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Adam

@Adam@social.lein.us

Designer & web developer since the mid 1990's starting on the DEC intranet. User experience consultant since 1998. Photographer since 1995. Tech journalist since 2002.

#tech #journalism #photography #webdesign #ux #uxdesign searchable

Previously @adam in 2017.

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exchgr, to random
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are you kidding me. are you even serious right now

Adam,
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@exchgr Every time an app does a "Rate me" pop up, I give it the lowest rating and then say in the review that the low rating is because of the pop-up. :)

msh, to random
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So this year marks the 25th anniversary of my first email server going online, and I have been running it continuously ever since (seriously I still have "Happy new year the world didn't implode" emails from 2000 in my email folders)

Nonetheless I still get this mildly dreadful feeling I have been doing it wrong this whole time. As such I have decided to go to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mwlucas/run-your-own-mail-server and make a modest pledge in exchange for Sage Advice and instruction from @mwl on running your own email server in the form of a DRM free e-book.

I have always been bemused by the irrational fear many Very Smart People have regarding self hosted email. By no means is it easy to set up but maintaining it isn't THAT hard. I have also hosted a Mastodon/Hometown instance for 7 years and I out more work into that, and that same crowd hasn't developed a phobia towards elephants. The propaganda against self hosted email is very strong!

I encourage all efforts to wrest control of email back from Google and Microsoft!

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@msh @mwl Nice! I've self-hosted Exchange server for many years and started self-hosting a much cheaper Postfix/Dovecot server last year (which is a completely different animal!) There are so many different ways to make your own mail server! Still learning lots and probably doing something wrong, but here are my notes in the context of the cheap one I made for DeltaChat use: https://bookofadamz.com/how-to-make-your-own-whatsapp-signal-telegram-competitor/

stefan, (edited ) to fediverse
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Hey everyone! I recently posted about my latest project, a universal fediverse sharing button: https://stefanbohacek.com/project/fediverse-sharing-button/

Is this something that you'd find useful for your website or blog?

EDIT: Thanks everyone for sharing and trying this out! I fixed an issue on iOS some of you might have run into, just FYI.

Adam,
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@stefan Cool! I think usability could be better. There's a field for the ActivityPub server, but I don't think people will know what to type in there. I'd probably rather a "Share to Fediverse" one-click button that THEN loads a page or overlay with clear instructions: "Type your Fediverse domain URL here then press Share to publish the following post on your server." Having just a server field is less likely to be understood.

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@stefan Ah, another issue is that on mine, the placeholder doesn't appear (and neither does my typed text as it's white on white). I see in your code that there is a placeholder, so if that was visible it would probably be more obvious. Also, your aria-label attribute is set to "Amount (to the nearest dollar)" for that field. Minor minor bugs.

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@stefan Yeah, that wording sounds a lot better. Plus the darkmode fix probably will make it much more obvious. Nice!

vwbusguy, to Samsung
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Retrospective from a month with the 11 Ultra:

I'm now officially a fan of the Zenfone. It hits a certain sweet spot for me between the headphone jack, UI, camera, and battery life. It's the direction should have gone.

I don't like the larger size more than the size of the 9/10, but it is roughly the same size of my previous Samsung Galaxy Plus, so I can definitely live with it.

Adam,
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@SomeGadgetGuy @vwbusguy If only that Unihertz Jelly Star had a removable battery. :) Love that little thing.

Adam,
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@SomeGadgetGuy @vwbusguy Yeah, diversity in tech is a good thing.

Adam, to random
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Has anyone tried to make an Android app that:

  • Shows in the Share tray for files, photos, videos
  • Turns on Wifi hotspot
  • Starts a webserver
  • Shows a QR code to connect to the Wifi hotspot
  • Serves selected files to any device that connects to said hotspot via http
    ?
Adam, to random
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Are podcasts still RSS feeds with MP3 attachments or have they become commercialized proprietary crap? Or both? (I don't listen to podcasts.)

Adam, to random
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Are there any open-source WiFi/Ethernet routers that can also run PiHole and Wireguard servers?

Adam, to random
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I feel like everyone rejecting Wendy's fast food surge pricing idea may have missed out on the possibility of $0.50 meals at 4AM.

SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
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Xiaomi releases a smaller premium phone that EMBARRASSES similar offerings from Samsung and Apple. Here's a first look at the Xiaomi 14!
https://youtu.be/82U5t0S21k0

The main camera on this thing is pacing (and often outperforming) the main cameras on iPhones and Galaxy Ultras... 🤯

#tech #technology #gadget #geek #android #xiaomi #xiaomi14 #smartphone #bbtg #review #photography #leica #youtube #video

Adam,
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@SomeGadgetGuy Nice! I wish Xiaomi would make more clear-glass back phones like the Mi 10 Ultra.

Adam,
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@SomeGadgetGuy Totally! Speaking of which, have you ever seen these? https://funkey-project.myshopify.com/ I got one for my nephew one Christmas, and did a +1 on the quantity for myself at the checkout. :D

Adam, to random
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This 20yo woman deleted her socials & made a website instead. Young people are learning the advantages of decentralization and self agency! https://youtu.be/r0RqucKwIcw?si=fkR_yyFJbRP6S8yl

SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
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If you're tired of poor recommendations from the YouTube algorithm (or you keep your watch history turned off) why not make YOUR OWN YouTube? https://somegadgetguy.com/b/3yS
It's really easy to follow your favorite channels, and get MUCH faster notifications when they put out new videos 👍

#tech #technology #youtube #rss #foss #tutorial #socialmedia #video #bbtg #geek

Adam,
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@SomeGadgetGuy Heck yeah! I did the same thing a while back with the same open source Feeder app. Love it! I can export the feed list to a file that can be imported in other RSS readers like newsboat too.

chris, to random
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    Adam,
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    @chris I don't know, at least it's usable and readable.

    Adam, to random
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    Every time I use the Unihertz Jelly Star in public random people are like "What is that? Is that your phone? Can I see? How is it? How much is it?" https://pocketnow.com/unihertz-jelly-star-review/

    Adam, to random
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    sigh
    "The Pentagon Tried to Hide That It Bought Americans’ Data Without a Warrant"
    https://www.wired.com/story/pentagon-data-purchases-wyden-letter/

    markwalker, to random
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    My tabs were getting out of control, like on my phone where the number is now an infinity loop.

    So I've actually gone & setup workspaces in @Vivaldi to try to make things easier to manage and stop me losing tabs.

    Adam,
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    @markwalker @Vivaldi You can also use "bookmarks" or "favorites" which web browsers have had for 30 years. :) Folders of bookmarks can be opened as tabs with 2 clicks pretty nicely too these days.

    kevinctofel, to random
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    Learned today about this local “non-profit dedicated to supporting bicycling, pedestrians, and public transportation”. It offers repair classes, education and works to better the biking experience in the area.

    Would love to set up a similar “PC co-op” to teach people how to repair and use their computers, choose lower-powered PCs that still meet their needs, recycle old parts to use in PCs for donations / reduce e-waste & build a local computing community. 🤔

    http://lvcat.org/

    Adam,
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    @kevinctofel I have some really old Windows 7/8 laptops that could use new homes.

    Adam, to random
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    @andresmh Sent to some friends who are better than me at Fediverse tech/hosting, but also applied as I would love to be a party attendee as well.

    Adam, to UXDesign
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    I got pretty sick of having to tell people on #Jitsi Meet video calls what the buttons at the bottom mean (especially "How do I share my screen?"), so I made some code for my server that makes the toolbar actually usable. #UXdesign #UX #Tech

    tkuenneth, to random German

    It's unbelievable how many Android apps are locked into portrait mode. Even new ones. It's almost 2024, for god's sake. Did some nice Christmas break coding and built something. 🧵1/3

    video/mp4

    Adam,
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    @tkuenneth Windows Mobile 2003 was better at responsive mobile apps than anything we have 20 years later. :) Ha!

    SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
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    So. Anyone still wearing a TicWatch like I am? The watches from 2021 are FINALLY getting updated to WearOS 3!

    https://youtu.be/a13HuGGeXbs

    So we should talk about that support delay... HOW much of this was Mobvoi's fault?

    Adam,
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    @SomeGadgetGuy Nah, switched to Garmin.

    Adam, to GraphicDesign
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    OMG! Intel made a stable diffusion AI image generation plugin for @GIMP !? And it works with Intel Core Ultra NPUs! https://github.com/intel/openvino-ai-plugins-gimp

    Adam,
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    @GIMP So awesome! HP was showing it to me this morning. Did it become public on GitHub just last week?

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