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: Re. blocking LLMs from online content: If you meta noindex robots does that stop AI models scraping …
: Protesting while we can with @OpenRightsGroup re. Spy Clause #tech op-ed (1 month on) 🗳️ Open Rights Group put out a video of me at their Don’t Scan Me protest, explaining why I wrote …
: If you enjoyed my music at Micro.Camp, I think you were listening to: “OURSS.SOCIAL” …
: Look forward to tuning into Micro.Camp later today 🏕️ keep an 👂 out for my 🎵 (#arts)
: New Lea.rner.me student webpage projects: JiaqiZ.me/3PointRevolution 🏀 ZongLi.me/TrussMistake 📉 …
: Beaming my Official #arts YT videos feed into Mothership again, so y’all know when content …
: Last weekend King Ben & I watched concerts in 2 places (Windsor & SO) local citizens made a …
: nice subtle choice of a Twitter emigré @jack ! (#tech)
: New ‘w4rner 4 good’ client website: CeruleanBlue.org.uk - NHS Bake2Donate Covid Memorial …
: Missed my #BandcampFriday livestream SOCIAL? Next one June 2nd is before FirstWeek so will be on YT …
: problem with humane SOCIAL: #tech products which actually promote social connection put themselves …
: even a #CryptoSceptic who just registered a domain NFT now gets dozens of Coinbase phishing attacks …
: Watchback BandcampFriday til Sunday, previewing this Eurovision month’s Ukraine collab (#arts)
: Prem ⚽️ becomes a little more 🏈 every week.. psst Pickford: feigning sideways and then staying …
: FirstWeek on my BURNER (#arts)
: Apr in SOCIAL #tech my friend was put off LinkedIn plus cos he claimed they only offered yearly for like hundreds?? …
: This FirstWeek, the only time you’ll catch me live is #BandcampFriday over @Bandcamp …
: as it’s Ed Balls day, reposting this on my #tech Twitter. It wasn’t eeeasssyyyy, but I …
: In week since I’ve posted re. Spy Clause #tech op-ed (7/7) I’ve seen common sense …
: 🔏 stoked that Bluesky handles are custom domains, but does that mean we’ll need to create a …
: AirTable downtime tomorrow. has anyone discovered a better / free backup to On2Air? (#tech)
: 🗳️ Hansard hawks deep-link more to aid public scrutiny like this: right-click subclause to append …
: my initial Q accurate: Proton ARE also likely banned in the UK too by Clause 110. Parliament should …
: 🔏 psstt before you vandalise our nonprofit web with a joke edit, check whether someone else did a …
: Apr SINGle: “Honest” Ceru.Li/sten-honest now! (#SingerSongwriterRapper #Sing 🎵 #arts)
: + now Labour are indulging in Tory law & order posturing, both unwilling to see wider …
: Celebrating under-30 indie film-makers! + some of our absent elder WINNERS of the #arts: …
: I write at wa.rner.me, but I published this on (‘top 5 UK blog’) @LibDemVoice as British …
: congrats @MrDaveMacLeod’s band Big Slice for their 1st Bandcamp livestream to celebrate their …
: The Iran framing is a reminder to get our own House somewhat in order before we play Team Britain: …
: me & mumsy saying there’s #NoMusicOnADeadPlanet 🎵 (#arts)
: To clarify: I’m tryna capture the locations where oppressive surveillance can occur - not just …
: a wall on a wall but with a website you don’t need the bookie at all! New Mode.rner.me website …
: worth a listen: Jess Fostekew - Sturdy Girl club @BBCRadio4 🎙️ (#arts) Saw a live demo in Camden after recording in North Ldn, where I was on the only audience-member …
: it’s been a while, but hope to see some other @BalliolOxford alums at OxCAN where I’m …
: Never thought I’d be on same page as Meta, but amazingly HMG making them look privacy-conscious! re. …
: Come thru Ldn #arts ppl #NoMusicOnADeadPlanet 🌝
: Don’t follow Iran in banning encrypted messaging like Signal and WhatsApp (#tech op-ed @LibDemVoice) Your browser does not support iframes. Shortlink to article page: Sh.rner.me/ld-scan
: Can I get odds on X.AI’s first product being a news summarizer called Bulletin? (#tech)
: Tory Lords voted against ending #Fleecehold. Landowners, still enjoying their “Monopoly“ …
: Tories think youth scared off by voter ID req. But even if ur not whipping Skodas yet, your …
: ChatGPT owes bloggers dollars. We need an IP/Copyright lawyer to lead a class-action lawsuit vs. #AI #tech Lot of doom & gloom from M.b community in @joshuapsteele’s overdue thread on what AI Large …
: Jay-Z, Kanye and Solange all separate answers on this week’s University challenge. YOU ARE NOW …
: apparently the title of this review translates as > Laurence Warner makes the heart race with …
: had fun working Poe references into my interview with @EdgarAllenPoets 🎶 Ceru.Li/sten-babyyy …
: YT A/B testing an improved Desktop Playlist UI today: thinner count to bottom with impressive color …
: Nektony 🇷🇺 App Cleaner ‘upgraded’ you to #Apple Silicon version? Circumvent and delete …
: good to see doubling-down on Ukrainian > Russian names from Kyiv (with an i!) But frankly …
: nearly half of @FullFact wonderful RSS feed fullfact.org/feed/all/ this month was doctored A/V. A) …
: weird to see the Big Bird shunning web (downranking domains, block RSS-fed) just as @jack spinoff …
: Yes, ML does make mistakes, even Dictation. (pls see the funny side @BenEvans and keep churning out …
: countering fraud really is an “incredible journey” (#tech)
: sure hope not! And by the fact the app’s closing Apr 25th, I expect we won’t see this …
: another laudable cry-for-help on smartphone addiction from a #tech insider. But why not try phones …
: Cancelled my RescueTime subscription until they release new iOS with Time Tracking. Apple wilfully …
: all eyes on the National League today with the 100 Club facing off. + Ben & down the Siverlake …
: hope everyone enjoyed a good break this Easter weekend. Here on the South Coast I even got to use a …
: This FirstWeek off SOCIAL, I’ll be searching Chicago flights with the $400 FB had to pay me …
: Mar in SOCIAL #tech I won $400 from Meta this month! Don’t let AI impoverish you without a fightback ppl. …
: As you’ll know from my #JohnTheCon math: 1k streams on Spotify => £1 But 1k streams on …
: @BeastlyBoyBen having his ‘Simon Bird in Friday Night Dinner’ moment in local Eastleigh …
: I won $400 from Meta! They ran face-rec AI on my FB profile *protesting* face-rec AI #tech With patience, laws CAN distribute AI wealth. Here’s how the Windy City was Pretty generous to …
: Website builds inspired by #2GinuteWarning: Ryan Reynolds - 2 week warning McGuire @Webflow - 2 day …
: StartPage, the proxy service Google’s cookie-warning is basically advertising, have scored an …
: we already dimmed the brightness of our flashing neon Closure Cafe credits, but it’s …
: probably the slickest designed intro slide I’ve seen on a presentation from @KattRisen …
: while the war still rages on in the East, the Kyiv-based NIC powering Ukraine’s website #tech …
: Genuinely hope the normie MPs show him the door, so he can finally fulfill his destiny as a comic …
: Hamilton + Six + TikTok = @CakeMusical. 1h musicals like this (and Snowflak.es) are the future. (🎭 🎫 …
: King Ben at the court of Marie Antoinette 👑 #MbMar #BenKnowsHisLingo #arts 🎭
: 🔏 can any M.b Apple heads recommend cut-price MagSafe charger for iPhone?
: Why all Brits should enable Apple's Advanced Data Protection for iCloud #tech Until now, Apple would let you store your Photos on their iCloud cheaply and easily with one …
: bless up @MusicSinusoidal for reviewing my new track “Babyyy“ Maybe Morrissey in …
: 🔏 1st political conference: 3 father figures & 3 youth priorites 🗳️ As an entertainer reaching young people in the South, I want to get more of them to get behind …
: next to Chris Pincher isn’t a place I’d wish anyone to be… Win-Win-Winchestaahhh: …
: How-to make 30 bucks from BigContent over 3yr: A) Produce & distribute 50 tracks, incl. Ks …
: Скільком ще потрібно померти? = How many more need to die? ⚰️ English speakers: worth throwing …
: appreciate whichever Indie Webber (@chrisaldrich?) added me to the Musician wiki 🎵 Guess I’m …
: As Snowflak.es is @punnedit & my first project focussed on specific issue (climate change), I …
: 🔏 confirming to @odd that M.b Kickstarter logo looks decent enough on remote Mastodon. N.b though we …
: Advanced Data Protection now available in UK. Best setup on iOS where they prompt you to setup …
: Soviet Union .su domains are still served, $6/yr private from (Ukrainian) Regery 🇺🇦 Soo tempted to …
: SmalltownDreamer.CeruleanSounds.com is featured on @MarkBowley’s DeckOf.Carrd.co ! Now let me …
: a rare well done to the Tories from me, for abolishing ‘Work Capability Assesement’. …
: to help fully scare Meta out of its silo, tried adding M.b to The-Federation.info last week. Not on …
: The UK Establishment can’t regulate unencrypted data, let alone encrypted. Just look how they …
: I’d thought ethical #tech marketing was customers promote out of goodwill. Now Proton’s …
: thx for picking me out as best of week @FVMusicBlog alongside an impressive UMG music-video for …
: Yup “Ben knows his Lingo” hit the jackpot this quiz! 🍫 let’s hope new LDs like …
: this Thursday’s presentation at Oxford uni won’t be my first time bringing creative …
: Carrd.co was itself down for a bit today, but sites still seemed to be served by AWS OK (#tech)
: glad Signal got Meredith as Pres last yr. Smashed it on BBC R4 Broadcasting house this time …
: 🍿 10 things I noticed on Triange of Sadness rewatch (#arts) Flying out of La La Land on the eve of Oscars weekend, I tuned into Ruben Ostlund’s wealth …
: got the highlights from last week’s LA gig out on YT before I sign off SOCIAL for the week on …
: SOCIAL in Mar: 1. LinkedIn resume builder is useful 3. YT: I got an OAC @CeruleanSounds, so am on YT …
: Over the decade web went corporate & mainstream, so did the Webby Awards. An Indie Webby Awards …
: 🔏 Chose the original M.b Kickstarter logo for my Mastodon banner to let ‘em know where …
: nice to have your digital minimalism affirmed back to you by the #tech interesting that n=25 is …
: Enjoyed going live for #BandcampFriday. “Lingo” rap works surprisingly well acoustic XD …
: Results: Only Mastodon cross-posts character-capped like Twitter Micro.blog/warner?remote_follow=1 …
: Domainnamescanbeupto63charlongforeachsubdomainbut253total.domainnamescanbeupto63characterslongliketh …
: Domainnamescanbeupto63charlongforeachsubdomainbut253total.domainnamescanbeupto63characterslongliketh …
: Given you have to sign in again to follow on someone else’s server (unless you manually renav …
: M.b moves char-count closer to Mastodon’s 500 @manton + allows double for quotes. But what …
: first music livestream of the year about to start for #BandcampFriday (also on YT): playing all 3 …
: never been a better for visual creatives to showcase their work with a Carrd website: images can now …
: proud @[email protected] added my nickname Marx Rebillet right at top of his longtime Fediverse …
: good to see @KieranCHodgson back taking mick of TV after being on it. ps I have same Groove tape …
: So that’s where the DJ sample in Rumble came from #Skrillex 🎵 #arts
: I’m now offering affordable quick builds of #ArtistWebsites specifically for fellow …
: yo Mastodon mammoths: #MBMar to tag along with your lil fediverse cousins at Micro.blog this month 📸 …
: M.b Photos page a nonstarter due to my preponderance of screenshots. Maybe this auto-editor can help …
: how-to delete GoDaddy website w/o 30-day hangover 📸 Ending my 1st subscription after half-decade …
: Premiered #ClosureCafe with cracking Q&A with castmates you’ll see first thing in the …
: [email protected]’s spot-on about buying status in the #arts 🍿 Ruben Ostlund has perfected this …
: was a fun night Friday @TripSantaMonica! 📸🪞@punnedit runned it behind cam: our midnight screening of …
: I give the @TheAcademy museum.. 4.5* ‘Oscar experience’: 0.5* (they literally took away …
: Feb SINGle out now “(Babyyy) I Want to Know U” launching live in L.A. tonight where …
: Adapted #Carrd: 141 Profile -> creative projects ClosureCafe.ceruleansounds.com & …
: knowing Dropbox timelines, will be another 12 years til E2EE. @ProtonDrive ready to Drive, one …
: 53 weeks ago, we wrapped filming @PunnedIt’s story of human impact of imperialist war. 1 later …
: one cool thing about timezones is that even tho Pacific Coast get to hear my new single live …
: ahead of its premiere screening Friday, @PunnedIt and my film Closure Cafe gets dedicated website …
: My BAFTA awards (🍿 #arts) Winners in bold with jury-advice from awards aficionado @PunnedIt Best Recipient Speech Charlotte …
: The 2nd half of my Friday set @TripSantaMonica will showcase for the 1st time the work of a very …
: flown long way from Eastleigh, the home of the Spitfire ✈️ glad to find hardworking people here in …
: songs & raps I’ve wrote British covers ^ what Santa Monica can expect at Friday’s …
: Apple heads: do Mac refurbs (eg 2021 MacBook Pro) have to come with latest software? I wanna keep …
: yo @[email protected] is that a .gif as profile pic on Mastodon? Don’t think we can do that …
: would consider @Vimeo if hadn’t abandoned mission (#tech)
: Auditioned @USC Zemeckis Center🍿 “Polar Express I’ll conduct ya.. @punnedit’s pens …
: Snowflak.es of @OxfordAlumni assemble! I’ll pledge to: Not Buy Bitcoin #JustOneStep (#arts)
: I know M.bers roll eyes at hashtags, but when you remove manipulative text AI, we rely on humans to …
: 🔏 Triangle of Sadness 🍿 bumped LB to 4.5* when realised the cleaner who knocks on the door is …
: 🍿Everything Everywhere 🔏 Letterboxd review Ds put Chekhov’s advice to follow every story-element into overdrive: if in …
: so which legend is using @NetNewsWire on iPod?! You can call me on my BURNER (#tech)
: ohh this is fun: set Calendly name to promote ethical alternative @ProtonCalendar when you stop …
: My blogposts.. Popular: - ‘catphishing’ ™️ #security - ban BTC #CryptoGratiaCrypt - …
: wooo: congrats @Bandcamp on making indie artists a unicorn 🦄 proud to have been a couple hundos of …
: #TwitterMigration cos fediverse opens up access for interoperability, and Twitter’s response …
: The transformation is complete: Vimeo has fully shed it’s indie roots and gone corporate-SAAS. …
: pleasant surprise to find my @TheLightPhone II Int’l edition received SMS in the U.S.. Do …
: “upload breaks between 8 and 60 days… no drop in viewership” - YT what about 7 …
: 🔏 how-to remove Pages from menu on your M. blog using Edit CSS: Don’t display certain …
: man I love having a music video shot on both 4K and 240p #BURNER (#range #arts)
: Jan on social (#tech) Good to see Twitter a little less angry Even better to see #TwitterMigration …
: Good to see some proper entertainment on @itvxofficial this winter (#arts) #BenKnowsHisLingo
: 🔏 when SOCIAL’s lackeys are jumping on the fediverse you know something’s changing. …
: 👏 the winners of weekend @RSNLibDems quiz.. ‘Ben knows his Lingo)’ 📸 Ben w/ our host …
: ‘yeah we didn’t hit the jackpot like Bingo but’ - “(Ben, he knows his) …
: I gifted my brother Ben his very own domain-name to celebrate his 1st TV appearance: BenWarner.me …
: Cool to see Ben’s positive energy & message bring out the best in a usually Anger-y place …
: Was fun to watch-along Lingo with Ben as it went out on ITV1! Brits can immediately watch-back the …
: 🎵 Jan (rap) out now (#arts): “(Ben, he knows his) Lingo“
: Come on Wrexham! This is what FA Cup all about. Non-league football showing what we got (⚽️ #arts)
: Books got me thru English winter: #HellSans #BookerPrize 💀 (📚 #arts) HellSans by Ever Dundas 📚 Winch Waterstone’s book club rated it 7/10. I gave it 6 based on …
: Nomading in paradise Gran Canaria? Coliving 1907 a cracking base to get the most out of your days …
: So are Netflix gonna do a Meta.com and cannibalise Fast.com? (#tech)
: 🍿 Fort Wayne aka ‘Inside Heath McNease’ 📝 + column ended up spilling into - column! 🎵 Do …
: BigMusic back with a shiny new range of products to join Capaldi, Cyrus &c! ZER0 #SavvyIndie …
: Singer🖼️Songwriter🖼️Rapper 🎂 Made it thru 27 🙏 (#arts)
: When a crypto-watcher creates whole new channel to rag on artist who performed fact-based criticism …
: 👍👍 blockchain’s digital public data => faster reporting 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎 in 2022 Bitcoin alone …
: Bitcoin now causes ¼% of global CO2. Nearly half is coal-power from a single country… …
: 🔏 this week Uni Challenge worth a watch.. so close, delightful eventual winners 📺
: The best and worst airbrushing of last week (#tech)
: Nooo ppl still buying #Fleecehold. Don’t do it #FirstTimeBuyers (#arts)
: Massive day for SO football (⚽️ #arts) Between Eastleigh & Saints, starting to hope for a 2023 …
: Excited to debut my crypto diss “Made in Astana” 🇰🇿 live tomorrow @BeerMerchantsHW. 🤞 …
: in case anyone missed it Riz Ahmed weighed in on the Lady Susan Hussey question 2 yrs prior (& …
: I can only conclude there would have been no privacy issues if Archewell.Name had been published as …
: Maybe a @KieranCHodgson could, but parodying MP Bridgen just escaped my pay-grade. Got 0 on this …
: domainnamescanbeupto63charlongforeachsubdomainbut253total.domainnamescanbeupto63characterslongliketh …
: How-to iCal -> Proton Calendar (#tech) 1: Prep Cals for export a) select future events & …
: When it comes to bringing perspective to health, inspirational Fulbrighter Itto Outini is someone …
: Apple’s Advanced Data Protection- when eventually global - will still NOT encrypt Mail, …
: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7: BURNER Music Video out now (#arts)
: Dec in SOCIAL (#tech) Honestly I was kinda busy making the BURNER music video to pay any attention …
: Hey google, 2022 called, they want their trends back. I guess you’ve been busy spying on …
: Heath (Tw @theheathmcnasty) just dropped an introspective New Year’s track too, also with his …
: new LaurenceWarner.com Webflow site dedicated to my music delayed til Weds. Put a nice promo for …
: My top blogposts of 2022 🔏 Most Popular based on the time you folks spent on them (according to my publicly available …
: Best of final charts of 2022. The worst was the rando kids Radio 1 let present it. And that Sidemen …
: How-to make images look like emoji… add CSS to style images to have around 20 pixel width. …
: Closure Cafe semi-finalist for Best Independent Film @LonelyWolfFest! #WhatsYourPoison 🍿 First …
: “Another Year [No Other Names]” by Laurence Warner (you read that artist name right …
: 🔏 would like to my cross-post to Mastodon, in favour of a new Mastodon username cos you get the link …
: Despite not opening the link with evidence, BA refunded the value of the flight I had to book. The …
: anyone got an Andrew Bridgen / Alan Partridge wig? A la Ceru.li/byeboris (🗳️ #arts)
: The 1 reason I like to see City score: it breaks their infuriatingly intrusive stacked ads (bet, …
: A. Bridgen: a parliamentary speech on vaccines 🔏 What I have to say in this monologue in the highest chamber of the land for the next quarter of an …
: 🔏 BA are living in an alternate reality where I travelled from Morocco back to strikey England with them on Saturday Before During and After …
: When it comes to live shows 🎫, I put in the work 😅 “MC Beastly: Through the Looking-Glasses …
: FirstWeek Dec vlog on Vimeo too, as YT evermore restrictive. psst low-tech convo on hi #tech M.b for …
: Back on #SOCIAL after a couple extra days on my #BURNER (music video #arts coming this week!) to …
: New blog series about the 7 Deadly Sins of SOCIAL, and how they’re affecting indie creators …
: Nov in SOCIAL (#tech) New phone-number leaks (from scraped-data): 1 LinkedIn (Greed) 👎: 2m salespeople bout to get a lot …
: 👂 Pheobe Bridgers on #SongExploder 🎙 (#arts) cool how she coached up this drummer to become a collaborator and tell his story Refreshing to hear …
: island reading (📚 #arts) “Finished reading” Canary Islands (Travel Guide) by Lonely Planet 📚 Therefore also beach …
: Gonna monitor my every move in App Store Apple? Fine I’ll disable App Store (with @NextDNS …
: Backed these students taking a creative risk. First feature film at Oxford Uni since Hugh …
: [email protected]: it’s not a good-look to be adding Stories the same week TikTok do (#tech)
: It’s moments like this I’m glad I’ve only used an iPhone ¾ of the time for …
: Short-list of Blockchain benefits from Molly famous #cryptosceptic. As I’ve argued, both …
: 🎵 Music Quiz: "Viral YT songs" (#arts) One for each year from the first decade of YouTube (plus a lil 2020 bonus..). You only have to know …
: 🎙 Victoria Coren Mitchell on #OffMenu (#arts) Just submitted the Warner Brothers annual Only Connect application, so thought I should post my …
: 🔏 M.b: Hiding ‘Stats’ (and other menu headers) with Custom CSS on @thedimpause …
: New SA Dashboard features. I turn off: outliers-exclusion for accuracy, curves for simplicity, …
: How ‘Serve #Fonts Locally’ improves your #Carrd head style code: Before: fonts called by …
: Dropbox want to be: “a 1-stop shop, rather than using 89 apps” DocSend still separate.. …
: Delighted for tourney comeback from Rashford & Saka (bagging an extra one for Jadon). My …
: Sorry my Iranian doppelganger (spotted by bro Jonty), Xmas football’s coming home (⚽️ #arts)
: 🔏 doing all my M.b engagement (Mentions & Discover) on a weekly basis means I never tire of you …
: The act after me at my last pub-night said: “This guy is a pure entertainer. Check him out …
: 🔏 M.b crossposting articles to LinkedIn - still locked to Connections only (strange UX @manton given …
: Yes “Smart Musicians in 2022 Have a Website”, but it’s not Bandzoogle, or any tool …
: takeaways from @MMFUK 30: ‘virch’ & ‘phygital’… cracking portmanteus for crossing …
: Heard "OURSS." and curious about blogging and this RSS thing? Here's some baby steps to start. (#arts) Read other’s blogs Start subscribing via a RSS Feed Reader. For ideas, see who I sub to on my …
: “SOCIAL” 🇺🇸 Spotify Save Rates > magic 10% = can really land a punch on Silicon …
: “SOCIAL” 🇺🇸 Spotify Save Rates > magic 10% = can really land a punch on Silicon …
: 🎙 brief listen-notes IRL Glasses' Ivan Cash on Getaway pod (2018) 🔏 Dope content, but v. parody-able style. Dw ‘Flip Phone Diaries’ from 2018 probably is …
: 🎙 listen notes on @jasraj IndieWriter update: on printing 1st book, and creating publishing business 🔏 Glad Jas is still podcasting, since his interview of me a couple episodes ago. No one’s better …
: On the eve of Armistice Day, I think of my Granddad who was pulled out of his Minister training into …
: 'Do I have a vocal tuner app I'd recommend?' (#arts) glib answer: more lessons slightly less glib answer: balance tuned-singing with rapping in any early …
: FirstWeek FlipPhone. Liking LightPhone bluetooth update already: uses AirPods well. More in vlog …
: 7 days of SOC7AL Silence begins #BURNER Don’t be afraid to keep blasting this diss-track at …
: Lucky enough to be on the beautiful #CanaryIsland #GranCanaria too this month? Come see me pick up a mic (#arts) Come see me perform a song in the Friday night show for zoukcanaryislands dance-festival. You can …
: Musk thinks Twitter Blue can over-price Micro.blog, which gives you: - official ownership of your …
: “let’s laugh @jack saying he loves, that anger-y mob of #twits who are bitter” - …
: This (song)writer admires M.b for hosting a word-based edition of @challenges An audio one would be …
: test hmmm maybe I can add this as a Dock/Spotlight shortcut to avoid the M.b Timeline and go …
: Can’t wait for find great blogs to #RSS subscribe on OURSS? Check out Blogroll.org : Already …
: Highly rec #Blackhole by @ExistentialAI for screen-recording w/ sound. (#FOSS #tech by #musician) 1) …
: 🎙 Jordan Peele on Smartless: listen notes (#arts) (listen) 3rd on bounce I’ve listened that Bateman picked (I think Bateman is a kindred …
: 🎙 Smartless bagged the Pres! Here's my listen-notes, along with other fave eps (#arts) Conversational masters Arnett & Bateman (& Peggy) have achieved RSS-distributed greatness …
: 🎙 Bradley Cooper on Smartless: listen notes (#arts) Surprisingly revelatory and emotional discussion, rather than the bro-in I was expecting. …
: 🎙 Conan O'Brien on Smartless: listen notes 🔏 listen 6’ deer park - Richmond!! This explains the Colbert ski-lift… 33’ “sketches …
: Might try host Archewell.Name on Carrd again now they allow counter-notice against …
: v. special #UnderTheCovers for tmr’s Weds livestream: translating a Canarian anthem, from …
: told SOC7ALs 1, 2, 3, 5 & 6 their Deadly Sin 🎃 pls someone Snap dis ick pic 4 Lust, & spread …
: 🎃 at tonight’s Halloween party, be sure to get sp00ky with my new MC Beastly release: …
: New website: OURSS.SOCIAL. Landing-page for a #RSS #Feed sharing tool I’m working on (#tech)
: 🔏Michael Lewis on SmartLess 🎙 [listen notes] on Apple 12’ hidden superpowers 18’ Arnett goes off on Gold Card kids. He’s really …
: If it wasn’t for half the images breaking, I would say this bug on @manton Typewriter theme …
: Congrats Eastleigh for getting Council of the Year! @EastleighBC @EastleighLD Shoulda played …
: Bold choice for PM’s first overproduction to use ‘Black Skinhead’ type-beat, plus …
: 🗞 “Closure.. on producing my 1st short-film” #ClosureCafe #WhatsYourPoison (🍿 #ShortFilm …
: 🔶 Joined YoungLiberals voting @MarkPack for #LibDem Party Pres. His initials MP, but the Doc ain’t …
: New @ProtonVPN method #Stealth designed to bypass censorship, but is it a better choice of protocol …
: The BitWarden integration will make Duck a compelling privacy sandbox on Mac when it leaves beta, …
: The 25 Test 🇬🇧: Are you a) 25&under (to 15) Or b) got £25 spare ?? Pls join the Tory party to …
: My #GenZ juniors: reckon a fiver might be worth a #ByeBoris vote. I’m sure he’ll run …
: Tories a decade ago like: “one can’t possibly elect except good olde FPTP!” Tories …
: [email protected] aka #DudleyDuhhsley flying Blow Jo flag. Reckon he’s just thirsty for a night …
: [email protected] picked great time to let SO voters know that performing #arts lad turned centrist …
: Based on his answers on our live watch-along today, reckon @BeastlyBoyBen woulda won #TheTournament! …
: Only Grant Shapps could invent an alter-ego with a more boring name than Grant Shapps. Embrace your …
: post #TheTournament Glasgow curry on the Beeb’s lolly: winners in my eyes Paul 👨✈️ & …
: 🗞 Appearing on the Beeb’s 100th Bday (#arts)
: Great time appearing on #TheTournament Proud to win MUSIC :D #arts Lovely host @AlexScott and Arun …
: You’re boy was just on the Beeb winning the Music round! #thetournament Tune in rn for the …
: With the news that Google’s sunsetting Universal Analytics, never a better time to get …
: 🔏 M.b Mac app: The bad: when app crashes when drag 2 photos into Uploads from Finder (only 1st …
: How-to insert a privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics on ANY website-builder (#tech) CDNs like Cloudflare can inject privacy-friendly analytics code, even on GoDaddy Websites! How it …
: Adam McKay’s oil-ad parody is dope no doubt, but it’s weird to see UGC hawks Stalkr …
: My Apple-sold Lacie external HDD fully broke: a) now only using SSD. Happy with WD MyPassport 1TB b) …
: 🔏 Proud to bring it home for the Beastly Boys into Winchester in under 4h for Clarendon Marathon …
: CAVE CAVE SOCIAL VIDET will be previewing my Halloween release ‘SOCIAL’ at @MicRecordsUK …
: Good news: you can now setup SimpleAnalytics on website builders (like GoDaddy) which don’t …
: Congrats #Labour4PR: you won your unions over! But Keir will snake it like May with ⬇️ 600 MPs. Only …
: Ugh because latest #UnderTheCovers had publishing copyright-claim, YT won’t even let me …
: 📸 I don’t blame her Media Team, PMQs was a snoozzzze fest. Lizz lacks the performance skills …
: ‘downgraded’ #Apple iPad to Air to escape FaceRec #tech. Spent leftover on @MousCase, …
: Finally, Labour’s unions are seeing sense on #Labour4PR and stopping propping up FPTP which …
: 🔏 Englishfolk of M.b: pls support my patriotic Change.org campaign during this time of succession …
: Putting Leicester 1000-1 to win top-flight ⚽️ is surely just asking for it to happen again (#arts)
: We were all Kings of #FPL last week (⚽️ #arts)
: Saints kicking back off Prem, in company of football royalty @GNev2 and @Carra23 😇 (⚽️ #AVLSOU …
: Can any #Apple heads recommend a case for the new iPad Air 10.9” that a) allows easy use of …
: Google is already master of all internet's words. Now it wants to oversee video too (#SavvyIndie #tech) Video content just got a visibility boost: Google is indexing every website’s video embeds and …
: Changing of the guard, not much else changing. I prefer my YouTube channel’s way of saying …
: 🇬🇧 As we’re entering the ‘Carolingian Era’, petition to make “Sweet …
: Wahey: glad I was able to get my vote in for former performing-artist Geoff Cooper. He’s gonna …
: As \ is dismal at escaping from HTML in Markdown, the better bet is to use these shortcodes for …
: Why British grads should repay as much student-loan as possible this month 🔏 tl;dr most UK student-loan debt just went bad this month. Repay as much as you can today, and …
: 🔏a memorial home landing-page redirect is nice idea Tory #tech team, but you botched the …
: Less #tech this week. Monday 12th after, I’ll review Light Phone II: new Notes tool sync to …
: Right, now I’ve dropped that piece of comedy-rap gold for SOCIAL media to enjoy during …
: Ppl love the opening teaser of my #Partygate satire ‘Become an MC’. Need to get the …
: 🔏 Lacklustre local LibDem election 🗳 update 10th Sep: I was able to cast my vote on the final day, thanks to local party email :) Waiting …
: 📺 Boris: ‘Become an MC’ #Partygate themed satirical music video out today at 4pm on the …
: Still using Google Analytics in Europe? Worth forking out a few quid for a #Privacy friendly …
: Note to #ExpectingMothers: don’t use Amazon for your baby-shower, unless you want a …
: After many great Russian scoops (documented in ‘Navalny’ 🍿), a bunch of honest …
: Really rate this 1st newsletter from a lad who got 60subs on a dope Notion-page and is now leveling …
: Surely some #tech wunderkids gonna be able to develop browser extensions to skip these dreaded …
: Ben Evans has banged the drum that Apple’s anti-ad stance was temporary. Unfortunately looks …
: Thx @SimpleAnalytic_ for notifying ppl bout worst #privacy nightmare for modern internet use: …
: Crypto boys actually had renewed their .link TLD by your Aug 27th post @Web3IsGreat. On day of …
: You know #CryptoGratiaCrypt 🪦 when Martin Shkreli is getting involved (#tech)
: wow this tool simultaneously: 1) made me understand browser fingerprinting for the 1st time 2) made …
: A manually updated phase of the moon site Phase.City is setting a new bar for #minimalist #website …
: Grab free tix for a panel on what the #arts can do for #climate awareness. You can even drop your …
: Updated Spotify artist avatars to #DividedSelfie. I prefer real cerulean coloured background, and I …
: [email protected] all ready for #Spitfires annual TV runout on @BTSportFootball. Hoping for more …
: The (wagon) wheel of time. Based on the story I tell in the first #UnderTheCovers about a number 1 …
: 🔏 if you're going to use M.b's Timeline, make sure these people fill it The magic of Micro.blog I see M.b as a mothership for content-creation: centered around written, …
: Debut edition of new songwriting show #UnderTheCovers live today at 5pm. Any #CountryPop fans come …
: great 1m breakdown of sound-design into: 1) Hard effects 2) background-sounds 3) Foley 4) Loop group …
: Another Cory Doctorow Kickstarter worth backing 📚. As a choked #arts creator, I’m too poor to …
: Sharing this amazing #arts post by Abhishek Pandit on LinkedIn. Though LinkedIn have stopped using …
: All MailChimp EepURL.com shortlinks down, eg links from Ceru.li/blue-monday mailer homepage. Another …
: Big up Micro.blog @aa! From one smalltown 🇺🇸 to another 🇬🇧 #United. Imma write you back when I land …
: Devastated to hear the Eastleigh Parkrunner Mum tried to help CPR in last week’s heat …
: A true Air Bed & Breakfast: Dr Saman feeds West Oxford (#AirBnB #LoveFoodHateWaste #WellFedArtist #arts) Among some recent exceptional AirBnB’s in Oxford over the past few weeks as I tutored a …
: Leeds fans spotted at nearby Smalltown Romsey before #SOULEE ⚽️. Presumably Yorkshire’s …
: Some cracking first-websites produced by my CS summer-school students (🎓 #tech) Oxford Summer Courses left their 16-17 Computer Science syllabus pretty open, so I focussed it on …
: Be sure to turn off both these #YouTube upload defaults to keep AI crap off your vids. I suspect new …
: Did you get this month’s SonyMusic ThatWordleOffend? You should cos it was the same as last month’s! …
: Buzzing for Rap Game UK S4 to start tomorrow! Might do some Beastly reactions! Graft & Saidu …
: 🔏 Glad Ricky asked Sam Harris about Hypnosis. I wanna try that Stanford scale test 🎙
: so good to see a fellow cross-genre artist Heath McNease topping the Bandcamp charts in one of his …
: We've got someone doing a PhD about #tech *podcasting* in the Micro.blog community: @MartinFeld 🎙 He’s been giving me some helpful advice about getting started distributing my own podcast.xml …
: YouTube scared of TikTok, partners with music-industry to license music. But this begs the question …
: ooffftt @Vimeo upcoming Enterprise pivot is already manifesting by blanking Pro individuals emailing …
: 📚 Reviewed this FirstWeek vlog: Finished reading: The Rosie Result by Graeme Simsion Currently …
: Twitter’s stock obsession runs deep. It still has a legacy #tech feature called …
: 🗳But if @UKParliament so keen to promote #tech skills.. start with your Parliament.UK #website …
: 🗳 Fam asked me yesterday why errbody inflation, but UK stagflation Low #tech R&D since the 90s …
: They say don’t talk politics in the UK 🇬🇧 But Imma start posting with 🗳 tag anyway. Dw …
: Beware Vimeo customers. They’re trialling stingy new plans for new UK customers. (#tech)
: 🔏 Gotta rate commitment: he’s registered with 18 link in bio services just to list a single …
: New game from Sony Music Entertainment called ThatWordleOffend: Each month they OK 6 Explicit lyrics …
: Was recommending Atom as text-editor to my students only to discover it’s sunsetting in Dec to …
: (trying again with 🎙 tagmoji) 🔏 Anyone here have best practises for distributing podcast.xml file …
: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly websites (intro to front-end #tech - seminar 1) As selected by my 16/17 y/o students this week. Was fun to see a few of them send for Esteemed …
: FirstWeek FlipPhone Less #tech this week
: [#BURNER](https://BU.RNER.me) time 7 Deadly Sins of SOC7AL: Workshop.CeruleanSounds.com to hear full …
: Queen in green (#W2022 #arts)
: 1 number doesn’t change for LF System yay! (#BPM #arts) keeps off No. 1 a #UKDrill track SO …
: Bo’s Outtakes are better than most people’s films 🍿. Fittingly my #DividedSelfie album …
: 🔏 hey M.b Microcasters: Based on @jean not syncing micro monday to Spotify, I surmise it’s …
: Wow a song with tempo change(s) might make 5 weeks at #Number1 @OfficialCharts. “Sunglasses …
: Thx @ProtonPrivacy for incl. #EmailAlias tool @SimpleLogin in top-plans. Was easy to reboot thx to …
: Even ex-Googler @DeliberateCoder wasted $46k on a #WebAgency for a #rebrand. His advice: (1) hire an …
: glad @ALLFM enjoyed my ‘Manny way’ signoff! Tune into my final …
: £175 x 220 = £38.5k🏦 < £25k🏆 Sponsoring the #MercuryPrize really must be ‘free now’.. …
: Youtubers: wanna list a Short (to Reach more randos) but share as normal channel video (so next vid …
: My #GenZ brethren: I’ve got 17 #tapes of a dope debut-album left now at just a fiver, go get …
: 🔏Today was my “let’s pretend we’re at Oxford” day. Helped seeing …
: 🔏 What makes a good leader? A strong pioneer who can relate to people’s emotions! (According …
: Don’t need a guitar to put on a show, “just give me a mic, and a pair of sunglasses. …
: Microcast: ALL FM interview about my new album (🎵 #arts) Abridged cut from full 1h20 podcast, the most definitive interview on The Divided Selfie LP to date. …
: worth tuning into @ALLFM on Sundays at 3pm wherever you are, but especially for young creatives …
: SOCIALs wanting us #openweb bloggers to post directly in your silos? Letting me know the date I made …
: Listen back to Sunday’s appearance on @AllFM, mastered for podcast by yours truly! 🎙 Enjoyed …
: Just previewed this week’s Brighton @MicRecordsUK set which has been brought forward to …
: DistroVid by @DistroKid now fully launched. Tho Vevo benefit looks easier for non-OAC oddballs like …
: Dropbox #SmartSync broken since MacOS 12.3. Rather than actually fix their killer-feat, #Dropbox …
: Never seen a URL like this, but if you’re outside Manny, you can tune into my @AllFM interview …
: Thx @CaramelCharmz! Will be an inspiring listen for anyone thinking about how they project …
: Inside deluxe by Bo Burnham, quick listen: 1985 good stuff 5 years good Drake parody And a version …
: Love an artist who pushes others music too. Cooler when their own stuff is dope like …
: my 1st support slot couldn’t have gone much better! If you’re into rap music - even just …
: Responding to @NemRaps: right in that case, I punch in too, though not as choppy as Kendrick. I …
: After reviewing John Green & David Levithan’s co-authored novel yesterday, Twitter testing …
: So what did Twitter’s always-on #productivity brigade do today?! Given that impressions …
: couple new #DividedSelfie reviews from abroad on DividedSelfie.CeruleanSounds.com/#press. 🇧🇷 …
: How-to track redirect analytics with Cuttly: use a Cuttly link! (#SavvyIndie #tech) e.g. type …
: & just as I get back to #InboxZero, some productive individuals take the time to tell me …
: Rick Rolling with the times: Like Kate Bush’s “Running up that Hill”, this song’s always been on …
: Video & Audio recordings at different speed? How-to resync in iMovie by simply retiming clips (#tech) See the podcast mic that’s propping up the artwork in the thumbnail for my album-launch …
: Proton is back online. Gotta respect the transparency & comms of @ProtonMail (#tech)
: ProtonMail having intermittent problems - both pre-and-post login - this evening. Love an excuse to …
: 🙏 @WeAreYMX for incl #DividedSelfie 🎵 in your weekly round-up, alongside a talented vocalist like …
: Creators, don’t bother ‘upgrading’ to Twitter Professional. Address spotlight …
: Extra Notes on Kenyans Running book & Finn’s LoveTrails talk📚 🔏 3 running habits …
: I mention in my vlog the incongruity of Four Thousand Weeks by Ollie Burkeman being over-marketed as …
: Finished reading📚& reviewed in FirstWeek vlog (#arts): Four Thousand Weeks by Oliver Burkeman | …
: 🔏 view from @DukeAndDuchessOfCambridge: “Your Insta-highnesses, new photo-tags this weekend in …
: 🔏 Are flu/cold comparisons now valid enough for Covid risk-communications? I’m not a scientist of diseases, but in 2020 when there was no immunity, one of the easiest …
: 🔏Getting a lightbox? Get one with well over 100 letters, unless you like getting creative with the …
: 🔏 also re. IndieWebRing directory: s/o other neighbour Maya for sickest profile. Unnervingly static …
: 🔏 Got IndieWebRing profile @schmarty : removed dupe h-card which was problem, and beefed up correct …
: 🔏 Proton’s new 10-buck Unlimited plan is SO perf, nearly downgraded. But I’m a …
: 🔏 Covid solo-working = prolific Wednesday website editing day. I back my web-design evermore, so one …
: 🔏 fellow Brits: the delayed date to tell gov not to share (non-Corona) health-data is THIS MONTH! …
: 🔏 Tried to do right thing and report positive test and… Computer says No. This is a …
: 🔏 No video this time, but I took something away from LoveTrails Fest other than loads of running …
: 🔏 Really enjoyed the rest of Love Trails fest 2022. Was fun to get the album artwork up. Hope to …
: It’s FirstWeek FlipPhone, but the countdown timer website has moved from FlipPh.one to …
: It’s FirstWeek so here’s the final 7/7 #SOCIAL deadly sin : FB = Envy. Full …
: well deserved break for Owain here at LoveTrails fest SouthWales. Not sure 15k trail runs my idea of …
: thx @RoadieMusicMag for being the 1st #SustainableCurator to pick out “Real” as a …
: wow YT’s reccing my BURNER phone #tech reviews Phil Swift’s commercial fans. I must be a …
: Americans: wanna get as far from #SCOTUS as poss? Consider Tuesday’s virtual presentations …
: 🙏 M.b’s @vincent for giving The #DividedSelfie ad-space on Gluon.app. 🤞 some of this glut of …
: 🔏 I spy with me little eye a family having the best fun on the tube playing that game, and also what …
: The #SmalltownDreamer 🏴 vibes continue in #LondonIsAVibe today at the play that got me into …
: Skinnyman wheeled up the cipher @RailwayLive when I #SpitFireBars about selling 1st 2 copies of my …
: 🎵 @BeastlyBoyBen & I taking notes on sibling performances for tonight @RailwayLive #BeastlyBoys …
: Will be bringing this bag of goodies down @RailwayLive tmr night, find me after my 8.30-9pm set! Dad …
: #DividedSelfie: day 2 📊 Bandcamp sales! No YT reach, but high watch-time. No streaming, but Release …
: 🔏 Hey M.b Music lovers 🎵 I released a very personal album today called The Divided Selfie LP. Spare …
: Love the ‘body percussion’ on this from Michelle Shocked’s new project. Always …
: Best BGT final: Amanda on Flintz: “authenticity, joy & truth” Eva Abley: so fresh …
: Looks set for a lovely (slightly cooler!) evening tomorrow for our 7.30pm set. Come find …
: If ‘Swan Centre’ was a sitcom, it would be Westleigh. Proper impressed with these …
: Honoured to be playing Interval Set for the Kazbaas at Valley Park Life day-fest @FrancisValley. …
: Square vids still being counted by YouTube as #Shorts, tho not getting any Shorts traffic & …
: Ahh love it when dystopic BigTech provides a benefit, like a free covers-setlist for …
: My good friend Eric is hosting a climate-comedy workshop this summer (from ‘Brits on a …
: Beastly bars for next week’s show in #AmandaHolden manor Winch, special Piers diss verse for …
: dropbox.com/shop seems like an easy way to mometise digi assets w/o resorting to burning planet …
: 1 yr in and Truth Social hasn’t expanded outside American iOS users. They really built a …
: Here’s a #SavvyIndie trick: use subdomains like SavvyIndie.CeruleanSounds.com to avoid paying …
: oooh #Logic seem to have fully implemented DolbyAtmos mixing. How much harder is it versus setting …
: While waiting on @ProtonMail to implement #SimpleLogin integration, #BitWarden have made a big leap …
: ‘My Creative Week’ vlog 📚: Finished reading: @Waterstones #BookOfMonth Sorrow and Bliss: …
: 🔏 M.b: BeRe.al feels like a cont. of May Photoblog chal (as well as an iOS app I designed in my …
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one @CeruleanSounds back on IG, I kid you not, only because I’ve a friend who …
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one #SOCIAL 6/7 Twitter. 15s📺 on Micro.blog/warner where I syndicate to the angry …
: 🔏 🇫🇷 Normandy Trains full til later so
: 🔏 nous avons arrivee 🇫🇷 36h til I run my first half-marathon (de la liberte) in this tee in honour …
: \@UmmJackson has spot-on view on #CryptoGratiaCrypt. And Musk should concede that isn’t …
: Buzzing that re-releasing “island” is finally getting the song its deserved recognition. …
: Don’t: believe the hype about the new ‘Elizabeth Line’. West it’s just the …
: Best gags in #Stratgem by #AlanPartridge: Time Machine, Intel Inside, HT dog pics, chair-suit, …
: Spoke too soon on new #ProtonVisionary support email. 1 wk response and they directed me to …
: 🔏 I don’t have a spare £16 lying around, but let it be known digitally (w/o minting an NFT) …
: The fact that it took me the whole the month to find out that Zoom 1:1’s now have 40 minute …
: 🇷🇺 TV host tried moral-relativism, and the dissenting ex-general was basically like: India …
: 🔏 I get slower every time at Blenheim Triathlon! Mad impressed with my Dad though. He was well fast …
: 🔏 Reformatting images in Medium exports to Micro.blog: just simplify down the image block to just …
: Now there’s another anthem for #Liverpool fans to boo (#UCLFinal #arts)
: Cuban-American artist promoting her album #Familia at Euro arena while scouse families getting …
: Stevie G actually knows some Camila Cabello songs (#arts)
: Has an active Prem manager ever pundited like Stevie G? (⚽️ #ChampoLeague #Final #arts)
: Yeah but what Time @LL_Sports_Club?! As you’re not responding email & don’t have …
: Yup just 30m listening to Jack Conte speak confirms that if I do subscription for my Cerulean Sounds …
: Ooo @DistroKid have stealth released music-video distribution. Probs not right for me at that price …
: A 3m edit of “island” is heading out on streaming today & now included in Bandcamp …
: spotted: Spotify are beta-testing a ‘Campaigns’ feature (poss related to Marquee ads) to …
: Finished reading in a week cos it was that damn good: Sorrow and Bliss: Shortlisted for the Women’s …
: Finished reading Cracking meta-book: A Book of Book Lists: A Bibliophile’s Compendium by Alex …
: Proton rebrand: Beastly called name first #BURNER. #ProtonDrive may actually be a viable …
: Hmm maybe #Imgur being down will force supposedly #tech savvy Redditers to either: a) own their …
: Thx FreeIndieCulture for playlist #island - “I like the vibes, the melodies, the strength of …
: wish more of these judges were as brave as Navalny 🔏
: Dunno why @Vimeo is email-promoting its Mac app. It’s barely functional and they told me its …
: New #SpotifyCanvas for “Become an MC”. He’s Toast! (#arts)
: 2 promising #BrightonFringe stand-ups: @MrSidSingh = Cali-boi skewering European racism | …
: Honoured that Brighton guitarist Mickey Frost has passed on one of his guitars to me. He’s …
: Proud of you pops, doctor for today’s Women’s playoff final (@SouthamptonFC 1-0 up on …
: Introducing the new AirBnb.. for wealthy people! Course this is Chesky’s favourite …
: Thanks @Amiiirakk for playlisting & shouting out #island as a #SustainableCurator! I’m …
: The might of UMG finally admit defeat against DistroKid (aka 1 guy Philip Kaplan)! #SavvyIndie …
: Holla at MusicHood Peru for adding #island to their playlist saying “it’s very calm …
: Media 🎪. Would love to upset the apple-cart (⚽️ #SOULIV #arts)
: Klopp impersonator? Ralph’s a shoe-in 👟 #KloppOfTheAlps (⚽️ #SOULIV #arts)
: SO bringing the fire to the quad-chasers #SOULIV (⚽️ #arts)
: 🔏 Poll by @cdevroe: how often do you check: Email: twice-daily RSS, Micro.blog: daily Mastodon: …
: As @GNev2 pointed out, it’s amazing modern footballers articulate enough to give a 7m …
: Big up Jake Daniels. Your open honesty just made the game a little more beautiful (⚽️ #arts)
: An ephemeral social shout-out is one thing, but I love @JasrajHothi (M.b @Jasraj) putting a blogroll …
: I already announced my album release-date, but thanks to #ARM @Eurovision for doing me a GIF for it! …
: ‘history wagging it’s finger’ already. Basically Cary Fukunaga is a hypocrite …
: I like this new #Carrd template for mindful #SavvyIndie creatives, as they can describe what’s …
: I can sepia the similarity #SmalltownDreamer (#arts)
: Fair play #Grimbsy clapping our #Spitfire girls. Sacha Baron did u wrong (⚽️ #arts)
: Some #MonopolyGuy landowner tried to block a public-path in the SO used for 20+ years with a Fence …
: Chelsea won in 1970 despite a Leeds team that make today’s paper-throwers look tame. The ref …
: Who's more creative with 'Pot': my family or Micro.blog? Comparing #MbMay 📸 vs. lockdown King's Gallery 🖼 #AllHailKingBen (#arts) Micro.blog - the blogging tool for this site - contains a wonderful range of people who every year …
: 🔏 Finished reading: The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker 📚 Lent by …
: 📚 Reviewed in FirstWeek vlog, for a couple mins more than #BookTok: An Island by Karen Jennings …
: #Backstage botched takeover of brilliant #StarNow. Pasted on their inferior UI/UX + lost valuable …
: Vimeo continue to show themselves to be an unworthy ethical YT alternative. They’ve gone out …
: Alas, after a brave protest, Kremlin-backed Lenta returns to normal business. Which looks like a …
: Carrd following Moderner design of ‘scroll to contact’ first thing with this new …
: 🔏 yo @schmarty : having 2 problems with IndieWebRing: not showing up on directory despite having …
: 🔏 updated music page to 1st-person to own how I’m innovating as an indie artist releasing …
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one (#tech)
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one #SOCIAL 5/7 On YT cos the very proud geniuses at IG locked me out (#arts)
: Fascinating #SongExploder from @FranzFerdinand 🎙(#arts) Enemy at the Gates inspo like …
: 📺 #InsideNo9 2 (#arts) Pemberton’s headmaster! “Email? Is that the one with the little …
: 📺 #InsideNo9 1 (#arts) “He’s a right pedalo” “Been in @FiveGuys? At …
: Excited for M.b photoblogging challenge, starting just as FirstWeek starts and I stop SOCIAL …
: Did watch “Navalny” (BBC iPlayer) - def. worth it. Only wish they’d turned it …
: If #SavvyIndie Brit artists ask me about registering a company, I will genuinely recommend …
: MD & MC agree: #PartyGate = deadly hypocrisy. Eastleigh: let’s vote for local 🟡 …
: Did someone say Beveragino @SlugLettuce? Nope, cos no one ever said that + I go boozer for fry-up …
: Updated #tutoring webpage Lea.rner.me to include group-sessions (revision or summer-school) …
: \@SignalApp currently run by WhatsApp founder Brian Acton, just regained feature-parity (change …
: \@NetNewsWire custom article themes are dope, and a good template for how companies like Twitter …
: \@Punkt should consider incorporate new ChangeNumber feature from @SignalApp into Pigeon to overcome …
: ugh this ‘incredible journey’ has ended in a gambling company using their domain. Rather …
: I’m glad Adriaan thinks @SimpleAnalytic have a privacy-edge over #Fathom & #Plausible, cos …
: If @ProtonMail integrate SimpleLogin into product, I’d switch back from cheaper @AnonAddy …
: Holla @JasrajHothi for curating his Twitter (and M.b @jasraj) (#arts). And to Twitter for failing to …
: Fun that @Navalny also thought his phone-call was thriller-movie worthy. Is there anything new in …
: Twitter: bought on single human’s whim MC Beastly 📺: > “It a fringe show, runt of the …
: Hey Elon Musk’s new private silo focussing on algorithmically-amplified-free-speechwriting! …
: 📺 #BGT 1b&2 (#arts): Dante: brave Joy: moves from Gove 🏴 Axel: don’t do him wrong …
: when you put genre as rap @DistroKid assumes Lyrics explicit. Wasn’t build for beastly …
: Here’s a system the ‘geniuses’ @Meta cooked up: “no email? Let us send you …
: View from the @Vimeo Mac OS app they abandoned, to focus on GIFs & Toks. “15m vlog? …
: You know it’s Saturday at 3 in the @VanaramaNL when they’re doing a back-4 heading …
: 👏 TimesSquare blackout from @Algorand for their carbon-neutral claim. Problem: last #CarbonNetural …
: 👏 Amazing young musicians @RomseyCMF brining Mozart to the kids making classic lit in just half-hour …
: Interesting Q&A with viral tweeter @AJLKN on my Q about #Carrd variables. Designed for passing …
: The #StopTheTraffik sculpture has moved library from Eastleigh to Soton #Shhh. If like me …
: The future of Twitter #AnotherPodcast listen notes (#tech): 23’ music industry peaked at $30bn …
: Tough for me to support Saints tonight against a proper #SmalltownDreamer club ⚽️ #BURSOU. Burnley …
: It’s absolutely bonkers that a Privacy comms service is strongly directing high-paying …
: Ben & I glad #BGT is back. Ep. 1 highlights: Scooter = brave Guitar = pure Sheeran Phantom = got …
: Top-bid $280 on Dorsey NFT. That would probably barely cover the carbon-credits needed to neutralise …
: The Accountant (prod. “Swan Centre”) previewed the new record, and he thinks “Tip …
: 🔏 you can syndicate YouTube channel RSS feed (like mine) onto M.b, but scheduled livestreams post …
: Always feel better about watching the football (#SOUARS ⚽️) after doing some exercise myself (Witney …
: #Carrd by @ajlkn becomes even more compelling for client #websites now visibility can be controlled …
: “This guy ’s as wonderfully weird and quirky as me” feeling’s mutual …
: given how he’s used the platform to manipulate share-prices, regulators would be foolish to …
: New Nando’s: Teddington to chat indie distribution w/ @jasraj | catching up w/ Yvngie & …
: I shoulda guessed from the domain, but Internet.BS are exactly what the TLD suggests. .li domain: …
: Shouted out fellow Micro.blog ger @AaronPK in my Tula Mic review for recommending it (#tech)
: Though Frankfother and Flanagan’s attempt to stop greedy lawyer hawking was admirable, …
: Finished reading (as much as I needed to to name my 2nd concept album after it): The Divided Self: …
: Finished reading: Movie Speak: How to Talk Like You Belong on a Film Set by Tony Bill 📚 | vlog …
: 🔏 Setting an intention to get my posts > replies here by end of year, so hopefully y’all …
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one (#arts) #SOCIAL 4/7 @Snap: BEWARE BEWARE THE SOCIAL SEES All the ick pics …
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one (#tech)
: 🐦 Props to the British slebs - incl. family-man @Matt9Dawson & v. kind @MartineOfficial - for …
: acchhh think my spinning Lacie HardDrive broke! #NotSoRugged Questions 4 HiveMind: a) my next one …
: I think Hendry stole all Ainsworth’s garments on #SoccerSaturday ⚽️. Come on @EastleighFC v. …
: In “Late Night Driving”, @Arrdee says 🎵 Turn off my phone for a week, no socials See …
: Eastleigh 10k join me glamorising our town with dope race vid & Paul Hammond with his pics …
: #RateMyMealDeal @BeastlyBoyBen #WellFedArtist (#arts)
: 📸 🐦@BeastlyBoyBen & I bumped into Local lad from near Silverlake turned South Today’s …
: Huh, Sator was an ingenious name for Nolan’s palindromic Russian oligarch 🍿 (#arts)
: Amazon really are looking to take Pandora’s scalp as #2 signed-up US streamer. They’ve …
: 🔏 Delighted my Micro.Camp speaker gift has been taken up by my close friend & collaborator …
: 🙏 Austin Metro for $128 and a priceless case of Life Imitating Art: 🔏 (📹 SXSW vlog)
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one (#tech)
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one March #BURNER | #SOCIAL 3/7: YouTube (#arts)
: On my #BandcampFriday YT livestream tmr 5pm PT (1am UK), I’ll discuss Epic buying BC and play …
: Firefox Monitor by @Mozilla is a decent start - it successfully found recent addresses in 1 site. …
: Carrd by @ajlkn has added a big-boy feature: Variables. My minimalist ethic says …
: 📧 Blue Monday 8: Shot a Short-Film (@YnvgError #arts)
: Props to @MacPaw for continuing ops while West tries to #StandWithUkraine. Reminds us why we need to …
: Proud of Harvey Brough from my Mum’s choir @VoxHolloway : upcoming musical showcased on BBC …
: Thanks @jasraj for shouting out on M.b my recent YouTube vlogging content, incl. highlights from …
: 📧 Blue Monday 8: The Brits have left The Beach (@yvngerror @unitsi_ai #arts)
: Medium: “You have 2 weeks to acquire clout. Good luck” Me: deleting articles from Medium …
: Thanks to @manton for building scheduled cross-posts for M.b 🔏, I’m now pushing drafted …
: Hey M.b 🔏: has anyone made a Custom Home Page they are super proud of? @cheri’s is great. …
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one (#tech)
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one (#arts)
: Come see me perform “OURSS.SOCIAL” live at @austin_musick gig on 20th, once I’m …
: thanks M.b @jacob for adding me to Musician’s on Micro.blog list 🎵. Very #SavvyIndie website 👍 …
: 🔏 working my way through old bookmarks. @jean did say “M.b is the 1 place it’s not weird …
: (🔏 testing IndieWeb RSVP plugin with a genuine) ✅ RSVP to Micro.Camp 📍I’ll likely be tuning in …
: Coughed up for #Vimeo PRO for vlog storage. Though I’m happy to get YT parity w/ Chapters …
: TikTok export: try 2: it’s still as useless as before - i.e. data is useless on iOS and …
: Carrd by @ajlkn templates are about to get a lot more user-friendly. You can already copy most of my …
: Congrats Dave 🐦@EasternMargins for making 🐦@Bandcamp homepage bought “Stanley” for …
: were the plastic & paper not in the palm of our hands already @Southwest? #skeumorphism …
: 🔏 As I’m upping the amount of Cerulean Sounds arts content I’m cross-posting from here …
: I’d said that @DesignZite should have kept their ingenious ‘reverse-engineered’ …
: Landed #BritsByTheBeach (#arts)
: critTLDs: Trademark-proof Domain Names; or, How to Irk Trump's Lawyers for 20 bucks (#tech) Want to be 100% sure that your domain name is uncensorable e.g. by a trademark owner? Register at a …
: 🎫 #BritsByTheBeach 🇺🇸 w/ 🐦 @YvngError begins tomorrow if #LosAngeles #tsunami doesn’t make …
: New 📸 for @CeruleanSounds #arts socials Mastodon & Twitter banner: #SmalltownDreamer 2022 pp: …
: Beware: 'Catphishing' on #FakeBook Messenger (#tech) My brother Ben has unfortunately been on both ends of this in the past week. Identity Theft A couple …
: 🔏 updated About page: fleshed out bio, but also included more calls-to-action: clearer how-to join …
: FYI fellow #SavvyIndie artists: @Spotify deprecated follow button during Holidays. Was using the …
: Kate @mcmansionhell Wagner’s takedown of prototype “metaverse” experiences …
: 🗞 : “2021: 3 spookily accurate predictions” (#arts)
: Back from FirstWeek of Jan with my 1st monthly vlog about life without a smartphone in 2022 (#tech)
: Finished reading: C.J. Sansom The Shardlake Series 5 Books Collection Set - Heartstone, Revelation, …
: 🔏 Finished reading: Blankets by Craig Thompson 📚 Read Xmas Eve - Boxing Day. Incredible: will review …
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one (#tech) | off blogging completely for 1st half of week on spa retreat with Ben
: Signing off for FirstWeek FlipPh.one this week with the Unboxing for the phone for this year: Punkt …
: 'crypto gratia crypt' 👎 Explore blockchain use-cases without killing climate (#tech) ‘crypto gratia crypt’ is my Latin motto for cryptocurrency speculators. Where ‘ars …
: Sorry to see you go @spitfire_bars #BURNER | highlights coming to new open archive at Retu.rner.me …
: My top 5 blogposts of 2021: 2 vlogs about life sans-smartphone, 2 talks about Micro.blog & an …
: On the 13th day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: 13 DRY violations 🙄 (#tech)
: Pre-livestream pub lunch with Ben in Winch (#arts)
: 🎉 @26_lhr breaking @Letterboxd this xmas, with a dope/sick review (🍿 #arts)
: My top 5 blogposts of 2021 (#tech) I added (privacy-friendly) Plausible Analytics in October 2020, 4 months after joining in June, so …
: You can now easily add privacy-friendly analytics to Micro.blog using Footer. Thx @manton for …
: They find the money when they need to… We need more collab in govt make the trade-offs …
: "Nanos Gigantum Humeris Insidentes": helping students get a foot on the internet (ft. @tamaramunzner) (#tech) At the start of the pandemic, I was shortlisted by OXFO for a venture remotely guiding groups of …
: 🇬🇧🗳 Lot of people will talk about Tories vote halved, but Labour’s more-than-halved from 2nd. …
: 🇬🇧💉 stuck in waitlist entire yesterday. Finally picked a date, and then got this. Doh! (#tech)
: Thx to M.b @manton for making Bookshelves CSV-import parse @Italic_Type shelf names 📚 Have to …
: My M.b website Wa.rner.me now on the IndieWebRing, link in Footer. Tested out the Next, and guess …
: (watch review comparing Thomas Cromwell to Dom Cummings in FirstWeek vlog) Finished reading: Dark …
: Finished reading: The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 📚 (#arts). Possibly the …
: New from #Carrd by @ajlkn: customize YouTube embed. Don’t bother tho. Removing player controls …
: 🇬🇧 💉 Finally NHS get round to confirming that YoungAdult boosters available Weds (#tech)
: FirstWeek vlog | No Phone! Next year: @Punkt MP02 | 💿 @SlickKing_ | 📚 CJ Sansom's Shardlake --- (12/12 FirstWeek FlipPh.one 2021 #arts) or on YouTube 0:00 No Voice 1:00 No Phone 2:45 My Cultural Week 4:45 Moving Channel - 🔗 Tyler …
: Created a taxonomy of domain hacks & refined city metaphor explanation. Now feel confident to …
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one (#tech)
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one (#arts)
: 🇬🇧💉 Still no luck with booster on website 5 days later, and it’s been 152 days for me now.! …
: 🇬🇧🗳 Tory downswing at Sidcup -> Reform UK = Labour = round 7%. Electoral reform -> centre-left …
: Ben & I’s other 2 VVarner brothers Spotify Wrapped. Thanks Fam! (🎵 #arts)
: No clarity from @FCDOtravelGovUK on US 1-day test rule ✈️. Will simply have to assume what 🇬🇧 call …
: y? @visauk @amazonuk (#tech)
: As Skinnyman @railwaylive postponed, Beastly support set going livestream in 10 mins on YT (🎵 #arts)
: Thx @Vardy7 for coming up to the stand to say Hi after gifting us that point in #SOULEI !! — …
: Dope to have @ShowcaseCinemas in Soton now. But all sequels: Spiderman, Matrix, King’s Man, …
: ‘GoDaddy Websites + Marketing’ users: og:image is drawn from ‘Image Logo’, …
: 🔏 🇬🇧 booster 💉: Called 119. 5 #s later: Outdated (“if over 40”), no pickup within 10m. …
: Finished reading: Dissolution (1st Matthew Shardlake Tudor Mystery) by C. J. Sansom 📚 Quick: Dom …
: Ppl who don’t mind signing in with g00g or bookie: go vote for my tourmate @YvngError ’s …
: Some good shouts from Sopel (maybe Kuennsberg’s replacement?) I for one and v. Thankful to be …
: An aerospace magazine company just bought FirstWeekFlipPhone.com for 301 redirect: probs misguided …
: I thought syncing my M.b “Currently Reading” on my about page was neat. But when Bill …
: Great to get to hear more from @DeviSridhar on live Q&A. Big takehomes: West could have learnt …
: I recommend #SavvyIndie artists to demo drafts publicly. Plagiarism risk is low, and you stand to …
: Fully back @The_Portraits quest for John Lewis to donate for ripping off their slow “Together …
: Thank you @adamhillscomedy for the honour 🇦🇺 ! Do you think Border Control would accept this for an …
: We’re sat right behind Hillsy & guests (Jodie Whittaker, and Darren Harriot) so should be …
: Tune into C4 at 10pm to try spot @SfcBen & I in @TheLastLeg audience (#arts)
: 🔏 more Normandy pics. Minute’s silence time now
: 1st look at AirTable “Interfaces” for #SavvyIndie simple collab - which @ChrisDancy …
: This FirstWeek + a day (see vlog for review) I finished reading: The Three Stigmata of Palmer …
: This FirstWeek (see vlog for review) I Finished reading: The Christmas Pig by J. K. Rowling & On …
: FirstWeek vlog | @TheLightPhone II : Voice-To-Text👍 | 💿 @cinningbao @MTImmonsMusic | 📚 @jk_rowling 🎄, McEwan, PKD --- (11/12 FirstWeek FlipPh.one 2021 #arts) or (higher quality - 13th Dec) on YouTube from Wednesday 0:00 “Yammering Introduction” …
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one (#tech)
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one (#arts)
: 🔏 Earlier in October, I went abroad for the first time since Covid. We went near Omaha Beach, …
: Last 24hrs #Tech News(Paper) @Guardian: @ImogenWK great writer, but pls get tech expert opinion on #FakeBook to avoid criti-hype + @DrinkAware : r u drunk? 🍺 (soz blurry, full digital version) Imogen West-Knights is clearly a brilliant writer & …
: Last 24hrs #Arts News(Paper) @Guardian @ObserverUK: politician #InstaGlam & #HalynasLaw Truss is gonna beat him at his own game. Foreign Sec activities are waayyy more IG friendly than …
: And it ended 2-0 to the South Coast. Saints score got cutoff first time, but this photo from 30mins …
: Jeff Stelling’s a #SmalltownDreamer legend no doubt (Middlesborough rant). But shame …
: Loved how @SoccerAM hosts pointed out that mixtapes are just less confident albums to SX | still …
: One of the things I love about #Carrd by @ajlkn: it’s limitations force you to focus on …
: Some great British TV has happened in last 24hrs incl. this Classic #Pointless moment: (📺 #arts) Classic Pointless moment. Ben & I are applying tomorrow Easiest Chase question ever? Gonna …
: South Coast 2-0 up ⚽️ #WATSOU #Spitfire (#arts)
: 🔏 Was nice to take a break from my screen - blogging about the ever-encroaching digital spectre of …
: Roblox is down. Roblox kidz: why not listen to a podcast instead. 🎙 @BenedictEvans #AnotherPodcast did one on you guys. Here's my listen notes (#tech) Listen on Apple Podcasts 18:30 At least they advertise they don’t know what they’re …
: Stumbled on the fact that @BoBurnham let BoBurnham.com expire for 7 days this Spring (then clearly …
: Transpired that TruthSocial is an uncrediting fork of Mastodon. Now the mighty Eugen Rochko has …
: Meta.com : from charitable open-science initiative to corporate front | Zuck's philanthropic mask slips (#tech) Zuckerburg & Chan, before Meta.com’s ‘incredible journey’ Jan 23, 2017: Meta …
: Facebook rebrands as Meta: my initial reaction. A failure, which might pay off (#tech) This quick reaction is based purely on Guardian article. Will write fuller piece by end of week once …
: though M.b 🔏 is definitely a green app, which escapes my FirstWeek digital detox, I’ve decided …
: My fave 'Connection' photos 📸 from Micro.blog October Photoblog Challenge #MbOct | Nature vs. Tech (#arts) I’m glad to be connected to this wonderful range of people, even if just in the meagre digital …
: Yesterday's #Tech news(paper): @TheTimes | front page #FakeBook: how gov supports them, and a better way of being a tech company Anti-FB dominating the front-page! Main paper: Times2: so poignant what was said about …
: Yesterday’s #arts news(paper): @TheTimes Arabs in English football. To be celebrated: the …
: Today's #Tech News @TheTimes | #FakeBook #Surveillance Come on savvy people, the only moral way to make money from Facebook is Class Action lawsuits! Still …
: Today's #Arts News @TheTimes | #AlecBaldwin (@IMDbPro : pls redact sensitive contact deets), #DavidBeckham, #Oxfam, #Yorkshire Please consider signing petition for Halyna’s Law. Also, speaking of protecting people, IMDb …
: Adriaan from @SimpleAnalytic_ smashes it with the strongest #privacy rebuttal yet to “Let them …
: Quick thoughts on v. superficial play on NodeNogg.in @adamprocter 🔏. Created a Microcosm. But link …
: can any fellow #musicians recommend good entry-level fitted in-ear monitor? 🎵 Looking at …
: Good on the mighty @Radiohead for selling their records through @Bandcamp | I’m glad I’m …
: If you’re considering joining Micro.blog, today’s a good day, because you can share your …
: In 5 clear points, @jasraj (Tw @indiewriterjas) makes a compelling case for why writers should own …
: Workshopping #SpitFireBars 🎵 “SOC7AL”, sequel to #BURNER. Need #artist collab to render …
: This @HumaneTech #tech #podcast 🎙Q&A with @FlowGenome ’s odd but wise #JamieWheal hits …
: What I love about the #OneClickSafer campaign from @HumaneTech_ is: a) tiny UX change creates …
: US Gov finally announce “early Oct” date as Mon 8th | 7th Oct was my cut-off date, so …
: While we’re ragging on #Medium, what’s up with the hyphens in the url? (#tech)
: Overhyped “Facebook is Too Big, Fail” article. VC on a “RIP JK Rowling” …
: Big statement from @YvngError with his new music video. Amazing break-up song! | Proud to have …
: Today’s #livemusic: a short #cover a lovely @MClancyMusic ballad + draft of my #song about …
: New #Carrd by @ajkln Personal 1-pager | trend for Social(s) Proof figures upfront. Gap in market for …
: It’s a shame that, to fight bad guys, Apple have removed insights from good transparent …
: TLDs available cost-price from today from @Cloudflare. Let the DomainH.ac/ks begin! Remember: …
: Last week #YouTube briefly A-B tested new web design on my Firefox browser. Following Mobile in …
: FirstWeek vlog | @TheLightPhone II 👍 | 💿 Holly Honey Church & @MClancyMusic | 📚 @WinPoetryFest --- (10/12 FirstWeek FlipPh.one 2021) (#arts) or on YouTube 0:00 Not much more to say on LightPhone 0:45 My Creative Week… 1:30 📚 …
: Finished reading: Wanted by Mark Millar 📚 #arts | shockingly violent. Do not read unless you want …
: The #tech company trying to make everything virtual had to literally go to the server room like the …
: It would be ‘outrageous’ to confuse, then quickly correct yourself, about the surnames …
: My favorite Touch photos from 🔏 Micro.blog October Photoblog Challenge --- 📸 by @cdevroe @jean @ptrck @KeithPound @kyletm @jdm @munish @TheDimPause @omrrc @LukeMPerez @mroutley @peroty @jpayne @crossingthethreshold @JayGogh @adders As you’ll know from The King’s Gallery, I love a good open art submission based on a …
: Example of how the Sun do a write-up about Ed Sheeran’s Companies House filings the day after …
: You couldn’t make it up. All Facebook apps go down on the 1st day of FirstWeek FlipPh.one. 🔏 | …
: Slack exports are rubbish unless you are Enterprise. What little you get is not tailored for humans. …
: Blue Monday 40 #arts | Mentioned Micro.blogger @hollyhoneychurch’s new album!
: Disabling cross-posting for FirstWeek FlipPh.one so posts this week just for M.b 🔏. May not even be …
: Switching from Polypane to open-source Responsively for web design device previews. | Immediately …
: Finished reading: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Center Point Platinum Fiction …
: 🔏 October Photoblog One 📷 [touch] suggested by @warner. oh wait that’s me! good to be able to …
: Can’t wait to see a #FB whistleblower lay into the ‘largest autocracy on earth’ …
: Hello @MikeParry8 : did the nuremberg story inspire you to bang your hand and bark “We should …
: My thoughts with #FPL no.1 rank who got account hacked. And anyone who’d given up on #Saka. …
: 🔏 An amazing piece on the state of being Teetotal — An Ex-Drinker’s Search for a Sober Buzz - …
: New review for “Whoa” with @ItsYourBoyAD & @Weezophicial. When I #SpitFireBars: …
: 🎙 Long overdue discussion of task management software trying to implement GTD. David explicitly says …
: Great way to end my summer in London, playing a truly #LondonIsAVibe venue @Water_Rats with …
: I’ve been looking for years for a cerulean coloured tracksuit, and then I see hundreds on …
: Even (sensible) Germans agree radical action needed in fight against #Monopoly property owners (see …
: complacent reporting from @theipaper calling IG a “photo-sharing” app. Mosseri himself …
: Yeesh: they couldn’t have picked a worse time to boycott. Still, pls support if you can. …
: Corbynism is pretty much only relevant for fighting Big Tech. 1). nationalise internet …
: Good that “Out Out” crew credited Stromae 🎵, though I still think they should have left …
: agreed, kids shouldn’t be allowed on Big Socials. You can’t (and shouldn’t) stop …
: Fellow @Cutt_ly users beware: unlike with websites @SImpleAnalytic, public analytics pages about …
: So now @Cloudflare have Email Routing via waitlist as well as big boy #Apple (on iCloud+, still …
: IG/FB take 1 YEAR to agree an artist DJing popular music to promote it to a couple dozen people …
: Yo which legend in #Bournemouth has been slamming SilverLake on repeat on @AppleMusic ? Celebrating …
: Found a perfect pair of pantalons for Unknown P @MunyaChawawa. It was in the Observer so no doubt …
: Based on a rigorous sentiment analysis (aka the top 16 of EmojiTrackers.com) I conclude that …
: Oi #crypto twitter, do any of you #blockchain cheerleaders know anything about HNS domains? Curious …
: From what I’ve read about food science, buying this new simple version of Shreddies is a no …
: So happy there will be some #SmalltownDreamer lads at Royal Albert Hall on Tuesday. They should come …
: You forgot to mention guitarist, librettist and triangle-player beeb #arts
: “Harrogate came top” (of best places to live 🇬🇧). Not surprised based on the liveliness …
: Doesn’t look like he had much to do with it, but fair play BJ 👏. Now make sure they get …
: Who needs Warner Music Group, when you’ve got the Warner family pumping out bangers like …
: Thx Elliot Levy, social media manager for Netflix kids show for having Lucy & I into …
: Wouldn’t #AppleWatch wheel design make more sense if ordered by increasing exercise with …
: Got a new fave teetotal bev 🍺 Sneaks under my 1% limit with citrusy applomb. Shame it’s £1.50 …
: Exporting data from TikTok is a nightmare --- #tech Following from my shocking Customer service experience with FB this week, it seems that none of the …
: JBP is discussing with Muslim thinkers for 1st time, over next month 🔏 Revealed at 1h30: in podcast “No Safe Spaces“ Was great to hear he’s aware of this …
: Same week AAPL celebrate their freedom to price gouge a US developer (Epic) and same summer they …
: Don’t do it #Microsoft until physical #2FA affordable. #Yubikey usb-c still 60 bucks. Password …
: 🔏 Come on Boris, one success pls 🇬🇧✈️🇺🇸
: FB: “We reviewed your report”. You’re either: a). manipulative (pretending to be a …
: The first time I’ve been glad for YouTube #tech burying hyperlinks. Minimalist design on Video …
: Two very cool new #humanetech features from @signalapp on Desktop: 1. reduces noise, 2. reduces …
: OK @WarnerMusicAS that’s great you’ve got a sick team page 👍. But WMG artist …
: Notes on #iPhone13 #AppleEvent: main feature: Camera: ‘editing’ functions can now happen …
: Really? I’d have thought the Kurtan (this country, geddit) was closing on this messy tweenage …
: Good to have the Lionesses down on the South Coast. I hear they’ve been training @EastleighFC. …
: Go crazy with Piers (the dummy thinks it’s fun to be beholden to Murdoch) but Kuenssberg? She …
: We’re heading way of US with their BONKERS SIZED produce 🔏
: “Moving digital artwork”… errr not really! @EveningStandard leading way on #tech …
: Just met a guy in a steam room (basically 🦠 in a box surely), whose betting syndicate is putting …
: Was honoured to close out a show @ZigfridHoxton on Sunday | + just booked a final feature in …
: Recommend manual Software Updaters update to iOS 14.8 and Mac OS 11.6 ASAP — #apple #security …
: re. #HaveIBeenPwned by @TroyHunt Opt-Out. Why would you wanna do option 2? Surely in 2 it’s …
: Thx @YvngError for the shoutout 🎹 on ‘Wonderland’ 🎵 | can’t wait to go busking …
: This logo from #BritishJournalismReview is an absolute mess. Pls hire a minimalist #designer | #tech
: I’ve moved my 2020 #AppleEvent vlog reviews from my brief #tech YouTube to Vimeo-hosted on my blog: …
: If you haven’t already seen it, check out the first episode of my tour doc Smalltown Dreamers now. …
: Finished reading: Hamlet, Revenge! by Michael Innes 📚 great source for a period film! #arts …
: Finished reading: Touch: The Science of Hand, Heart, and Mind by David J. Linden 📚 #nonfiction for …
: @TheLightPhone II | 👍👍 Directions --- (9/12 FirstWeek FlipPh.one 2021) #digimini #tech or on YouTube 0:00 New Feature + Camera Angle 1:45 Directions How-to (New Feature!) 6:45 My Creative …
: I’m still using Dropbox SmartSync while waiting on ProtonDrive to expand, but for those …
: Gonna get back into before & after FirstWeek FlipPhone RescueTime ScreenTime reporting 🔏 | In …
: Finished reading: Casebook Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 📚 #arts — was written …
: Even though I’ll still hashtag #arts or #tech for categories (see my Micro.Camp talk), every …
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one — #tech
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one — #arts
: 2 new things for #Spotify kids: 1). Every track across #SmalltownDreamer now has a peng animated …
: How is THIS spine being torn apart by one singer #TomGrennan? Surprised #Yungblud has outrun him, …
: Proud of Lucy: after organising Smalltown Dreamers, the 1st gig back @EastleighFC Hospitality, they …
: Apple backed down on scanning our images for now. | gonna gradually slide away from iCloud now. | …
: 🎙 Colin Greenwood from @Radiohead on @JamesAcaster "Perfect Sounds" #podcast | refreshing rare appearance from #radiohead --- 🎵 #arts My take Seek out online content from people who seldom exist here. They often bring more of …
: Sorry I was tardy for Wednesday’s usual Jester’s Song slot @TerryGrier & anyone else …
: Very cool story about Gen Z IRL meetups. Sad to see how many phones are out there. Shouldn’t …
: I find “BURNER” the perfect background music to sign @EFF petition against iPhone …
: Our fellow artists @DistroKid have spoken: “Let me go” by @SpitFire_Bars is a smooove …
: 🎙 "imposter syndrome: accepting your worth", Solo Collective #podcast w/ @RebeccaSeal & @anna_mathur | good reminder #arts My take walk into any start-up environment, and you’ll hear imposter syndrome is the Great …
: Such a cool sketchnote from @BoffoSocko on Syndication. 👍 meaningful diss of POOSNOW. All acronyms …
: Apple embrace hashtags for indexing too #tech
: 2 #Hampshire legends meet: @SfcBen & #HugoHammond. I say “what’s your …
: Footage from Weds open mic 🎤 | Check @YvngError’s too 🎥 | + announcing booked for …
: London: 🎫 @QuackPotUK ’s “Meet Cute” @CamdenFringe #arts fest 🎭 — Dryden …
: Props to @edsheeran wrongfooting everyone and going for = before -. Funny to see the #arts content …
: Twitter: It’s What Was Happening: (in the spirit of being out-of-date I’m posting this …
: My Hosted Microblog wa.rner.me down with SSL error @manton 🔏
: FYI @chrisaldrich : was hoping including your post URL in my article title (rather than body text) …
: In [response to](https://boffosocko.com/2021/08/15/55794681/) @chrisaldrich on og tags #tech Ahh I now understand the point of the post was to point out the flavours of metacrap by customizing …
: Holla Soton boi @DrJennings for unveiling the horrendous bias towards anti-vax online: 65.5% of …
: “The Social Dilemma” onto YouTube til end of Sep. Though better if @HumaneTech_ made …
: Excited to join @YvngError at a #arts 🎵 #openmic tonight in #LondonIsAVibe. I’ll play songs …
: Decided not to make a Low-Code.Club on Clubhouse about #lowcode #tech. Redirected to SavvyIndie.com …
: 🔏 @maique have you considered the username maiqueroblog? 😁
: It’s a shame that @ExpressVPN’s marketing team undermine the product so bad, cos …
: Hear the massive-brained @szhang_ds talk about being an FB whistleblower 🎙. She essentially relieves …
: Hollywood-style sign in Wrexham | Jack @SpitFire_Bars Swag!! Gotta show em why Eastleigh can be …
: British Broadcasting Corp couldn’t be bothered to adapt a Date Input which defaulted to US …
: Just announced an extra monthly helping of Live Music 🎫: @Bandcamp Fridays special - the best day to …
: Great sculpture finds @ChrisAldrich and clever how he attempted to customise preview per site, but …
: is it this aspect you’re referring to @chrisaldrich (re. delightfully abstruse comment on …
: Thanks @ChrisAldrich & @kimberlyhirsh at Micro.Camp bookclub for pointing out that Narnia in …
: Micro.Camp Day 2 Live | Watch my Talk! | (#tech) My Talk “Micro.blog Mothership for your #SavvyIndie Creative Journey” It’s all …
: Me & @jasraj did our own lil Micro.Camp 🏕 Breakout (in the true IRL sense of the word) this …
: Back in the day Bryn BP woulda got buried by dropping the Beeb | but she’s so #SavvyIndie …
: Micro.Camp Day 1 Live (#tech) It would be a Micro.Blog virtual gathering if I didn’t blog about it.. right?! 1. The State of …
: yuck: #Google censors require ID verification for #YouTube | another reason for #SavvyIndie …
: snagged the last 🎫 to see @theatregoya ’s Smart Casual 🎵 at @CamdenFringe 🎭 | dir. on Oxford …
: ⚽️ MC Beastly renewing FPL league. More deets: MCBeastly.com | @RutTheNut you have til …
: Turning off iCloud Photos for privacy? How-to and alternatives (#tech) ft. Dropbox + E2EE storage options (Cryptomator & ProtonDrive) | re. the #ApplePrivacyLetter …
: Whilst I’m stoked @CulturedCode have kept updating Things free (unlike @Fantastical…) | …
: Got bored of converting HEIC to JPG on Mac | fair cop @cdevroe + other 📸 ? — #ShotOniPhone …
: Is using #AppleWatch / #AirPods / #Wearables in the spirit of a #SmartphoneDetox like FirstWeek FlipPh.one? Not in my #DigiMini book --- #Apple #AR #VR #Wearable #AppleGlass #tech From my digital minimalist perspective, where the goal is to avoid becoming an addict to digital …
: The @KuruptFM boys just perfected the art of the magazine interview in @TimeOut 👏 - can’t wait …
: JetBlue to launch NY-UK flights despite pandemic - BBC News | barely cheaper than BA | I miss …
: Excited to see the old master @SkinnymanMudFam spitting fire with some high-class jazz backing …
: thx @chrisaldrich for “HuffDuffing” my trial microcast with @jasraj | expect me to put …
: "Micro.blog Mothership for your #SavvyIndie Creative Journey" - Micro.Camp talk notes --- #tech 1. Own your output a) Publish content on your own custom domain with custom design b) Divide content …
: Honoured to appear on Micro @Monday with @Jean 🎙 — right after my buddy & fellow creative …
: @TheLightPhone II | 👍 Podcasts - special review of @jasraj0 on @microdotblog pod 🎙 | 👍 4G signal --- (8/12 FirstWeek FlipPh.one 2021) | filmed in Ealing 📺 --- #digimini #tech Watch ad/distraction-free: or on YouTube - @jasraj on @monday: Listen here Subsequent episode of …
: Signed the ApplePrivacyLetter — initial “CSAM Detection” use-case irrelevant | …
: !Old #tech bio W4RNER.com now at W4.RNER.me! — Loving these rner.me DomainH.ac/ks : links …
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one | #tech
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one Begins #BURNER | Look forward to sharing the #SmalltownDreamer launch episode …
: Fellow #YouTubers who wanna retain control #SavvyIndie : turn off auto chapters, and curate your own …
: 📊 #FluYork (first 7 days) | Decent #YouTube, disappointing #IGTV & #Kickstarter | #SavvyIndie transparent analytics --- #comedy #indie #arts 🎥 IG:TV First time putting scripted material there. Assuming retention is always lower here, but …
: 🎙 @SamHarris and @EricTobin on Vaccine Hesitancy --- good simple stats & history of vaccines | countering #disinfo & role of bad #tech My take: Couple rhetorical mis-steps that might leave then vulnerable to critique, also don’t …
: Tw @SpencerJayCase 🎙 @OliverTraldi : analysed #cancelculture while the #moralpanic raged --- #tech My take: Philosophers gon be philosophers: hold everyone to higher intellectual standards. But these …
: One side dark 🕶, one side light ☀️ ⚫️⚪️ | 📸 from last week w/ Tw @YvngError | #arts While the sun’s been shining last week: I was putting final touches to the pilot of “Flu …
: Carrdby @ajkln continue trend toward business > personal pages with another new template| but …
: Tw @Dominic2306 finally updates us OG Wordpress subs that he’s moved behind paywall. | Missed …
: Tw @AndyYen on #Tresorit takeover making me think: is non-profit the only bankable business model …
: M.b @mdrockwell re. cross-posting: surely better to just become an M.b user and get both anyway?! …
: Really nice topics on #humanetech in M.b @rosiesherry latest mailer — #balance #tech
: Cummings slips up (”no one knows if Brexit *good”, nek minute: “obviously Brexit …
: 📣 “Flu York, Flu York (Pilot)” out now 📺 — #newcomedy #britishcomedy #lockdown …
: 🎓 glad to be back in the classroom @OxfordRoyale teaching #tech | + for first time #leadership …
: Caution #Carrd by @ajkln users (clarification): you can’t 301 redirect from a /#link. This …
: Caution #Carrd by @ajkln users: Bug - when redirecting a url which was previously a section, it is …
: Carrd by @ajkln releases its first “start-up” template. I’d need to see better SEO …
: I miss my bedroom in Eastleigh 🎙, but cooking beastly music 🕶 in an actual studio w/ the mighty …
: Check out where I’ve journeyed too toward the end of FirstWeek FlipPh.one while offline 🧭⬆️ : …
: @TheLightPhone II | 👎 Speaker | 👎 on-off (7/12 FirstWeek FlipPh.one 2021) | filmed 😀 in Yorkshire | 📺 #digimini #tech Watch ad/distraction-free: or on YouTube — FlipPh.one to join me on a week-long smartphone detox …
: Yee hah! 🇺🇸 Now I just need Biden to look as kindly upon Blighty 🤞 And Snowflak.es can fall in SoCal …
: #Carrd tip: Scroll Points - if in doubt use “Center on next” (e.g.) : it’s more …
: Now that Carrd are allowing Public template links, I’m starting an exclusive database for …
: On waitlist for Neeva to come to UK for 3 month trial of ad-free search | also trying Brave Search …
: Thanks Theatre Royal for coming good with my 2 tix | Who’s up for 3 hours with Ian McKellan …
: YouTube turning all Unlisted vids from its first decade to Private | massive transparency issue for …
: After revelations of shareholder-driven anti-climate-science: if you owned Exxon shares over past …
: surveillance capitalists doing individual targeting at scale: Google are giving you a generous 2 …
: EFF make a great case for ‘symmetrical’ internet speeds (bringing upload speeds to parity with …
: Neat Doctorow piece on why conspiracy theorists would be better off getting their kicks playing ARG …
: Ban students from using phones in schools… of course! | but the adults must also learn to put …
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one | #tech
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one | #arts
: Is “audio sampling” different from this “Clip” feature I’m using here: …
: YouTube claim they don’t notify subscribers of Shorts: so I’m surprised my Subscriber Status % …
: Supported collaborator @itsyourboyad on Patreon: looking forward to seeing you experiment with …
: Enjoyed #SmalltownDreamer and wanna find out about the man behind the music? 🎵 My podcast convo with …
: Right now I’m at: Eastleigh Nando’s I’m grateful for: these two making my album …
: Prepping for tomorrow’s album launch gig: www.youtube.com/watch w/ @yvngerror hosted by …
: If you’ve seen one of these round #Eastleigh #Hampshire scan for …
: Me + the South Coast = A Perfect Fit | Come see me perform where the ❌ marks the spot: …
: 🎙 @BenedictEvans #AnotherPodcast on #Publishing & #Media | space too chaotic, reliable: transparent content creators & ethical open web tools --- #tech The world of creating content to sell things online is so chaotic and changes so quickly. I am …
: Privacy win @simpleanalytic #DeleteGoogle — #webdesign #tech
: Proud of my family sweepstake draw Denmark, doing it for Eriksen ⚽️ #WALDEN | if they go to final: I …
: "Can't you see the sun is shining on Albion" 🏝!! | 📸 from 🎹 for @YvngError | #SmalltownDreamer launch Weds --- #indieartist #SavvyIndie #community #arts O, to perform on England’s South Coast Yesterday, was a pleasure to Skoda the YvngError boys …
: For those that want to enjoy the story without giving the Sun any ad rev: here it is on Wayback …
: Forget Kim K - Handcock just broke the internet — @thesun #down | #ukpolitics #webdesign #tech
: Album launch made it into print in the @DailyEcho yesterday! Feel the crinkle of the paper.. real …
: @JesseSingal on @SamHarris podcast 🎙 | #BlockedAndReported #moralpanic #tech SH shows disappointing levels of anger & hypocrisy simmering, and seems to be increasingly …
: Jason Fried from @basecamp on @SamHarris podcast 🎙 | #basecamp #moralpanic #tech My overall take JF been skewered by own sword of his & DHH activism (corportate criticism via …
: 🎉🎙 @BenedictEvans podcast is back with WWDC Review --- #Apple #tech Compare mine Listen Main conclusion: Apple gonna try stifle Goog & FB bus models Listen notes: …
: Well done @TheatreRoyal for coming good: #ShowMustGoOn. Glad we limited numbers to album launch) in …
: I rate the #rebrand of @Wise (follows pattern of simplification I advise) for their direct IPO, but …
: 📣 Q3 project: “RSS Metadata” | Wanna speak to a) beta testers: Feed Reader users & #bloggers, b) …
: If you missed #island 📻 live on @voicefmradio last week, listen back 🔗 on album press page. Thanks …
: Tip: #AirTable integrations : when you go full @chrisdancy and add emojis to Table names, be sure to …
: Should refund random selection & let some still see @IanMcKellen play the Dane in June …
: Thx @SignalApp for automating disappearing. I set 1 week, keeps me focussed. But I’m fine with …
: @TheLightPhone II | 👍 Podcasts 🎙 | 👍 e-ink screen ☀️ | (6/12 FirstWeek FlipPh.one 2021) | 📺 #tech Watch ad/distraction-free: or on YouTube — FlipPh.one to join me on a week-long smartphone detox …
: Sold a handful of tickets for the launch event already: Hampshire - come join us on June 30th! …
: As discussed at end of M.b pod, when I setup wa.rner.me @w4rner here I was only intending on posting …
: Now ProtonMail’s redesign goes public, I’m ditching Apple Mail Bridge for web. I do wish …
: W4RNER's WWDC Review | my Digital Minimalist reaction --- #apple #tech Quick-take: Apple wants you to spend all your life looking at one of their devices, it doesn’t …
: Thanks @mdrockwell for inspiring me to customize Firefox for the first time. Here’s what both …
: Giving 1.1.1.1 (btw - what black magic is that domain?!) a go on Mac. M.b (e.g. @sonicrocketman): …
: Just added a triplet of promo videos for the Album Launch to the webpage, ranging from the …
: While I’m offline for FirstWeek FlipPh.one next week, dig out the wireless 📻 and tune in live …
: I can’t help but find it adorable when #Carrd by @ajkln can’t render an emoji, so …
: So cool hearing Obama on Conan | fave bit is when he refuses to get carried away about being a …
: FYI: #SmalltownDreamer artists listing their post-lockdown gigs with @Songkick : must use official …
: New Yorker ignore Olivia Rodrigo’s attempt to add edge via capitalisation in otherwise solid …
: “Tech Tech Boom” spoof tech show is a great concept but I’m not convinced about …
: Congrats @StarNow on getting acquired by @backstage . You guys simply built the best produt from …
: Twitter has the audacity to call it’s account search “People”. When you search …
: Thought I already told you: I’m in the 25%! - Though #PornKillsLove for me so stopped in 2014, …
: Agreed too many games @mdrockwell in ADAs. It’s because that’s now Apple’s main …
: Congrats Edem for coming in hard with Creator Care 2nd interview w/ very #SavvyIndie @AudioMack VP | …
: NoCoDB launch: the Wordpress of Databases - major threat to #AirTable if it doesn't open up or innovate faster --- #data #tech I’ve used Trello for years, and then discovered Notion, which was more flexible with view …
: Trend towards less extreme black dark modes. On Micro.blog @stett gives Marfa template a more muted …
: The #Privacy Focussed #Analytics article I wish I’d written: by @CarlCassar from Alan …
: Whilst I rate @_matthewpalmer indie hustle, and back the free tier of “🚀”, the free tier of …
: SNVC @PolskyCenter (2/2): Axo | Zoom: window defo too small with 2! Miss Pitch “performance”! | Why …
: SNVC @PolskyCenter (½): SAEF Legal Aid | disappointed Zoom-only (people should be bigger) but …
: Was rad taking FirstWeek FlipPh.one through the @PolskyCenter #SNVC ‘19. Don’t see …
: Final nail in ⚰️ for #YouTube as free community 😢 | #Google forces ads on all channels without …
: I’ve previously lauded @pentagram successful logo rebrands - but this one for @calendly was …
: 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 Listen: samharris.org/subscribe… My Listen Notes: First-half Sam: people will draw the …
: Olivia Rodrigo - SOUR (that I'm not as cool as Billie Eilish) | album listen notes --- 🎵 #oliviarodrigo #LA #newmusic #arts Gosh LA just churns em out. Preternaturally talented 18 year old female singer-songwriters. …
: ugh @Slack: please don’t offer ‘Continue with Apple’ and then not make it work with its …
: Wasted too much of my childhood time & money up in the gods @TheO2 but anyone who can afford £80 …
: Quick #AirTable tip: Best way to duplicate table: Sync, then Unsync — it retains field type vs. CSV …
: Enjoyed Jean McDonald's 30m talk "Crossing the Geek Divide" | @MacGenie, @jean (M.b) | excited for Micro.blog to do so & reach more creatives | --- #communication #tech In the context of @Jasraj & I’s podcast imploring more creatives to join Micro.blog, good …
: Fellow Brits: please do yourself a favour and print off this form today, fill it in & give it to …
: So-called “Q” is probably an individual from the West Coast who likes to travel to East Asia | …
: Attn #humanetech advocates: bookmark darkpatternstipline.org/report to share awareness on nefarious …
: Apple moving into ads @BenedictEvans | 1. surely data leaves phone cos linked to iCloud account?? | …
: Album distro: @BandLab launches Albums | @BandCamp competitor with more modern UI & 0% …
: View from cassette tape ordering for Smalltown Dreamer! Apparently many major label …
: #island first week 📊 #newmusic 🎵 #buildinpublic #arts Overall: this content is begging for more traction. 🎥 Views are still sluggish. Click-throughs from …
: Taster of vaccine passports: UK gov yesterday updated guidance for going (green-listed) Iceland | …
: Fellow British indies: make sure to vote in #PPL elections if you’re a member (free), to …
: Feels good to delete final Gmail & #Google Analytics property — Services continuing: long-term: …
: @Jasraj & I discuss why we joined Micro.blog in the past year to blog as indie creatives (👂30m) --- 🎙 Micro.blog #podcast trial --- #SavvyIndie #tech - Timestamps (time to go) -29’ intro, explaining current career as artist Cerulean, and …
: One Year of Lockdown TV Game Shows. I’m ready @ITV. Who wants to be a Cerulean heir? | …
: #island first 72h 📊 #newmusic 🎵 #buildinpublic #arts 🎥 Discovered the new group feature in YTA, so you can compare to a bundle of simillar videos. In …
: Pointless contestant just gave ‘Africa’ as answer to a “Which Country” question. The rest of Q …
: When you mail to delete Groupon account, they offer you credit. I kid you not, you can actually …
: Best of luck to @JamesNewman tonight in #Eurovision. Great to have a proper #singersongwriter …
: 👏 #Carrd on making it easier to collab on sites | definitely makes the CrystalCUBED model of …
: #island first 24h 📊 #newmusic 🎵 #buildinpublic #arts 🎥 It’s not getting as much exposure as “Come Home”. But view duration looks to be …
: “Google revives RSS”. Ugghh: after THEY tried to kill it!! | Use @NetNewsWire instead people: they …
: Note to #email #spoofers: do some research on people’s viewing habits before tryna #ransom …
: My new single “island” is OUT NOW: Ceru.li/sten-isla… | 🎵 #newmusic #singersongwriter …
: Has anyone got a read on #privacy credentials of Dragon’s Den “best pitch ever” …
: Not #SavvyIndie : when coming across more mindful online users, throwing the same copy-paste at them …
: switching from single to double quotation marks on song titles, cos @KhanAcademy said so #SavvyIndie …
: Cory Doctorow’s on M.b… kinda! (syndicating pop culture pix from Tumblr, don’t …
: Congrats to @SimpleLogin on ProductHunt launch. I actually ended up using the solo-founder cheaper …
: Tracking Websites: | the magic of @VisualPing change notifications | + the disappointment of complete archiving | #webdesign #archive #automation #crystal #tech On the other hand, I’ve been disappointed at archiving sites which I’ve previously …
: A v. musically literate review of #EverAfter from #SustainableCurator @WeAreYMX: “the track …
: #SmalltownDreamer album press: a very thoughtful review of my latest single Ever After from …
: 🎙 "Power Of A Good Lunch", Solo Collective w/ @RebeccaSeal & @SigneSJohansen | perf lunch break #podcast! #SavvyIndie #arts Listen: The Power Of A Good Lunch 6 (feedback) skilled hosts would hand-over 1st question slightly …
: 🎉 @SignalApp for deploying the finest meta PR campaign I’ve seen in a long time. The fact that …
: @TheLightPhone II | 👍 Music 🎵 | (5/12 FirstWeek FlipPh.one 2021) | 📺 #tech Watch ad/distraction-free here: or on YouTube — FlipPh.one to join me on a week-long smartphone …
: “Logicomix” | Graphic Novel 📚🖼 | 4* | #arts And coming to YouTube later this week
: “Marvel 1602” | Graphic Novel 📚🖼 | 4* | #arts And coming to YouTube later today
: Has anyone Micro.bloggers had success getting personalised support from Mozilla Firefox? They push …
: Voted cos of what Jean-Jacques Rousseau said about England that one time
: Testing the Micro.blog Posting Bookmarklet – Colin Devroe by @CDevroe on Brave by bookmarking his …
: The missing piece of Things Cloud change email instructions: sync options are given. #tech
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one | #arts
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one | #tech
: Remember during lockdown when I’d always post about my Sunday livestreams “The King’s Speech” with …
: #EverAfter & #DrinkDrinkDrink first week 📊 #newmusic 🎵 #buildinpublic #arts Ever After (first 24h) 🎥 It’s not getting as much exposure as “Come Home”. This is partly to be …
: I believe the #FluBot #SMSScam has been caused by #Facebook Data Leak | #DHLTexts #DeliveryTexts #security #tech A few weeks ago, I wrote about how the Facebook data breach, which was probably the single largest …
: I’ll be performing my new single #EverAfter and a song from my American musical Snowflak.es at …
: Monthly pilgrimage 1/6: Jester’s Song, mumma bday, therapy, music video | #arts
: Fellow Brits beware: #Spam #SMS claiming to be delivery from #DHL | Do Not Click or download …
: hmmm I had disabled HTTPS everywhere by @EFF in favour of @Mozilla Firefox in-browser tool. Will …
: My initial reaction to #facebook data breach was: #classaction lawsuit. @DRIAlerts are doing it …
: Props to @Shardcore for his brilliant new piece of AI art, satire on how the world’s 7 billion …
: And YouTube twitter.com/ceruleans… | #arts
: As I’ve said before, cryptocurrency only has long-term value (market as a weighing machine, …
: Also relying on a single platform is not a #SavvyIndie strategy. See how fickle TikTok’s algo …
: Apple estimate average pay per stream at less than a penny. Then remember that on average artists …
: Air Tags coming US Friday | #apple | not sure if UK too, but I’m gonna sit back anyway and …
: So @Spotify finally partnering with @Musixmatch to display synced #lyrics: good for #songwriters. …
: “Drink Drink Drink” released by Cerulean Sounds today: go https://Ceru.li/sten-drink !! Then find …
: Never again #distro @SpinnUpCom by @UMG | No Support | Link Landing Page still not up on 11am of …
: I know we’d promised King’s Speech Compilation by last Sunday of month. But King attended to …
: If (despite everything) you’re still on the bookie, pls make the most of it by voting for my …
: Following data breach #Facebook #biometric #classaction win in #illinois more vital than ever as …
: The revenge of the indie blogger: Dom Cummings's 2-page blog post dictates millions of newspaper front-pages over Boris's Social Noise | #humanetech #blog #ukpolitics #tech 2 days ago on April 22nd, I wrote a rare politics think piece on the need for (Lib Dem) MPs to skill …
: 🎧 "Matthew McConaughey: Looking for life’s green lights" | #acting #inspo #arts Listen to the Jake Humphreys podcast. Summary Eliminate what doesn’t serve you. Choose to …
: #EverAfter first 24h 📊 #newmusic 🎵 #buildinpublic #arts 🎥 It’s not getting as much exposure as “Come Home”. This is partly to be expected given …
: Asking Lib Dem MPs Layla Moran & Tim Farron how & how much they'd regulate Big Tech | very few specific ideas | #ukpolitics #libdems #tech See my previous post “Asking Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey why he doesn’t talk about our digital …
: In “Ever After”, I borrow some Shakespeare for lyrics. I’m curious how @ThreeInchFools …
: How long until Amazon turns the technology they use at Amazon Fresh Ealing onto us for more …
: My new single ‘Ever After’ is Out Now: Ceru.Li/sten-ever… 🎵 #newmusic #arts
: Read “The Next Cyberattack Is Already Under Way”. Tl;dr it’s thanks to Silicon Valley. “move …
: Read “The Capitalist Case for Overhauling Twitter”: NYU @ProfGalloway dresses-down @Jack Dorsey for …
: YouTube embeds of the form: /embed/videoseries?list=X e.g. went down yesterday (incl. for major …
: YouTube playlists on CeruleanSounds.com went down yesterday. Felt silly until saw fellow anagram 🎵 …
: Both from today: 1 of these is a slightly amusing humblebrag. The other one is an insult (8 letter …
: Considering a username change this year too @chrisaldrich. Wondered if you had thoughts? Apart form …
: Beware: hosted micro.blogs can crash if you put the wrong Hugo Shortcode in @colinwalker. More …
: Thanks to @Fulbridge for including my musical writing amidst some impressive writers working in the …
: @TheLightPhone II | 👍 Personal Hotspot | (4/12 FirstWeek FlipPh.one 2021) | 📺 #tech Watch ad/distraction-free here: — FlipPh.one to join me on a week-long smartphone detox this year. …
: Tryna get my draft cut of my TV sitcom pilot on #Vimeo, but #NowTV (or should I say #4YearsTimeOnTV) …
: Major Data Breach at Facebook this week | #tech Disgraceful that Facebook has not notified the 11m Brits (including a family member) that this info …
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one | #arts
: FirstWeek FlipPh.one | #tech
: First shop at “my friendly local” 🛒: the infamous first #AmazonFresh in #Ealing 🏠. …
: LinkTr.ee $45m overvaluation: it’s just a one-page site (like my dench Ceru.Li/nkstagram). …
: Can #Zoom pls focus on making video end-to-end encrypted rather than making their insecure tech …
: Another installment in “The Worst Tech Companies are Still Better than Legacy Companies”: …
: If it’s not a real 2ndry school kid behind the ‘Reinstate RS teacher’ petition, they’re …
: Weird to pay $2.5m for a Tweet #NFT. I’m writing a lil musical project @TwitsMusical which …
: Props to #Banksy for auctioning the Soton Hospital superhero piece Game Changer. Expects to raise …
: www.facebookbipaclassaction.com/FAQ.aspx still says: “Payments made about 2 months after Court …
: Good to see the hypocrisy of the #Archewell web takedown mob I observed in my blog post identified …
: I have a lot of time & patience for well-communicated maintenance mode, but it’s not ideal …
: #ComeHome 📊 (4/4: first month) #SavvyIndie | Won’t “travel round the earth” …
: #ComeHome 📊 (4/4: first month) #SavvyIndie | Won't "travel round the earth" without the help of humans! 🙏🎧 #arts It’s been 4 weeks since release! 🎥 Metrics are positive all the way from impressions onward, …
: My application to join the #dearMoonCrew 2023 - extended offline FlipPh.one experiment - #digitaldetox #arts A1 : A project you’re passionate about In May 2018, as a Fulbright Scholar researching the …
: #RickyGervais on #SamHarris #MakingSense 🎙 | Notes focussing on Ricky philosophising #comedy - #arts Summaries & Comments + Timestamped Notes 1 Ricky’s question: Why do we dream? I must say I …
: Haven’t seen the idea of ad-blocking at VPN level before, but NetShield by ProtonVPN seems …
: Did Calendly really just remove the (highly popular) feature request page? We need a #ProtonCalendar …
: #LastPass Free is dead 🪦 this Tuesday (no more multi-device 📱) : Time to #switch: pay - #1Password | free - #KeePass | easy - #BitWarden (read on for my experience) | #security #privacy #tech I’m here to tell you: do not fall for LastPass’s trick of making you pay for …
: I find it really half-baked when brilliant journo scoops from supposedly private encrypted chats - …
: Has Forgotify.com “eaten itself” or simply been forgotten by its own owner? | 🎧 #arts
: My notes on #MeghanHarryOprah: half sym/em-pathy for Meg - half yearning for higher standards on clarity, devotion to facts & skilling up about the internet in light of my https://Archewell.Name experience | #tech Full timestamped (ITV 120’ release incl. ads) notes in appendix (green my comments obv) or …
: Solid argument for #WeNeedEvents from @MASRecords patron @RobertPlant of @LedZeppelin : “We’re not …
: Looking forward to see whether #HarryAndMeghan on #Oprah tonight a) Promote further Discussion on …
: #MicrosoftExchange #email #hack: now switch! For security & privacy: @ProtonMail. For ease & …
: You’ve heard about the Litigiousness of #HarryAndMeghan: This Week I Experienced it First-Hand …
: You've heard about the Litigiousness of #HarryAndMeghan: This Week I Experienced it First-Hand | #tech I own the web domain archewell.name. I had created a simple one-page website there that was …
: @TheLightPhone II | 👎 Slow Typing | 👍 Contacts Syncing | (3/12 FirstWeek FlipPh.one 2021) | 📺 #tech Watch ad/distraction-free here: or on YouTube — FlipPh.one to join me on a week-long smartphone …
: 'Fan-powered royalties' by SoundCloud : my immediate #SavvyIndie take | 🎵 #arts Forget the splashy landing page with its right-tail examples (average estimates of revenue swings …
: This code works on my plain html site, let’s see if it also works in micro.blog markdown: Play …
: Asking Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey why he doesn't talk about our digital life more | #tech Thanks to Test Valley Lib Dems for having Only Connect’s “Man of the Year 2020” to Zoom. He is …
: Missed another year of @BenedictEvans predicting the future? Don’t worry I watched the whole …
: Unbundling "The Great Unbundling” - Benedict Evans' 2021 Keynote on #Tech Trends After hearing his surrounding podcasts, I propose reframing it as: “The Humanisation of …
: Just learnt how to do reliable line-breaks in #Markdown : “ “ | I kid you not: it’s 2 spaces …
: 2 Heroes in Conversation: Ed Snowden & Cory Doctorow 📺 tl;dr: Ed’s up-to-date, has political leader vibes & is pessimistic on privacy & …
: Finished reading: Cassandra Darke by Posy Simmonds 📚
: IG DM’s seem to have disappeared from #Facebook CreatorStudio. Any ideas @instagram ? | #tech
: #Carrd by @ajkln users beware: Excluded Sections are revealed if you chuck them underneath your live …
: ScreenTime with @RescueTime Trends : Jan | "The Morning - Break - Evening" WFH Pattern | #ScreenTime #BuildInPublic #WorkHabits #wfh #tech Trends Firefox & Mail remain top. Still waiting on RescueTime to fix Firefox Extension to allow …
: #ComeHome 📊 (3/4: first 7 days) #SavvyIndie | 🎵 #arts 🎥 Still great per viewer feedback, but reach has slowed. If you enjoyed the music video please share …
: Update 25th Feb: actually if below footer #Carrd users beware: Excluded Sections display in …
: 🔓🇬🇧: my Public iCal of Latest Live Dates for Unlocking UK | 📆 #March8 #March29 #April12 | 🦠 …
: Daft Punk retiring, but at least Bebo is coming back! Thanks to @YvngError for alerting me to this …
: My #SavvyIndie take on Spotify’s “Stream On”: Great for BigMusic, Meh for Indie Artists | 🎵 #indie #newartists #indiemusic #arts #StreamOn To make up for Apple copying streaming, Spotify copy Apple’s virtual media event! Watch-back, and …
: #ComeHome 📊 (2/4: first 72h) | 🎶 🎵 📺 #NewMusic #SavvyIndie #arts 🎥 Still 100% 👍 Plus above average view duration. Especially on drone sections like shown (1), so …
: 2 of my heroes in conversation, in 360p: youtu.be/dipfjn3bi… | #privacy #tech
: #YouTube acting like Captain Tom’s family & hiding nasty comments 🙏 #DontFeedTheTrolls …
: #ComeHome : first 24h 📊 🎵 #arts 🎥 100% 👍, thanks for some nice comments incl. from musicians like @kingpryce and Andrew Pashea who …
: Added “Come Home” (https://Ceru.Li/sten-come-home) to @DistroKid ’s 2 near services: …
: Today big personal milestone for me in #arts #music: 🎵 First Cerulean single out now: …
: Just got round to checking out @MelodyVR soon to Known As @Napster. Some neat free content to enjoy, …
: Always fun to see where search traffic comes from on @SimpleAnalytic. First search for any of my …
: Published Landing Page Low-Code.Club, as web home of #Clubhouse #LowCode Club I’ve applied to …
: Rebooting a MacBook 2015: Micro.Blog please help! Was hoping to start from new with Mac OS Big Sur. …
: 9 facts about “Come Home” | 🎵 #arts
: Put the CeruleanSounds.com/kings-gal… in my window for #thegreatbigartexhibition2021. I …
: “Facebook Says “Technical Issues” Were the Cause of Broken Promise to Congress“. They can’t …
: Online copyright is major source of musician lockdown revenue. Such a shame to see cops abusing the …
: Now #Carrd by @ajkln allow draft staged changes via the “exclude section” option! If they sort …
: Ed Snowden’s memoir’s gathering dust on my @ItalicType pause list 📚 | Perfect solution: …
: Media: heard about this viral TikTok hit #DriversLicense out of nowhere?! | Me: “Oh it’s …
: New @YouTube feature, super exciting for #livestream folks like me …
: Signal is getting bloated (features catering for normies). I’m reminded of Cory’s thread …
: Speedtest by @Ookla have a new Video streaming test tool, where they test at HD, Full HD then 4K 👍 | …
: Cool to read about @NetNewsWire founder Brent Simmons getting back into music production hobby. Wish …
: "Square Eyes” | Graphic Novel 📚🖼 | 3.5* 📺 review | #arts
: I was lucky enough to spend the day of @YouTube “Life in a Day 2020” with my Granddad …
: Cassandra Darke | Graphic Novel 📚🖼 | 4* | #arts
: @TheLightPhone II | Receiving Calls 👍 | (2/12 FirstWeek FlipPh.one 2021) | 📺 #tech Watch ad/distraction-free here: or on YouTube FlipPh.one to join me on a week-long smartphone …
: They should include a 30 minute “How to use RSS” in high school education. It would stem …
: #Apple consistent blocking Right to Repair shows it’s not truly committed to environment, as …
: Good analysis on tech bro humblebrags from Doctorow. Explains Tim Kendall’s approach at …
: Posted my first Cover song on SoundCloud: “You’ll Never Walk Alone”” in honour and …
: ooft, Simple Analytics get live visitors, and more importantly Time on Page, as well as a simplified …
: Hey #tech #HumaneTech Social Media, I’m giving up my trusty LG this year to try out a “modern …
: Hey #arts #music Social Media, Catch you on the flip side for big Feb with release of “Come …
: Yo Micro.blog 📸 experts: can m.b post GIFs? This .gif file just renders as a static image both on my …
: Cop @Vimeo acting like #TikTok and introducing downloadable #GIF thumbnails (I believe based on …
: Unboxing @TheLightPhone II | + Why I’m using it 1 week each month in 2021 Watch ad/distraction-free here: or on YouTube FlipPh.one to join me on a week-long smartphone …
: Proud to feat. in @MASRecords special of @SAFOMusicGroup Social #LIVE. Run it up & support …
: How-to use Select Google Services like #YouTube & #Drive Without #Gmail | + Troll #Google with a @ProtonMail address instead! | #DivestGoogle #email #tech If like me you want to divest surveillance capitalism like Google over the coming few years, but are …
: World’s biggest distributor @DistroKid announces “Upstream” to allow their member #indie …
: Think Apple regs have freed us from location tracking? Think again: mobile SDK companies like #XMode …
: #IMDb was one of #Amazon first buys in I believe ‘95. 25 years later logical conclusion: …
: I’m not @OnBeeper until they post a clear and transparent description of @EricMigi claim that …
: Switched #RSS Reader from @InoReader to @NetNewsWire. They’re swagging out at netnewswire.com …
: Update on my first dispute of a spurious #YouTube #Content ID claim on: youtu.be/IyX6zMOS1… …
: “Promotional Header Banner Using Container” : www.indiehackers.com/post/prom… #Carrd …
: Don’t fully understand @VeroTrueSocial . Is it a record label that spun into (music focussed?) …
: Read.cv @Read_cv looks like a good #humanetech version of LinkedIn, more like a simple html CV (a la …
: Good @guardian article: most #SmalltownDreamers in the #arts, don’t easily fit the old …
: From @TheMarkup ingenious Citizen Browser project: Nearly a quarter of Trump voters received …
: If consumers don’t start getting wise and switching ourselves, governments will cack-handedly …
: #tech in the papers: @guardian : 1. #Russian #malware botched solution to #digitaldivide laptop …
: Update on the Jan 14 hearing on #Facebook #facerec #ClassAction suit: 1/5 eligible Illinois …
: Mozilla VPN is now open (via Mullvad servers): vpn.mozilla.org . I’m sticking with Proton for …
: Pentagon logo is good enough: mediaformat.org/fediverse… @boris and I agree the WebFinger …
: 👏 @SimpleAnalytic on new referrers drill-down, so we can see e.g. which tweets drove traffic. …
: The Fediverse is getting a logo: yay! #Crystal I’d usually beef with too many colours (see …
: Did you know that @SalmanRushdie had a cameo in Bridget Jones’s diary 🍿🎥 | #arts
: Ty Parliament for: “UK musicians in the EU” urgent question. @CliveEfford : UK: 1% world …
: I’d have thought #Facebook banned you due to activity on the business pages right @jwz : …
: ppl who use virtual backgrounds: y so embarrassed? | #tech
: 🎵 for tomorrow’s Jester’s Song wanna do an American song to mark their day of (hopefully …
: Lorraine shining so much harder than Keir 📸🔦| #tech
: Happy to share a birthday week with @wikipedia. Happy #Wikipedia20! Amazing a #nonprofit still top …
: I’m not saying any of y’all are gonna incite coups soon, but Twitter’s (totally …
: Does anyone know how yesterday’s hearing in the #facebook #classaction #facerec case went …
: Love the idea of a fake commute to make #WFH more humane. Reminds me of #GirlOnTheTrain by Paula …
: This ingenious new @BurgerKing logo follows in the minimalist trend I described for @Slack , …
: Cory makes a good point about “maskholes” that refuse to wear masks in unventilated …
: Decent intro to Carrd course from: @rydenmartin : gumroad.com/l/free-ca… 10 - Mobile …
: “The remedy for this isn’t forcing the platforms to carry objectionable speech. The remedy is …
: 📺 University Challenge Last Semi-Final: Bless Monty Panesar missing the cricket questions and having …
: Trying to use Micropub to PESOS using RSS feeds into IFTTT webhooks. Trying to adapt @chrisaldrich …
: Yikes even TV ads are personalised now #AdWatch
: 📚 “Invisible” by Paul Auster : 3/5 | #JudgeBookByCover
: New Year, Same Deal: I’m off socials First Monday-Sunday every month | #digitaldetox …
: New Year, Same Deal: I’m off socials First Monday-Sunday every month | #digitaldetox …
: 📱 #Telegram launching voice note ad platform. Great, super private… ads?! Also remember that …
: Felicitación @josefeliciano ! 🎵 See my medley with “Fantasy” by Mariah Carey (both in Em …
: Strange #BBC1 programming last night with #AliciaKeys just singing her catalogue 🎵. Here’s my …
: 📺 #Channel4 #BigFatQuiz Of the Year | all male panellists look tired, esp D. Mitchell and the man …
: Is #AdobeFlash cutoff killing your legacy website tonight? I can quickly build you a future-focussed …
: Turn #Brave #BraveBrowser annoying new sponsored images off | #tech
: LOL at #Apple pretending this “adds” a feature.. it already exists: called “Export …
: 👏 @Bellingcat on @Navalny investigation: best use of #tech in 2020? Here’s “Real-life …
: Get it when I do a cover I haven’t cleared.. But when I just demo an original song on …
: Xmas #UniChallenge back on #BBC 📺 #arts: - can team captains pls start matching Paxo’s level …
: Joined @SongTrust as @DistroKid said most innovative service. Reg takes >3 months, so …
: The pandemic equivalent of a run on the bank. #3rdWave #TestAndTrace #tech | And yup… …
: Great to see @Spotify pushing songwriter’s visibility: artists.spotify.com/blog/song… . …
: I was a strangely discerning kid and gave Home Alone 2 2* like @MattSinger reviewed “My daughter …
: Spoke too soon even via Safari #AmazonPrime #Prem via #HDMI looks like Mitchell & Webb’s …
: Tuning into Saints #Prem game on #AmazonPrime using HDMI cable? Firefox HD doesn’t work. No …
: "Central Park" Ep.1 | ★★★ | 📺 | #arts #reviews Is it just me or has mainstream shit got better? I mean this is a 20 century fox animation, that …
: Smashed it @YvngError (not just the 🎸) : www.youtube.com/watch | #arts
: Lana Del Rey “is a Liverpool fan” and has covered “You’ll Never Walk Alone” say …
: What are #YouTube doing putting this ‘Watch on YouTube’ badge on embedded videos? …
: Thanks to @BitDepth for intro to @MacStories #MacStories. Tried their #AppleMusic Wrapped Shortcut. …
: Fun-fact: Apple TV+ screen goes black when you use native or #QuickTime #ScreenRecord feature. Does …
: Latest #RidleyScott #RaisedbyWolves is too apocalyptic & violent #scifi for my tastes, but gotta …
: Any #Apple heads know why #iMovie felt the need to remove direct upload to YT (& Vimeo?) …
: 👏 Cory @Doctorow pre-announcing an “email sabbatical” during which inbound emails are …
: Great that #AmazonPrimeVideo is a more affordable option than the Sky monopoly on #PremierLeague …
: 😮: My face when I realised that #YouTube were shutting me out #Mevo | Got it up in the end: …
: Strange goings-on in #AirBnB #IPO: Did any other #AirBnBHosts receive the ‘Directed Share …
: Thank you @Brave for giving me the heads-up on #Google #Widevine. Wish there was a g00g-less …
: DistroKid recently added Tencent & Triller, don’t pay $7.95 to auto-add: you can manually …
: “Tales from a Windy City Compilation” blocked by #YouTube ~Nov 22nd due to #copyright claim on …
: For the final time this year, it begins. Will post screen time end of week (aiming for <1h on …
: For the final time this year, it begins | #arts
: @SpitFire_Bars shoot for R&B single “Let me go”. Got to meet an R&B legend …
: Shouldn’t #Google adapt their “subdomains are separate domains” #SEO …
: Georgia Mae, director of Ceru.li/another-y… has followed up with another brilliant & …
: Can you do this to a FlipPh.one though @i41nbeer ?? www.youtube.com/watch #tech #HumaneTech
: Man: I’m shook to hear @quibi shut yesterday. I was in LA a year ago it was all abuzz about …
: FINNEAS brought out a holiday single with the same name as mine (#AnotherYear) the day after. I told …
: Added video of me speaking to @Fulbridge Creative Careers Panel with @DamasoReyes & …
: Thanks for 😍 on Ceru.li/another-y… @BhargavVader 🎵 . Cop @Doctorow repping our former prof …
: Blog post with story behind today’s release of “Another Year”: …
: 👏 Mum for donning the Sgt. Pepper’s gear from “Another Year” and putting on a great …
: Holla at @SimpleAnalytics doing BlackFriday different: simpleanalytics.com/blackfrid… …
: Open sourced our #EmailSignature template on GitHub | #branding #Crystal #tech
: Congrats on #Canada for your wonderful new #privacy laws. You have joined the ABCD-compliant club. …
: Can anyone speak to either side of. Usefulness vs. Privacy equation of whether to enable …
: #SavvyIndie buddies: get savvy with privately sharing your music: use BLACKFRIDAY for 50% off any …
: Micro.blog musicos 🎵 pls support this digital activist turned singer-songwriter’s (me) debut …
: My debut single (as me…) “Another Year (feat. MC Beastly @SpitFire_Bars)” #HappyNewYear …
: ust need @GoDaddy Websites + Marketing to implement javascript code injection (so I can add e.g. …
: @Guardian ask the same question which inspired my #Fulbright Master’s research. Do you agree: …
: Hope all eligible #Illinois residents signed up to the #Facebook #classaction suit which closed …
: I really hope this visualisation #MyLittleCrony was part of the decision to investigate illegality …
: Thanks @burk for sharing the fact that youtube-dl is back up, though youtube-dlc may still be faster …
: Great to see @Doctorow shout out the v. “let’s be honest here guys” work of fellow …
: @Doctorow on how every email alternative eventually becomes email. Agreed, so worth investing in …
: 📺 Smalltown Dreamers: in the Big City | Premiere in 2mins at: Ceru.li/sd-big-ci… | #arts …
: Smalltown Dreamers: in the Big City | https://ceru.li/big-city | #arts 🎵 Delighted to announce a collaboration with @safomusicgroup and @masrecordsuk to take my music doc …
: iCEO took the time yesterday’s #AppleEvent to shout out free creative apps like #iMovie yesterday. …
: Apple: "Hahaha You're too Poor to Afford a Mac!" | 📺 My Satirical Take on #AppleEvent "One More Thing" #tech (update Sep 11 '21: Vimeo) Must we have Apple’s new must-have stuff?! 0:00 - Intro: #ShotOnflipPhone 0:45 - Intro: my …
: Apparently #InstagramDown : please don’t bother coming back, the world is better of without …
: Learning Micro.Blog: Around 4 weeks ago: Micro.Blog cross-posts to #LinkedIn changed from Public Vis …
: Stay tuned for my vlog roundup on Mac night in the next hour #AppleEvent #tech
: Learning Micro.blog: One post: wa.rner.me/2020/11/1… Three different displays from Twitter, …
: When I heard it was all Macs and no #AirPods & #AirTags I was gonna post: They should have …
: Behind this genuinely hilarious #PC diss, lurks the spectre of Monopoly Power which @Doctorow has …
: Director: “now stand up”. iCEO: [stands up] #AppleEvent #tech #VideoProduction
: #BigSur out Thursday! Sweet: I can skip that Catalina supplemental update :D | #AppleEvent #tech
: I’m sure the New MacBooks M1 chips are groundbreaking etc. But do they have an Esc key?? 🤓 | …
: Can someone #cybersecurity please explain the “Security Enclave”? I’ve seen the …
: “There are only two industries that refer to their customers as ‘users’, one is of course #tech, the …
: I know a lot of Micro.Blog folks (@CDevroe, @Burk) love #MacMini. I’ve never considered …
: Seriously, re. fans, have there not been fanless MacBooks already?? | #AppleEvent #tech
: “ML enhanced face detection, so you look more natural” - Welcome to the future folks! …
: “MacBook Air produces all this performance without a fan”… hey I’m sure …
: “people are locked down and using the air to connect” … sorry “using the …
: True to form Apple will only discuss their free software updates (#BigSur) in the context of their …
: Did {Apple’s version of James Bond’s Q} just say “USB-4”? I thought Apple …
: The Social Dilemma, 2020 - ★★★ | Must-watch for #HumaneTech #DigiMini communicators. But let's have more diverse voices in a sequel about positive alternatives 🤞 | #tech 🍿 Having been preaching the gospel of Big Tech Evils since 2018 it was tantalising to see how much …
: Feature suggestion @manton: make it quicker to setup word-based auto category filters. Specifically: …
: Follow HERE: Live take on final 2020 #AppleEvent” (https://www.apple.com/apple-events/): focus …
: Joining IMDb Pro… and leaving #IMDb | Saving "Freddy Got Fingered" from Obvlivion | #arts #reviews #tech To celebrate getting IMDb Pro to manage my new page IMDb.me/Cerulean, I’ve decided one Amazon …
: Polar Express falls off tracks | me & my mo' role on #Arts #Cerulean It is with great sadness that I report that Warner Bros. Polar Express Train Ride at Wensleydale …
: 🙏 to the good folks @ajlkn at @Carrd #Carrd for including renewers in their awesome #BlackNovember …
: Testing Hugo Shortcode on Micro.blog itself (looks fine on site as per @manton suggestion: using my …
: The view from Estonia’s E-Residency Application Program
: Google HQ: “Quick, they’re distracted” Youtube-dl takedown. @Burk know you’re a …
: Doing a clearout of my Firefox Bookmarks this week off socials, and tryna adopt a better system. Any …
: #WORD “ABCD-compliant” (adj.) ABCD stands for those 4-letter acronyms which force techy folk …
: #WORD As you might have gathered, I like to mess with words for fun, often to boil down complexity. …
: #iOS14.1 Included 👍: “Addresses an issue where dragging #widgets on the #HomeScreen could remove …
: #ShotOnflipPhone by The Flip Phoney during Sep & Oct @smartphonedetox (5/5) | #fam #veteran #ww2 1 & 2 - Three generations of Beastly Boys throwing @SpitFire_Bars salutes 🔥 including Granddad …
: #ShotOnflipPhone by The Flip Phoney during Sep & Oct @smartphonedetox (4/5) 1 - Sunday league restarts! Time to get back outside! #SaveGrassrootsFooty 2 - But I just wanna stay …
: #ShotOnflipPhone by The Flip Phoney during Sep & Oct @smartphonedetox (3/5) 1). What my brother Jez did to my notebook. I’m happy though, it’s created a nice visual …
: ‘Super 8’ was the right title. Best bit is the Super 8 film “The Case” in the credit reel at the …
: New Hypeman: Curtis McLennan, #SmalltownDreamer from Eastleigh (Update 20th Nov) Curtis & I have gone separate ways. Continue to direct promo queries to …
: #ShotOnflipPhone by The Flip Phoney during Sep & Oct @smartphonedetox (2/5) 1). Some people have it easy. The rest of us have it Eastleigh. #SmalltownDreamer 2). …
: #ShotOnflipPhone by The Flip Phoney during Sep & Oct @smartphonedetox (1/5) Expression pretty …
: GoodReads isn't Good (in any sense). So what are the alternatives? 📚 (spoiler: @ItalicType) As @cdevroe recently observed: “GoodReads isn’t very good. This only interpreting …
: A Day In The Life in Eastleigh, U.K. at 1430. Receiving a handwritten card from the American …
: Jordan O - 'Family Portrait' EP Review 🎵 #NewMusic #IndieArtist #HipHop Jordan’s a fellow rap/singer-songwriter on the SAFO Music Group Solo Artist MAS Records …
: “Do Not Buy the new #iPhone12” My reaction video to tonight's #AppleEvent #tech: (update Sep 11 '21: replacing YouTube with Vimeo) 2:30 - #iPhone12 8:30 - #HomePod I live-blogged the September “Apple Media Event”, with special …
: How much will #iPhone12 Video Camera disrupt #IndieFilm industry? Do producers like me need to hire …
: NGL would love to be one of the creatives Apple collabs with one day #arts #dreams | #AppleEvent
: #iPhone12Pro #HDRVideo Will 4K become the new norm on #YouTube? | First camera to record in Dolby …
: “Steady Video with Truly Cinematic Feel” - Does this mean you no longer need a gimbal …
: Interesting to note that Pro models have metallic colours vs. colourful to signify #luxury good | …
: A moment of silence for the poor iPhone dopes who aren’t watching this yet are locked in to a …
: The iPhone 12 reel practically glorifies #SmartphoneAddiction | straight up kids pupils dilating, …
: OK it’s Lightnight (if you love USB-C so much, why not put it on both sides Apple?!) | Can …
: So much talk of #WirelessCharging they haven’t even clearly mentioned whether iPhone 12 still …
: View from the roof… with the big 🌈 sculpture, looking like the evil tech company grounds in …
: #WirelessCharging : introducing #MagSafe for iPhone: can #ThirdParty chargers work with MagSafe?? …
: #Video | with #NightMode … Hmm maybe we’ll shoot some #MusicVideo on King Ben’s …
: “Wow what a huge moment for #MobileGaming” | Can someone please explain to me why …
: Sinister to see Apple boost #LeagueOfLegends at a time when they are using their monopoly power to …
: #DigiMini viewpoint on #5G: faster internet = great for B2B products & infrastructure, terrible …
: #CeramicShield does this mean King Ben doesn’t need a #ScreenProtector | p.s. never buy them …
: I’m not one of those “omg new iPhones” Apple geeks | I only care about #iPhone12 …
: #5G impact is underrated. I actually spent like £7 on this @FuturePLC #5G publication cos online …
: iCEO: “iPhone has never been more indispensable” | u wot m8? just did …
: #Privacy When they say ‘strong encryption’, is that End to End Encryption i.e. can Apple …
: #Intercom looks like an interesting #humanetech for family focus | #AppleEvent
: Really dope use of music in #HomePod showcase #FilmProduction | tho would have been cooler if they …
: Lead with #HomePod | will only buy if #privacy is good, will wait at least 1 month to await …
: Micro.blog questions for @Manton & @MacGenie (4/4) Is there a way to update draft posts on Mac …
: Micro.blog questions for @Manton & @MacGenie (¾ now) Is there a way to have Medium only …
: Micro.blog questions for @Manton & @MacGenie (2/3) Does setting future publish date = reliable …
: Micro.blog questions for @Manton & @MacGenie (1/3) How to get better open graph data (& …
: Last editions of FlipPh.one/Fulbright were on how #Covid disrupted #Fulbright.🤞’21 cohort will …
: Live Blogging tonight’s #Apple Media Event” (https://www.apple.com/apple-events/) here, with …
: Predicting Tomorrow Night's BGT Winner After spending lockdown glued to this year’s competition, my brother Ben & I have just …
: Cutt.ly URL Shortener Review: Disappointed | #tech #website So much great promise: features competitive with Bitly (less so Rebrandly) Basic paid tier… …
: All Aboard! (Going Mo Pro) Excited to announce that I’ve been cast in my first professional show: as the lead role of The …
: # https://Ceru.li/a2b-skoda #MusicVideo launch: This Music Video is based on true events: When I got back from the US, my Mum kindly got me second …
: Making an #archive of a #website I’m trying to archive the Squarespace site www.FirstWeekFlipPhone.com, as we’re moving …
: Anyone who lived in #Illinois #Chicago recently: claim $200+ from #Facebook Turns out there IS a reason to use terrible #SurveillanceCapitallism apps… they often #payout …
: Watch my 5m review, on how this was both the BEST & WORST EVER Apple Product Event | #Apple #AppleEvent (update Sep 11 '21: replace YT w/ Vimeo) Live-blogged the September “Apple Media Event”, with special focus on #digimini #humanetech and …
: Biggest High-Level Issue: Why 1 hour on hardware and only 1 minute on software?? Is it cos software …
: #iOS14 coming tomorrow! | #Apple #AppleEvent
: Is this audience-free #AppleEvent the most thought through video of all time? Love details like them …
: Then on the explanation, she says “the same footprint as the previous Air”. Great complete redesign …
: iCEO claim: “#iPadAir is a completely redesigned experience”. Isn’t it just a slightly …
: Onward to #iPad : #iPadOS14 is improving #ApplePencil : great, an actually humanizing touch!
: Oh they’re actually charging for this bizarre form of obsessive solo masochism?! #Fitness+ …
: ‘Treadmilll’ & ‘Walk’ is possibly the saddest combination of two words since …
: #FamilySetup is an interesting effort to come good on Tim’s claim of ⬇️ in #iPhone supremacy. …
: My Dad (a #Doctor) says re. #BloodO2: “Well it’s a clever addition from a #marketing point of view …
: Straight off the bat: no mention of #iPhone12 | This is due to delays to late-Oct iPhone 12 release, …
: Live Blogging the September “Apple Media Event” here, with special focus on #digimini …
: 🎵 MC Beastly | ‘Amanda Holden’ [#MusicVideo] premiering tonight on …
: Warning: backup your iPod Classic before connecting to Mac OS Catalina (or soon Big Sur). Otherwise …
: Return of the 90s: mxb.dev/blog/the-… . Fantastic take on renewal of personal sites like …
: New Topic: Book Reviews from my profile on ItalicType.com: a gorgeous indie web competitor to Amazon …
: 👏 @ajlkn on new #Carrd feature: dynamic (video & image slideshow) backgrounds eg MCBeastly.com | …
: 👏 @ajlkn on new #Carrd feature: dynamic (video & image slideshow) backgrounds eg MCBeastly.com. …
: Sued g00gle. Today was a good day. — Did you also have a (barely-used) Google+ account? You can grab …
: Great time to start an AirBnB Experience y’all! laurence.link/airbnb-ex…
: Cop #Chicago outfit Inspire11.com top 20 on #INC5000: …
: Holla my alma mater @Uchicago CS Dept for inventing a leading #privacy tool. IMO needs a web …
: Homeowner homies: do this on maps.google.com #privacy #g00gle
: holla @cdevroe for recognizing my photo comp sub: cdevroe.com/2020/08/1… “.. w4rner …
: The moment that #NSA start playing #Snowden and calling out #surveillance, is the moment it becomes …
: Micro Blog Photo challenge | Day 7: daytripping (@stevesmit) or should I say ‘a Day L8’, as I …
: In this episode of English people pronouncing foreign names (1m vid from BBC): …
: Micro Blog Photo challenge | Day 6: bisect (@cdevroe)
: Micro Blog Photo challenge | Day 5: flow (@TheDimPause) The side of me that’s got it.
: Micro Blog Photo challenge | Day 4: peace (@dejus) My peaceful side (heightened by removal of Father …
: Micro Blog Photo challenge | Day 3: bug (@CTD) Édouard Manet pesting at Art Institute of Chicago
: August FirstWeek FlipPh.one begins. Disabling cross-posting from wa.rner.me to socials!
: Micro Blog Photo challenge: Day 2: floating (@RossA)
: Micro Blog Photo challenge: Day 1: up (@LJPUK)
: “Tech Companies Promising You The #Unrealistic” Even Non-Profit @Mozilla are at it! #DailyFaily “Tech Companies Promising You The #Unrealistic” Even Non-Profit @Mozilla are at it! #DailyFaily
: “Tech Companies Promising You The #Unrealistic” Even Non-Profit @Mozilla are at it! #DailyFaily
: “Hello, World!” (of POSSE) | now syndicating micro.blog/w4rner | #OwnYourSocialMedia #IndieWeb “Hello, World!” (of POSSE) | now syndicating micro.blog/w4rner | #OwnYourSocialMedia #IndieWeb
: “Hello, World!” (of POSSE) | now syndicating micro.blog/w4rner | #OwnYourSocialMedia …
: #DailyFaily : Accidental Email Spam If you ditch g00gle (👏) and export your Calendar: Don’t do as …
: WordPress Import 1). Date metadata is retained. This makes my micro.blog ‘hello, world!’ …
: Trying the Wordpress import feature, to bring over my old codingforpeoplepeople.wordpress.com blog. …
: Looking for a standing desk, to put on top of an existing kitchen table. Went to a texpo in Ningbo, …
: P.S. RescueTime is going in the ‘tryna be Smart AI’ direction: answer first 6 survey …
: FWFP Tech reflect: RescueTime June Trends 1 - Mail: Divested Gmail. All custom domains with Proton. All email out of Apple Mail Mac OS. Next: …
: Feature request: allow Category selection on MacOS app.
: Turns out Micro.Blog sees # as more of Markdown’s ‘octothorp’ than the …
: Big up Caroline Lucas MP for Brighton (2nd most live music venues) for pushing for more support for …
: What do parties think we’re talking about with ‘arts & culture’? Labour - ‘artists, …
: HMG say most money will go to Britain’s “crown jewels”… ‘V&A, Albert Hall’ I wonder …
: Arts&Cult Qs— £1.59bn funding: HMG claims “to support freelancers” (like …
: Help: using Micro.blog as mothership?? As a multi-disciplinary entrepreneur have a more diverse audience set than most. Possible to use …
: Wanna setup cross-post to LinkedIn.com/in/w4rner & Twitter.com.com/@vv4rner next week. …
: Micro.blog doesn’t seem to impose a character limit. I will keep mine to Twitter’s 280 …
: Web-app: you can’t copy&paste photos in. Have to save & post 1 at a time (here’s …
: Have figured out how to add Categories. Then click three dots to Show Categories. I’ve created …
: My Micro.blog isn’t on my FirstWeek FlipPh.one social media blacklist, so feels like a great …
: Without “Inbox Pause”, Superhuman is inhuman (#tech) Why I’m putting The World’s Most-Wanted App on pause (*originally published on Medium) On my …
: Thanks for the Google Drive hack. Does anyone know the equivalent for Dropbox? Thanks for the Google Drive hack. Sharing permissions matter for Drive btw: must be set to ‘Anyone …
: As I’m launching my series “net:work?” As I’m launching my series “net:work?” at FulbrightNetwork.com/news, looking back at this John …
: Rethink. The Essence of a Rebrand Rethink. The Essence of a Rebrand The company fka Publist recently got $1.5m in venture funding, and …
: I gave up my Smartphone for One Week each Month for a year Update Apr 16th 2021: whole article didn’t migrate, see full on Medium How do I smartphone …
: The New Information Controllers: Information Overload from Gutenburg to Zuckerberg An op-ed style piece written for U Chicago’s “Censorship & Information …
: Why I’m giving up my Smartphone for One Week each Month Update Apr 16th 2021: whole article didn’t migrate, see full on Medium A flip phone defies …
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7 - Scraping the interwebs
Why?
Imagine you really want to extract some information from a website. Let’s say you really …
: Steel City Strong Steel City Strong “If I ever did leave Gary, I would want to return one day to contribute to the …
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6 - See the data
Silicon Valley diversity
Mark Zuckerberg, Evan Spiegel, Tim Cook. What have they all got in common? …
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5 - Too many twits
I travel 4,000 miles across the Atlantic to get away from the humdrum shitshow that is …Assignments
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4 - Top Secret Public Data
Some exciting news: I have been taken on for my first data science project… in The Real …
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3 - What's a pirate's favorite language?
The deep end
This is what it looks like:
[code language=“r”] WS=c(ls()) rm(list=WS) …
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2 - A blog by any other name
Coding for People People: what does it mean?
Coding is a pretty easy one: it means writing code for …
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1 - What are you doing?
January 2017. Boardroom of London law firm Sullivan & Cromwell LLC.
“First question. …
