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mike

@mike@flipboard.social

Co-founder and CEO, Flipboard https://flipboard.com/@mike

Interests: #Climbing #Backpacking #Photography #Sailing #ActivityPub #Startups #Design

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atomicpoet, to random
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Just discovered that the Amiga 500 Mini exists.

Unfortunately, it costs C$200 – which is too rich for my blood.

But this is something I actually would like to check out some day because I missed out on the Amiga.

mike,
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@atomicpoet So cool. I remember wanting a Commodore Vic 20 but my parents decided to buy me the TI 99/4a instead because that's what we had in our high school. I ended up writing a game for it called Night Mission: https://www.pixelpedant.com/items/show/247

Now there's an emulator written for the TI 99/4A in Javascript. It's amazing. http://js99er.net

mike,
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@atomicpoet So true. That little computer changed my life.

mike, to fediverse
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is awesome.

mike,
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@jwcph It's like YouTube in it's very early days. It's open. It's federated. And it just works.

evanprodromou, to random

Very happy to announce that @tomcoates and I have been given a Summer of Protocols grant to develop an end-to-end encryption (E2EE) protocol for ActivityPub, including a reference implementation and a report to submit to the W3C SocialCG.

https://forum.summerofprotocols.com/t/sop-2024-pig-and-pog-grantees/1270

mike,
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@evanprodromou Fantastic! Can't wait to see this.

mike, (edited ) to fediverse
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In the latest episode of #DotSocial I interview @snarfed.org@snarfed.org, a passionate bridge builder with a focus on connecting people across the open web and the #fediverse. His latest work, #BridgyFed, connects #ActivityPub and #ATProtocol resulting in excitement, critique and lots of discussion.

Ryan and I talk about the parallel communities on #Mastodon and #Bluesky, their shared desire to create an open social web and the pros and cons of their underlying protocols, #ActivityPub and #ATProtocol. Can or should these be bridged? If so, how? As whole new communities continue to join the fediverse, how should the user experience evolve?

Listen to this excellent discussion on our @PeerTube instance or wherever you get your #podcasts.

https://flipboard.video/w/2Jj46hJaUQQG5TuiBYi9TR

tokyo_0, to random
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@mike Hi there! I just started trying to watch/listen to your podcast on flipboard.video and the only resolution options it gives me are 720p or "auto". A lot of people are on metered data — I always have to turn down video resolution on my phone to 480p or 360p. Is there any way one of these lower resolution options could be added? An hour long video at 720p is a big chunk of data.

mike,
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@tokyo_0 hmmm. I'll check but I think this is a peertube limitation. In the meantime, you could try listening to the podcast in audio only on Spotify or Apple or other podcast players.

Flipboard, to Sports
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Sports fans of Mastodon: We know you're out there! ⚽ 🏀 🏈

Are you looking for more athletics content in your feed? Here are some great feeds to follow (we call these topical collections Magazines):

(U.S.) Football from CBS Sports: @football

Soccer (non-U.S. football) from ESPN: @soccer

Women's Sports from Flipboard's Sports Desk: @women

(U.S.) Basketball from Bleacher Report: @basketball

MMA from ESPN: @mma

The Player's Tribune: @the

(U.S.) College Football from CBS Sports: @college

Major League Baseball from Flipboard's Sports Desk: @major

Golf from ESPN: @golf

NHL (North American hockey) from Flipboard's Sports Desk: @nhl

#FollowFriday #Sports #Football #Athletics #Basketball #Baseball #Hockey

mike,
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@brad @Flipboard Also there's my magazine @sailor

RickiTarr, to random
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You should get a gap year in every decade of your life.

mike,
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@RickiTarr You'd probably live a decade longer if you did this. And you'd get a bonus gap year.

ricmac, to fediverse
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Giving @Flipboard another spin, since it’s a big supporter of the . It’s also a survivor…I remember covering it on ReadWriteWeb when it launched (or maybe that was a post by @jon?). Either way, here’s my mag, if you’re a Flipboard user: https://flipboard.com/@ricmac/internet-history-e041t55qz

mike,
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@ricmac @Flipboard @jon Exciting to hear that Richard! I love your writing and your curation. Your recent article about identity on the fediverse was also fantastic.

dgar, to random
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I trained some fish to escape.

The A koi, B koi and C koi all got away because
everyone chased the D koi.

mike,
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@dgar that’s not o koi

quillmatiq, to random

Some personal news: I'm now a contributor at @wedistributemedia! I'm so excited to work with the team over there reporting everything happening in the world of distributed social media.

For my first post, I wrote about @ghost joining the Fediverse 🙏🏼

What's exciting about this is that it isn't just an ActivityPub plugin - it's a top-down re-thinking about what Ghost is as a service. This is ActivityPub for publishers done right.

Congrats to @johnonolan and team! cc Fediverse Threads

https://wedistribute.org/2024/04/ghost-implements-activitypub/

mike,
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@quillmatiq @wedistributemedia @johnonolan Excellent! Anuj is an insightful writer and product thinker. WeDistribute's fediverse coverage was already great. Now it will be even better. Congrats.

mike, to fediverse
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In order for the open social web to happen at scale, lots of companies and apps, big and small, need to adopt #ActivityPub. Threads is the largest player so far to do this and the implications are huge.

Why is #Threads doing this? Is federation just another feature or is it foundational to their entire experience? How is the Threads team thinking about moderation, monetization and privacy in these early days and going forward?

I asked @rklambo and @pcottle, two thoughtful and genuine leaders on the Threads team who joined me on the latest episode of #DotSocial. Check it out on our #PeerTube instance or wherever you get your podcasts.

https://flipboard.video/w/2q29uCjnHjot1CHu1CZBim

wfryer, to fediverse
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@mike Now that Flipboard is interactive, can a Flipboard account be used with a Mastodon client? I want to set my wife up with a Mastodon account and I’m wondering if we can just use her Flipboard account?

mike,
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@wfryer i wish! Right now you need different accounts for each service. This is one of those usability pain points we need to address collectively.

mike, to fediverse
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The problem with building a closed social network is that it sets up an all or nothing premise for users. They might like some of the signature features but they'll leave if there's not enough people to network with. That's a shame and a huge barrier to innovation and new social products.

The changes that forever. People can now use the features they like from a mix of apps across a common network of people. This means we can take a whole new approach to how "social" and "media" should work including discovery, user experience and monetization that will be far healthier than anything we've had in the past.

mike,
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@oblomov @clith CC @JsonCulverhouse and @greg

mike,
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@mpesce Good question. A bunch of people are working on that including @evan, @tchambers and @J12t. Making easier to implement within iOS and Android apps could enable the kind of Cambrian explosion you're talking about.

w7voa, (edited ) to random
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Post News, which sought to be a Twitter alternative, is shutting down. I have 5.8k followers there but rarely use it. I decided I’ve bandwidth for only two platforms after putting my Twitter accounts in suspended animation — Threads is one of them and Mastodon is the other. https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/19/24135011/twitter-alternative-post-news-shutdown

mike,
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@w7voa I'll add to the chorus of grateful voices here. I'm incredibly thankful that you are posting on Mastodon.

mike, (edited ) to random
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So far it appears the Israeli attack on Iran did not include an attack on nuclear facilities. CNN is reporting that Iranian state run media is currently playing it down and saying there have been "no disruptions". Meanwhile, people on X like Matt Wallace with 1.7M followers are posting that the attack was massive and showing fake images that include mushroom clouds.

molly0xfff, to random
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A campaign against 's new CEO, ex- Foundation Katherine Maher, is trying to portray her as "anti-truth" and "anti-First Amendment" by taking quotes out of context from her past talks about Wikimedia. As a longtime Wikipedian, I think I can give a little more context about these statements — but I recognize that the people behind this campaign are, ironically, not looking for the facts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFkL4ME-8dQ

mike,
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@molly0xfff Thank you for this incredibly informative post about something that I heard a lot of people talking about but that I didn't really understand. I especially appreciated this being a video because of clips you included. Super helpful.

cdevroe, to random
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@greg Good morning. Do you see any reason why flipping this page wouldn't pull in the page's title? https://vintagekitchennotes.com/baked-chicken-taquitos/

mike,
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@cdevroe @greg adding @FlipboardCS as well.

mike,
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@cdevroe @FlipboardCS @greg I'll look into this and get back to you.

mike,
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@cdevroe hi Colin, team will DM you tomorrow.

mike,
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@cdevroe Super happy to hear that. Thanks for the feedback and support!

jszym, to Blog
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This month's blog post comes courtesy of @boris 's suggesion.

I share some thoughts on using Mastodon as a blog comment section.

(Commenting on this post will leave a comment on the page!)

https://jszym.com/blog/mastodon_blog_comments/

mike,
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@jszym @boris YES!!! I love this! Well done. This is the way.

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