Aaron Parecki

Making great progress on my first project for IndieWeb Summit hack day. Always gratifying to actually finish something.

Here is the playlist I made for IndieWeb Summit 2019:

1. “Awake”, Tycho
2. “Me the Machine”, Imogen Heap
3. “Shout”, Scandroid
4. “Computer Love”, Kraftwerk
5. “Light On”, Maggie Rogers
6. “Joy Rides”, MUTEMATH
7. “A Praise Chorus”, Jimmy Eat World
8. “Never Ending Circles”, CHVRCHES
9. “I Really Like You”, Carly Rae Jepsen
10. “Interweb”, Poppy Computer
11. “Laugh It Off”, Chelsea Jade
12. “Of the Night”, Bastille
13. “The Grid (Remixed by the Crystal Method)”, Daft Punk

Tech bros: Traditional CSS/stylesheets is fine if you're doing something simple, like a blog I suppose
Also tech bros: *Patently don't have the ability to create a 'simple blog' since they all use Medium*

`raise DeadElf` is code I just wrote

A great turnout for Homebrew Website Club Brighton in the @Clearleft studio!

Is there anything more American than a leaf blower?

Doesn’t actually clean up, just makes it somebody else’s problem. All the while burning oil.

Inspired by @NikkitaFTW, I’ve decided to embark on a new adventure...

#100DaysOfDumbShit
🦄💫🤷‍♀️💩💖👻🥳

It’s like #100DaysOfCode but where you only build dumb shit 💁‍♀️ I won’t post every day, but when I have something dumb and (mostly) finished - I promise to share 💅🏼

My POV: We are slowly uncovering the truth about identity: No human ever asked to be issued one (or many). It’s infrastructure on the way to achieving other aims. We should be cautious about thinking we’ve hit bottom in our analysis of human-org relationships yet. #Identiverse

Did you know:

You aren’t required to use the Markdown syntax for images? That weird  thing.

Use HTML instead. It works great, is more extensible (srcset, class, etc), and is more readable:

oh damn i found a cool twitter hack. did u know if u press this secret button on twitter then u dont have to look at twitter at all????????????????

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