Why is it that many of the “IPv6 books” are 10+ years old? Where can you find the most current info? Could a group of people using IPv6 today come together and create a new …
Dec 11
Resolution Song – a global movement of voices singing a common song for peace and climate action
Today I was blown away by the beauty of a song woven together of voices from around the world – Resolution Song ! I was completely unaware of the Planet Resolution movement that has now seen this song sung by thousands of people in over 100 countries. Their YouTube channel is full of inspiring versions of this song, and you can see even more at the YouTube hashtags #planetresolution and #NoMusicOnADeadPlanet. This article by Abbey Wright in April 2022 explains the origins of this project back in 2019 and how it evolved into a global movement. I liked this part:…
Dec 10
Twitter to Launch Blue, Gold, and Grey Checkmarks in The Next Week
Today Twitter announced that starting on Monday, December 12, people can pay either $8 on Android or $11 on IOS to subscribe to “Twitter Blue” where they will get: the blue checkmark the ability to edit tweets prioritized appearance in…
Dec 09
With Twitter in Chaos, What is Plan B for a TwitterSpaces Alternative?
I am a huge fan of TwitterSpaces! I enjoy hosting and participating in live audio TwitterSpaces. In fact, I’m hosting one later today! It’s a great system and service to have live audio conversations. Easy for people to join and…
Dec 08
Mastodon, Nonprofits, and the need for *some* kind of basic analytics to help justify spending time and resources
Why aren’t there more nonprofits using Mastodon? Why aren’t there more small businesses? What is taking these organizations so long? Shouldn’t they be already here? These are questions I’ve seen raised repeatedly on Mastodon, and I’ve been asked directly about…
Dec 07
WhatsApp and End-to-End Encryption (a ChatGPT3 article experiment)
For those who use WhatsApp, you may have noticed that your messages are secure and private, thanks to the encryption that is used. But what is encryption, and why is it so important? Encryption is a process of scrambling information…
Dec 06
Playing with ChatGPT: A song about the Internet
Like many others, I’ve been playing around with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Just for fun I gave it the prompt “a song about the Internet”, and was amused by the response. Now we just need someone to set this to music… 😀 A song about the Internet Verse 1 I spend my days and nights surfing the web From morning to night, I’m on an Internet quest Searching for answers and knowledge untold Expanding my horizons, I’m never getting old Chorus The Internet, the Internet, it’s a magical world A place where I can explore and learn so much more The Internet,…
Dec 05
The Beauty of Ad-free Mastodon Versus an Ad-full Twitter
This morning I opened up the Twitter app on IOS and found myself surprised – and annoyed – by how many ads I was seeing. I started counting: 1, 2, ad, 1, 2, 3, 4, ad, 1, 2, 3, 4,…
Dec 04
Dear Duolingo – I am doing fewer lessons since your "learning path" change on November 1
Dear Duo, I’m not sure your new “learning path” that you rolled out on November 1 is working quite the way you wanted it to. At least for me. You see.. yesterday I did not do a single French lesson! Why not? Simple… because now that you have forced users along a single path, I know that when I do the one lesson I have available for me to do, I will then be rewarded with a “15-minute double XP boost” (I will receive double the “experience points” (XP) for each lesson.) And during the day yesterday, I didn’t have…
Dec 03
Mastodon Grows To Over 8,000,000 Users (and probably more)
Boom! About six hours ago, one count of Mastodon users crossed over 8,000,000 users! The latest hourly count of the @mastodonusercount bot as I write this is: 8,015,904 accounts +2,333 in the last hour +54,536 in the last day +398,175…
