Twitter (Musk I assume) has it backward. Their API isn’t just providing value to apps. The apps provide value to *Twitter*.
They want to charge for API access, but they're only hurting themselves because they risk losing a lot of third-party functionality that Twitter users enjoy.
This government thing I was waiting on came through! https://bw.status.lol/63d98ee772406
Ok, time to work on this thing. Oh, let me start some music. Wait, the Spotify version of this album doesn’t have the bonus track. No problem, I'll use Bandcamp. Wait, then I can’t scrobble to Last.fm. I bet there’s a way—ah, yes a browser extension. I'll install that. Ok, now what as I doing again?
Idioteque by Radiohead (listening to the whole Kid A album) #NowPlaying
I thought my 1Password install was effed somehow. But turns out there is currently a known bug in 1Password that is preventing it from connecting with the browser extension.
Reading Kill It with Fire: Manage Aging Computer Systems (and Future Proof Modern Ones) by Marianne Bellotti.
I _______ CSS.
Randomly started whistling the theme from Dire, Dire Docks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRfHbyCQDCo
Want to come work on projects for NASA? We’re hiring backend devs, full-stack devs, and SREs. https://mricompany.applicantpro.com/jobs/ #xp
I used status.lol's webhook feature to make a custom integration of statuses on my website. https://blakewatson.com/microblog/
The quick blinks became slower, more deliberate. Maybe I'll just close my eyes for a second, he thought.
Some say he’s still out there at a desk somewhere, sleeping.
It's funny. I was firmly in the mastodon-looks-cool-but-I'm-too-lazy-to-switch camp before joining https://omg.lol. Partially because I didn't know what instance to join. Kind of had decision paralysis.
Then I was like, oh it comes with a Mastodon account if I want one… hmm…
Fast forward to now (a few weeks later) and I'm really enjoying it more than I thought I would.
#introduction I’m a frontend web developer working with a NASA contractor. I have a disability called spinal muscular atrophy. Because of that I’m interested in—and often write about—assistive technology.
I love side projects and run several of them. You can find out about my projects and interests on my website: https://blakewatson.com
Topics I post about:
#AssistiveTech #apple #dnd #design #disability #IndieWeb #nasa #sma #space #synthwave #tech #typography #webdev #writing
I love that one can say "There are robots on Mars," and not be lying. There are ROBOTS ON MARS, yall.
Although tbf corporations acquire and ruin services all the time. And also Twitter isn’t dead yet. But still... it changed my perspective.
I used to consider the potential longevity of products and services before investing time and money into using them.
I would ask, "Will this be around in a decade?"
When it came to huge corporate names, I felt safer. It never occurred to me to ask, "Will a billionaire purchase this and ruin it?"
I see things differently now. I'll see a small indie project and think, "This'll probably last longer than Twitter did."