Mastodawn

It annoyed me to no end that I couldn’t see my #digikam photo gallery on my #iPhone. I built a gallery app that uses a folder on your iPhone as source of truth and generates memories, extracts search term and people from metadata. I use #syncthing to keep everything in sync without the #cloud. If you have a similar flow, I would love some feedback - there is a TestFlight version. https://j23n.com/public/posts/2026/localios

Johannes Feb 12

Mecha Systems Feb 12

What if one device held infinite possibilities?

The Mecha Comet is modular, extensible and ready to adapt to whatever you can think up!

Live on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mecha-systems/mecha-comet-modular-linux-handheld-computer

Johannes Dec 28

Kann man auf dem Congress irgendwo die Hackbibel bekommen - und wenn ja wo? #39c3

Johannes Oct 10, 2025

Hey @mikix I just tried restoring my restic backup using deja-dup on pop_OS and... it just works. Fantastic work, thank you!

Johannes Oct 9, 2025

Thinking about how AI automation is probably going to come for all of us. Instead of asking what can or cannot be automated, we should ask ourselves: what do we not **want** to automate? #ai #job #purpose https://j23n.leaflet.pub/3m2rxpn4l4k2t

The more pertinent AI question - j23n

What makes us us? #AI #society

Johannes Oct 7, 2025

I just spent 5 hours exporting 30,000 photos from Apple Photos. Had to do it in 30 batches because the export crashes.
Apple's solution for removing synced photos? 'Turn on iCloud Photos.' After 20 years, I'm done and moving to Linux.
#cloud #apple #privacy
https://j23n.leaflet.pub/3m2luid7cic2u

An Apple Photos exodus - j23n

More drops onto the camel's back

Johannes Oct 3, 2025

I don't get it. When did we all decide that it's acceptable to have cameras and microphones in our spaces, recording our every move and word - and some faceless AI deciding whether we say or do the wrong thing at a given time. That's what EU Chat Control is. I don't care about your political views - EVERYONE should be up in arms about this! #ChatControl #privacy #EU

Johannes Oct 3, 2025

If we stop and think, are the amenities of allowing tech to permeate all facets of our lives - with the privacy invasion that entails - worth it? What do alternatives look like? https://j23n.leaflet.pub/3lzvmjth2l22t
#privacy #digitalsovereignty #surveillance

Homo nudus - j23n

How transparent we have made ourselves

Johannes Sep 5, 2025

John Wilker 👨🏽‍💻Sep 4, 2025

There was an interesting discussion in the SFWA discord and a tangential topic was men and reading.

So I’m curious. Men, of any age. Are you a reader?
I broke it down into
Avid - More than 20 books a year
Sometimes - Less than 20 a year
Don’t read - Self explanatory I hope.

Please share far and wide. 100% not scientific and feel free to reply with genres and any other color commentary you like in the replies.

#bookstodon @bookstodon #reading @reading

Avid Reader

49.7%

Read sometimes

43.8%

Don’t really read

6.5%

Poll ended at Sep 7, 2025 at 11:02pm.

Johannes Jun 5, 2025

@organicmaps I use organic maps every day and love it. Thank you! ❤️

I wanted to upvote and fund the public transport epic on the polar.sh site linked to in the epic - but the page seems broken/unmaintained.