Scripting News: Friday, December 20, 2024
I've been alternating days here on my blog. One day, lots of posts, maybe even a podcast. And then a quiet day. Today started out quiet, and then the ideas started flowing. #

BTW, we could use a few more testers with good experience with bug reporting who use WordPress. I'm sure there are more bugs we haven't gotten reports on yet. #
I've figured out more precisely what WordLand is meant to compete with --> the tiny little text boxes of the social web. Ours is slightly bigger, and grows as your piece gets longer. Neatly arranged like the others, and all your writing flows through WordPress and RSS, where each of the TLTBs only flows into their limited and incompatible views of the social web. RSS and WordPress are a powerful distribution system. Lots of software works with those two protocols, as do many programmers, and they're both marvelously open, stable over more than twenty years each, and can't be owned by billionaires. Pretty powerful place, kind of amazing that there's so much room here, and the people are friendly. 😄#
Amazing that the tech industry hasn't tried to retrieve its reputation from the ones who are repping us in DC nowadays. Software doesn't have to treat their users like nobodies. Quite the opposite. I come from the school that says our users are the smartest most powerful people in the world and it's our privilege to create tools for them.#
One more thing. I love taking the time to craft a delicious piece of software. I have never really done that in the 50 years I've been doing this. This time I decided there's no rush. I'm going to wait until people want what I've created. We're not there yet. 😄#
Linkblog items for the day.
Amazing that the tech industry hasn't tried to retrieve its reputation from the ones who are repping us in DC nowadays. Software doesn't have to treat their users like nobodies. scripting.com
NY Democrat: "Elon Musk has Donald Trump in a vise." thehill.com
Kara Swisher Wants to Take The Washington Post Off Jeff Bezos' Hands. thedailybeast.com
You can favor AOC without making it about age. And know there are people listening who tune you out at the first sign of that uniquely Democratic Party hypocrisy. (Could have something to do with losing elections too, btw.) slowboring.com
What would a government shutdown mean for you? poynter.org
Staffers at The New York Times on the Books They Enjoyed in 2024. nytimes.com
After reading a few articles about Mike McCue's announced Surf product I asked meta.ai to explain how it's different from social web app like threads, Bluesky, twitter. bsky.app
The Ghosts in the Machine, by Liz Pelly. harpers.org
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