Aaron Parecki

I’m no expert, but: the thing about breaking bad tech habits is that you just need to try it, and before long, time is on your side & it seems like you never could’ve done it another way.

Quit FaceBook & Google search: 5+ years ago
No email or Twitter on my phone: 1+ year ago

All I want for Christmas is to see only the tweets from people I follow, and nothing more

What does it mean that I couldn’t tell whether this is from housing twitter or tech twitter

I just realized I find a modem connection sound soothing because it marked a clear and intentional separation between ONLINE and not online. You made a choice when you were ready to experience online things. But now? It’s baked into everything by default.

I was involved in the hiring decisions on most of those people, and I can say confidently: the secret to a diverse team isn’t having a pool of mostly homogenous candidates and then picking the one that looks different.

It’s having a diverse pool, and then picking the best.

Evergreen statement 💯

everyone who works on Apple Pay affectionately calls the moment when you tap your phone to a terminal a “boop.”

there is nothing official about this I just love it and want you all to know so that you can start saying it too.

From the archives ~ late 2016 😄

Crap. About to fly and hadn’t synced any music to Spotify offline.

If @LauraKalbag's talk is making you think about your own web presence, go look into the #IndieWeb movement. I'm still new to it because I never have time to work on my blog, but in theory it what I am aiming for! #naconf

I love hearing @LauraKalbag encourage people to avoid using Medium and instead create your own website #IndieWeb #naconf @naconf

There's some sound #indieWeb advice from @LauraKalbag here at #naconf

👉 Self host where possible
👉 Post to your own site first, then publish to third party apps
👉 Your site will be better than Medium anyway 😅

Reminds me of the quote from Teller (of Penn & Teller) – "Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect."

The decision of something being a good technical fit and something being a sound investment is often not done by the same person, so it would be a complex obstacle.

I would much prefer support to be a progressive enhancement that can be dealt with in parallel to shipping stuff.

I'm "I just made a <Blink> Tag joke and they didn't get it" years old.

Better late than never. :p | 2020 will be a year of change and action. 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 Personally trying for a more minimalistic life, spending more time with friends and family, be open to new ideas/ learn a few new things/skill, saying yes to trying (new) things out of my comfort zone, and to just do it... more quickly. 🤭😅 P/s top row first two drawings (left and middle) inspired by Pottering Cat.

@aaronpk details his setup here: https://twitter.com/aaronpk/status/1201290841177776128

It's a good one, and what I'm moving closer too. Right now I've got an Ecobee setup, a BUNCH of Phillips Hue lighting, and self-built HomeBridge devices that do weird crap like making cricket sounds.

Yep, a fair point Aaron, I agree!

Wow. Just got a giant "Fuck you for buying a bunch of our shit in the early days" email from @Sonos.

/cc @internetofshit