There’s an awful lot wrong with British politics, but at least even our mainstream right wing party is prepared to elect a black woman as its leader.
Wow. Apple have acquired Pixelmator.
I love Pixelmator’s editing apps — so I’m not sure how I feel about this.
https://9to5mac.com/2024/11/01/apple-reaches-deal-to-acquire-pixelmator/
Our Podcasting MA students are talking creatively about making promotional GIFs without me prompting them.
I’m so happy. 😁
This is the best description of the platonic ideal of Star Trek I’ve ever seen:
"space friends competently solving space problems"
That’s it. That’s the whole show.
Busy wee fella.
Lancing College playing fields, early morning.
Tonight is Talisman Adventures night.
Blimey. The WordPress debacle has made it onto the BBC News website.
Good ideas versus mediocre teams.
Seen this in action, more than once.
What happens after X?
The ex-Twitter is in decline, but what replaces it might not look the same…
(Plus why video won’t kill the text internet, and an OnlyFans link more people will click than will care to admit it…)
FWIW, @jack@social.lol, I like the aggregate daily posts in my RSS reader.
Started reading: Groundbreakers by Chantal Lyons 📚
Been eyeing this one up for ages. Just dived in and am loving it already. 🐗
Sunday morning swimming pool whiteboard wisdom.
Started reading: Sleepless by Annabel Abbs 📚
I saw her talk about the book on Wednesday, at an event organised by the Steyning Bookshop. I’m really intrigued by the subject, especially as I’ve battled with insomnia myself this year.
https://micro.blog/books/9781529366471 https://www.steyningbookshop.co.uk
Very proud of my eldest daughter. It’s a seemingly small thing that really matters: she’s choosing well in her friendships.
The Ghost ActivityPub team being even more spicy than normal in their latest update, talking about choosing their first beta testers:
"How did we select the 3? First we asked everyone to promise to give us 8% of their revenue, or else. Then, when that predictably failed we ultimately just selected 3 of the private beta applications with the smallest audience sizes."
🔥 🌶️ 🔥
https://activitypub.ghost.org/the-private-beta-begins/?ref=build-log-newsletter
It was a beautifully misty autumnal commute this morning.
Finishing the (working) week with a round-up of news from the scrum where AI and journalism meet.
Technology is great. People are idiots.
This is great reporting from 404 Media - but I do feel they buried the lead. The Blind stuff is more jaw-dropping than the second buyout offer.
Things are not good inside Automattic.
https://www.404media.co/automattic-buyout-offer-wordpress-matt-mullenweg/
Dashed dreams of better EV batteries are a core disappointment.