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@cagrimmett @tg @brentsimmons

of if you want to get a quick look at what it's like using it.

https://news.scripting.com/

that's the collection of feeds i follow.

help us get the word out.

@cagrimmett @tg @brentsimmons

thanks chuck. it's amazing to me someone could say something like that but that's where we are, a time when people just believe there's nothing new.

https://feedland.com/ is the place to start.

@dangoodin @markhurst -- maybe users could systematically keep their eyes on software, and encourage independent devs trying to make great software for them. i've been working nonstop forever, and it's impossible to get people even take a look at new stuff.

@markhurst @dangoodin

We developed a dependence on them, you can’t just wish it wasn’t so. We have to make it easy for individual developers to make products for people. It can be done, we just have to want to do it.

@brentsimmons

is there a rationale? are they supposed to be functional in some way?

@tedchoward @jsavin

This is the best thread ever.! 😀

@tedchoward

this storm was pretty bad, but the roads are getting plowed, my driveway is plowed, never lost power or internet. so all in all, okay! ;-)

can't wait for spring though. every winter i say this is the last one. maybe this year i'll do something about that. ;-)

@tedchoward

he's also keeping an "instant outline" which i follow and you can follow too if you like.

https://drummer.land/me@jakesav.in/JakeShare.opml

to follow that outline, open https://drummer.land/ and choose Open Url from the file menu and enter that url.

the outline will update when jake updates it. usually one or two times a day.

@tedchoward --

this is where the work is happening.

https://github.com/jsavin/Frontier

it's a fork of your Frontier project.

i "watch" it and get detailed updates when they accomplish something. makes for very interesting reading.

@tedchoward

jake savin is making good progress on porting frontier to run, headless, on linux and mac os. just wanted to make sure you were in the loop.

hope all is well! been following your work on old PCs, many of which i used "back in the day."

http://scripting.com/2026/01/15.html#a135543

@timbray

if the blogosphere ever reboots it should use a EZ-Pass for news approach, to set an example for how paywalls can disappear for everyone's benefit.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/115944338297288911

This really is unfair. Wish I could read the story but it's behind a paywall.

Twitter went where Bluesky should go already. Twenty years is long enough to wait for the "social web" apps to support the basic text features of the web.

@oscherler @TimHare

Yup. Makes you wonder why you’re even paying.

@dgleich @TimHare @kottke

It only works if the publishers do it.

They don’t like being lead, I guess they have to think of it.

Who knows, it’s so sensible, leaving lots of money on the table.

@TimHare @kottke

Right! 😀

http://scripting.com/2020/06/23/115824.html?title=anEzpassForNews

We don’t want them to work for free. We want to pay them more money.

This is what a tweet looks like in my twitter-like blogging system

I did some research into a UI feature of a desk accessory on the original 1984 Macintosh.

http://scripting.com/2026/01/12/201606.html

I want to use the mailbox flag icon from the alarm clock desk accessory, I have been looking for it for years, and finally ChatGPT was able to track it down, with screen shots, and references to sites that explain it, one archived from 1984.

The icon will make an appearance in software released in 2026 (knock wood) so something nice has been preserved for a few more years.

@Tipa

They have moderation tools for users that work, anyone who doesn't like your posts can either mute the account or block it.

Myself, I find it a bit irritating, but I like the fact that you're promoting blogs, so net-net, it's a positive for me.

Maybe we could come up with a way that the posts it chooses come from a wider variety of blogs?

@cogdog

Dave’s not here man.