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Mastodon is the obvious candidate. I had created an account a while ago, and it offers an ad and algorithm free alternative. You can also take control by having your personal server.
Below are some of the links I found helpful.
And too many other links.
Mastodon
Mastodon gained 70,000 users after Musk’s Twitter takeover. I joined them - I think it is a lot more now.
Martin Fowler: Exploring Mastodon - notes on his journey.
BirdsiteLIVE a Twitter bridge, to keep on following your favourite accounts on Twitter. I haven't tried this yet.
Masto.host - a service to host your instance with minimum effort and OK prices. I already started one up.
fedifinder.glitch.me - find your Twitter people
twitodon - also find your Twitter people
An Increasingly Less-Brief Guide to Mastodon - a guide
A futuristic Mastodon introduction for 2021 - an intro
Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse - another guide
Leadership
Why Feedback Hurts - "Taking feedback personally is a choice. Make good choices." - true, but easier said than done.
Architect(ure) as Enabler of Organization’s Sustainable Flow of Change [slides] - that looks like a good talk about integrating architecture in different teams and team sizes.
Advice for Engineering Managers Who Want to Climb the Ladder - in case you would like to become a director … I am uncertain if I can recommend this.
Shit umbrella is the destroyer of trust - I was a part-time shit umbrella once. It isn't helping anyone.
Better, Faster, and More - what should you want from your new job?
Engineering
I Told You it Was Private - Ruby gem with the nuclear option in case you are using private methods.
Personal Heatmaps - insight into Strava's heatmap implementation strategy
Technology
How GitHub converts previously encrypted and unencrypted columns to ActiveRecord encrypted columns
OpenSSL vulnerability
This has been mostly patched now and it delayed the newest Fedora release.
- LWN: OpenSSL 3.0.7 released
- CVE-2022-3786 and CVE-2022-3602: X.509 Email Address Buffer Overflows
- Schneier: Critical Vulnerability in Open SSL
- OpenSSL warns of critical security vulnerability with upcoming patch
Environment
El miracle que necessita Barcelona perquè aquest 2022 no rebenti el rècord històric de temperatura [Catalan] - Barcelona is continuing to hit temperature records.
Europe’s climate warming at twice rate of global average, says report - possibly up to 3C around Barcelona.
Urbanism
Elon Musk’s first Hyperloop tunnel in California is gone - replaced by parking … that says it all.
Why car companies should fear the golf cart - "people driving golf carts in her community frequently stopped to chat with neighbors mowing their lawn. “You’re never going to do that if you’re in a car,” she said."
Can Groceries Be Delivered TOO Quickly?! [YouTube] - in cities where it works, most people won't need it.
New York City Is a Lot Safer Than Small-Town America - nice, but also "Even the safest areas in the US remain killing fields compared with most of Western Europe."
Wie die Mobilitätswende aussehen könnte [German, Video] - Are cities without cars possible … of course.
Children take to the barricades to save School Street - children shouldn't have to do this.
Random Compasses
Magnetic north, true north and grid north align over Great Britain for the first time in history - I just found this interesting somehow.
Channel 4 News’ first ever transmission from 1982 [YouTube] - A long time ago, but the news seems so familiar.
When will the EU end seasonal clock changes? Only time will tell. Access to the comments - can we get on with it, please?
NDAs, Obsessive Buyers, and $400 for Sublime: Inside the Baffling Revival of the Cassette Tape - yes, I am still on that topic.
How To Communicate Better on Slack - simple tricks to avoid some back and forth
Other Links
- Ben Crowder: Links #50
- Ben Crowder: Links #51
- Weekly Design Links – 11/01/22
- Bruce Lawson: Reading List 296
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