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· 2 Shevat 5778 (Thursday 18 January 2018) · 1 minute to read

While composing the last business email of the day, I wrote “Attacked” instead of “Attached”. Clearly I’ve had enough internets for today. It’s quit-hundred hours bitches.

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· 1 Shevat 5778 (Wednesday 17 January 2018) · 1 minute to read

Dear people bitching about how their prefered stories don’t appear on the homepages of media outlets they love to hate, both right and left: We need to have a conversation about the difference between the front page of a newspaper and the homepage of a website. Apples to oranges.

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· 29 Tevet 5778 (Tuesday 16 January 2018) · 1 minute to read

Just your occasional reminder that Kenny G. has never been, is not, and never will be jazz.

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· 29 Tevet 5778 (Tuesday 16 January 2018) · 1 minute to read

“smart” speakers like the Amazon Echo are all the rage in the blindness community right now. But there are some significant privacy concerns with these devices, and I’d like to see some discussion about that coupled with all the hype and recommendations to blind consumers.

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· 27 Tevet 5778 (Sunday 14 January 2018) · 1 minute to read

Writing a note on a site I have full control of, shoving that note to social media as a status post, and then collecting all the reactions and comments back on my own blog so that the entire conversation is in one place. These are all things that will never get old.

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· 27 Tevet 5778 (Sunday 14 January 2018) · 1 minute to read

Dear blindness organizations: I know Google gives you tons of money and everything, but can you not hand them accessibility awards like sexual favors traded in a back alley? Can you at least pretend you have standards other than money? KTHXBye

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· 24 Tevet 5778 (Thursday 11 January 2018) · 1 minute to read

Dear Microsoft, your shitty password reset process is the reason why people choose simple passwords. I can’t stand security theater, and this is a shining example of that.

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· 22 Tevet 5778 (Tuesday 9 January 2018) · 1 minute to read

I launched the Facebook app on my phone, and … why the hell would anyone want to use this thing? This is a pile of hot garbage.

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· 19 Tevet 5778 (Saturday 6 January 2018) · 1 minute to read

PSA: If I help you with your WordPress site in any capacity this year, you can count on me bringing you on to the independent (indie) , web. By stealth if necessary. Inclusive. Open. That’s how we win back the internets from the corporate overlords.

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· 19 Tevet 5778 (Saturday 6 January 2018) · 1 minute to read

I think I’m going to get myself a copy of “A Hero’s Call”. I still have Alter Aeon to play, but AHC looks incredibly awesome and I need to make a conscious decision to do more things this year that are fun.

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· 18 Tevet 5778 (Friday 5 January 2018) · 1 minute to read

Glad to be looking at the tail end of this work week.

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· 17 Tevet 5778 (Thursday 4 January 2018) · 1 minute to read

OK now that the holidays are over, can we just time warp straight to Spring Training and grilling season?

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· 17 Tevet 5778 (Thursday 4 January 2018) · 1 minute to read

We have a windchill of 32F (0C) here in Augusta so yeah I dragged out the thermals. So over this cold.

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· 16 Tevet 5778 (Wednesday 3 January 2018) · 1 minute to read

I did not get to read anything for my book challenge today, and I’m slightly disappointed about that, but only slightly, because I’m tired. Good night browser. Good night screen readers. Good night Tenon. Good night Thunderbird. Wednesday’s on the other side.

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· 15 Tevet 5778 (Tuesday 2 January 2018) · 1 minute to read

Testing one more time, both to Twitter and Facebook, this time without a photo. For the FB crowd, apparently Facebook will allow me to publish photos minus my provided alt text, while Twitter will not allow me to publish photos at all. Death to all silos. Kill them before they kill the open web.

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· 15 Tevet 5778 (Tuesday 2 January 2018) · 1 minute to read

It is with great sadness that I have come to the conclusion that it is time to abandon WordPress post formats in favor of straight no chaser indieweb post kinds. These really do appear to be much more easy to extend both in and of themselves, and with in WordPress.

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· 14 Tevet 5778 (Monday 1 January 2018) · 1 minute to read

Current status: Helping Denise breathe new life into her Jobina blog, which I’ve missed. Also, yelling at technology and rebelling against the fact that I really shouldn’t sleep in tomorrow. Maybe sleeping till 7 is acceptable. Oh well, if it’s not, screw it. I’m doing it anyway.

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· 14 Tevet 5778 (Monday 1 January 2018) · 1 minute to read

I’m working on backfeeding all my Goodreads statuses and book review data to my personal blog. For now, I’m starting with new statuses for my 2018 reading challenge. So, here’s the first one. For now there will be two copies on social media, and I will go in and tell Goodreads not to syndicate to Facebook and Twitter and syndicate from my blog instead. 7% done with Getting Things Done, by David Allen. I’m really going to enjoy implementing everything in this book. I’m glad the strategies are technology agnostic. It means that I’ll need to spend less time trying to redesign and then implement around inaccessible technology. This is the first book in this year’s Goodreads challenge, and I’m also going to enjoy adding status updates with actual text to the completion status of each book.

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· 14 Tevet 5778 (Monday 1 January 2018) · 1 minute to read

Welcome to 2018 everybody. Kick ass, take names, be kind to yourself, treat those you interact with in real life or online as human beings, and only spend the balance in your bank of fucks on those who earn it.

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· 13 Tevet 5778 (Sunday 31 December 2017) · 1 minute to read

Drunk New Year’s Eve social media is amazing and hilarious.

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