Preparing to share my bookmark backlog on the blog
Looking for recommendations on good bookmark managers, as I plan to start sharing what I have in my read it later pile on the blog.
Town squares, backyards, better metaphors, and decentralised networks
I continue to think about decentralized networks. And I'm wondering, among other things, if we need squares or courtyards, and why good metaphors play a role in wise decisions.
Decentralized is more important than being decentralizable
“Why did you choose Mastodon and not Bluesky?” This is my answer to that question. It begins with a law from the turn of the millennium that was initially described as a failure, takes a path through domain names I've owned for nearly three decades, a need to test the winds, and ultimately lands on the fact that right now, I prioritize “decentralized” over “decentralizable” as a matter of principle.
Three apps that bring your feeds together in one place
Being an internet user means constantly jumping between different services and websites to check what's new. But there are alternatives. Tapestry, Reeder, and Surf are three apps that let you gather much of the content you're interested in—all in one place.
Media monitoring with LLM assistance
Language models make it possible to approach media monitoring in a new way. Instead of keyword searches that try to filter out what I might be interested in, the job is handled by a language model that “assesses the news value” of my most important feeds — based on a prompt where I describe both myself and my interests.
Condensing The Iceberg
What we need isn't algorithmic-free feeds. We need access to the nuts and bolts so that we can tune the feeds, i.e 'condense the iceberg', in ways that makes sense to us.