Jim Willis

Category: Notes

  • Seeing so many folks posting about their Apple Vision orders. Channelling my inner Steve Ballmer (who was notoriously wrong about the iPhone), I hate this thing and hopes it’s a flop. I don’t want to live in a world where these things are as ubiquitous as iPhones. Looking down at your phone while you talk…

  • This has got to be one of the craziest things I’ve ever heard. Unbelievable. Bloody pigs mask? eBay will pay a $3 million criminal penalty for a harassment and intimidation campaign targeting a Massachusetts-based couple who ran a newsletter that was sometimes critical of the company. — Read on www.cnn.com/2024/01/11/business/ebay-cyberstalking-settlement/index.html Also on:

  • Almost as good as wearing PJs inside-out, here’s our song Snow Day for all you #newjersey folks enjoying today’s snow: https://kul-d-sack.bandcamp.com/track/snow-day-live Also on:

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  • Read: Curation Is the Last Best Hope of Intelligent Discourse.

    The role of human curators is not just to select and present content but to imbue the digital landscape with a sense of reliability and authenticity that only human insight can provide. In an age where technology can easily mislead or overwhelm, trusting in human curation becomes not a preference but a necessity for preserving…

  • The Shaarli docker documentation is like a masterclass in how to use docker and docker-compose. I wish I had known all of this when building up my self-hosted services (navidrome, photoprism, etc.) Great reference: https://shaarli.readthedocs.io/en/master/Docker.html Also on:

  • Read: The Thing That Is Silence

    So, so great to get an update from The Convivial Society after a long break. All the forces at play within us and without seem to be centrifugal forces, pulling us apart. I remain interested in understanding the nature of these forces. The critical conversation remains important. But I’m increasingly interested in how we might…

  • Read: Overconsumption Is Killing the Planet. What Can We Do?

    Simple wisdom comes out on top, no matter who you are: The most sustainable product is the one you never bought in the first place. Whenever making a new purchase, try to picture where the item will end up after you discard it. Can it be composted, reused, or responsibly recycled? Or would it probably…

  • Read: The LONG HAUL: To iPad or Not to iPad

    Performance should be a sacred, screen-free place, at least in terms of what the performers are putting out to the audience (there’s no stopping the myriad of phones aimed at the stage by the audience, nor do I care too much about that). But an iPad on a mic stand is immediately distracting, and builds…

  • Read: 6 thoughts on “Commentary: Cory Doctorow: Social Quitting”

    When switching costs are high, services can be changed in ways that you dislike without losing your business. The higher the switching costs, the more a company can abuse you, because it knows that as bad as they’ve made things for you, you’d have to endure worse if you left. For social media, the biggest…