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Author: Colin Devroe

  • Please don’t try to explain Bitcoin at parties (unless you know what you’re talking about)

    Unless you’re drinking your flat whites under a rock, you’re likely seeing a lot of news about Bitcoin, it’s current exchange rate against the US Dollar, blockchain and it’s various applications, etc. You might even be getting sick of hearing about it (or, perhaps you’re sitting there earning hundreds or thousands of dollars per day…

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  • Threads now officially supported on Twitter

    Sasank Reddy, on the Twitter blog: Now, hundreds of thousands of threads are Tweeted every day! But this method of Tweeting, while effective and popular, can be tricky for some to create and it’s often tough to read or discover all the Tweets in a thread. That’s why we’re thrilled to share that we’re making…

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  • Understanding Ethereum Smart Contracts

    Gjermund Bjaanes: This post explains how smart contracts work on the Ethereum Blockchain. Related to my last. This is a good overview of Smart Contracts. Fascinating stuff.

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  • Follow Hashtags on Instagram

    Instagram: Today we’re introducing the ability to follow hashtags, giving you new ways to discover photos, videos and people on Instagram. Now it’s even easier to stay connected with the interests, hobbies, passions and communities you care about. This is an excellent feature. I won’t even go into all the ways Twitter should have been…

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  • My creative energy (audio)

    I’m not blogging as much. But that’s just because my creative energy is being poured elsewhere. Here’s what I’m up to. Download audio

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  • Down Wyoming, Scranton, PA – April 2017

    Down Wyoming, Scranton, PA – April 2017

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  • What comes after Instagram?

    Victoria Wright on Twitter: Photo friends// are you regularly sharing your work somewhere other than on @instagram? I’m so over them deciding what I see and don’t see The thread is interesting. Most photogs point to VSCO. I think Instagram still has a long runway ahead of it. And I still think it is very,…

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  • YouTube’s Most Popular Videos of 2017

    Brandy Shaul writing for Adweek: Collectively, the top 10 trending videos for 2017 have more than 633 million views and have been watched for over 40 million hours. The channels behind the top trending videos have more than 55 million subscribers in total. The most popular videos on YouTube each year are seldom the most…

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  • NFL and the Surface

    Dan Thorp-Lancaster for Windows Central: Under the deal, the NFL will continue to use Microsoft Surface tablets for referee video reviews through the end of the 2018/2019 season, SportsPro reports. Coaches and players will also continue to use Surface tablets to review footage during games. I’m glad MSFT is sticking with this. You’ll recall this…

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  • Regram

    Matt Navarra for The Next Web: Instagram appears to be finally working on a native Regram button. It’s a feature many users have been waiting for for some time. Currently, users wanting to reshare content have to either save the image or video to their device and re-share it from their own account, or call…

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  • Doesn’t look like iOS 11.2 turned on Apple Pay Cash after all. At least, not on my phone yet.

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  • Evergreen blog post traffic

    Rod Hilton, creator of the aforementioned Machete Order, in December 2015 just as The Force Awakens was released: Wow, this Machete Order thing got big! After the post first "went viral" and got mentioned on Wired.com, I started getting around 2,000 visitors to it per day, which I thought was a lot. But then in…

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  • Second time I’ve felt an earthquake in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Just making a note here so I remember.

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  • Recent grams

    I’m trying my hand at Instagram again. This time I’ve created my own filter using Snapseed which I’ve named ColinGram2018. I’m taking some photos I’ve published here and re-editing them with some cropping, blurring, and using ColinGram2018 and then publishing them on the gram. Here are a few example images I’ve posted so far.

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  • Good Design Award

    Cabel Sasser on Twitter: After seeing the logo on cool products before, I finally looked it up: what a great index of cool products with Good Design. Not just fancy design! Fascinating list of products on the Good Design Award list. Be sure to look through Cabel’s replies on Twitter.

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  • macOS High Sierra security vulnerability

    Dan Moren, reporting on this tweet from Lemi Orhan Ergin: Unsurprisingly, that news has quickly rippled through the Apple community as many people—including yours truly—have verified the claim. You can test it for yourself by going to any locked System Preferences pane, trying to unlock it, and entering username rootwith no password. (The number of…

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  • A \”fireside\” chat with Mark and Jeff Bezos

    In this video Mark and Jeff Bezos do what the two brothers do a lot, have a chat. They just so happen to be sitting in front of a large crowd and a few video cameras this time. It starts off a little slow, but stick with it. It is an enjoyable hour to get…

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  • A \”fireside\” chat with Mark and Jeff Bezos

    In this video Mark and Jeff Bezos do what the two brothers do a lot, have a chat. They just so happen to be sitting in front of a large crowd and a few video cameras this time. It starts off a little slow, but stick with it. It is an enjoyable hour to get…

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  • A \”fireside\” chat with Mark and Jeff Bezos

    In this video Mark and Jeff Bezos do what the two brothers do a lot, have a chat. They just so happen to be sitting in front of a large crowd and a few video cameras this time. It starts off a little slow, but stick with it. It is an enjoyable hour to get…

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  • A \”fireside\” chat with Mark and Jeff Bezos

    In this video Mark and Jeff Bezos do what the two brothers do a lot, have a chat. They just so happen to be sitting in front of a large crowd and a few video cameras this time. It starts off a little slow, but stick with it. It is an enjoyable hour to get…

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  • A \”fireside\” chat with Mark and Jeff Bezos

    In this video Mark and Jeff Bezos do what the two brothers do a lot, have a chat. They just so happen to be sitting in front of a large crowd and a few video cameras this time. It starts off a little slow, but stick with it. It is an enjoyable hour to get…

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  • A \”fireside\” chat with Mark and Jeff Bezos

    In this video Mark and Jeff Bezos do what the two brothers do a lot, have a chat. They just so happen to be sitting in front of a large crowd and a few video cameras this time. It starts off a little slow, but stick with it. It is an enjoyable hour to get…

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  • A \”fireside\” chat with Mark and Jeff Bezos

    In this video Mark and Jeff Bezos do what the two brothers do a lot, have a chat. They just so happen to be sitting in front of a large crowd and a few video cameras this time. It starts off a little slow, but stick with it. It is an enjoyable hour to get…

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  • Wednesday that feels like Friday. Wefriday. Fwinesday. Fridnesday.

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  • 1I/2017 U1 `Oumuamua

    ESO: For the first time ever astronomers have studied an asteroid that has entered the Solar System from interstellar space. !!!!!! This created a unique problem for the naming of this object. The IAU also created a new class of objects for interstellar asteroids, with this object being the first to receive this designation. When…

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  • Curiosity takes a selfie

    APOD: This selfie was compiled from many smaller images — which is why the mechanical arm holding the camera is not visible. In case you’re not impressed, notice this comment on Reddit by djellison who is Engineering Camera Payload Uplink Lead on Curiosity and Opportunity. This spacecraft – Opportunity – in a REALLY GOOD day –…

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  • The last time I shared Micro.blog invite codes they went very quickly. Here are 5. First come, first served. mb-ed28cc, mb-d0f852, mb-dbb439, mb-9b86e4, mb-c0629e.

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  • Doug Lane on Microblogging tone

    Doug Lane, on thinking a bit more before publishing on his own site than he would on Twitter or Facebook: If I let moments of anger or frustration sit for a bit, one of two things will happen. Most likely, I’ll move on to something more meaningful without shoving valueless negativity in anyone else’s face.…

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  • Attending Venture Idol 2017 at Ben Franklin TechVentures

    In 2007 I visited the area where Ben Franklin TechVentures is now. I was there for an interview with the then CEO of Viddler, Rob Sandie, to see about working there full time. At the time, Viddler was housed in Jordan Hall – a one-story building next to the now incredible Ben Franklin TechVentures complex.…

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  • Squash – October 2017

    Squash – October 2017 This being my penultimate entry into the Micro.blog photo challenge.

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  • Lackawanna Lake – October 2017

    Lackawanna Lake – October 2017 Day 5 photo challenge entry.

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  • Colin Walker \”be careful what you wish for\”

    Colin Walker: I spent years blogging about social media, trying to think about ways to drive mainstream adoption. When we reached the tipping point I had to ask "what now?" but still managed to find things to write about for a while. But, for the last several years, I have become increasingly disenchanted with social…

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  • Colin Walker \”be careful what you wish for\”

    Colin Walker: I spent years blogging about social media, trying to think about ways to drive mainstream adoption. When we reached the tipping point I had to ask "what now?" but still managed to find things to write about for a while. But, for the last several years, I have become increasingly disenchanted with social…

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  • Colin Walker \”be careful what you wish for\”

    Colin Walker: I spent years blogging about social media, trying to think about ways to drive mainstream adoption. When we reached the tipping point I had to ask "what now?" but still managed to find things to write about for a while. But, for the last several years, I have become increasingly disenchanted with social…

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  • Colin Walker \”be careful what you wish for\”

    Colin Walker: I spent years blogging about social media, trying to think about ways to drive mainstream adoption. When we reached the tipping point I had to ask "what now?" but still managed to find things to write about for a while. But, for the last several years, I have become increasingly disenchanted with social…

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  • Colin Walker \”be careful what you wish for\”

    Colin Walker: I spent years blogging about social media, trying to think about ways to drive mainstream adoption. When we reached the tipping point I had to ask "what now?" but still managed to find things to write about for a while. But, for the last several years, I have become increasingly disenchanted with social…

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  • Colin Walker \”be careful what you wish for\”

    Colin Walker: I spent years blogging about social media, trying to think about ways to drive mainstream adoption. When we reached the tipping point I had to ask "what now?" but still managed to find things to write about for a while. But, for the last several years, I have become increasingly disenchanted with social…

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  • Coffee bean counter, Duffy’s Coffee Company, Clark’s Summit, PA – November 2017

    Coffee bean counter, Duffy’s Coffee Company, Clark’s Summit, PA – November 2017 This being my day 4 photo challenge entry.

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  • Colin Walker \”be careful what you wish for\”

    Colin Walker: I spent years blogging about social media, trying to think about ways to drive mainstream adoption. When we reached the tipping point I had to ask "what now?" but still managed to find things to write about for a while. But, for the last several years, I have become increasingly disenchanted with social…

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  • Firefox Quantum released

    Mozilla: Firefox Quantum is over twice as fast as Firefox from 6 months ago, built on a completely overhauled core engine with brand new technology stolen from our advanced research group, and graced with a beautiful new look designed to get out of the way and let you do what you do best: surf a…

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  • Test: GIF of waterfall

    This was harder to create from a Live Photo than it should have. And I don’t like the result. But, such is life. Publish! This being my day 3 photo challenge entry.

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  • Duffy’s Coffee Company, Clarks Summit, PA – November 2017

    Duffy’s Coffee Company, Clarks Summit, PA – November 2017 This being my day 2 entry of the Micro.blog photo challenge.

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  • Train mailboxes, Steamtown Museum, Scranton, PA – November 2017

    Train mailboxes, Steamtown Museum, Scranton, PA – November 2017 This being my Day 1 Photo Challenge entry for squares.

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  • Horace Dediu on Apple Watch revenue

    Horace Dediu: From a revenue point of view, I believe next year’s fourth quarter will see the Watch generating higher revenues than the highest quarter for the iPod. Let that sink in. Amazing. Some flop.

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  • Doug Lane’s Micro.blog photo challenge

    Doug Lane: I thought we could start on Saturday (Nov. 11) and go for seven days. He has a theme for each of the 7 days. I’m in.

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  • Twitter’s new character UI

    Josh Wilburne, Designer at Twitter: With this in mind, we designed a system that defines two types of written languages, dense and non-dense, and expands the character limit for non-dense languages. By grouping languages this way, we can give people writing in non-dense languages like English and Spanish the same space to express themselves as…

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  • Apollo for reddit

    Apollo: Apollo is built by a former Apple employee with feedback from thousands of Redditors to sculpt the best client possible. It features a beautiful, native iOS design, smooth, customizable gestures, fast loading pages, a supercharged Media Viewer experience, a powerful, full Markdown editor, a Jump Bar for lightning-fast navigation, and so much more. You…

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  • Waymo is running trials without drivers

    Darrel Etherington, for TechCrunch: Waymo is operating at full Level 4 autonomy, sharing public roads with human-driven cars and pedestrians, with no one at the wheel able to take over in case things don’t go as planned. See also, my prediction time capsule.

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  • Condron Media podcasting audio test (audio)

    Tucker Hottes and I are setting up new equipment for a forthcoming podcast from Condron Media. We’re looking for feedback in the comments on how the audio sounds. Thanks in advance for your feedback. Download

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  • Independent interviews Mike Krieger of Instagram

    Adrian Weckler interviewed Mike Krieger, co-founder of Instagram, for Independent.ie out of Dublin. Regarding longer form video Krieger replies: What we have right now is a minute. If we introduce longer video, we have to make it fit into the flow of Instagram in a way that makes sense. I think what might point the…

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