Eric Wortman

@eawortman
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@npc I’m a little bit behind, but imagine my surprise hearing this conversation on the day it happened by pure chance.
Happy anniversary to the worst/best brand tweet of all time.

While some athletes have raved about the muffins and others have complained about the cardboard beds, some American Olympians are taking advantage of the free healthcare. Team USA rugby player Ariana Ramsey didn't just get a bronze medal in Paris — she's had a pap smear, X-ray, teeth cleaning, and an eye test. She's posted about this on TikTok, influenced other athletes in the Village to visit medical professionals, and now plans to fight for universal healthcare in the U.S. Here's more from Sports Illustrated.

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#Olympics #Sports #USA #Healthcare #UniversalHealthcare

U.S. Athletes Are Taking Full Advantage of Free Healthcare in Olympic Village

Women’s rugby player Ariana Ramsey’s videos showcasing her appointments have gone viral, and now many others are making good use of the medical services offered in Paris. 

Sports Illustrated

For anyone on the Contacts team at Apple…

FB14170572: Add "Date Deceased" field to Contact records

The kids who were 1st graders when 20 of their classmates were murdered in Newtown, CT are graduating from high school. “There is a whole chunk of our class missing.” More than 4200 mass shootings in the US since then, several of them at schools. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg33zqd5wyeo
Sandy Hook survivors graduate from high school - BBC News

Around 60 students who witnessed the killing of their classmates will receive their diplomas.

BBC News
In order to spite Apple with a simple feature, Hey decided to give away a digital Apple history calendar for free, inspired by the successful Kickstarter campaign for a physical Apple history calendar.
https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/01/08/hey-calendar-resubmitted-with-spiteful-apple-history-feature-inspired-by-successful-kickstarter?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon
Hey Calendar resubmitted with spiteful Apple history feature inspired by successful Kickstarter | AppleInsider

In order to spite Apple with a simple feature, Hey decided to give away a digital Apple history calendar for free, inspired by the successful Kickstarter campaign for a physical Apple history calendar.

AppleInsider
Basecamp Resubmits Its Calendar App, Includes Dates in Apple History to Get Past App Review https://512pixels.net/2024/01/basecamp-resubmits-its-calendar-app-includes-dates-in-apple-history-to-get-past-app-review/
Basecamp Resubmits Its Calendar App, Includes Dates in Apple History to Get Past App Review

There's been a lot of news about HEY's new calendar app being rejected by App Store Review. In a lengthy X thread discussing the issue, David Heinemeier Hansson revealed that HEY has resubmitted the app to Apple, this time with some built-in content that seems awfully familiar: You're going to love our "make it do [...]

512 Pixels

Here's my pitch

You know how some websites have a little progress bar highlight across the top of the page to show how much of the page you've read?

Imagine a similar tool that shows you how much of the page is in view and how much remains, but persistently visible on every window on your computer, along the right side, integrated into a user interface tool that's wide enough that you can click on it, and not a moving target that disappears sometimes

I call it the "scroll bar"

Mastodon users: everything should be federated!

Also Mastodon users: no not you

@caseyliss I guess it must be true…