Aaron Parecki

It was this moment in time that every early adopter of an Oculus facepalmed and sold theirs on eBay.

I agree with that description of what happened. That said, I think the core problem today is that RSS/Atom alone is no longer enough for us. We want to read, like, and comment without bouncing from site to site. The indieweb community uses webmentions and webactions for this.

This morning I made the top 25 leaders at @okta sit through an hour-long usability test of an areas of our products that have poor usability. Painful but the first step to fixing a problem is to recognize you have it.

I just walked away from a big contract. Another brand wanting the right to takedown a video at any time in the future, for any reason. They said “many other influencers don’t mind” - who’s out here not reading their contracts and giving up this kind of power over your stuff? 👀

Just tried browsing Apple's website for the iPhone SE and it was borderline unusable. And I'm using Safari on a recent MacBook Pro. Tesla's website is no better. Scrolljacking is the new Flash and I want it to die.

See thats where we differ. I’m not a creative. I’m a schedule follower that happens to have video creation on their calendar.

I was asked to describe myself in one word and I believe I've coined a new, and hopefully apt term:
Nerdfluencer 🤓🤣

Highly recommend purchasing this surprisingly big little book. Really nice summaries for each RFC. Now @aaronpk where can I buy a holographic sticker in the U.K. to turn this into a special place edition

Spicy 🌶💥⚡️

Reminder that USPS makes more deliveries in sixteen days than UPS and FedEx combined ship in an entire year

me: so nobody has been into the office in six months?

recruiter: correct

me: and the plan is to not change that for at least a year?

recruiter: indeed

me: but you're not hiring remotely?

recruiter: correct, local only

me: have a great day then

I have a matte grey background, now all I want are RGB lights in my life.

14/END.
...and that's my setup! :) I spared you keyboards, mice, routers and the like.
Yes, some of this shit is expensive. But I spend A LOT (most?) of my life on it, and I haven't seen a restaurant, gym or vacation place in months... so, $ well spent IMO. YMMV!

She actually responded to my question about her salary in a q&a and said it was too much of a financial burden to ask of the c-suite to cut their salaries down to $500k 🙄

Look what has just arrived from across the Atlantic! Thanks a lot, @aaronpk!

Man, April 2020 is just *crawling* by. I'll be glad when we get to May.

A story in four acts