Aaron Parecki

~5yrs ago @woloski picked up the lunch tab, over mild perfunctory protest, saying that @auth0 was making a little money now & could afford it. I felt a little bad about it (but also really like free stuff so wasn't gonna decline). Seems rather quaint now.
https://twitter.com/woloski/status/718499542082129923

I'll form an opinion on Web3 as long as three different people agree on what it is.

I've been a paying Spotify customer for music since the day it launched in the US, but its continued moves to takeover and lock up the podcast space has me reconsidering that entirely. I don't want to support a company locking up the open internet.

It is possible to be enthusiastic about decentralised identifiers, while skeptical of DIDs. That's pretty much where I am so far.

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Oh, you’ve been to Powell’s.

Nothing after 2015 is canon

Since everyone in #Portland is talking talking about the demise of the Lloyd Center Mall, don't miss this excellent "Secret history of Portland’s weirdest neighborhood" story from @andersem! https://bikeportland.org/2015/07/21/lloyd-part-ii-148125

when you definitely understand NFTs

Can’t believe that a cryptocurrency named after a TV show about the terrible self-destructive decisions people will make when they’re desperate for money turned out to be a scam

Look behind you

The author of the specification, however, underestimated the impact of his work.

Honestly, leaving aside every other reason why the web is good and "native" apps aren't, the thing I consistently find most useful is that I can always select and copy text from a web app, and native apps only when they deign to let me, which is never.

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Your annual warning to be extra vigilant in your use of time zones as you can mix UTC with local time for the next 6 months without noticing!

Rainy Oregon night perfection

“A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over with a working simple system.”

—John Gall