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This, to me, means absolutely nothing. But also, I think trying to unify people behind a silly symbol is the wrong move. And it’s also a misguided effort. A new symbol doesn’t solve anything and doesn’t help your cause. Also, "A single symbol to represent that belonging can often be more relevant than individual icons for each service" belonging to what? I am no fediverse citizen but I do consider myself a good citizen of the web. I try my best to make it a better place and I try to encourage people to own their corners of the web. Am I excluded from your fancy club because I don’t “federate”? Are you saying I don’t belong? I’m asking this rhetorically, because frankly speaking, I couldn’t give less of a fuck about belonging to some arbitrary definition.
Manuel Is growing old and grouchy 😂. But so am I, and I kinda agree with him on this one.
I happily joined @jarrod at the fundraising for St. Jude Hospital. You should take a look into it too: tilt.fyi/vfHM1rw7r…
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If you'd like to take a crack at setting up some Mac automations without spending the money that Keyboard Maestro ($36) or Better Touch Tool ($24) will run you, then you should download and try Keyboard Cowboy, a free and open-source automation tool available from the dev's Github site. It doesn't come close to having all of the features of the more advanced apps, but it has plenty of functionality, nonetheless.
There’s nothing like one too many automation tools.
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PDF Gear offers a plethora of features for the average and power user:
- View and Print
- Annotate
- Stamp
- Signature
- Bookmark
- Converter
- Page Editor
- Compress
- Form Fill
- OCR
I have to try this.
I’m sticking to my iPhone 14 Pro. Till I’m not.
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Cleanup Buddy- Trying to clean the keyboard on my M2 MacBook Air is a pain. With the computer off, touching any key turns it back on. In order to clean the keyboard, I need an app to lock the keys and touchpad and that's where this gem steps in. When I am done cleaning, I just press both command keys at the same time for three seconds and it unlocks the keyboard.
I wholeheartedly endorse this recommendation. CleanUp Buddy is the answer to this annoying MacBook “feature”, waking up with the stroke of any key. I’ve been cleaning up my computer thanks to this app for long and I love it.
Two of my favorite developers of all time (Yoink, ScreenFloat, Marked, Bunch…) in my micro.blog timeline. The fediverse works! @eternalstorms@mastodon.social @ttscoff@nojack.easydns.ca
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Writing on my iPhone doesn’t feel the same as sitting down and writing at my desk — that feels like I am working. Whereas typing out some thoughts in between life events feels like I am texting to a friend, which in many ways I am — all of you.
I sometimes wish I was able to write on my iPhone, like Greg does. But my typing is sloppy, even on a computer, and I constantly need to edit my texts. I find it more difficult on my iPhone than on my Mac. Typing is the one thing I do for several hours a day, every day, and I still find it cumbersome.
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Use shared terminology. If the terms are different, use their term first and then equate it with your term. This is a form of education (for customer conversations) and a way to find common ground (in other conversations).
All 11 tips for a better conversation are great. Further more, the 12 things to avoid are spot on. Go read them.
Yet this one tip resonated the most with me. I’m a lawyer and the most satisfactory conversations with my clientes are those in which we share a common terminology. Opaque legalese is the worst service a client can get.
On my way to interview two people for a job to take care of my Mom. Winter was coming, didn’t we tell you.
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It turns out, though, that I actually do have something to say about yesterday’s announcements—two of the announcements, anyway. I’m not sure it was really worth 99 minutes
1 of my remaining life to watch it in real time, but that’s an issue I’ll consider before the next event.
From the very moment I read the title I was reading the post to the tune of 99 luftbaloons 😂
🔗 https://www.hiro.report/08sep2024/
I love The Hiro Report. You shouldn’t miss it.
I got bored with these hour-long Apple commercials, so I’m skipping this one too.
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If the government is serious about achieving a four-day working week to raise productivity and improve employee wellbeing, it needs to encourage trials in the public sector. A recent trial by South Cambridgeshire Council showed how a four-day working week (32 hours on the same pay) can work successfully and offers a blueprint for wider trials across the public sector.
The government also needs to target a future date, say 2040, for the realisation of a four-day working week. This could be facilitated by establishing a partnership of unions and employers to identify barriers to a four-day working week and ways to overcome them.
Pathways to a four-day working week must address issues of inequality. It is important that low wages are addressed alongside work-time reduction. Making a four-day working week viable for more workers will inevitably require higher wages including a higher minimum wage.
A four-day working week can help respond to the problem of low productivity and address issues of climate change while improving the quality of life. It can and must be a part of the future of work.
But it will take effort to achieve it – not least from the government – and will test the limits of the law. It will entail a reimagining of the economy and a move to a situation where work and life are experienced differently and better. In the end, we must all work to work less.
I want this debate in my country, too.
Two women the YouTube algorithm brought me. When it works, it works.
Rosetta Thorpe: youtu.be/3NFywQdeK…
Jackie Venson: youtu.be/R1VztRpRf…
Childless Cat Ladies FTW.
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Manifesto for the Intentional Web
We the humans of the Internet, promote and uphold the following ideals when it comes to the web content we want to create and consume.
- Written by humans.
- Written for humans.
- Engagement is not a measure, it is an action.
- Algorithms don’t direct our attention.
- We curate our consumption.
- Open discourse is not to be weaponized.
- Our feeds intend to feed the mind, not the machine.
- Attention is our currency; we spend wisely.
- Tools facilitate an action, not a solution.
- Intention is the seed for all we aim to grow.
If you resonate with this definition of the Intentional Web, it is yours to have and to represent. Propagate it and integrate it into your own little node of this web we hold so dear.
TIL That Conde Draco (from my childhood in Spain) is called Count von Count in the US… So, count… 🤯
