the service for me — and the fact that they haven’t sold a single account in three months makes it clear I’m not alone.
https://onemanandhisblog.com/2023/11/the-problem-with-automattics-100-year-plan/
OpenAI’s interim boss seems… nice. 🤦🏼♂️
Started reading: Surfacing by Kathleen Jamie 📚
It’s this month’s Adventurous Ink book.
https://micro.blog/books/9781908745835 https://adventurousink.co.uk/
Interesting update from Bluesky:
They’ve hit 2m users, despite still being invite-only
A web view of posts and timelines coming this year
Federation should be working early next year
I’m really happy with this little quality of life improvement from the Ghost folks. As a habitual emoji user, anything that makes it easier gets a 👍🏻 from me!
The Gawker brand is coming back — but not the archive or the same approach, it appears.
https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/gawker-sold-meng-ru-kuok-caldecott-music-group-1235791943/