Nick Collins

@smplfi
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I make apps and write novels and cook up a mean pesto.
@lexfri First time for everything
@dmoren Gorgeous cover! Are you getting those through your publisher or sourcing your own? I’m about to (self) publish a book so I’m shopping around for good cover artists.
@bigzaphod @gedeonm @Iconfactory Hey, not sure if this is intended functionality or if I’m doing something wrong in Tapestry, but for me the YouTube connector doesn’t load videos. It loads a gray panel with error 153. Am I doing something wrong with how I set this up or is there some YouTube limitation?

Hey all, I’ve been quiet here for a while, but I’ve been busy and have a bunch of announcements to share over the next few months!

First: I’m launching a new app on the App Store soon! It’s called Cadence and I’m really proud of it. I think it solves a problem most other apps fail to address.

It’s your place for keeping track of recurring tasks, designed to reduce stress rather than adding to it. Minimalist, efficient, beautiful, and customizable.

Can’t wait to share more soon!

Trump says he's fine. Good. Now, let's talk about political violence in America.

FACT: Since 2015 there's been no greater promoter of political violence in America than Donald Trump. Here are the receipts that legacy media needs to publicize widely: https://qasimrashid.substack.com/p/yes-political-violence-is-unacceptable

Yes Political Violence Is Unacceptable

But do MAGAs actually believe that?

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid
@gedeonm I would be happy to!

Hire 👏 Better 👏 Leaders

If your management and leadership teams can’t manage information workers without return to office initiatives or excessive monitoring, the leaders are the problem, not the employees. There are plenty of people out there who know how to keep people motivated and productive. Lots of them are looking to get away from these sorts of companies.

https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112650677342124993

@viticci In my opinion this sort of thing should be opt in at both the platform and user level.

Happy #PrideMonth ! The #SPFBO group has put together a collection of 48 books featuring queer rep of all kinds, across all years of SPFBO! Some have #LGBTQ main characters, while others (like mine) have side-character queer rep. Some are on sale, some are full price.

https://books.bookfunnel.com/SPFBOPride/4god17ztxz

@bookstodon @sffbookclub @fantasy @scifi

#BooksToRead #IndieBooks #IndieAuthors #Bookstodon #SelfPromo #BookToot #FantasyBooks #SFFBookClub #EpicFantasy #UrbanFantasy #SwordAndSorcery #LGBTQBooks

SPFBO Pride: Books with Queer Rep in Ten Years of SPFBO!

Searching for queer fantasy novels to celebrate Pride Month? (or just because queer characters in fantasy are awesome)? Ten years of the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off features these books with queer rep of all kinds — take a look to find the story you want to read!

@chockenberry I think Apple is in a weird situation here because public perception is that all the content generation chatbot stuff is the “Real AI” so there’s a perception they’re “falling behind” without including it. Ironically it’s the part of ML that I find the most grating (and obviously problematic) and while I wish Apple would be brave enough to not lean into that, I don’t think they’ve got any interest in losing the “behind on AI” perception race