An interesting idea – and one I’ll think on a little more. 🤔
I mean, only 5 minutes. No more. And maybe even less.
Category: Microblog
A guide to the world's most controversial conflict, from the very basics right up to what's happening today.
Because I realised there was a lot about Israel-Palestine that I didn’t know about and wanted a jumping off point.
The best strategy is blasting everyone you see—until it's not.
Is this too optimistic? Should we be more cautious when sending message out into space? Maybe, but I like the idea of starting off with a show of good faith than entering a room gun blazing.
Fortnite is more Dark Forest theory than not, and maybe that’s true of the universe, too. But sometimes, we have a lever against the vise of game theory, and in this case, it is a single bit of communication. I mean “bit” in the programmer’s sense: a flag with a designated meaning. Nothing more. My heart emote didn’t make Fortnite cuddly and collaborative, but it did allow me to communicate: “Hold up. Let’s do this a different way.”
I’ve always been fascinated by one-handed keyboards. But they have a huge learning curve, so I want to find a system that I’m sure would work before I invest the time in it. My latest find is the Twiddler. Has anyone used this? Or have other recommendations?
I can’t remember now, but someone wrote about an app that stitched Live Photos together into a video.
Does anyone remember what the app was called?
Finally finished it (second time lucky) 📚
Some parts of it made me feel like I was on drugs, or maybe that he was on drugs when he was writing it. 😖
James Shelley posted some thoughts on shifting his blog posts from the third to second person. He makes some very good arguments. Personally, I struggle with whether I could do this and, if so, if it would still be conversation in the same way to me.
For my Micro Monday recommendation, I would put forward @abouthalf. His posts adds a splash of artwork to my timeline, and makes me itch to use my Apple Pencil most of the time.
@jamesshelley Thank you for your post. I’m going to try to respond to you in the second person, as you suggested in your article. Let me say, it feels very strange and very informal. 😶
Here’s a couple of thoughts (in no particular order):
– comments are usually in 2nd person, whereas reply to blog posts are usually 3rd person (I’d have no qualms about responding to you in the 2nd person if I was replying to you in the comments section/micro.blog reply, but doing this in my own CMS is strange)
– love the idea of blog posts being like letters to each other
– would posts in the 2nd person restrict the conversation between the original poster and the responder? I’d feel rude butting in on someone else’s conversation.
I’ll need to think more about this.
To me, this is why the grand declaration of selfie culture — “This is my identity, and I don’t care what you think of me!” — boils down to a non sequitur. “I don’t care what you think of me” dissolves into a self-contradictory statement. As humans who have opinions, it seems nonsensical to act under the pretence that the opinions others do not matter.
I made this text public because I want your attention. Like a performer preparing for opening night, I have spent time in private orchestrating these words into a (hopefully) coherent structure. And, like a photographer who has toiled with light, I now present my creation to you. The culminating question of our inquiry is, therefore: now that I have your attention, what do I want you to think or do?