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Phoneblogging (brennan.day)
13

Around 2 billion people access the internet exclusively via smartphones, yet the IndieWeb community largely neglects mobile-first design and phoneblogging UX. A casual survey of writers reveals three approaches to mobile publishing: no phoneblogging, partial (drafts on phone,…

Fresh Bubbles

First time in a Briefing. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.

Culture

  1. Medieval lives on medieval bridges (Fake History Hunter)
    9

    I was just randomly looking through some medieval books, as one does, when I discovered that a bunch of these French books for some reason had lots of pictures…

  2. Creating a politics of longing (the next wave)
    2

    Rob Hopkins imagines that we can travel to the future, using weak signals to create positive images of the future and a desire for change.

Life

  1. we don't shame smart glasses wearers enough (ava's blog)
    13

    Yup, I said it.

  2. They are Trying to Sell you Anti-AI Spray (JD Torian)
    4

    As some readers of this blog may know, or remember, I used to operate a pizza company that was sold in 2018. We had 14 units and did about 10,000 pizzas a week…

  3. where i've been (monocyte’s blog)
    0

    i always find it jarring to start writing something after a long ass break. the motions feel unfamiliar, my mind feels unfocused. but i'm writing so something…

  4. 21 Years Of High Fives (quailblog)
    3

    Happy Birthdaversary to all whom celebrate (it's us, we are celebrating)

Tech

  1. 💌 Newsletter #013 - On the Genie 🧞, its Biases, and Going Rogue (Technically Good ✨)
    5

    On the genie 🧞, its biases, and going rogue; Fake imagery for both birds and satellites. In good news: The EU & AI content marking; Australia & data centre…

  2. How did the Canadian wildfires show up in Home Assistant here in VA? (Michael Harley)
    3

    A few weeks ago, the Canadian wildfire haze reached Central Virginia, where I live, and we noticed it as a haziness in the air. Well, I have an AirGradient…

  3. Monitoring mv and other quiet commands with watch and progress (James Leighton)
    4

    How to keep an eye on long running file moves. Pair watch with progress to get a live view of commands like mv that show no output of their own.

  4. My favorite PDF reader on Android: MJ PDF (Jan-Lukas Else)
    6

    While I mainly used the PDF reader integrated into Firefox on Android to view PDFs on my phone so far, I now have a new favorite PDF reader.

  5. Don’t credit the LLM (Isaac Su)
    2

    Lately, an odd habit seems to have caught on among my peers when they’ve done something with an LLM. When asked “how many support requests have we received…

Still Bubbling

Already featured in a Briefing before. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.

  1. Norway (Doug Jones)
    19
  2. You Don't Have to Blog (brennan.day)
    16
  3. Library of Banned Books (Making Book)
    7
  4. Knitting the Web: We Need Interlinkers! (brennan.day)
    18

Tiny Bubbles

Fresh posts with exactly one vote in the last 24 hours.