Aaron Parecki

Reminded that the Microsoft ebook store closes next week. The DRM'd books will stop working.

I cannot believe that sentence.

"The books will stop working."

I keep saying it and it sounds worse each time.

Angry face! This is sexism and trolling in its most sly and insidious state. Whoever did this needs some public shame. You did nothing wrong! Keep contributing (to open source projects that aren't assholes !)!

So so so many many many thanks to the Donut.js organizers and volunteers for setting up and striking the event, to our captioner @stenoknight, to our COC responder @elea, to our sponsors @eggheadio and @oktadev and @NotionHQ, and to our hosts @AlchemyCodeLab!

App Update: Bug fixes and improvements!

Actual: We boosted ads and popup videos. Popup videos now play at maximum volume regardless of app preferences or device settings. Maximum volume popup videos +12 when location services detect app used in church, library, or public toilet.

"Apple taking the lead here will be most impactful if it can push others to do the same..."

This is why we like Apple's push towards privacy. If it succeeds (likely), competition will push privacy further. And that's good for us.

by @aaronparecki
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/335599

Yay. I'm flying out to Portland on Friday for the @IndieWebSummit. I booked my flight, hotel, and really looking forward to catching up with my Indie Web friends. Long live semantic code and owning your own data.

Things that don't mean you're insecure:

✅ taking selfies
✅ posting about your successes
✅ being a perfectionist

Things that do mean you're insecure:

🛑 submitting personal information over a http request

We are steaming live tonight thanks to @aaronpk and @oktadev! Join us! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG_3otbi-WQ

My email inbox: "IndieWeb Summit is just around the corner!"
Me: https://media.giphy.com/media/DpB9NBjny7jF1pd0yt2/giphy.gif

#IndieWebSummit

'Sign in With Apple' Promises Better Customer Experiences But Is It Just More Lock-in? | by @aaronpk http://entm.ag/v531

I am currently learning JavaScript. That’s exactly how I feel 😄

💁‍♀️ Hi everyone, I'm learning Javascript!

🙋‍♂️ Learn React!
🙅‍♂️ Wrong! Learn Angular!
🤷‍♂️ Have you heard of our lord and savior, Vue?
🤦‍♂️ Stay with vanilla JS!
🙆‍♂️ Do it all in CSS!
💁‍♂️ Javascript is garbage and you're all idiots. Only back-end devs are real devs.

🚶‍♀️

RIP my dear sweet pebble, which has kept going years past the company getting acquired by @fitbit - it may have finally given up today. I love it immensely.