George Herndon

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Longtime technologist / chronic lurker / he / him
@gruber Dammit, man, you're How it Went piece is wonderful. Thank you.
@caseyliss @atpfm Erin loves her car. Have you considered buying it back from the insurance company and putting in a replacement engine? It would be cheaper than buying a used anything, right?

When Serena Williams spoke out she was demonized as the angry Black woman

When Lebron James spoke out he was told to shut up and dribble

When Colin Kaepernick took a knee he was labeled as anti-American

But as Aaron Rodgers spews right wing conspiracy theories he's a truth teller

I can't qwhite put my finger on the difference🤔

I am feeling very “Doctor Manhattan sitting on the moon” about this moment of watching this generation of the social web die due to fascist tech tycoon brain wanting control so badly that they’ll kill their own platforms. These people.
Ben Thompson on Reddit: "what undergirds everything is angst and irritation that everything that was supposed to be special about the web has turned out to be nothing more than grist to be fought over by millionaires and billionaires" https://stratechery.com/2023/reddit-rage-the-tadpole-shrimp-of-the-internet-judge-pauses-microsoft-activision-deal/
Reddit Rage, The Tadpole Shrimp of the Internet, Judge Pauses Microsoft-Activision Deal

More on Reddit, including why my previous Update was not so much wrong on details as it was wrong in feeling; plus, how Microsoft might carve the UK out of the Activision acquisition.

Stratechery by Ben Thompson
@caseyliss More food for thought…check out Brent Simmons' advice on releasing apps around WWDC.... https://indieweb.social/@brentsimmons/110464312380755063
Brent Simmons (@[email protected])

The worst time to release a new app or substantial upgrade is around WWDC or any other Apple announcement. Everyone’s paying attention to Apple, not to you. Apple fills the frame entirely: there’s no room for a halo effect. Release your thing once the news quiets down again.

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@ivory Should I be able to restore purchase while enrolled in the TestFlight (v1.1) of the app? I cannot. As such, I cannot post, follow, un-follow, etc

Happily installed and subscribed to Ivory, which is NOW AVAILABLE in the US App Store. Eager to see if this launch shows up in the Mastodon MAU count tomorrow!

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-for-mastodon-by-tapbots/id6444602274

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@ivory thanks for getting the iOS client to market! Premium client subscription ftw.

I’ve enjoyed the TestFlight access. Hoping for a macOS client with syncing next. Also available for testing that future client.