I guess it’s been a little while since my last post about the unending tire fire that is my mental state. I’ve been yo-yoing a lot, but here’s a summary of where I’m at right now:
CPAP: I’m back on it, trying some different things to make it more useful. The main problem seems to be bad mask fit, so tomorrow I’m going in for a proper mask fitting (rather than the half-assed thing the DME vendor did during the training session). Hopefully that will help.
Nortriptyline: I’m steady at 30mg/day, and have started taking it earlier in the evening, which has helped me with actually being tired when I need to be.
That weird failed drug test: Still no idea what happened with it. As one followup to it I had another diabetes screening (since that’s one possible cause of a false opium positive) but that came back fine (normal A1C and nothing out of the ordinary with my blood sugar), so that’s one less thing to worry about at least.
Day job: Still feeling like this is a bad match for me. Coworker is trying to assure me that I’m doing fine and trying to be helpful at getting me up to speed on the stuff I need to understand, but my brain refuses to play along.
AR startup: Going pretty well, I guess? I’m not doing a lot of active work for it but I’m glad to help out where I can.
Social life: I’m feeling much more withdrawn from my usual activities and am still on hiatus from most of my meetup groups. Ed is no longer hosting karaoke so I’m back to doing my drawing group every week. It’s going just Okay but I mostly use it for hanging out with a handful of folks I like. With a couple of those folks I saw Detective Pikachu the other day, which I enjoyed but I still have thoughts about. The monthly “smol games” group I’m in is still great though, even though I’m not actively working on any games (but I love seeing what other people are doing).
Music: Still plinking away at stuff. Also I really want to be able to attend Song Fight! Live, which is in Madison this year, but planning travel for it is a bit onerous. With music production I keep on waffling between “this stuff I’m making is pretty good, actually” and “ugh this is garbage.” So, same old, same old.
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I’m glad to see more articles about how Medium is bad.
(previously)
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Okay, we have https://httpstatusdogs.com and https://http.cat. Is there a birb version?
cc @holly @PepperNPals
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Xfinity doesn’t do a very good job of publicizing this but if you buy your phone through them, it’ll be carrier-locked, even though the device is paid in full up front. How nice of them. And of course they do warn you about that in easily-missed text at the bottom of one of the maze-of-information articles.
It’s easier to get the phone unlocked if you do it before porting the number, as the helpful CSR can just do it over the phone, but if you failed to, there’s still a process you can take.
Anyway, here’s information that would have been more helpful for me up front: Getting your porting PIN Unlocking your phone Unlocking your phone if you were impatient like me – not stated in that article is that you still have to call the number in the previous article and request the unlock.
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Good morning! Watch this video
https://vimeo.com/336343886
and then go sign up for IndieWeb Summit in Portland!
https://2019.indieweb.org/summit
#TakeBackYourWeb
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"text": "Read Scale and Scope by Jim Luke (EconProph)I\u2019ve been saying for awhile now in discussions of the commons, OER, and higher education that a \u201ccommons doesn\u2019t scale, it scopes\u201d. Before I explain why I think a commons doesn\u2019t scale very well, I probably need to briefly clarify what\u2019s meant by scale and scope. Like many terms in economics, they\u2019re both commonly used terms in both business and everyday life, but in economics they may carry a subtly different, more precise, or richer meaning. Both terms refer to the production of an increasing volume of output of some kind. Enthusiasts of particular good(s), be they an entrepreneur producing the a product they hope will make them rich or an open educator advocating for more open licensed textbooks because it will improve education, generally want to see their ideas scale. And by scale, they generally mean \u201cbe produced in larger and larger volumes\u201d. Larger volume of output, of course, brings a larger volume of benefits to more users. More output \u2013> more users \u2013> more benefits. But it\u2019s the behavior of costs that really intrigues us when we think of \u201cscaling\u201d as a way to increase output. More benefits is nice, but if more benefits also means an equal increase in costs, then it\u2019s not so attractive.I can see a relation to the economies of scope that Jim Luke is talking about here in relation to the IndieWeb principle of plurality. For a long time the IndieWeb community has put economies of scope first and foremost over that of scale. Scale may not necessarily solve some of the problems we\u2019re all looking at. In fact, scale may be directly responsible for many of the problems that social has caused in our lives and society.\nI\u2019m also reminded of a post I annotated the other day:\n\nData sharing and how it can benefit your scientific career\u00a0(Nature)\nCrowther offered everyone who shared at least a certain volume of data with his forest initiative the chance to be a co-author of a study that he and a colleague led. Published in Science in 2016, the paper used more than 770,000 data points from 44 countries to determine that forests with more tree species are more productive.\nI suspect a similar hypothesis holds for shared specs, code, and the broader idea of\u00a0plurality within the IndieWeb. More interoperable systems makes the IndieWeb more productive.\n\n\nI also can\u2019t help but think about a reply to a tweet by Chris Messina\u00a0in relation to the IndieWeb related article in this week\u2019s The New Yorker:\n\nI\u2019ve been tinkering with this again lately. Basically none of it is productized and much of the code is stale and/or only works for single user setups. \nSo yeah \u2013 classic car at best. What does a Model T assembly line look like for IndieWeb?\n\u2014 Boris Mann (@bmann) May 20, 2019\n\n\nBoris is asking a problematic question not remembering early issues with the Model T, which Jim Luke reminds us of in his article:\nRemember Henry Ford\u2019s famous quote about \u201cthe customer can get [the Model T] in any color they want as long as it\u2019s black\u201d?\nWe\u2019ve already got the Model Ts of social media\u2013it\u2019s called Facebook. It\u2019s Twitter. It\u2019s Instagram. And they\u2019re all standardized\u2013black\u2013 but they all require their own custom (toxic and limited) roads to be able to drive them! I can\u2019t drive my Model Twitter in Facebookville.\u00a0 My Instagramobile has long since broken down in Twittertown. Wouldn\u2019t you rather \u201cSee The U.S.A. In Your [IndieWeb] Chevrolet\u201c?!\nThe answer to Boris is that the IndieWeb has been working on the scope problem first knowing that once the interoperable kinks between systems can be worked out to a reasonable level that scale will be the easy part of the problem. Obviously micro.blog has been able to productize IndieWeb principles (with several thousands of users) and still work relatively flawlessly with a huge number of other platforms.\u00a0 There have been tremendous strides towards shoehorning IndieWeb principles into major CMSes like WordPress (~500+ active users currently) and Drupal (~50+ active users) not to mention several dozens of others including Known, Perch, Craft CMS, Hugo, Kirby, etc., etc.\nI haven\u2019t heard aggregate numbers recently, but I would guess that the current active IndieWeb user base is somewhere north of 10,000 people and individual websites.\u00a0 Once the UI/UX issues have all been ironed out even a single platform like WordPress, which could easily add the individual pieces into its core product in just a few hours, would create a sea-change overnight by making more than 30% of the web which runs on it IndieWeb friendly or IndieWeb compatible.\nYes, friends, scale is the easy part. Plurality and scope are the the far more difficult problems. Just ask Zuck or Jack. Or their users products.\n\nSyndicated copies to: \n Twitter icon\n Twitter icon",
"html": "<span>Read</span> <a href=\"https://econproph.com/2019/05/20/scale-and-scope/\" class=\"p-name u-url\">Scale and Scope</a> by <a href=\"https://econproph.com/\" class=\"h-card p-author\"><img class=\"u-photo\" src=\"https://aperture-proxy.p3k.io/8a25aacc3ec29000ad1960b533705819dd485dc1/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e67726176617461722e636f6d2f626c6176617461722f6164343338376163656138356536303936313365343637303532643262613030\" alt=\"Jim Luke\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" /><img class=\"u-photo\" src=\"https://aperture-proxy.p3k.io/8a25aacc3ec29000ad1960b533705819dd485dc1/68747470733a2f2f7365637572652e67726176617461722e636f6d2f626c6176617461722f6164343338376163656138356536303936313365343637303532643262613030\" alt=\"Jim Luke\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" />Jim Luke</a> <em>(<span class=\"p-publication\">EconProph</span>)</em><blockquote class=\"e-summary\">I\u2019ve been saying for awhile now in discussions of the commons, OER, and higher education that a \u201ccommons doesn\u2019t scale, it scopes\u201d. Before I explain why I think a commons doesn\u2019t scale very well, I probably need to briefly clarify what\u2019s meant by scale and scope. Like many terms in economics, they\u2019re both commonly used terms in both business and everyday life, but in economics they may carry a subtly different, more precise, or richer meaning. Both terms refer to the production of an increasing volume of output of some kind. Enthusiasts of particular good(s), be they an entrepreneur producing the a product they hope will make them rich or an open educator advocating for more open licensed textbooks because it will improve education, generally want to see their ideas scale. And by scale, they generally mean \u201cbe produced in larger and larger volumes\u201d. Larger volume of output, of course, brings a larger volume of benefits to more users. More output \u2013> more users \u2013> more benefits. But it\u2019s the behavior of costs that really intrigues us when we think of \u201cscaling\u201d as a way to increase output. More benefits is nice, but if more benefits also means an equal increase in costs, then it\u2019s not so attractive.</blockquote><p>I can see a relation to the economies of scope that Jim Luke is talking about here in relation to the <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/plurality\">IndieWeb principle of plurality</a>. For a long time the IndieWeb community has put economies of scope first and foremost over that of scale. Scale may not necessarily solve some of the problems we\u2019re all looking at. In fact, scale may be directly responsible for many of the problems that social has caused in our lives and society.</p>\n<p>I\u2019m also reminded of a <a href=\"https://boffosocko.com/2019/05/15/data-sharing-and-how-it-can-benefit-your-scientific-career-l-nature-2/\">post I annotated the other day</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"p-name u-url\" href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01506-x\">Data sharing and how it can benefit your scientific career</a>\u00a0<em>(<span class=\"p-publication\">Nature</span>)</em></p>\n<blockquote class=\"e-summary\"><p>Crowther offered everyone who shared at least a certain volume of data with his forest initiative the chance to be a co-author of a study that he and a colleague led. Published in Science in 2016, the paper used more than 770,000 data points from 44 countries to determine that forests with more tree species are more productive.</p></blockquote>\n<p>I suspect a similar hypothesis holds for shared specs, code, and the broader idea of\u00a0<a href=\"https://indieweb.org/plurality\">plurality within the IndieWeb</a>. More interoperable systems makes the IndieWeb more productive.\n</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>I also can\u2019t help but think about a reply to a <a href=\"https://twitter.com/chrismessina/status/1130311808437239808\">tweet by Chris Messina</a>\u00a0in relation to the <a href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/can-indie-social-media-save-us\">IndieWeb related article in this week\u2019s <em>The New Yorker</em></a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">I\u2019ve been tinkering with this again lately. Basically none of it is productized and much of the code is stale and/or only works for single user setups. </p>\n<p>So yeah \u2013 classic car at best. What does a Model T assembly line look like for IndieWeb?</p>\n<p>\u2014 Boris Mann (@bmann) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/bmann/status/1130312836419211264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2019</a></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p></p>\n<p>Boris is asking a problematic question not remembering early issues with the Model T, which Jim Luke reminds us of in his article:</p>\n<blockquote><p>Remember Henry Ford\u2019s famous quote about \u201cthe customer can get [the Model T] in any color they want as long as it\u2019s black\u201d?</p></blockquote>\n<p>We\u2019ve already got the Model Ts of social media\u2013it\u2019s called Facebook. It\u2019s Twitter. It\u2019s Instagram. And they\u2019re all standardized\u2013black\u2013 but they all require their own custom (toxic and limited) roads to be able to drive them! I can\u2019t drive my Model Twitter in Facebookville.\u00a0 My Instagramobile has long since broken down in Twittertown. Wouldn\u2019t you rather \u201c<a href=\"https://youtu.be/boertpylK0M?t=66\">See The U.S.A. In Your [IndieWeb] Chevrolet</a>\u201c?!</p>\n<p>The answer to Boris is that the IndieWeb has been working on the scope problem first knowing that once the interoperable kinks between systems can be worked out to a reasonable level that scale will be the easy part of the problem. Obviously <a href=\"https://micro.blog\">micro.blog</a> has been able to productize <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/principles\">IndieWeb principles</a> (with several thousands of users) and still work relatively flawlessly with a huge number of other platforms.\u00a0 There have been tremendous strides towards shoehorning IndieWeb principles into major CMSes like WordPress (~500+ active users currently) and Drupal (~50+ active users) not to mention several dozens of others including Known, Perch, Craft CMS, Hugo, Kirby, etc., etc.</p>\n<p>I haven\u2019t heard aggregate numbers recently, but I would guess that the current active IndieWeb user base is somewhere north of 10,000 people and individual websites.\u00a0 Once the UI/UX issues have all been ironed out even a single platform like WordPress, which could easily add the individual pieces into its core product in just a few hours, would create a sea-change overnight by making more than 30% of the web which runs on it IndieWeb <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/friendly\">friendly</a> or IndieWeb compatible.</p>\n<p>Yes, friends, scale is the easy part. 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"text": "Episode 14: A loose collective of developers and techno-utopiansIf possible, click to play, otherwise your browser may be unable to play this audio file.\nRunning time: 1h 19m 57s | Download (37.5MB) | Subscribe by RSS | Huffduff\nSummary: Our first episode since January. David Shanske and Chris Aldrich get caught up on some recent IndieWebCamps, an article about IndieWeb in The New Yorker, changes within WordPress, and upcoming events.\nRecorded: May 19, 2019\nShownotes\n6 camps later\u2026\nAustin\nOnline\nNew Haven\nBerlin\nD\u00fcsseldorf\nUtrecht\nNational Duckpin Bowling Congress\nDuck Tours\n\nStreaming rigs for remote participation at IndieWeb Camps\nAd hoc sessions (\ud83c\udfa7 00:11:28)\nCan \u201cIndie\u201d Social Media Save Us? (The New Yorker) by Cal Newport (\ud83c\udfa7 00:13:50)\nSwarm Account deletions and posting limits\n\nNew Checkin icon within the Post Kinds Plugin: example https://david.shanske.com/kind/checkin/\n\nWeather now has microformats mark up in WordPress\nFatwigoo problems with icons\nIndieWeb Bingo\nWebmention Project\nProject of updating Matthias Pfefferle\u2018s Webmention and Semantic Linkbacks plugins (\ud83c\udfa7 00:26:10)\nhttps://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-webmention\nhttps://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-semantic-linkbacks\nParse This\nEkby Jarpen\nSteelCase Executive Tanker Desk\nReaders & Yarns\nReaders & Yarns update (\ud83c\udfa7 00:40:50)\n\nX-Ray\n\nIndigenous Replacement: Final Indigenous Log: The Future of the App\nPost Kinds Plugin\nPost Kinds and new exclude functionality (\ud83c\udfa7 00:48:15)\nwidgets\ntitleless posts\nOn this day\nDavid\u2019s list of 24 IndieWebCamps he\u2019s attended\n\nLooking back at past IndieWebCamp sessions and wiki pages for interesting ideas and new itches\n\nDate and time stamps on webmentions\nCall for tickets in WordPress\n\nSubscribing to h-cards with WebSub\n\nIs Mastodon IndieWeb?\n\nFixing IndieAuth\n\nImproving scoping, particularly for multi-user sites\nComing up within the community\nIndieWeb Book Club\nIndieWeb Book Club is coming up featuring Mike Monteiro\u2019s book Ruined by Design(\ud83c\udfa7 01:13:04)\nMore details: https://boffosocko.com/2019/05/04/indieweb-book-club-ruined-by-design/\n\nhttps://indieweb.xyz/en/bookclub\nIndieWeb Summit 2019\n9th annual IndieWeb Summit (Portland) is coming up in June. RSVP now.\nQuestions?\nFeel free to send us your questions or topic suggestions for upcoming episodes. (Use the comments below or your own site using Webmention).\u00a0\n\nPerhaps a future episode on Micro.blog?\n\n\n\nSyndicated copies to: Flipboard icon\n Tumblr icon\n WordPress\n Twitter icon",
"html": "<span> </span> <span class=\"p-name\">Episode 14: A loose collective of developers and techno-utopians</span><p></p><a href=\"https://david.shanske.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Indieweb14.mp3\">If possible, click to play, otherwise your browser may be unable to play this audio file.</a><br />Running time: 1h 19m 57s | <a href=\"https://david.shanske.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Indieweb14.mp3\">Download <i></i></a> (<span class=\"p-size\">37.5MB</span>) | Subscribe by <a href=\"http://boffosocko.com/category/podcast/feed/\">RSS</a> | <a title=\"Click to bookmark this audio file on Huffduffer.com\" href=\"https://huffduffer.com/add?page=referrer\"><img src=\"https://aperture-proxy.p3k.io/265dfee6910cfd2d8e7df53207159b4544deeab8/68747470733a2f2f69302e77702e636f6d2f626f66666f736f636b6f2e636f6d2f77702d636f6e74656e742f75706c6f6164732f323031362f30352f6170706c652d746f7563682d69636f6e2d313434783134342d707265636f6d706f7365642e706e673f726573697a653d32352532433235\" alt=\"\" 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href=\"https://indieweb.org/2019/New_Haven\">New Haven</a><br /><a href=\"https://indieweb.org/2019/Berlin\">Berlin</a><br /><a href=\"https://indieweb.org/2019/D%C3%BCsseldorf\">D\u00fcsseldorf</a><br /><a href=\"https://indieweb.org/2019/Utrecht\">Utrecht</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.ndbc.org/\">National Duckpin Bowling Congress</a><br /><a href=\"https://indieweb.org/%F0%9F%A6%86%E2%9B%B5\">Duck Tours</a><br />\nStreaming rigs for remote participation at IndieWeb Camps<br /><a href=\"https://indieweb.org/ad-hoc_sessions\">Ad hoc sessions</a> (<a title=\"jump to this portion of audio\" href=\"https://david.shanske.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Indieweb14.mp3#t=688\">\ud83c\udfa7 00:11:28</a>)</p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/can-indie-social-media-save-us\">Can \u201cIndie\u201d Social Media Save Us?</a></em> (<em>The New Yorker</em>) by <a href=\"http://www.calnewport.com/\">Cal Newport</a> (<a title=\"jump to this portion of audio\" href=\"https://david.shanske.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Indieweb14.mp3#t=830\">\ud83c\udfa7 00:13:50</a>)</p>\n<p>Swarm Account <a href=\"https://tantek.com/2019/137/t1/foursquare-swarmapp-account-deleted\">deletions</a> and posting limits<br />\nNew Checkin icon within the Post Kinds Plugin: example <a href=\"https://david.shanske.com/kind/checkin/\">https://david.shanske.com/kind/checkin/</a><br />\nWeather now has microformats mark up in WordPress<br /><a href=\"https://indieweb.org/Fatwigoo\">Fatwigoo</a> problems with icons<br /><a href=\"https://indieweb.org/IndieWeb_Bingo\">IndieWeb Bingo</a></p>\n<h3>Webmention Project</h3>\n<p>Project of updating <a href=\"https://pfefferle.org/\">Matthias Pfefferle</a>\u2018s Webmention and Semantic Linkbacks plugins (<a title=\"jump to this portion of audio\" href=\"https://david.shanske.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Indieweb14.mp3#t=1570\">\ud83c\udfa7 00:26:10</a>)</p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-webmention\">https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-webmention</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-semantic-linkbacks\">https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-semantic-linkbacks</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://github.com/dshanske/parse-this/\">Parse This</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://www.ikea.com.tr/en/catalog/home-office/wall-shelves/shelves/20094347/ekby-jarpen-wall-shelf.aspx\">Ekby Jarpen</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://boffosocko.com/2008/11/29/vintage-tanker-desk-hobby/\">SteelCase Executive Tanker Desk</a></li>\n</ul><h3>Readers & Yarns</h3>\n<p><a href=\"https://indieweb.org/reader\">Readers</a> & <a href=\"https://indieweb.org/Yarns_Microsub_Server\">Yarns</a> update (<a title=\"jump to this portion of audio\" href=\"https://david.shanske.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Indieweb14.mp3#t=2440\">\ud83c\udfa7 00:40:50</a>)<br />\nX-Ray<br />\nIndigenous Replacement: <a href=\"https://eddiehinkle.com/2019/05/08/5/article/\">Final Indigenous Log: The Future of the App</a></p>\n<h3>Post Kinds Plugin</h3>\n<p>Post Kinds and new exclude functionality (<a title=\"jump to this portion of audio\" href=\"https://david.shanske.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Indieweb14.mp3#t=2895\">\ud83c\udfa7 00:48:15</a>)</p>\n<ul><li>widgets</li>\n<li>titleless posts</li>\n<li>On this day</li>\n</ul><p><a href=\"https://david.shanske.com/indiewebcamps/\">David\u2019s list of 24 IndieWebCamps he\u2019s attended</a><br />\nLooking back at past IndieWebCamp sessions and wiki pages for interesting ideas and new itches<br />\nDate and time stamps on webmentions<br /><a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/05/15/wp5-3-open-call-for-tickets/\">Call for tickets in WordPress</a><br />\nSubscribing to h-cards with WebSub<br />\nIs Mastodon IndieWeb?<br />\nFixing IndieAuth<br />\nImproving scoping, particularly for multi-user sites</p>\n<h3>Coming up within the community</h3>\n<h4>IndieWeb Book Club</h4>\n<p><a href=\"https://indieweb.org/IndieWeb_Book_Club\">IndieWeb Book Club</a> is coming up featuring Mike Monteiro\u2019s book <em>Ruined by Design</em>(<a title=\"jump to this portion of audio\" href=\"https://david.shanske.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Indieweb14.mp3#t=4384\">\ud83c\udfa7 01:13:04</a>)</p>\n<ul><li>More details: <a href=\"https://boffosocko.com/2019/05/04/indieweb-book-club-ruined-by-design/\">https://boffosocko.com/2019/05/04/indieweb-book-club-ruined-by-design/</a>\n</li>\n<li><a href=\"https://indieweb.xyz/en/bookclub\">https://indieweb.xyz/en/bookclub</a></li>\n</ul><h4>IndieWeb Summit 2019</h4>\n<p><a href=\"https://indieweb.org/2019\">9th annual IndieWeb Summit (Portland)</a> is coming up in June. RSVP now.</p>\n<h3>Questions?</h3>\n<p>Feel free to send us your questions or topic suggestions for upcoming episodes. (Use the comments below or your own site using Webmention).\u00a0<br />\nPerhaps a future episode on Micro.blog?</p>\n\n\n\n<span>Syndicated copies to:</span><ul><li><a class=\"u-syndication\" href=\"https://flipboard.com/@chrisaldrich/indieweb-7n1s15npy\"> <span style=\"max-width:1rem;margin:2px;\" title=\"flipboard\">Flipboard icon</span></a></li>\n<li><a class=\"u-syndication\" href=\"http://chrisaldrich.tumblr.com/post/185043914082\"> <span style=\"max-width:1rem;margin:2px;\" title=\"tumblr\">Tumblr icon</span></a></li>\n<li><a class=\"u-syndication\" href=\"https://chrisaldrich.wordpress.com/?p=55685427\"> WordPress</a></li>\n<li><a class=\"u-syndication\" href=\"https://twitter.com/ChrisAldrich/status/1130923024528490496\"> <span style=\"max-width:1rem;margin:2px;\" title=\"twitter\">Twitter icon</span></a></li>\n</ul>"
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Hey friends, if you’re an artist/creator that lives and works on the internet, you should come to @XOXO! You can fill out your survey until May 23 at noon PT: https://2019.xoxofest.com/
I wrote about my experience last year: https://gregorlove.com/2018/11/xoxo-yes-you-do-belong-here/
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🔖 Bookmarked https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/can-indie-social-media-save-us
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I remotely attended this event.
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Setting up for #WriteTheDocs
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When I moved back to Seattle, I was using Ting Wireless for my cellphone service. At the time their service was a bit spotty (as they were a Sprint MVNO) and in 2013 I ended up switching back to my usual standby, T-Mobile. At the time T-Mobile had a $30/month plan which covered my needs: 100 minutes per month (with additional at 10¢/minute), and enough bandwidth for my needs.
A few months ago I decided to try out Xfinity Mobile, because it was supposedly only $10/GB/month for me since I’m already an Xfinity Internet customer. (Not by choice, mind you, but that’s a separate rant.)
However, they seem to be a bit aggressive at “overestimating” my bandwidth usage (so my bill was usually more like $30/month, not actually saving me anything), and pretty much every incoming call would get dropped with a “Call failure” error. This is of course a common issue, which Xfinity refuses to acknowledge, and there are plenty of other complaints on the customer forum, all of which are unaddressed beyond platitudes of “we are working on this.” (Going back well over a year now.)
Anyway. I’ve given Xfinity more than a fair shake. Unfortunately, the $30/month plan I was on with T-Mobile is no longer available (I’d been grandfathered in for quite some time), but since 2013, Ting has improved things a lot; in particular they are now doing LTE on T-Mobile (rather than CDMA on Sprint) and given how reliable T-Mobile has always been for me in the past, and how much the folks I know on Ting have continued to sing its praises, I’m pretty optimistic that this will work out better this time around. I do suspect the price will be somewhat higher than Xfinity, but at least I’ll be able to accept incoming calls!
So, all that said, if you want to give them a try, using this referral link will get you (and me!) a $25 credit on new activations.
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