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Aaron Parecki

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  • 📷 PhotoJoseph 🎥 https://twitter.com/photojoseph   •   May 5
    In just 24 hours, it'll be time for another live show. Don't forget! (easy way to not get left out… click the link below and then click "🔔Set Reminder") https://jal.bz/3aJnemo
    Aaron Parecki
    Good timing, just an hour after the Panasonic announcements! Looking forward to it!
    Portland, Oregon • 71°F
    1 like
    Tue, May 5, 2020 6:29pm -07:00
  • rabble https://twitter.com/rabble   •   May 6
    I mean, they can let me lock that down if i was worried about that. It's really annoying i've got two devices, both of which i control, and data on one it won't let me move to the other... can you manually do it by rooting your phones? That might be faster...
    Aaron Parecki
    The cheat is to copy the QR code or the string it gives you when you first set it up and store that separately from the device. Then you can move that code into other apps later. Won't help you in this case, but it will going forward. That's all Authy/1Password/etc are doing.
    Portland, Oregon • 71°F
    5 likes 2 replies
    Tue, May 5, 2020 6:14pm -07:00
  • rabble https://twitter.com/rabble   •   May 6
    There isn't a way to move google authenticator 2fa codes to a new phone? I've got a dozen with different services and all my googling says i just have go through each service and reset them all up from scratch. really!?
    Aaron Parecki
    That's what makes it more secure tho. If you can move it, then it can be cloned by an attacker. Granted this is likely not a threat profile most people are concerned with.
    Portland, Oregon • 71°F
    6 likes 1 repost 6 replies
    Tue, May 5, 2020 6:07pm -07:00
  • Tyler Stalman https://twitter.com/stalman   •   May 6
    Definitely hire a bookkeeper and CPA, but the hard truth is that you should do the grown up thing and learn everything you can about your finances. No one will care about your money the way you will and you’ll have less of it if you try to outsource it.
    Aaron Parecki
    Very true, but when everything is stressful, it's okay to outsource things. Eventually, sure, take back some of those responsibilities to save money, but sometimes the reduced stress is worth it.
    Portland, Oregon • 72°F
    2 likes
    Tue, May 5, 2020 5:48pm -07:00
  • Caleb Pike https://twitter.com/calebpike   •   May 6
    I find it’s more affordable to split it up. For me, Bookkeeper does the month to month, CPA does taxes/biz reports, financial advisor for investing.
    Aaron Parecki
    For sure, but when you hate dealing with stuff that much, you can also hire a personal organizer to coordinate those three. I did that for a while!
    Portland, Oregon • 72°F
    1 like 3 replies
    Tue, May 5, 2020 5:24pm -07:00
  • davemaze https://twitter.com/davemaze   •   May 5
    I’m terrible with money. I hate handling it!😱

    Can I hire someone to literally do everything for me?

    Taxes, savings, investments, etc.

    I want to hire someone to do absolutely everything. What kind of person would that be?
    Aaron Parecki
    Personal organizer or professional organizer. Seriously, this was me a few years ago, and it was great having someone deal with everything.

    They will have to contract out some of the work like taxes to a CPA, but they will be your goto point of contact.
    Portland, Oregon • 73°F
    2 likes
    Tue, May 5, 2020 4:41pm -07:00
  • Gmail https://twitter.com/gmail   •   May 5
    Hi Aaron, thanks for reporting. This issue should now be fixed, but do let us know if you're still having trouble.
    Aaron Parecki
    Okay, I deleted everything and started over, and now it's finally working again. Thanks for fixing it.
    Portland, Oregon • 53°F
    1 reply
    Tue, May 5, 2020 8:07am -07:00
  • Gmail https://twitter.com/gmail   •   May 5
    Hi Aaron, thanks for reporting. This issue should now be fixed, but do let us know if you're still having trouble.
    Aaron Parecki
    Update: This morning it now accepts my password, but when I go to send email, sending doesn't actually work. The draft email never disappears like it's been sent.
    Portland, Oregon • 53°F
    Tue, May 5, 2020 7:50am -07:00
  • sebomoto https://twitter.com/sebo   •   May 5
    Just being curious: why do you want to use/ are using gmail in the first place? I know you for your expertise in indie web and the like.
    Aaron Parecki
    Also remember indieweb is not all about self-hosting, it's about online identity ownership. If I own my domain, I can move providers, which is true of websites as well as email.
    Portland, Oregon • 56°F
    Mon, May 4, 2020 9:51pm -07:00
  • sebomoto https://twitter.com/sebo   •   May 5
    Just being curious: why do you want to use/ are using gmail in the first place? I know you for your expertise in indie web and the like.
    Aaron Parecki
    Fair question. Primarily: email != web, and the effort to self-host email is far greater than that of websites. Part of why I'm so frustrated with this situation is I had a good setup going where I am using my own domain as my email, it just happens to be powered by Gmail.
    Portland, Oregon • 56°F
    Mon, May 4, 2020 9:50pm -07:00
  • jk https://twitter.com/karabaic   •   May 5
    Hmm. What if you do ssl instead of tls over 465?
    Aaron Parecki
    Same authentication failed message. I've tried every combination of TLS/SSL and port number in that list.

    They made some breaking change this morning, and rolled it back, but apparently didn't roll it back far enough.

    https://twitter.com/gmail/status/1257520623145947137
    Portland, Oregon • 57°F
    1 reply
    Mon, May 4, 2020 9:18pm -07:00
  • Aaron Parecki https://aaronparecki.com/   •   May 4
    This is Gmail itself though. Also Mail.app now goes through the Google OAuth flow to set it up so it wouldn't even be testing the same thing. That's why I went and found an SMTP client in PHP and tried sending an email through that and it worked fine.
    Aaron Parecki
    so that tells me it's a problem with @Gmail's SMTP client talking to Gmail's SMTP server
    Portland, Oregon • 57°F
    Mon, May 4, 2020 9:15pm -07:00
  • jk https://twitter.com/karabaic   •   May 5
    http://Mail.app lets you turn on verbose logging in connection doctor, not sure if this app does…
    Aaron Parecki
    This is Gmail itself though. Also Mail.app now goes through the Google OAuth flow to set it up so it wouldn't even be testing the same thing. That's why I went and found an SMTP client in PHP and tried sending an email through that and it worked fine.
    Portland, Oregon • 57°F
    1 reply
    Mon, May 4, 2020 9:15pm -07:00
  • jk https://twitter.com/karabaic   •   May 5
    Did you try changing the port to 465? 587 is supposedly for nonssl-only, but can be upgraded with a starttls command. It could they’re not accepting auth on 587 anymore because of some screwy thing around auth before the starttls.
    Aaron Parecki
    465 + TLS results in "Couldn't reach server. Please double-check the server and port number."

    587 + TLS from my PHP script works fine.
    Portland, Oregon • 57°F
    3 replies
    Mon, May 4, 2020 9:12pm -07:00
  • Aaron Parecki https://twitter.com/aaronpk   •   May 5
    I'm still having trouble. This works when sending email from a script, but Gmail can't talk to Gmail's own SMTP servers right now using the same account info.
    Aaron Parecki
    so far I have:

    • changed my password
    • reset my two-factor-auth
    • deleted and re-added this account in Gmail
    • tried every combination of TLS and port number

    I can send email via SMTP from a small script, I just can't get Gmail to send via SMTP between accounts.
    Portland, Oregon • 57°F
    Mon, May 4, 2020 9:09pm -07:00
  • Joshua McKenty https://twitter.com/jmckenty   •   May 5
    Are you seriously claiming that twitter invented social media?

    Cause I was working full time in social media before twitter started. Or did I misunderstand you?
    Aaron Parecki
    Depends on your definition of social media: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media#History

    According to that, none of us were even alive at the origins of social media.
    Portland, Oregon • 58°F
    1 like
    Mon, May 4, 2020 8:03pm -07:00
  • Joshua McKenty https://twitter.com/jmckenty   •   May 4
    Social media was designed for folks to tell their friends what they were up to and what bands they like.
    Aaron Parecki
    hey maybe listen to the guy who was literally there building it from the beginning?
    Portland, Oregon • 58°F
    1 like 2 replies
    Mon, May 4, 2020 7:55pm -07:00
  • rabble https://twitter.com/rabble   •   May 4
    That's a very good question, it was still online when i looked a few years ago, but now i can't find it.
    Aaron Parecki
    oddly the audio download link links to a URL that redirects to archive.org which then says it’s not found
    Portland, Oregon • 58°F
    1 like 1 reply
    Mon, May 4, 2020 7:54pm -07:00
  • 📷 PhotoJoseph 🎥 https://twitter.com/photojoseph   •   May 5
    Is there a way to make FaceTime NOT ring on a Mac, but still have it logged in so I can place outgoing calls on it?
    Aaron Parecki
    Phone calls too plz. When I get a call now, no less than five devices around me light up and make noises.
    Portland, Oregon • 59°F
    1 reply
    Mon, May 4, 2020 7:26pm -07:00
  • Gary https://twitter.com/every_daydad   •   May 5
    Make a whole bunch of videos and hone your workflow into a knife edge.

    I don’t do fancy edits, and I have everything set up and ready to go so just a flick of a couple switches and I’m good to go.
    Aaron Parecki
    I’m about 75% of the way to having a permanent recording setup in place, it’s already saved me time even tho it’s not perfect.

    I still struggle with how scripted the dialogue should be. The less scripted the more editing. The more scripted, the worse the final result.
    Portland, Oregon • 67°F
    1 like
    Mon, May 4, 2020 5:11pm -07:00
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Hi, I'm Aaron Parecki, Director of Identity Standards at Okta, and co-founder of IndieWebCamp. I maintain oauth.net, write and consult about OAuth, and participate in the OAuth Working Group at the IETF. I also help people learn about video production and livestreaming. (detailed bio)

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