Alex Crawshaw

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Associate Director at Spark Communications and long-suffering Sheffield Wednesday fan
Websitehttps://www.sparkcomms.co.uk
Alex CrawshawNov 16, 2022
Justin PotNov 16, 2022
WIRED just published my beginner's guide to Mastodon! Thank you to the 100+ people who responded to my request for tips and advice for understanding the culture here. https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-started-use-mastodon/
Alex CrawshawNov 16, 2022
So I ended up with Serbia in our #worldcup office sweepstake. 🤔
Alex CrawshawNov 15, 2022
Karl FlindersNov 15, 2022
#postofficescandal my latest article from the Post Office Horizon inquiry. Amazing how many people just failed to speak up. When will we get to the people that scared them into not speaking up? https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252527307/Post-Office-changed-view-of-Horizon-problems-before-roll-out-because-of-a-sunk-cost-fallacy
Post Office changed view of Horizon problems before roll-out, because of a 'sunk cost fallacy'

Project manager tells inquiry that the Post Office continued to roll out the controversial Horizon system despite a 'considerable' number of errors, because so much had already been spent

ComputerWeekly.com
Alex CrawshawNov 15, 2022
Mixing up with iPhone apps and giving #Metatext a whirl
Alex CrawshawNov 15, 2022
bazzacollinsNov 15, 2022

Seems rude not to post this here...

Here's @jon talking about the new Vivaldi Mastodon instance and building support into the browser:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2022/11/15/vivaldi-could-build-mastodon-into-web-browser/?sh=4766e076434d

Vivaldi Could Build Mastodon Into Web Browser

Vivaldi has launched its own Mastodon instance and has hinted that it could build support for the alternative social network into its web browser

Forbes
Alex CrawshawNov 14, 2022
Dave LeeNov 14, 2022

“A fight with Musk will certainly raise your profile but it’s a bit like getting in a brawl with a drunk, you can’t rely on rationality kicking in.”

https://www.ft.com/content/3cbd0091-685a-42e3-bdd8-357965b356f9

You really don’t want to get in a Twitter fight with Elon Musk

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Financial Times
Alex CrawshawNov 14, 2022
Will KnightNov 14, 2022
Last week I had the pleasure of interviewing the creator of Mastodon, Eugen Rochko (@Gargron). We talked about how crazy the past few weeks have been, why the site was built to resist the kind of takeover that Twitter has seen, and what he makes of Elon's tweet poking fun at Mastodon: https://www.wired.com/story/the-man-behind-mastodon-eugen-rochko-built-it-for-this-moment/
#mastodon
#twitter
#TwitterTakeover
The Man Behind Mastodon, Eugen Rochko, Built It for This Moment

People fleeing Twitter have turned to Eugen Rochko’s alternative. He says social networks can support healthy debate—without any one person in control.

WIRED
Alex CrawshawNov 14, 2022
Aram Zucker-ScharffNov 6, 2022
Ok, I see lots more folks are joining the main Mastodon instance this weekend so, to hopefully help them out, I did a quick clean up of my Twitter thread on the importance of finding an instance that matches your interests and leveraging its Local Timeline for a better experience. I just dropped it on my dev blog so it is somewhat easier to share: https://fightwithtools.dev/posts/writing/why-you-should-find-a-mastodon-instance/
Why you should find the Mastodon instance that works for you

You can start with one of the main popular instances of Mastodon but, if you want to make it fun, you need to find an instance that matches your interests.

Fight With Tools: A Dev Blog
Alex CrawshawNov 13, 2022
T20 World Cup Winners Toot! #cricket #t20
Alex CrawshawNov 12, 2022
That was an entertaining #f1 sprint race!