Mastodawn

Martin Alejandro Feb 8

Max Leibman May 3, 2025

No, I do not want to install your app.

No, I do not want that app to run on startup.

No, I do not want that app shortcut on my desktop.

No, I do not want to subscribe to your newsletter.

No, I do not want your site to send me notifications.

No, I do not want to tell you about my recent experience.

No, I do not want to sign up for an account.

No, I do not want to sign up using a different service and let the two of you know about each other.

No, I do not want to sign in for a more personalized experience.

No, I do not want to allow you to read my contacts.

No, I do not want you to scan my content.

No, I do not want you to track me.

No, I do not want to click "Later" or "Not now" when what I mean is NO.

Martin Alejandro Nov 18

Nov 18

Martin Alejandro Oct 30

Adam Oct 30

Everyone around me trying to get me to use AI

Martin Alejandro Oct 25

RE: https://mastodon.social/@martinalejandro/115121408079427999

I have like 100 toots since I started tooting 50 days ago. I was trying out the platform and mostly sharing links in the beginning. I don’t know what to make of this number other that equals 2 toots per day. Guess I was battling my eXtwitter addiction. And maybe I still am.

Martin Alejandro Oct 25

#Bearblog custom domains are back up 💪

Martin Alejandro Oct 24

“We’re often not under the circumstances, we are the circumstances.”

https://seths.blog/2025/10/on-making-it-worse/

On making it worse

If someone with less skill and less dedication than you took over your job, could they degrade the quality of your work? It’s not difficult to make a list of twenty things that could be done …

Seth's Blog

Martin Alejandro Oct 23

Eric A. Meyer Oct 23

I am “day five of near-continuous heating pads, painkillers, and muscle relaxants because I fell asleep on the couch” years old.

Martin Alejandro Oct 22

“During its first run, there's a brief warning buried amidst all the other messages that says, "ChatGPT may give you inaccurate information", but nobody is going to think that means "sometimes this tool completely fabricates content, gives me a box that looks like a search box, and shows me the fabricated content in a display that looks like a web page when I type in the fake search box".

https://www.anildash.com//2025/10/22/atlas-anti-web-browser/

ChatGPT's Atlas: The Browser That's Anti-Web

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Anil Dash

Martin Alejandro Oct 22

Microblog or microthought can go here. 500 chars is more than enough. Thinking aloud of blogging, microblogging and web presence.

Martin Alejandro Oct 18

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Evan Prodromou Oct 16

@davew "I don't like the term "'the Open Web'. It's like saying 'wet water'. If it's the Web, it's open by definition." Hell yeah. #wceh2025