Niklas Pivic / is on Nostr

I love freedom, people, music, video, and reading. I review books. I work as a #TechnicalWriter, I dig #TechnicalWriting.

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2024-11-22 09:37:10

Nigeria Special Volume 3: Electronic Innovation Meets Culture And Tradition 1978-93 by Various Artists https://album.link/nigeria-special-volume-3
'For the last release of 2024, Nigeria Special Vol. 3 showcases a collection of nineteen tracks chronicling a time when drum machines, synthesisers, imported Pop, Reggae, Disco & Soul collided with Highlife, Juju and Cultural Music in Nigeria. A period of experimentation, adaptation, modification and innovation saw artists and producers using new technology to renew and refresh cultural traditions. Nigerian music continued to evolve in a country that musically rarely stands still.'
Wow! This is released today!
#music #MusicTips #Nigeria #compilation #ReleaseFriday

2024-11-19 07:32:49

https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/#tie-yourself-to-a-federated-mast
@nprofile…qz4x 's words on Bluesky and #enshittification are, to me, true.
These two paragraphs say everything about why I can't trust Bluesky to always have good intentions:
'But here's the thing: all those other platforms, the ones where I unwisely allowed myself to get locked in, where today I find myself trapped by the professional, personal and political costs of leaving them, they were all started by people who swore they'd never sell out. I know those people, the old blogger mafia who started the CMSes, social media services, and publishing platforms where I find myself trapped. I considered them friends (I still consider most of them friends), and I knew them well enough to believe that they really cared about their users.
They did care about their users. They just cared about other stuff, too, and, when push came to shove, they chose the worsening of their services as the lesser of two evils.'
#bluesky #mastodon #CoryDoctorow

2024-11-13 14:59:20

To all people in #UX, #CX, #TechnicalWriting, and #UXDesign:
I just heard a person make this claim: to find information inside of content portals, search is only used by 30% of users. The same person also claimed that the rest, 70% of users, instead use a menu to try to find results. The person mentioned no sources...
Personally, I don't think this is true. If I were to make a guess, I'd say most users first search for what they need and then (if they can't find what they're looking for) start raffling through a menu.
Links to back up any claim would be lovely. Thanks!

2024-11-13 14:59:20

2024-10-30 01:25:58

#halloween #spotify #BrokenRecord #DanielEk #scary
https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/393/763/944/804/332/original/df1543308e4cde18.webp

2024-09-01 19:54:31

fuck starbucks
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-01/starbucks-ceo-brian-niccol-contract-explained/104270064
#starbucks #capitalism #WorkerRights

2024-08-02 15:53:46

Angela Davis on discovering The Communist Manifesto.
#AngelaDavis #KarlMarx #communism @npub1kt3…5004
https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/893/228/231/377/051/original/0070e871944211be.webp

2024-07-21 11:31:24

Sinead O'Connor vs the music business.
#book #autobiography #SineadOConnor @npub1kt3…5004
https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/824/250/569/345/105/original/5376c83f30b916b7.webp

2024-07-12 02:06:24

Microsoft cutting crucial link to Gaza, Palestinians say: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cger582weplo
A BBC investigation reveals that Microsoft is permanently banning Palestinians in the U.S. and other countries who use Skype to call relatives in Gaza.
#Palestine #FreePalestine #microsoft #Israel #ban #censorship

2024-05-25 07:45:00

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@npub1mqx…xqll
* Slayer - Christ Illusion
* Little Richard - Lucille
* MGMT - Brian Eno
* The Smiths - Frankly, Mr. Shankly
* DFA 1979 - Right On, Frankenstein!

2024-05-25 07:41:44

#meme #ArtificialIntelligence #grift #theft #AI #crypto #innovation #tech
https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/500/594/966/237/525/original/38e8a14649539e59.webp

2024-05-08 18:26:09

The evolution of Steve Albini: ‘If the dumbest person is on your side, you’re on the wrong side’ | Steve Albini | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/aug/15/the-evolution-of-steve-albini-if-the-dumbest-person-is-on-your-side-youre-on-the-wrong-side
rest in power, Steve.
#SteveAlbini

2024-05-07 12:03:42

Noam Chomsky: A Middle East Peace That Could Happen (But Won’t) – ScheerPost https://scheerpost.com/2024/05/07/noam-chomsky-a-middle-east-peace-that-could-happen-but-wont/
#NoamChomsky #israel #Palestine #MiddleEast :chomsky:

2024-03-25 08:12:33

#Smaug #capitalism
https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/155/315/683/734/437/original/616ff7ade2fb9a0d.webp
https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/112/155/315/930/716/427/original/84449f7a6c1c6349.webp

2024-01-18 03:27:31

Study: Thousands of businesses just love handing over your info to Facebook https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/01/18/facebook_tracking_data/
'The startlingly extent to which websites and brokers hand over details of people's habits to Facebook was revealed Wednesday.
A study [PDF] by Consumer Reports and non-profit The Markup concluded that for the average lone Facebook user, 2,230 companies, and in some cases more than 7,000, will hand over that person's information to Facebook. We're told 709 volunteers took part in the study over three years, during which time 186,892 organizations passed data about them to the Meta-run empire.'
#privacy #facebook #meta #SurveillanceCapitalism #TheMarkup #ConsumerReports

2023-12-17 08:12:28

'Reading print improves comprehension far more than looking at digital text, say researchers' https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/dec/15/reading-print-improves-comprehension-far-more-than-looking-at-digital-text-say-researchers
I wonder if this partly happens because people online often write badly; on the other hand, we're all responsible for choosing our sources. On the other hand, this means we should actively look for sources that don't feed anger and conflict, like those by Meta and Elon Musk, etc.
#reading
https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/594/712/297/760/495/original/edc32860bc281ca2.webp

2023-09-05 20:57:09

The Online Safety Bill looks set to shatter privacy in the UK https://proton.me/blog/online-safety-bill-encryption
#privacy #internet #OnlineSafetyBill