Ben Westland

@ben@bytetower.social
165 Followers
134 Following
1,068 Posts
Writing #fiction for fun and profit. Mainly #scifi and #adventure stories; part-time musician.
Pronounshe/him
Jamibenwestland
Bloghttps://de.storyhaven.online/
Ben WestlandMar 6
PSA: 10 days until bytetower.social shuts down!
Ben WestlandFeb 16
Ben WestlandFeb 16
I am one of the #audible users with a pre-Amazon account. It looks like #Amazon has removed the option to sign in to my account with my account that I never linked to my Amazon account. I guess I need to listen to my #audiobooks on my old phone and cancel my subscription... Maybe I'm super blind and there is a way... but... I wouldn't be surprised if Amazon removed the option without notice.
Ben WestlandFeb 16
Ben WestlandFeb 16

I'm glad that I'm buying my #ebooks as #DRM-free or watermarked #epub from https://www.beam-shop.de/faq/kopierschutz-und-co./

They do sell books in English, but I haven't found an option to switch the language on their website.

Kopierschutz und Co.

Was hat es mit DRM (Digitales Rechtemanagement) auf sich? Bei Beam erhalten Sie Ihre Lieblingsbücher ohne harten Kopierschutz (DRM). Ein solches…

Beam Shop
Ben WestlandFeb 15
Elyse M GrassoFeb 15

#ScribesAndMakers 15
Tell us about yourself and your creative work

I lost everything including craft tools and supplies in the Dec 30 '21 Marshall Wildfire. Spent most of the past few years planning and managing the building of my beautiful custom replacement home. And doing some writing: the docs were backed up to the cloud.

Now that I'm in the new house, I've self-published a book (with cover design by me) and I'm working on more books while I decide what other projects I have bandwidth for.

Ben WestlandFeb 15
David HaraldsonFeb 14
Still looking for #psychogeography & #hauntology fans in Vermont.
Ben WestlandFeb 15
GaH LearnerFeb 15
Here are the February questions for #ScribesandMakers - all the questions can also be read on https://write.as/scribesandmakers
Scribes and Makers

A hashtag game on Mastodon about writing and other creative activities

Scribes and Makers
Ben WestlandFeb 15
Ben WestlandFeb 15
My Saturday afternoon coffee makes me very sleepy!
Ben WestlandFeb 14
netzpolitik.orgFeb 14

A list of alleged „wasteful projects“ appeared on two newly registered US government domains for about 30 minutes. It could be related to the administrative coup of Elon Musk and #DOGE. We are publishing the full text of the list.

https://netzpolitik.org/2025/us-government-leak-allegedly-shows-doge-list-of-wasteful-projects/

US Government: Leak allegedly shows DOGE list of „wasteful projects”

A list of alleged „wasteful projects“ appeared on two newly registered US government domains for about 30 minutes. It could be related to the administrative coup of Elon Musk and DOGE. We are publishing the full text of the list.

netzpolitik.org
Ben WestlandFeb 12
Jürgen HubertFeb 12

Anlässlich der Wahl: Lasst uns eine eigene #Sonntagsfrage machen, wie die Wähler hier auf Mastodon abstimmen würden!

Gerne boosten!

#Bundestagswahl #Bundestagswahl2025 #Deutschland #Politik

CDU/CSU
0.7%
SPD
2.4%
GRÜNE/ B 90
50.9%
FDP
0.3%
Die Linke
35.7%
AfD
0.6%
Freie Wähler
0.1%
BSW
0.2%
VOLT
3.4%
Sonstige Parteien
1.1%
Nichtwähler/Darf nicht wählen
2.7%
Piraten (sorry, hatte ich vergessen!)
1.9%
Poll ended at .
Ben WestlandFeb 12
Ben WestlandFeb 12

Seriously...WHY is it so difficult for so many people and organisations to establish a proper goal / value oriented product management?

#rant #agile