First signs of spring. (Which means it’ll be snowing within the month…)
Fin.
Late night London.
Scenes from a beach walk.
TIL: Apple proposed the forthcoming set of emoji covering people in wheelchairs, with service dogs, etc. Cool. (via Download)
The victorious defeat of the open web
It just occurred to me that the prevalent idea that apps killed the open web is completely and utterly wrong. The open web is still there, it still works, and it still needs no-one’s permission before you can publish there. Sure, the vast majority of the attention is elsewhere, in siloed apps, but then it was in the glory days of the web, too.
Maybe that’s OK. Maybe that’s how it should be. And that’s maybe where those of us who enjoy something different, something alternative, something fun can build new and interesting things. We need new mechanisms to help people navigate these alleyways, and to connect with each other, as most of the old ones are gone or transformed. But that can be done.
Maybe, just maybe, the victory of the apps has handed us the blessing of being counter-cultural again. And that’s exciting.
Just tried to explain 70s/80s linear TV to my children, in all its pre-daytime TV, pre-streaming “glory”. They can’t get past the idea it was impossible to pause TV, let alone the rest of it.
God, I feel old.
This is totally bodacious: Captain Marvel: Official Movie Site
To give you some sense of how unwell I’ve been - it’s now 60 hours since I had a coffee.
60 hours.
And here’s your depressing reminder that Brits using .eu domain names will probably lose them.
For UK Residents Facing Brexit: Alternatives to the .EU Domain Name
The problem with being a one-man band is that you handle your own DNS faff. Back when I had a Real Job (TM) there were people to handle that for me (but forms to fill in before they would.)
I love Uses This. Such a simple idea: short profiles of various people and the tools they use to get their work done. But endlessly interesting.
A translation of Zuckerberg’s “15 years of #facebook” post from Zuck to English.
(Now with corrected link - thanks @smokey)
Those are both creepy and beautiful: witch of the farm
A translation of elements of Mark Zuckerberg’s 15th Facebook anniversary post from Zuck to English.
Never say I don’t try to be helpful. 😇
It’s stuff like this that makes me realise that I’ve been writing about digital media and audience development for 15 years now. I’m in danger of earning the tag “veteran commentator”…
Are we really going to do the news bundle conversation again?
A reminder for long-term Flickr users: deletions start on free accounts tomorrow.
Scared but excited right now.
OK. Let’s talk about that bloody egg — and why it does matter.
Yes, it’s come to that.
Now, that’s my kind of article.
Despite the cold, it’s a really lovely day here on the coast.
Even a little snow makes a three year old joyful.
The mighty thaw is well underway on the Sussex Coast.
That’s looking more like snow.
Apple kills Google’s internal apps as well.
