Somehow I missed the details on this, but better late than never – bridging your account is getting easier…
Today, we’re launching two projects we’ve been excited to unveil for a while: a settings page for Bridgy Fed and a Patreon for all the folks who have asked us how they can support our work. Let’s dive in!
Source: Bridgy Fed Config & Patreon
DaVinci Resolve 20 final release now available! Massive update with over 100 new features including DaVinci AI tools such as IntelliScript, music editor, and multi-cam SmartSwitch plus keyframe editing, voice over palette, multi-layer compositing and more! Download now from http://bmd.link/9athbN
Just yesterday I had to cancel my SetApp subscription – can’t justify the cost for the one or two apps I mostly use – CleanShot X and Downie. So I went ahead and purchased the apps from the corresponding developer’s websites. As for Downie, it does what it does so well.
However, CleanShot X also continues to amaze! I started to use it way back in November of 2021 and they update the app quite regularly. I wasn’t expecting that, after purchasing it, the next day they would release some new features. Hello version 4.8! Just a solid screenshot program that is just so useful and worth every penny (there is a student/educator discount as well).
Capture your Mac’s screen like a pro.
Source: CleanShot X for Mac
I’ve been thinking about our time saving, efficiency oriented gadgets and software – Joan Westenberg nails it…
We don’t need more information. We have oceans of it. What we need are tools that reintroduce friction in thoughtful ways.
Photo by Justin Peterson on Unsplash
This is a quick (somewhat geeky) post about using a service called Wordland, a writing tool that provides a proper text editor for writing posts instead of “tiny little boxes”. Dave has a little more on the idea behind Wordland at his site. It connects to your WordPress.com account and lets you post to whatever blogs you have set up. Mine is at andyrush.wordpress.com.
I had some difficulty using it in the Safari browser. I couldn’t get links to work which is pretty crucial on the web! Also, attempting to add an image resulted in, well, nothing. I’m using the Brave browser to write this.
Anyway, quick diversion. Back to our regular microblogging 🙂
Editors note: I had an error attempting to post directly to this micrblog. Wordland “sees” the site as an option to post to, but after trying several times, I went directly to the site to post this.
Does anyone remember TwitterCamp? It was an Adobe Air application that displayed tweets of a specific parameter, like a user name or hashtag. We used it on a big screen in the lobby for Faculty Academy at the University of mary Washington all the way back in 2008 2007 (Editors note – Alan Levine points out that it was 2007 – I should read my blog posts more closely). Anyone who tweeted using the hashtag #FacultyAcademy would get their posts included on the big screen.
Well, I recently discovered Fediwall which seems to be something that looks very similar to TwitterCamp, only for the Fediverse. I’ve just started playing with it but it could serve conferences who want to move to federated social media, as way to encourage attendees to share their Fediverse findings.
GitHub – defnull/fediwall: Social media wall for the Fediverse
TwitterCamp flickr photo by stevegarfield shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license
The National Weather Service (NWS) is the most important federal agency you benefit from on a daily basis.
Source: The National Weather Service is a lifesaving public resource. We must save it. – DAMWeather
I think John Gruber has the right take on a relatively unimportant topic (or perhaps I should say, not the uppermost priority) that also serves as one of Trump’s classic examples of distraction.
Daring Fireball: Golfo del Gringo Loco
There are other places around the world where Apple and Google show downright crazy or incorrect things on maps. The latter have one thing in common: they are to comply with the demands of countries governed by thin-skinned autocratic men who surround themselves with sycophants.
“This is, after all, the ephemeral truth of the Internet: if you don’t save it, even if it seems like it’s everywhere momentarily, it will just as quickly disappear.”
An AI-Driven Optimism for Transforming Higher Education (It’s Not What You Think) | EDUCAUSE Review
Just supporting students to get jobs that replicate the society we already have is setting us on a path toward global failure.
Artificial photo from ChatGPT “create an image of an a.i. graduate”
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