Aaron Parecki

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

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  12:27am

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  Home in Portland, Oregon, USA

  Tue, Jun 23, 2015 6:18am -07:00
• Ride

  2.20mi

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  7:19am

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  Home in Portland, Oregon, USA

  Tue, Jun 23, 2015 7:32am -07:00

• Amazon Echo

  5 out of 5

  Amazon Echo Aaron Parecki 2015-06-23T08:11:59-07:00 permalink

  I've had the Echo for a few months now, and despite being skeptical of voice control in general, have been pleasantly surprised by Alexa!

  Realistically, I haven't found all of the promoted features as useful as they try to make them appear. So far, it has been most useful for:

  • setting timers while cooking, so I don't have to fiddle with the crummy interface on my microwave with my hands covered in goo
  • turning off lights after I'm in bed
  • setting an alarm for the morning
  • asking "what's the weather" while I'm getting dressed
  • adding things to my grocery list

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  1 like 1 reply

  Tue, Jun 23, 2015 8:11am -07:00 #echo #alexa #review
• Ride

  2.18mi

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  14:17

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  Esri Portland in Portland, Oregon, USA

  Tue, Jun 23, 2015 5:11pm -07:00
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  @barryf watching your #indieweb video triggered my Amazon Echo! Turns out when you say "an excerpt" she hears "Alexa"

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  1 like 2 replies

  Tue, Jun 23, 2015 5:51pm -07:00 #indieweb #alexa #echo #amazon
• Barry Frost https://barryfrost.com/

  Here’s a video of the Tech Talk I presented last month to my globaldev team on the #indieweb and why I believe it’s important that you #ownyourdata

   

  Update: slides are now on SpeakerDeck:

   

  My talk and the content is based on and inspired by the work of the Indieweb community and is licensed with a CC0 Public Domain licence.

  Fri, Apr 17, 2015 12:52pm +00:00 (liked on Tue, Jun 23, 2015 6:12pm -07:00) #indieweb #ownyourdata #techtalk #globaldev
• https://adactio.com/links/9151
  

  @adactio awesome, thanks! I always forget how much creative commons music is available on Soundcloud!

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  Tue, Jun 23, 2015 6:25pm -07:00
• Rosy Fingers by Ben Fawkes | Free Listening on SoundCloud (soundcloud.com)

  Tue, Jun 23, 2015 6:25pm -07:00 #music #resources #creativecommons
• Monochroma by Van der Waal (soundcloud.com)

  Tue, Jun 23, 2015 6:25pm -07:00 #music #resources #creativecommons
• The Ether Bunny by Eyes Closed Audio (soundcloud.com)

  Tue, Jun 23, 2015 6:25pm -07:00 #music #resources #creativecommons
• William Hertling https://twitter.com/hertling   •   Jun 24

  Doh. I really wanted to see @aaronpk talk about Micropub but I sadly neglected to register or plan for #osb15. http://bit.ly/1eGzLuy
  

  @hertling aww! The talk will be recorded so you can watch later! In the mean time, come to IndieWebCamp! https://ti.to/indiewebcamp/2015-portland #osb15

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  1 reply

  Tue, Jun 23, 2015 6:55pm -07:00 #osb15
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  New favorite Mac and Cheese recipe and best way to eat zucchini from the CSA. Shred the zucchini in this pencil sharpener thing to turn it into spaghetti-like strips. Make a cheese sauce, like instant Mac and Cheese (the vegan Leahey brand one is great) and mix with hot sauce and black pepper. Way more satisfying than pasta Mac and Cheese and you eat half a zucchini this way! #recipe #vegan #macandcheese

  

  10 likes 1 reply

  Tue, Jun 23, 2015 7:25pm -07:00 #recipe #vegan #macandcheese
• http://known.kevinmarks.com/2015/no-honey-or-garlic-both-make-it-better
  

  I will try some garlic next time! I don't think it needed to be any sweeter tho.

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  Tue, Jun 23, 2015 7:27pm -07:00
• Building a product in the technical recruiting space? Read this first. (blog.alinelerner.com)

  Tue, Jun 23, 2015 7:29pm -07:00 #startups #recruiting
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  Just made a somewhat depressing slide for my talk tomorrow of site deaths. #indieweb #ownyourdata

  

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  4 likes 8 replies

  Tue, Jun 23, 2015 7:54pm -07:00 #indieweb #ownyourdata
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  at Bishops Barbershop

  Portland, Oregon • Tue, June 23, 2015 8:11pm

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  Portland, OR, United States

  Tue, Jun 23, 2015 8:11pm -07:00
• Tim Berners-Lee http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/

  This is for everyone #london2012 #oneweb #openingceremony @webfoundation @w3c

  Fri, Jul 27, 2012 4:08pm -05:00 (liked on Tue, Jun 23, 2015 8:22pm -07:00) #london2012 #oneweb #openingceremony
• Jared Hanson https://twitter.com/jaredhanson   •   Jun 24

  @aaronpk I'm sympathetic, but the impact from losing those sites has been low, which doesn't lend itself to alternative models
  

  @jaredhanson I couldn't fit them all on the slide. http://indiewebcamp.com/site-deaths

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  1 reply

  Tue, Jun 23, 2015 9:11pm -07:00
• http://werd.io/2015/wondering-if-theres-scope-for-an-indieweb-for-the-rest
  

  @benwerd Isn't that the idea behind Homebrew Website Club? I like the name though.

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  6 replies

  Tue, Jun 23, 2015 9:48pm -07:00
• Ben Werdmuller https://twitter.com/benwerd   •   Jun 24

  @aaronpk I love HWC, but in practice, I think it's more technical. We tend to sit around talking about practical things we've built.
  

  @benwerd I still haven't been to one in SF!

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  3 replies

  Tue, Jun 23, 2015 9:50pm -07:00
• http://werd.io/2015/aaronpk-its-fun-particularly-when-im-able-to-do-the
  

  @benwerd Speaking of which, hope you can make it to the IWC pre-party! https://ti.to/indiewebcamp/2015-portland

  Portland, Oregon, USA

  1 reply

  Tue, Jun 23, 2015 9:52pm -07:00