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Friday Five, Heat Death of Twitter Edition
One I was completely ignoring the entire FTX/Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) story until a friend shared a Matt Levine column on it with me, and now I am completely hooked and simply cannot stop reading about it. This guy literally did provide a “balance sheet” to his investors that included a line item called “HIDDEN POORLY…
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The Inevitable Mastodon Post
If you are as extremely, tragically Online as I am, you’ve been seeing the rapid decline of Twitter as the new management aggressively makes decisions almost as though he is trying to lose $44 billion on purpose. Like many of my fellow Extremely Online people, I’ve started the migration to Mastodon. While I will gleefully…
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A look back In my last trip around the sun I visited two countries I had never been to before, caught COVID in one of them and had to fend for myself in isolation, launched a product I’m really proud of, identified and (I think) solved some really hard problems, reconnected with some people I…
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Friday Five
One We went to Barcelona last month and loved it. I studied Spanish to the AP level in high school and what I discovered on this trip is that it’s all still in there, and if I use it, it comes back rapidly. So I’ve dusted off my Duolingo account for some daily practice. But…
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Friday Five – Almost Halloween Edition
Back when personal blogging was more of a thing, the Friday Five was a place to put shorter thoughts and ideas: things that didn’t rate their own posts. Inspired by my friend and former colleague Chuck Grimmett’s weekly update posts, it seems like a good way to start re-building the blogging muscles. One It’s not…
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Porto COVID Isolation: Day 6
Look. The most important thing you need to know about today is this: Which means I can wrap up isolation and actually leave the apartment. Which I did, for a short while: It was everything I dreamed it could be.
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Porto COVID Isolation, Days 3-5
Once I settled in and had things like WiFi, food, and cutlery sorted, the last few days have passed pretty quietly. I’ve primarily been cooking my meals, partly to reduce exposure and partly because every attempt at ordering something becomes a fun puzzle to solve where the prize is “you don’t go hungry!” and that…
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COVID Isolation Diary, Days 0-2
After a successful first day in the Nexcess booth for WordCamp Europe, the team had gathered at Belos Aires for dinner and conversation. I was exhausted, which I chalked up to the full day of having my booth face on and the multiple days of pre-parties and networking that had been filling my schedule since…
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WordSesh 2022
For this year’s WordSesh, I’m delivering a session that’s a case study on trying to keep a site online during a viral traffic surge, and a companion workshop where attendees will use the techniques discussed. Learn about #HanktheHellion: Hankarmy.com Case Study Session slidesSession notes from Deborah Edwards-Oroño of Lireo DesignsSummary of 5 WordSesh 2022 presentations,…
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Red Lipstick for All
A thing I was known for in the Before Times was my lipstick game. I love a bold lip, especially in red. During these last few years of mask-wearing, I missed my lipstick collection. Now that masking is starting to ease up, I’ve been venturing back into red lipstick in situations where I’m dressing up…