Thoughts on Social Media 2/?: Remembering the Good Times
Just wanted to share a screenshot of my Tweetdeck (on a 4k monitor scaled down a bit...) so I can always be reminded of what we've lost.
Some thoughts on social media 1/?: Tweetdeck
It finally happened. Elon finally noticed Tweetdeck still exists. I'd kinda stuck around Twitter saying that if Tweetdeck goes, I go. And Tweetdeck is going. So I'm off.
Tweetdeck was always great, because every stupid thing that Twitter users complained about happening to their UI didn't happen there. I had a reverse chronological feed of tweets from people I followed. And that's it. No ads, no Nazis ( mostly), nothing else. And I could add a bunch of lists for special interests that made me happy, like Doctor Who or Lego or Star Wars or whatever, that I wouldn't have followed directly. It was great.
New Tweetdeck does most of these things, but no way am I paying Elon to ride Twitter into the depths of Hell. So I'm out.
I've got some more thoughts on things now that I've been mucking around with Mastodon a bit more, I have some more thoughts on Fediverse things, but maybe I'll spin those off to separate posts. A blog series! I haven't done one of those in ages!
Christmas Mixtape 2022
It's the hap, happiest season of all! We're back for a another Christmas mixtape. This will be my sixth. You can listen to all the mixtapes over at my Mixcloud.
You can also find it up on YouTube Music, although you'll be missing a couple tracks.
Give it a listen! I do this because it's fun for me and the last couple years, Ellen and I have kind of worked on our own mixtapes together. I like finding stuff that speaks to me and isn't the sort of thing you're likely to find playing in the mall. Track list with liner notes and music videos where available under the cut.