I've benefitted a lot from setting up digital silos to keep different kinds of content separate. Separate email apps and browsers for "work" and "personal" stuff, for instance.
This HN post got me thinking that maybe a "content consumption" browser might even be worth considering. All the "to read/watch" tabs in one place, etc. This Basic Attention Token, if well implemented, would complement that approach perfectly I think: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15722299
Intensively reasearching, coveting and then purposely NOT buying that fancy gadget is the new blindly buying that fancy gadget
"What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients... [A] wealth of information creates a poverty of attention."
- Herbert Simon
#TMI 😓
Being a black coffee drinker is the best.
Milk gone sour? No problem.
Ran out of sugar? Meh, stuff is poison anyway.
Just give me a plain ol' hot cup of bitter burnt bean water and I'm happy.
Heyyy #photography peeps of masto:
Since I'm trying to spend less time looking at my phone and more time being present irl, I've decided to buy a film camera.
Caveats:
- I'm not a real photographer and never will be, so a simple point and shoot with a few settings to play around with is the name of the game
- looking for something cheap (sub €100) that could be broken, stolen or lost without too much heartbreak
#recommendations? Looking at vintage 35mms and "toy cameras" at the moment...
The mastodon stages:
1: getting used to the interface
2: discovering that most people are just people, engaged in everyday adventures, big & small
3: the allure of the notification sound
4: a gradual getting used to the fact that not everything is about US politics, and that it's okay to filter it out on a macro level
5: a quiet moment when you think "there can still be poetry in this world"
6: some sort of reconciliation with the quantum magic that is the federated timeline
7: pineapples
Man, the outcry when they finally sunset Wunderlist is going to be so huge.
It ain't just nerds this time – normals be using WL like gangbusters
Speaking of which, we need to find a way to get John Roderick on here.
Paraphrasing John Roderick: If someone is super nerdy and obsessive about something, I want to hear about it. Doesn't matter what the specific topic is – the high level of interest and enthusiasm makes it interesting.
↑ THIS is what keeps me coming back to masto. Nice people nerding out about whatever their jam is, in a welcoming environment.
JL over here with them deep v tantric kimono vibes https://mastodon.social/media/-DHGBEiXxpqF00LMCO8
Hey bus: How would you like it if I didn't show up for YOU?
Q: Wu-Tang again?
A: Aww yeah, again and again!!
Cool, now I apparently have to force quit through Activity Monitor evrytym 😩
Can someone pls explain to me why Chrome for MacOS keeps relaunching itself when I quit it? How is that even possible?!
(I want to kill it with fire but I need it for work stuff sometimes)
Speaking of meetings, I was in one yesterday with 3 other white dudes. At lunchtime, two young women appeared carrying trays of sandwiches for us. I think one of them even said, "lunch is ready!" in a sing-songy voice. SO AWKWARD
The most productive change I've ever made in my career was the decision to consciously shut up and listen in meetings.
Oh snap, Wikitribune soft launched already?!
It's still mind boggling to me as a North American that getting on a subway train like 200m from my apartment connects me to a network of transportation that can usually get me within a few hundred metres of a given European destination — without getting in a car.
MASTODON IS MADE OF PEOPLE
Subscribing to one of those recipe box delivery services has seriously changed my game, guys
