Long shadows up at the golf club today while I was picking up Ethan.
Another great lesson for Drew this morning. Won’t be long until he is beating his brother out on the course!
Twitter's house rules
I can understand the joy on Twitter when a certain account was removed by a member of staff who was leaving.
De-activating an account out of your own personal agenda isn’t playing by Twitter’s rules though, and it certainly wouldn’t be as funny if it was your own account that was deleted.
Once again though it throws into question Twitter’s “house rules” and what constitutes playing by these rules and breaking them.
Hyper terminal emulator, good but not great
A week running Hyper as my terminal has been mostly without incident, but I’ll be switching back to Terminal.
Hyper is a good replacement for Terminal or iTerm but it’s not a great replacement and doesn’t bring anything extra that I didn’t already have.
Also, I would rather rely on scripts and dot files for my terminal configuration rather than relying on Hyper’s plugins.
Finding that Spark’s short and long swipes a pain to use when the actions are different.
Reconfigured each side now to have the same action for both short and long swipes.
Avoids the wrong action being applied and keeps things simple.
The value of silence
There’s value to be had in silence you know.
Late at night. A quiet office. No phone calls. No interruptions. The work can be broken down into small tasks and each task approached with an attention that respects its value. The big picture can be pushed into the distance and scrutinized later. This is the time for craftsmanship.
— The Quiet Times by Michael Wade
Another great lesson for Ethan with our club professional, Andy. Just a few minor setup changes and Ethan’s already seeing improvements.
Curtis McHale offers some advice for those looking to get more from their mobile devices when it comes to deep work.
One of the final big ways to stop your phone from wasting your time is to not have it near you unless you need it. When I’m at home, I don’t need my phone because my family is downstairs. If there is something I need to deal with they’ll call up to me.
— Setting up iOS for Focused Work bby Curtis McHale
40 day writing streak on 750words.com. The daily habit is getting easier to do now. Here’s to another 40 days of writing!
A bleak future for the web?
The Trinet (Amazon, Facebook, Google) is a depressing prospect for the future of the web.
The War for Net Neutrality in the USA won a battle in 2014, but in 2017 we are seeing a second battle which is more likely to be lost. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are probably soon going to dictate what traffic can or cannot arrive at people’s end devices. GOOG-FB-AMZN traffic would be the most common, due to their popularity among internet users. Because of this market demand, ISPs will likely provide cheap plans with access to GOOG-FB-AMZN, while offering more expensive plans with full internet access.
— The web begain dying in 2014, here’s how by André Staltz
There’s still one thing that the web has in it’s favour. People are still willing to make it the best open platform it can be.
Google might have shut down their RSS reader but there’s been a number of replacements sprung up that people are willing to pay for like Feedbin.
Facebook might have the social internet sewn up just now, but people are continually challenging that with alternatives like Mastodon and Micro.blog.
Amazon might have the shopping internet market share, but how long can they continue that success? Retail is a never-ending cycle of new companies and stores trying to sell products. Can Amazon remain on top?
I’m optimistic that the web can still be and open platform for all. It comes from educating people about the sacrifices they’re making in using the Trinet’s applications and services and what the trade-off is. I suspect most people are not too bothered though, but there are people who are willing to support and work towards an open web.