Personal photo and video library management is nearly a full-time job.

Systrom and Krieger resign from Instagram

Kevin Systrom, former CEO and co-founder of Instagram:

We’ve grown from 13 people to over a thousand with offices around the world, all while building products used and loved by a community of over one billion.

What a run! Talk about leaving while on top. A Seinfeld-esque move.

September 25, 2018 Add Comment

Fiery is oddly spelled.

September 20, 2018 Add Comment

Just realized the first few seconds of the Interstellar soundtrack is the rain that Cooper tells Romilly to listen to to calm him in space.

September 18, 2018 2 Comments

Jet-lag is just starting to wane. I hope by tomorrow I feel back to normal.

September 18, 2018 1 Comment

Twitter fixes their timeline

YES!!!!!! The Verge:

Twitter has made a surprise change to how it shows tweets to its users, following a viral thread earlier today that discussed ways to reverse the platform’s algorithmic timeline. Now, when you uncheck the settings box reading “Show the best tweets first,” Twitter will completely revert your timeline to a non-algorithmic, reverse-chronological order, which is how Twitter was originally designed and operated for years until the company introduced a default algorithmic model in early 2016.

I saw this tweet last night and immediately turned this on. Now with this new setting I don’t need it. Please keep this Twitter. Please!

September 18, 2018 5 Comments

Snapthread is now free to try

Becky Hansmeyer:

You can use all of the app’s features for free with only two limitations: a watermark in the lower left corner and a 30-second limit for video exports.

I’ve mentioned Snapthread in the past. I’m not on iOS anymore, but if I were, I’d use and buy Snapthread in an instant. Looks great. And the new icon is very fun.

September 17, 2018 Add Comment

I see that Google is killing the Inbox app and people are livid. People, stop being angry at Google for killing their services. They make money on Adwords, now some on Cloud Services, but that’s about it. Everything else is on the chopping block.

September 17, 2018 3 Comments

Manton Reece on smaller social networks

Manton Reece:

Many people are looking for “the next Twitter”, but it’s not enough to replace Twitter with a new platform and new leadership. Some problems are inevitable when power is concentrated in only 2-3 huge social networks — ad-based businesses at odds with user needs and an overwhelming curation challenge. This might be Mastodon’s greatest contribution: getting people used to the idea of many smaller, interoperable communities.

I agree with this far more today than I have in the past. I too was looking for the next Twitter. But now I’m glad there won’t likely be a replacement but that we will divide our time and interests across many communities. It will likely keep them all more civil and better.

September 17, 2018 Add Comment

Coming to Iceland has me reevaluating my understanding of, relationship with, and appreciation for water.

September 10, 2018 Add Comment