Take some time to listen to Birdsong Radio today - and consider how much poorer we’ll all be if we lose it. #LetNatureSing
I know it’s fashionable to diss HomePods, but they are hugely popular in the Tinworth household.
Oh, good work to whomever wrote that headline: Government scraps online ‘porn block’ plans after law hits kinks
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Yahoo Groups is shutting down.
Wow. The history of a lot of great early online communities is about to be erased from the web.
Marvel Shocker: Kevin Feige Takes Over Comics as New Chief Creative Officer. Wow. The movies guy is now in charge of the whole operation - including the comics…
Oh, look. Yet another round of iOS updates.
RIP Meetup. $2 per RSVP will kill the platform stone dead.
Good Lord, I suspect that this is only going to increase the determination of the rebels: Police ban Extinction Rebellion protests from whole of London
Spectacularly ill-judged move.
New GoPro day…
This was a fantastic session by Eliza Filby from NEXT conference last month, looking at the characteristics of the generations, and how we should raise Generation Alpha.
One positive thing about Catalina: I can open the Music app without it bringing my Mac to its knees. That wasn’t the case with iTunes.
Not something I’d considered before - but accurate: The Delicate Nature of Comparing Smartphone Cameras and a Dash of False Equivalence
Fascinating bit of tech nostalgia: This is How Film Cameras Added Dates to Your Photos:
Now, that’s a sunset.
Why blogging still matters, even after 25 years::
“The furore over social media and its impact on democracy has obscured the fact that the blogosphere not only continues to exist, but also to fulfil many of the functions of a functioning public sphere. And it’s massive.”
O RLY?
“Oh, God, don’t upgrade to Catalaina if you want to keep using our software” has been a recurring motif in my inbox for the last week.
A round-up of some of the research: Social media and depression
YouTubers: more influential than newspapers
What Does PewDiePie Really Believe?
A few weeks after the Poway shooting, Kjellberg’s publicist called me. Kjellberg hadn’t given an interview in years — a guy with millions of YouTube subscribers has little need for reporters — but in the wake of the shootings, I had asked, and he agreed to talk.
Sobering reminder of the relative 8nvkuence of some YouTubers and newspapers.
Finally caught up: August in one second everyday.
I think, after seven years, I might finally be getting the hang of Moodle.
Today's link to make you snort coffee out of your nose
Crazy Apple Rumors Site, John Moltz: Apple Revokes Panic Developer License:
Gesturing to a video of Untitled Goose Game gameplay, Cheung explained: “The goose is a lawless force of rampant anti-nationalism. It encourages violence against the state and disrespects authority.”
Facebook builds the wall
Manton Reece: Saying goodbye to Facebook cross-posting/
Facebook is walling its properties ever further off from the rest of the web. They are the biggest roach motel ever built. Have you tried sharing a link from Facebook to any other app? You need a stupid number of taps.
The new Catalyst-based Twitter for Mac is out.
Good news: MacBook Pro happily upgraded to Catalina.
Bad news: installer refuses to touch my desktop because the hard drive is throwing SMART errors. Uh-oh.