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FirstWeek FlipPhone — #tech https://FlipPh.one

I can’t help but find it adorable when #Carrd by @ajkln can’t render an emoji, so “decomposes” it like it’s playing Charades… “male painter” = “man” + “painter” — #emoji #codeless #crystal #tech

“Tech Tech Boom” spoof tech show is a great concept but I’m not convinced about delivery. What is the “laver” (sic) in trailer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09h7nf1 | 1st gag in 1st ep identical: ‘product does nothing’ |does it get better @bbcsounds ? — #techtechboom #comedy #tech

Twitter has the audacity to call it’s account search “People”. When you search “person” only 1 is not a ‘metal ghost in a rainbow box’ | 👂about Micro.blog, a Twitter companion full of humans — #humanetech #tech https://blog.w4rner.com/2021/05/24/jasraj-i-discuss.html

Thought I already told you: I’m in the 25%! - Though #PornKillsLove for me so stopped in 2014, if you enjoy it pls don’t be shamed into sending 💸 if you receive this, report to email provider & consider DMARC — #tech https://blog.w4rner.com/2021/05/20/note-to-email.html

Agreed too many games @mdrockwell in ADAs. It’s because that’s now Apple’s main software revenue source (see @Benevans on this) — #apple #tech https://initialcharge.net/2021/06/ada-2021/

Trend towards less extreme black dark modes. On Micro.blog @stett gives Marfa template a more muted DarkMode colour scheme (right), after @Tingle twilight blue tweak. Look forward to calling him tomorrow for advice on tweaking a template next week! — #crystal #tech

The #Privacy Focussed #Analytics article I wish I’d written: by @CarlCassar from Alan Partridge’s ends | (Couldn’t find contact: but wanted to notify typo under Plausible image) | @Cloudflare since opened up to 10 sites free - but worse UI/UX as predicted. — #tech https://www.carlcassar.com/articles/privacy-focused-alternatives-to-google-analytics

Whilst I rate @_matthewpalmer indie hustle, and back the free tier of “🚀”, the free tier of “Vanilla” is easily ‘dwarfed’ by @dwarvesf “Hidden Bar” — #digimini #mac #apple #tech https://matthewpalmer.net/rocket

SNVC @PolskyCenter (2/2): Axo | Zoom: window defo too small with 2! Miss Pitch “performance”! | Why do people pronounce “tenet” as “tenents”?? | Problem: specialty #farmers: boring but probably important. Could have explained basic terms clearer at start — #techq https://www.axofoods.com/

SNVC @PolskyCenter (½): SAEF Legal Aid | disappointed Zoom-only (people should be bigger) but surprisingly seamless! | Problem: over past year appreciate of legal support | Soln: good to see #SEO costs taken seriously, but complacent knowledge of cybersecurity — #tech https://www.saeflegalaid.org/

Was rad taking FirstWeek FlipPh.one through the @PolskyCenter #SNVC ‘19. Don’t see anything super creative this year, but still look forward to tuning in & reviewing first 2 pitches of today’s final and hearing who wins — #socialenterprise #tech https://polsky.uchicago.edu/livestreams/

I’ve previously lauded @pentagram successful logo rebrands - but this one for @calendly was unecessary - no need to: a) simplify established brand, or b) signal product change - and visually botched — pls get back to product dev — #crystal #logo #tech https://medium.com/%5B@w4rner%5D(https://micro.blog/w4rner)/rethink-the-essence-of-a-rebrand-a388b6da624b

Sam Harris with Antonio Garcia Martinez @antoniogm 🎙- moral outrage fire by #Apple - call for companies to focus on making and less on hypocritical posturing --- #tech #podcast: https://blog.w4rner.com/2021/05/29/sam-harris-with.html

ugh @slack: please don’t offer ‘Continue with Apple’ and then not make it work with its core feature (seriously who’d “Share email” on Sign in with Apple?!) - the reminder to use work email makes me suspect a data broker play 🤢 —- #privacy #slack #apple #tech

Quick #AirTable tip: Best way to duplicate table: Sync, then Unsync — it retains field type vs. CSV import converts all to ‘Long Text’ | + it’s Free forever (Apr ‘21 phase-out binned) — #SavvyIndie #tech

Fellow Brits: please do yourself a favour and print off this form today, fill it in & give it to your GP by June 23rd to avoid a lifetime of your data leaking to 3rd parties — #nhs #privacy #tech https://nhs-prod.global.ssl.fastly.net/binaries/content/assets/website-assets/data-and-information/data-collections/general-practice-data-for-planning-and-research/type-1-opt-out-form.docx

So-called “Q” is probably an individual from the West Coast who likes to travel to East Asia | cue the ending of Borat 2… — congrats @Bellingcat on exploiting failure to strip EXIF data & lazy iPhone screenshotting — p.s. avoid Gab (linked) — #tech https://www.bellingcat.com/news/rest-of-world/2021/05/10/where-in-the-world-is-q-clues-from-image-metadata/

Attn #humanetech advocates: bookmark https://darkpatternstipline.org/report to share awareness on nefarious UX designed to extract data | can submit anonymously w/o email | backed by @eff — #trust #privacy #tech

Apple moving into ads @BenedictEvans | 1. surely data leaves phone cos linked to iCloud account?? | 2. when is ‘sign in with apple’ going to auto-function on websites on your own Mac? — #apple #tech