Why blogging still matters, even after 25 years::
“The furore over social media and its impact on democracy has obscured the fact that the blogosphere not only continues to exist, but also to fulfil many of the functions of a functioning public sphere. And it’s massive.”
“Oh, God, don’t upgrade to Catalaina if you want to keep using our software” has been a recurring motif in my inbox for the last week.
A round-up of some of the research: Social media and depression
YouTubers: more influential than newspapers
What Does PewDiePie Really Believe?
A few weeks after the Poway shooting, Kjellberg’s publicist called me. Kjellberg hadn’t given an interview in years — a guy with millions of YouTube subscribers has little need for reporters — but in the wake of the shootings, I had asked, and he agreed to talk.
Sobering reminder of the relative 8nvkuence of some YouTubers and newspapers.
Today's link to make you snort coffee out of your nose
Crazy Apple Rumors Site, John Moltz: Apple Revokes Panic Developer License:
Gesturing to a video of Untitled Goose Game gameplay, Cheung explained: “The goose is a lawless force of rampant anti-nationalism. It encourages violence against the state and disrespects authority.”
Facebook builds the wall
Manton Reece: Saying goodbye to Facebook cross-posting/
Facebook is walling its properties ever further off from the rest of the web. They are the biggest roach motel ever built. Have you tried sharing a link from Facebook to any other app? You need a stupid number of taps.
The new Catalyst-based Twitter for Mac is out.
Good news: MacBook Pro happily upgraded to Catalina.
Bad news: installer refuses to touch my desktop because the hard drive is throwing SMART errors. Uh-oh.
Apple ditches Trash can name in the UK with Catalina update in favor of a boring one:
“Regardless, the newly minted Bin will always be known as Trash in the hearts of UK Mac users.”
Well, apart from those of us old enough to remember when it was “wastebasket” in classic Mac OS.
What do we call podcasts that aren’t podcasts? Good question from Dave Winer.
Heads up, folks. If you’re seeing huge battery drain on iOS, Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 app could be the guilty party.
It ate over ⅓ of the battery on my devices in a matter of hours.
Oi, old geeks out there. Your favourite memes from the past 20 years. Go.
And remember:
Ceiling Cat is watching you.
After more than three hours on the road, I pull up at home, and can hear the sea crashing on the beach not very far away.
Bliss.
