KenDisbrow

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Slightly evolved ape with a keyboard. Former entrepreneur, management consultant, psychologist, computer programmer, saw/paper mill worker, shipping clerk, and lumper. Sooner or later something more or less profound might come out of this. Who knows?
LocationAn Island in the Pacific Northwest
AboutI write about entrepreneurship and consulting. Mostly.
KenDisbrowFeb 23, 2023
Thomas RicouardFeb 23, 2023

This is the exact issue my DTS ticket with Apple is about. Prepending items in a #SwiftUI List make scrolling up very jumpy. If you saw the rows before, it’s all good. But if you never had them on the screen, then it’ll be like in the video below. It have been killing me as it’s probably the one biggest issue with Ice Cubes timeline on macOS / iPadOS.

From: @Schaufuss
https://mastodon.social/@Schaufuss/109912985522348405

KenDisbrowFeb 23, 2023
Show threadAbandoned AmericaFeb 23, 2023
5/ The industry of "content creation" doesn't care about you. It doesn't care if you have a safe home or heat or electricity or access to a doctor. It's all about posting things that are interesting for the moment they exist on the cusp of a trend so they can make ad $$ or whatever and then vanish. It's a sick, garbage cycle. Don't confuse the things you need to get by for internet fame, which is nothing. Idk what the alternative is. I haven't found it either.
KenDisbrowFeb 23, 2023
Show threadAbandoned AmericaFeb 23, 2023
4/ There are so many creators struggling and people think if you have a solid follower count that automatically means you have security. It doesn't. If you're out there struggling to get by, whether you have 10 followers or 1,000,000, I see you and feel it too. This isn't the way it should be, and isn't how it always was. There are a lot of great things about the internet but constantly having to put things out there or starve is not one of them. Your work has value beyond that.
KenDisbrowFeb 23, 2023
Show threadAbandoned AmericaFeb 23, 2023
3/ Most people are supportive of people posting their merch or Patreon links but at the end of the day that absolutely unreliable income has replaced any semblance of safety for those of us in the arts. And some people hate us for the fact that we have to dance for our dollar while still wanting us to produce for their enjoyment. It's just messed up to think it never ends. You never "get there". You just live to hustle another day until you don't.
KenDisbrowFeb 23, 2023
Show threadAbandoned AmericaFeb 23, 2023
2/ It's not that I'm ungrateful for the people who appreciate my work or the fact that I get to share it with them. I am, so much. But we replaced stability and security with internet attention and that doesn't pay bills. It doesn't get you health care. And it doesn't give you any sort of longevity with your work. When you stop posting the already shallow well dries up and you're forgotten. That's what being an Internet Presence is. It's pouring your work and life in a bottomless hole.
KenDisbrowFeb 23, 2023
Abandoned AmericaFeb 23, 2023
1/ Today it occurred to me that I am very grateful that the internet has been wonderful for "getting my work out there" but 25 years ago I could have produced 1/10 the work I have now and had a tenured position for it and rested on my laurels. But because content is constant and disposable now the need to create it never stops. And you never "get there", you just keep treading water until you sink beneath it.
KenDisbrowFeb 22, 2023
Show threadSoloflow / killerklownDec 23, 2022
@drevrpg hello mister, do you have time to speak with us about our savior, the horned god?
#GreatOldOne #Chtulhu
KenDisbrowFeb 22, 2023
Show threadIceCubesAppFeb 22, 2023
@KenDisbrow tap in an hashtag and then you’ll see a follow button at the top of the timeline hashtag.
KenDisbrowFeb 22, 2023
Help! Trying out @IceCubesApp and can’t figure out how to pin a hashtag. Googling “icecubesapp” and “hashtags” doesn’t get me very far
KenDisbrowFeb 21, 2023
DrKikiFeb 21, 2023

I propose that we forego personal branding, existing through marketing, and just remember to have respect & compassion for ourselves & others. Oh, and find joy in curiosity & community that celebrates the same.

Seems like an OK plan, right?