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simonwood

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Lecturer in Medical Education at Cardiff University, lapsed mathematician, garden railway builder & Doctor Who appreciator.

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361podcast, to random

🆕 episode!

After a brief (18 month) break, the team return to reflect on Apple's announcement of a 'spatial computing' platform.

https://361podcast.com/s21e01

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@361podcast Was thinking about the podcast a few days ago and was mourning its passing. I’d given up hope! Looking forward to listening to this 👍

simonwood, to fediverse
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OLKi: research papers, datasets and peer reviews on the https://olki.loria.fr/platform/?utm_source=thenewstack&utm_medium=website&utm_content=inline-mention&utm_campaign=platform#

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This “call to action” for Universities to join the fediverse is a fair summary of the benefits and costs, but moderation is a huge liability. So I wonder if academically focussed apps like OKLi might tip the balance and make it more obviously worth their while… https://netzpolitik.org/2023/a-call-to-action-universities-of-the-world-into-the-fediverse/

simonwood, to random
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“Ring cameras are cheap and ubiquitous, but contributing to a just society is also a factor in keeping your family safe.” https://www.wired.com/story/why-we-do-not-recommend-ring/

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“You like Santa Claus, right?“

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“Now, isn't it a miracle that we're the generation/that's gonna touch that shiny bubble with our own two hands?“

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    @ianbetteridge Also if a social media company want to build a social media town square they would need to do so under contract from the elected social media town council and run it towards the ends agreed by social media town councillors we vote for.

    simonwood, to random

    New job! Next month I will be starting as a lecturer in medical education with the postgrad team at Cardiff’s School of Medicine. Sad to be leaving a great team at the Learning and Teaching Academy but super excited to be embarking on this new role!

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    @simonwood In other news, I am now a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy 🥳

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    @LoneLocust @simonwood Thank you!

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    @archelina @simonwood Thank you 🥂

    pixelfed, to Pixelfed
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    ✨ Sneak Peek of Sign-in with Mastodon

    We're almost ready to ship this ground breaking feature which vastly improves our onboarding experience for Mastodon users!

    It will be shipping later today after I (@dansup) get some sleep, sorry it's a bit late, this is a complex feature.

    Demo of Sign-in with Mastodon

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    @pixelfed @dansup Ooh, slick!

    simonwood, to random
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    is purely an ActivityPub server, so Fediverse client/servers can be separated. Very interesting project that could develop new ways of engaging with the Fediverse (the possibility of this sort of thing is what makes the Fediverse so much more interesting than any platform…)
    https://codeberg.org/Vocata/vocata

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    @pixelfed @vernissage @tusker I use with . More for posting than browsing, but it still has become an essential part of my Pixelfed workflow.

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    Twitter’s lawyers confirm Twitter is dead https://www.semafor.com/article/07/06/2023/twitter-is-threatening-to-sue-meta-over-threads

    simonwood, to random
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    Lots we don’t know about what Threads will do yet. But I think @ian is right. A few hours in and it’s clear it’s killed Twitter (which tbf was already dying) and Bluesky (which had barely begun). https://ianbetteridge.com/2023/07/06/some-quick-thoughts-on-threads/

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    @ian John Gruber claims “If you liked Twitter, you’ll love Bluesky. If you hated Twitter, you’ll like Mastodon.” But Threads is for people who liked Twitter too. Mastodon’s differentiation works to its benefit here.

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    From the first part of the headline “Tory MPs back mandatory swift bricks“ I wasn’t expecting this to be a story about birds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/06/tory-mps-back-mandatory-swift-bricks-new-homes-help-declining-birds

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    @ianbetteridge Yeah, I can see the appeal in making it easy to get started. But things like alt text and hashtags don’t feel like power features to me. Quick to get started but painful to sort the signal to noise ratio. But plenty will be happy with noise from celebs and brands so I don’t expect it to go away. And if it proves not to be a monstrously malign citizen of the fediverse, I look forward to being able to follow people and orgs who will do Threads but not Mastodon.

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    Set up a Threads account out of curiosity. It is junk. Feed is a load of spam from accounts I don't want to see. No way to access via a web browser.

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    @respros Yeah, it doesn’t suit me. Very easy to set up, not so easy to use it productively (It’s simple yet still confusing - I’m left wondering: What’s the point of following - there’s no follow stream? Why aren’t my hashtags working? How the hell to I add alt text?) Mind you, I suspect I’m not the target demographic, and it’s years since I used Instagram.

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    It would appear Threads will collect an amount of private data that is illegal in the EU, and is just launching in countries with more lax laws https://www.independent.ie/business/technology/no-instagram-threads-app-in-the-eu-irish-dpc-says-metas-new-twitter-rival-wont-be-launched-here/a1927220337.html https://m.independent.ie/business/technology/no-instagram-threads-app-in-the-eu-irish-dpc-says-metas-new-twitter-rival-wont-be-launched-here/a1927220337.html

    LoneLocust, to random
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    @LoneLocust Ditto.

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    ‘Well, look, if I were the newly hired chief executive officer of a social media company…and then one day my head of software engineering came to me and said “hey boss, too many people were too engaged with too many posts, so I had to limit everyone’s ability to view posts on our site, just FYI,” I would … probably … fire ... him?’
    https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-07-03/insider-trading-is-better-from-home

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    Time for a final chat about 90s timey-crimey series “Crime Traveller”. Eugene & I discuss why you can’t go back in time to before you went back in time, and the hidden messages which prove the whole thing takes place in an alternate reality.
    https://fusionpatrol.com/2023/07/01/637-crime-traveller-the-broken-crystal/

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    @LoneLocust Looks like we got to the end of the show before Ant & Nick after all!

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    @LoneLocust 🤣

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