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Welcome to the new TWiT Mastodon Instance! It's like Twitter but open, federated, and dedicated to TWiT Fans. My new handle is @leo - see you there!
I'll miss you Roger Angell.
@craigmaloney Oops. Thanks! I love the re-draft button!
Because you asked, a couple of classic behind-the-scenes accounts of the computer industry. (Mentioned on Windows Weekly yesterday).
Steven Levy's Hackers (a must read) https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/hackers/9781449390259/
Tracy Kidder's Soul of a New Machine https://www.tracykidder.com/the-soul-of-a-new-machine.html
G. Pascal Zacary's Show Stopper
https://www.amazon.com/Show-Stopper-Breakneck-Generation-Microsoft/dp/0029356717
Tripp Mickle's After Steve https://www.harpercollins.com/products/after-steve-tripp-mickle?variant=39651232972834
I'll be interviewing Tripp in a week, May 19 at 1:30p Pacific on TWiT.tv.
I've actually found a very nice BBS package I could run.
But would people really use it?
Holy cow. There are a *lot* of Telnet BBSs still out there!
I've added a "now" page to my blog (cf. https://nownownow.com/about)
It's kind of an interesting idea...
Short little new blog post about emacs and hugo....
After ignoring org-mode forever (I use emacs for coding and blogging mostly) I've finally dug into it and it's amazing. I'm going to keep using Notion for pretty content I want to share, but emacs org-mode for todos, journaling, and other lists (replacing Obsidian). I think I'll use Syncthing to keep all my notes in synch.
He's @Gargron ! But let's get him on FLOSS Weekly for sure!!
For new people wondering why Mastodon is on thousands of servers instead of one:
-It helps protect us all against Elon Musk scenarios. It's very difficult for anyone to buy a network made of thousands of independently owned servers. (It's the same reason why no one owns the world's email network, because there are so many independent providers out there.)
-If your server misbehaves (or sells out to a malevolent billionaire), you can move your account to a different server, or even to a brand new server. Decentralisation means you're never trapped on a site you hate.
-Mastodon is an open platform where anyone can start their own server, and they don't need tech knowledge if they use a service like https://masto.host or https://federation.spacebear.ee
...and there are lots more good reasons too, to do with servers using alternative Fediverse software etc, but I'll save that for a future post 😁
Mission accomplished?
This might be the best thing I ever wrote about being "talent."
I've posted a long overdue update to my "I Use This" inventory on leo.fm. I'll add some pictures in a bit.
I never wanted my son to follow in my footsteps. Little did I know he'd do much better!
Leo Laporte, podcaster, broadcaster, tech pundit. Founder of the TWiT Podcast Network https://twit.tv. The Tech Guy on the Premiere Radio Networks nationwide. https://techguylabs.com. Blog and contact info at https://leo.fm/about