This line on the Ticketmaster site concerns me: “Ticket prices may fluctuate, based on demand, at any time.”
I’ve been tasked by my daughter with getting Taylor Swift tickets at the presale today. Talk about pressure.
Time for another AIGA vision quest
“Re-envisioning AIGA Moving Forward Together” Today, AIGA sent an email out to all members announcing the departure of their executive director and the beginning of a new attempt to reimagine AIGA. (If you don’t know, AIGA is the professional organization for design, formerly known as the American Institute of Graphic Arts.) I’m been an AIGA member for much of my professional career. I was active at a chapter level for over a decade.
Just hit a (small) milestone for my long Ph.D. journey. My first solo IRB approval, and tomorrow, my web-based experiment goes live. Now fingers crossed that the students who are supposed to take the survey actually take the survey.
This line from Brent Simmons on Inessential feels particularly dead on:
The internet’s town square should never have been one specific website with its own specific rules and incentives. It should have been, and should be, the web itself.
I’m dusting off my CSS skills so I can customize my Micro.Blog blog. I’m having fun and I want to keep experimenting. That said, I’m terrible at it. 🤣
I just created a Link Out page on my Micro.Blog site that has all of my active (and less active) online accounts. Basically a DIY linktree page. I’m going to use it on all of my bios.
Showing his grandparents all the things he can play on his viola.
🏀 Pretty good basketball night for my South Carolina Gamecocks. The women’s team – #1 and defending champs – defeated a ranked Maryland team on the road and the men managed to finally beat Clemson.
I gave the fish at bobwertz.com his own verified check mark. He seems pretty happy with it and I didn’t even have to spend $8.
I’m going to download all of my Tweets and Facebook posts, and then use Blurb to produce a physical book containing all of them. I’ve got lots of great stories from when my kids were little that I shared on social media. Would be a shame to lose them.
📺 I’ve enjoyed Andor. Such an interesting extension of the Star Wars Universe. I wasn’t sure I was going to like this show when it was announced, but I think it’s one of their best shows yet. Can’t wait to see all the pieces come together over the next three episodes.
I’m interested in the new version of Affinity Designer, Publisher and Photo. I have v1 of all of the apps, and will likely upgrade, but I still find myself using Adobe apps because that’s what I’ve used for my entire career.
One of the weird things about working on a Ph.D. at this point in my life… You head to the coffee shop to study for an exam, and your high school kids want to tag along to work on their homework.
The woman in the elevator just complimented my “sippy cup” and now I think I need a new travel mug.
7 subscriptions I happily pay for
Worth every penny It seems like everything is going to subscription pricing. I subscribe to a whole host of streaming services, bundles, news sites, and software. Many of them don’t always seem worth the money, but as I look at what I subscribe to, I realize that I don’t mind supporting products and creators that I love. So here are a list of services that I really, really like and happily pay for:
✅ We voted this morning. In and out in five minutes. Make the time to vote today. Your vote counts.
✅ Pro voting tip: Always check your state’s sample ballot before you head to the polls. That way, you won’t be surpirsed by the random constitutional amendment or ballot question that gets added to the end of the ballot.
Twitterless, Part III
Preparing for a future without Twitter. I’ve been preparing for the demise of Twitter since long before Elon Musk made the offer to purchase it. In 2016, I wrote a post — Twitterless — about what would happen if Twitter “disappeared tomorrow.” I outlined a couple of key areas that would be problematic for me and possible solutions. A year and a half later, I wrote a follow up post — Twitterless, Part II — that noted my progress on replacing the role Twitter plays for me, and the challenges that still existed.
I’m trying to create a new habit of using Micro.Blog instead of Twitter. I’m trying to post daily… but I have crossposting turned on so it looks like I’m using Twitter more than ever.