Jack Lincoln

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Fighting in an endless, personal war against confirmation bias.
Appreciator of historical context and poetry.
Studied: Music Composition 
Profession: Medical Informatics & Software Executive
OK, take two. I launched this with only two options and got (justifiably) yelled at. I thought that Dark was going to win going away, but apparently it's close enough to be interesting. So, please boost and let’s take a wider sample.
Light Mode
19.1%
Dark Mode
41.7%
Both, it depends
39.2%
Poll ended at .

@siracusa @gruber

There is an accessibility story with the Vision Pro…
Example:
I work much of the time lying down (spine issues) the Vision Pro would likely radically improve my work environment …

Cheers

@gruber

I returned to this article as I was thinking about the grunt and point paradigm vs the rich language of a command line… now in the context of AI. I thought you may enjoy / remember it (1996)

https://www.nngroup.com/articles/anti-mac-interface/

The Anti-Mac User Interface (Don Gentner and Jakob Nielsen)

We reverse all of the core design principles behind the Macintosh human interface guidelines to arrive at the characteristics of the Internet desktop.

Nielsen Norman Group

@gruber

If only I needed a handheld recorder -

Teenage Engineering’s latest audio gadget looks like an alternate-universe iPod
https://artifact.news/s/-ETF7xkLQBQ=

@gruber

A.I. can’t replace what you *don’t* say.

I value you because of your taste and discretion… that you don’t weigh in on a discussion unless you have something meaningful to add.

It’s hard to imagine an A.I. Gruber knowing when to stay silent— and thus knowing how to value the reader’s time.

@monkeybrains

Tech support just emailed. Thx for your attention

@monkeybrains

I’m unable to connect today… rebooted all of the things… sent a tech support ticket , but didn’t receive confirmation email…
ticket ID is 853948

THREAD

The latest filing by Dominion Voting Systems in its defamation suit against Fox nails something critics have long argued for.

Fox is not a news organization. It's something else.

But what is this other thing? In this thread, I will try to answer that.

Next slide, please. 1/

#journalism #fox #uspol #uspolitics

Did #Apple ever explain why it's hiding its beautiful fonts from users?

It's so odd that I have to download them from their developer page to use them myself: https://developer.apple.com/fonts/

Fonts - Apple Developer

Get the details, frameworks, and tools you need to use system fonts for Apple platforms in your apps.

Apple Developer
Chronophoto game in which you have to guess the year that photos were taken. I looove games like this – there goes the rest of my day. https://www.chronophoto.app/game.html
Chronophoto - Game

Play the online game that tests your knowledge of pop culture and history. Simple and fun. Try to guess the year a picture was taken.