Awesome (and important) piece from Anil Dash: Don’t call it a Substack

Links are powerful — that’s why Instagram and Twitter and Threads punish and limit them, and why Substack tries to take credit for them. And that’s why “wherever you get your podcasts” is such a radical concept — like email, it’s a medium that the tech tycoons don’t, and can’t, own. People can read your writing “wherever they get their email”.

I know it’s free, but I think the days of publishers relying on Google Analytics should be done. Not only does GA4 not really deliver the metrics publishers should be paying attention to, it’s also pretty unreliable on key real-time metrics.

Me, according to Image Playgrounds in the iPadOS 18.2 Beta

A smiling animated character with gray hair wears a blue jacket and carries a backpack in a forest setting.

Spoke to a Sky News journalist about the Twitter to Bluesky (and Threads to Bluesky) moves.

The piece is now up, with some good quotes from me. 🦋

Remembrance Sunday: veterans, volunteers and… Mods?

Turns out the limit for open tabs in Safari on an iPhone 13 Pro is 500.

That was an intentional test, and not tab hoarding.

cough

Bluesky is really having a moment. So should journalists be paying attention to it? Almost certainly.

We’re approaching the tipping point for the network.

Really? Already?

Decorative lights shaped like ornaments are hanging from trees, with illuminated buildings in the background at night.A Christmas tree adorned with lights stands in a town square with fallen autumn leaves, set against a backdrop of historic buildings at night.

It’s been many years since I had cause to generate a Doge meme for a lecture, but thanks to current year US politics, I had the chance again…

A doge meme about Musk creating the Depertment of Government Efficiency.

Marshmallow challenge action from the #mapodcasting students at City St George’s…

A group of people are gathered around a table in a classroom or office setting, engaging in discussion or work.Two people are arranging uncooked spaghetti sticks into a triangular shape on a table.A group of people is working on a desk with a collection of uncooked spaghetti, a marshmallow, and some electronic devices and accessories nearby.A group of people is gathered around a table working on a small structure made from sticks and tape.