This is to let you know that Petula Clark (who put out ‘Downtown’ in 1964) is still putting out albums, and the song ‘Cut Copy Me’ from her 2013 album ‘Lost in You’ is great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjsTk8fmC4s (It sort of sounds like AIR?) (The title track is also great.)
Looking forward to the Apple event tomorrow. No predictions, but @danielpunkass and I will record a new Core Intuition right after the event. Mention “iPhone X” (or XS or XC!) in a blog post tomorrow to unlock the Micro.blog special event pin.
News Explorer has thoroughly convinced me that RSS reader sync can — maybe should — be done client-side using storage you're already paying for, but everybody's building clients for dedicated, costly RSS services.
@aaronpk lol the crossposting totally mangled this handle
@JohnPhilpin @rnv @kitt The API still doesn't allow images in replies. It started as a technical limitation, but whenever I look to expand it, I wonder if we're better off with simple replies. Images can be fun, but too many memes can also sidetrack or clutter a conversation. I feel like postponing that feature is best. (I could be wrong.)
Reviving my newsletter, The Outmap, which lives somewhere between speculative fiction and tech analysis. Still time to sign up to get the next edition: https://outmap.org/
@EddieHinkle honestly it’s so much easier to reply here than it is via my website. I wish that wasn’t the case, but I go with it because everything gets picked up on my site as a webmention anyway.
Successfully finished the Loose Leaf Security two-factor authentication zine and got it off to the printers in time for XOXO!
If you see me or @geofft there, ask us for a copy! (It’s free.)