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Aaron Parecki

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  • Christian Hockenberger https://twitter.com/chrisbergr   •   Nov 1
    I never tried to do sleep tracking with my Apple Watch, because the night is the time I need to charge it.
    I use "Sleep Better" on my iPhone.
    But even if that would work, you still wouldn't get the data out of the health app. -Or did I miss something?
    Aaron Parecki
    I know from past experience that anything that requires manual intervention by me to start or stop sleep tracking I will eventually forget to do it and lose data. FitBit (and Jawbone) are the only things I've used that are automatic.
    Memphis, Tennessee • 51°F
    1 like 2 replies
    Fri, Nov 1, 2019 5:44pm -05:00
  • Aaron Parecki
    at FedEx Services Collierville Learning Center
    Collierville, Tennessee • Fri, November 1, 2019 11:44am
    35.047271 -89.692162
    Collierville, TN, United States • 47°F
    1 reply 24 Coins
    Fri, Nov 1, 2019 11:44am -05:00
  • Taxi
    29.76mi
    Distance
    35:38
    Duration
    11:08am
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    11:44am
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    Collierville, Tennessee • 47°F
    Fri, Nov 1, 2019 11:44am -05:00
  • samgrover https://micro.blog/samgrover   •   Nov 1

    @aaronpk I use AutoSleep and it detects sleep/wake times and gives a good amount of data on the sleep. Perhaps you've already considered that.

    Aaron Parecki
    Yeah it's more on principle that I don't think a $399 luxury watch should be less capable out of the box than a $99 FitBit
    Memphis, Tennessee • 48°F
    2 replies
    Fri, Nov 1, 2019 11:28am -05:00
  • Paulus Schoutsen https://twitter.com/balloob
    Now waiting for the Fitbit API shutdown for my privacy…
    Memphis, Tennessee • 47°F
    Fri, Nov 1, 2019 4:02pm +00:00 (liked on Fri, Nov 1, 2019 11:15am -05:00)
  • Dominik Schwind https://twitter.com/dominik   •   Nov 1
    there are some apps that take night movements of the watch and write them to the Health app as sleep tracking. They’re not at the level of the Fitbit, though. 😞
    Aaron Parecki
    Yea, I'm not interested in half-baked solutions for a $399 device. At that price it better be able to do at least what a $99 FitBit can do.
    Memphis, Tennessee • 41°F
    2 likes
    Fri, Nov 1, 2019 10:05am -05:00
  • Aaron Parecki
    welp, the rumors were true, Google did in fact buy FitBit: https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/1/20943318/google-fitbit-acquisition-fitness-tracker-announcement

    I *want* to switch to an Apple watch, but I can't until it has built-in automatic sleep tracking like the FitBit does!
    Memphis, Tennessee, USA • 41°F
    2 likes 9 replies
    Fri, Nov 1, 2019 9:58am -05:00 #apple #google #fitbit
  • https://blog.mikehayn.es/google-buys-fitbit/
    Memphis, Tennessee • 40°F
    Fri, Nov 1, 2019 9:46am -05:00
  • Tom Critchlow https://twitter.com/tomcritchlow   •   Nov 1
    Is it much easier for non-static sites? Is there a "webmentions in a box" WP plugin?
    Aaron Parecki
    and I use webmention.io myself, but I use the webhook feature so that it pushes the webmentions to my website immediately, where I can then store the data in my website's storage. That's one of the reasons the client-side JS examples there don't include any rendered HTML.
    Memphis, Tennessee, USA • 40°F
    Fri, Nov 1, 2019 9:44am -05:00
  • Tom Critchlow https://twitter.com/tomcritchlow   •   Nov 1
    Is it much easier for non-static sites? Is there a "webmentions in a box" WP plugin?
    Aaron Parecki
    Yep! https://wordpress.org/plugins/webmention/

    It's completely self-contained, no external services, and integrates with the native WordPress comments system.
    Memphis, Tennessee, USA • 40°F
    3 likes 1 repost
    Fri, Nov 1, 2019 9:40am -05:00
  • Tom Critchlow https://twitter.com/tomcritchlow   •   Nov 1
    I was *just* about to come back around and thank you and Remy for building these servies for starters. So thank you!

    Yes, this is a partial failure of static sites but it still just feels like an over-engineered solution. I know lots of bloggers and so few of them use webmention
    Aaron Parecki
    There's definitely room for someone to come in and build a better solution tailored to all the specific limitations of static sites! What you're seeing is the side effect of these solutions not having been built specifically with static sites in mind.
    Memphis, Tennessee, USA • 38°F
    1 reply
    Fri, Nov 1, 2019 9:39am -05:00
  • Tom Critchlow https://twitter.com/tomcritchlow   •   Nov 1
    (cont.)

    - Set up IFTTT for RSS -> http://webmention.app to send webmentions

    Fin? Maybe? I count 4 different web-apps necessary *and* two different code markups needed to get this all working correctly.

    Webmentions is a failed system.
    Aaron Parecki
    Not sure I understand why this is "failed"?

    I'm guessing you are using a static site generator. That's going to give you lots of problems trying to do anything dynamic, kind of by definition.
    Memphis, Tennessee, USA • 38°F
    1 like 4 replies
    Fri, Nov 1, 2019 9:34am -05:00
  • IndieWebCamp Brighton 2019

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    Fri, Nov 1, 2019 8:20am -05:00
  • David Shanske https://david.shanske.com/   •   Nov 1
    First time at the new concourse at LGA. Where is the ‘third world’ airport I knew so well?
    Aaron Parecki
    ooh is it open? It was still under construction last time I was there!
    Memphis, Tennessee • 33°F
    Fri, Nov 1, 2019 7:31am -05:00
  • 11:00pm
    Asleep
    6:55am
    Awake
    7h 55m
    Slept
    25m
    Awake for
    Memphis, Tennessee, USA
    Fri, Nov 1, 2019 6:55am -05:00
  • Aaron Parecki
    Contributions from: Canada, Germany, Japan, Mexico, United States
    Fri, Nov 1, 2019 1:53am -05:00
  • Aaron Parecki
    Contributions from: Canada, Germany, Japan, Mexico, United States
    Thu, Oct 31, 2019 9:33pm -05:00
  • Aaron Parecki
    at The Westin Memphis Beale Street
    Memphis, Tennessee • Thu, October 31, 2019 8:36pm
    35.139004 -90.052748
    Room service. Too tired for anything else.
    Memphis, TN, United States • 37°F
    1 like 1 Coin
    Thu, Oct 31, 2019 8:36pm -05:00
  • Gary https://twitter.com/every_daydad   •   Nov 1
    So if my laptop starts rendering files in an acceptable way and I don't need to buy a new one...

    That means maybe a new camera is still on the table for the channel funds that still need spent this year.

    I'm just saying 🤷‍♂️
    Aaron Parecki
    "funds that needs spent" 😂 I know that tune. That sounds like someone who has a well-paying full-time job doing something other than making YouTube videos.
    Memphis, Tennessee • 39°F
    1 like
    Thu, Oct 31, 2019 7:43pm -05:00
  • Aaron Parecki
    at Bleu Restaurant and Lounge
    Memphis, Tennessee • Thu, October 31, 2019 7:32pm
    35.138975 -90.052381
    Memphis, TN, United States • 39°F
    9 Coins
    Thu, Oct 31, 2019 7:32pm -05:00
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Hi, I'm Aaron Parecki, Director of Identity Standards at Okta, and co-founder of IndieWebCamp. I maintain oauth.net, write and consult about OAuth, and participate in the OAuth Working Group at the IETF. I also help people learn about video production and livestreaming. (detailed bio)

I've been tracking my location since 2008 and I wrote 100 songs in 100 days. I've spoken at conferences around the world about owning your data, OAuth, quantified self, and explained why R is a vowel. Read more.

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