Self-hosted social There’s lots of hype about Mastodon as people flee Twitter, but lately, I’ve been thinking about how brands will function on federated social sites. If the big brands in the world are going to give Mastodon a shot, they aren’t going to just join an existing instance… they’ll host their own server for all of their related accounts. Let’s say you are a large international brand like Starbucks. Are you going to use @starbucks@mastodon.
Just placed a JetPens order.
SOUTH CAROLINA UPSETS CLEMSON!!!! 🏈
I’m trying to edit down a longer study for a journal article… and the editing is 10x harder than writing the original draft.
Recently rediscovered Tot by the Iconfactory. It’s an incredibly useful little app for storing those little snippets of short term information.
Quiet at the office on the day before Thanksgiving and I had some time to clean up my workspace.
I know “federated” is a more precise term, but I think people are confused by it.
For ActivityPub, I think “open” social networking is a better framing for most users. It also draws a direct contrast to the “closed” networks offered by Facebook and Twitter.
I don’t need an Apple Watch Ultra, but I tried one on at the store today and I have to say, I like the way it looks on my wrist. Still not going to spend the money, but it looks sharp.
🏀 If you are a basketball fan, college women’s basketball is incredibly fun to watch. Lots of elite teams all across the country — South Carolina, Stanford, LSU, UConn — constantly challenging and pushing each other.
🏀The #1 ranked South Carolina Women’s Basketball team came from behind to beat #2 Stanford in OT today. Such an impressive win on the road. Coach Staley has built an amazing program and they are so much fun to watch.
Content is more important than commentary. When the internet was becoming popular, I remember being told that traditional media was just broadcasting. The internet promised more than just broadcasting, it offered “engagement.” Don’t let people fool you. Engagement happened before the internet. People read the newspaper and talked about stories with their family and friends. They watched the evening news and discussed it at the water cooler at work the next day.
Watching the highlights from last night’s Tennessee v. South Carolina game and I can’t believe that South Carolina scored 63 points. 🏈
Taking the rest of the day off to try and reset my work/life/Ph.D. balance. Always hard to balance everything at the end of a semester.
Studying with my daughters at Starbucks.
Liftoff! 🌎->🚀->🌛
Do I stay awake to see the first launch of Artemis and the SLS system…?
Six hours after the presale began, I was able to successfully to purchase Taylor Swift tickets.
There are “2000+ people” in line ahead of me, but at least I was finally about to get in the Taylor Swift presale queue. I wonder how long this will take… I’m guessing some time this afternoon?
As expected the Ticketmaster/Taylor Swift ticket purchasing process has been awful. I’m still not able to get in line.