Brendan Jones / is on Nostr

PM/PO/UX at Metabolic.nl

#Sustainability #SystemsThinking #PostGrowth #Degrowth #Climate #Ecology #EcologicalEconomics #UX #UXDesign #PO #ProductOwner #ProductManager #Netherlands
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Last Notes

2024-02-07 23:36:21

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@npub1lsl…9c2x One small thing, Mike: “With Bluesky’s algorithmic choice, anyone can make or share their own algorithms and users can choose what algorithms they want to use”
Not anyone can do it. Only developers, at this stage. I’m sure they’ll build a UI for it into the app at some point, but right now you need to be able to code if you want to make your own algorithms.

2023-10-31 21:01:59

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@npub16uk…pv7k Or melaleuca (tea tree), for that matter.

2023-10-13 13:35:59

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@npub1cx7…8tc2 hmm, that sucks, especially because I would have said OC is somewhat closer in values to Mastodon than Patreon, given it's at least open source.
Anyway, sounds like I should switch my contribution from OC to Patreon or Github. Which do you prefer?

2023-10-13 10:59:47

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@npub1cx7…8tc2 I donate through open collective. Is that not a good option for you guys for some reason? You don’t seem to advertise it at all.

2023-09-27 08:01:48

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@npub14ha…pqf0 @npub1vwv…fe8q @npub1p9h…n3uq How do you know when they’re ripe? Do you pick them from the tree or the ground?

2023-09-22 13:38:13

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@npub1j46…3gm7 well I certainly get that, the details of the fixes are a bit eye glazing haha

2023-09-22 12:33:32

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@npub1j46…3gm7 huh, I get intensely frustrated by text editing on mobile, especially on iOS (it's one thing that's actually better on Android, IMO). Thought that feeling was universal.
The hardest thing for me is pasting text. When you tap to bring up the contextual menu with the paste button, the cursor position often moves. Often takes me multiple tries to get it right.
I miss arrows on the iOS keyboard that allow you to move the cursor position left or right through the text!

2023-08-23 17:48:54

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@npub1lj7…zczx “follow username#tag: subscribe to all updates tagged with #tag from a specific user”
This is an example of how Mastodon (and other AP apps) can take hashtag functionality to a level never achieved on Twitter, or any other platform afaik.
Lists are where it’s at. Each list can be a uniquely-customised content discovery vehicle. Follow and (and/or) filter each list on people, tags and keywords.
Following other AP attributes could also be possible. Think of it!

2023-08-21 09:31:45

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@npub1hpc…hjn3 I think Mastodon is now big enough to have a network effect that pulls people in and gets them to stay. At least in the scientific and EU communities. It’ll hopefully spread out from those communities.
What’s needed now is for the Fediverse versions of other forms of social media (Pixelfed, Peertube, Lemmy etc) to grow large enough to also enjoy the network effect, which will in turn increase Mastodon usership.

2023-08-19 15:50:37

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@npub1fk7…rt59 @npub1l25…zu3s How on earth does one take a photo like this?! To capture it in focus, without movement blur, while it’s in flight moving through space?

2023-08-19 12:51:33

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This is an absolutely bonkers stat: "In the EU, cattle farmers got at least 50% of their income from direct subsidies."
How are we supposed to deal with the environmental impact of cattle when they're so propped up by subsidies?
It's the same with fossil fuels: get rid of these peverse subsidies and the market will do much of the work of reducing these destructive industries for us.

2023-08-19 12:46:46

And we wonder why plant-based meat substitutes are sometimes more expensive than meat ...
"(from 2014 to 2020) livestock farmers in the EU received 1,200 times more public funding than plant-based meat or cultivated meat groups. In the US, the animal farmers got 800 times more public funding. The amount of public money spent on plant-based alternatives was just $42m (£33m) – 0.1% of the £35bn spent on meat and dairy."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/18/gigantic-power-of-meat-industry-blocking-green-alternatives-study-finds
#vegan #dairy #meat #agriculture #EU #plantbased