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The transformation of the word geek
The transformation of the word geek
pIn Liar’s Poker, his 1989 seminal account of trading, Michael Lewis has a chapter called “From Geek to Man.” Here’s what he says about “geeks”: “A geek is a circus performer who bites the heads off live chickens and snakes. Or so says the red American Heritage Dictionary.” When Lewis arrived at Salomon Brothers in […]/p
The transformation of the word geek
News outlets, Twitter, and the fediverse
News outlets, Twitter, and the fediverse
The news cycle is talking about NPR leaving Twitter. This is a good moment to look at a case study of Heise, a big German news outlet, and what joining Mastodon actually means in terms of numbers and engagement.
News outlets, Twitter, and the fediverse
I forgot about the Titlecase API - BrettTerpstra.com
I forgot about the Titlecase API - BrettTerpstra.com
I made a little web service back in 2015 and somewhere in the following 7 years I forgot about it. I’ve been adding title-casing to various projects and plugins and keep writing new code for it…
I forgot about the Titlecase API - BrettTerpstra.com
Migrating Mastodon lists
Migrating Mastodon lists
My original Mastodon account was on mastodon.social. I chose it because it’s the largest instance, it’s operated by the developers of the service, and it runs the reference implementati…
Migrating Mastodon lists
Filters, Content Warnings, and Improving Your Mastodon Feed
Filters, Content Warnings, and Improving Your Mastodon Feed
This article gained traction over the past couple weeks, and it mentioned something that I feel like I keep seeing casual Mastodon users complain about: People relentlessly calling Twitter the “birdsite” Do they???? I got heckled once of twice for calling "Twitter" by it's name like once or twice back
Filters, Content Warnings, and Improving Your Mastodon Feed
The Voice of a Generation Was Forged In Houston
The Voice of a Generation Was Forged In Houston
Jia Tolentino's first essay collection, Trick Mirror, contains startling insights arrived upon through the New Yorker staff writer's own bizarre life experiences, many of which took place right here in Houston.
The Voice of a Generation Was Forged In Houston
The sudden death and rebirth of Tweetbot
The sudden death and rebirth of Tweetbot
When Twitter shut off API access, third-party apps were left high and dry. One app chose to pivot to become a Mastodon app.
The sudden death and rebirth of Tweetbot
[Opinion] The 'Fediverse' — an old key to a new internet?
[Opinion] The 'Fediverse' — an old key to a new internet?
It's high time we escaped the barbed-wire-fenced private domains of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. You don't need to search long for a key — at least if you know where to look.
[Opinion] The 'Fediverse' — an old key to a new internet?
Introducing Segment Anything
Introducing Segment Anything
We're releasing the Segment Anything Model (SAM) — a step toward the first foundation model for image segmentation — and the SA-1B dataset.
Introducing Segment Anything
Scrivener for academic writing with Zotero
Scrivener for academic writing with Zotero
Scrivener for academic writing with Zotero : A robust setup for academic writing in Scrivener including references and bibliography, output to PDF and docx, and live preview.
Scrivener for academic writing with Zotero
Twitter archiver
Twitter archiver
A simple, searchable, themeable archive of your public tweets
Twitter archiver
365 RFCs: a 50th anniversary dive
365 RFCs: a 50th anniversary dive
by Darius Kazemi, Dec 31 2018 April 7th, 2019 is going to be the 50 year anniversary of the first ever Request for Comments, known as an...
365 RFCs: a 50th anniversary dive