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box464, 1 day ago to accessibility

I have been testing low visibility accessibility on websites I visit, just to see what the experience is like.

Voice over is very easy to enable on a Mac with a magic keyboard. Clicking your touch id button quickly 3 times turns voice over on, and 3 times again turns it back off. Excellent shortcut that makes it easy to include in your development process.

#accessibility

box464, 1 day ago to random

These shirts! The cat and dog ones are soooo tempting. (All the crappy tracking tags removed from the url)

https://www.boozelele.com/collections/best-selling

box464, 3 days ago to random

Tumblr will remove their tipping feature on June 1. It was a payment integration with Stripe introduced two years ago.

https://www.tumblr.com/changes/749295377342251008/tipping-is-going-away-on-june-1-2024

box464, 3 days ago to random

Flipboard has created a newsletter on LinkedIn called “Fedicurious”. The fediverse has made it to LinkedIn.

Recently, they did a webinar on how federation works in Flipboard geared to content creators.

https://youtu.be/Skv7eKIDxqE

box464, 6 days ago to fediverse

With big players like Flipboard, Wordpress, Ghost and Threads entering the fediverse, along with bridges to Bluesky and more….your choice of platform will be less about content (you’ll see it everywhere!) and more about the app experience and features you prefer. 🥳

#Fediverse #FediApps

box464, 6 days ago (edited 6 days ago) to infosec

I don’t know what is more disappointing. Batgirl’s “hacking” skills or Batman’s password choices.

#Infosec #Batman #Batgirl

box464, 6 days ago to random

Early morning fun with the Mastodon API and my ridiculous number of bookmarks.

#MastodonAPI

box464, 8 days ago to random

A new fediverse iOS app called fedicat @technicat (TestFlight) has a feature I’m calling “bloosts” which is a boost and a like in one button. I love it.

Now I want a “bloostmark” that boosts, likes and bookmaks a post at the same time. 😅

#MastodonApp #FediverseApp

box464, 8 days ago to random

One thing people are missing on the discussion of link previews for Mastodon is they aren't always an image + title. oEmbed scripts are also downloaded to Mastodon, not just the image and title.

3rd party apps mostly ignore these embeds which is a shame in my opinion. If you use the official Mastodon app or web UI, you will see them. Here's an example of a fun one (View this post on the official Mastodon App or website to see it)

https://archive.org/details/sesame-street-fever-fever-and-trash-record-single

box464, 9 days ago to mastodon

I see some conversations again about how Mastodon Link Previews work. Here’s my research on that topic from last year.

https://box464.com/posts/mastodon-preview-cards/

#Mastodon #MastodonDev

box464, 9 days ago to random

“Check the Authenticator app for your code.”

box464, 10 days ago to random

Should I go for the Sinful Surfer look? It's 50% off! What could go wrong?!

box464, 11 days ago to random

I'm gay/cis and in some situations, passing for whatever straight means if you don't look too close at my sparkles.

But not when I visit my rural hometown.

I know what it is to be bullied. To be dismissed by loved ones. That sinking feeling you get in your stomach when you realize you don't feel safe somewhere.

I also know that is nothing in comparison to what others continue to battle.

Safe spaces are precious things and even I forget that sometimes.

It's good to be reminded.

box464, 12 days ago to GenX

My brain decided to bring up this memory for no reason today. Cereal box records. Back in the day, kid cereals would add cardboard records on the back of their boxes. You could cut them out and play them on any normal record player. The grooves were made with thin plastic and songs were pretty short.

Sound was horrible. But fun.

https://youtu.be/DCb9IfndLz8?t=52&si=ZdEciuWE1c2DFZ0d

#GenX #Records #Retro

box464, 13 days ago to random

I've got some thoughts about how the tech world ignores the needs of users with cognitive disabilities like dementia. Hit me hard this week.

There are degrees of dementia. Some people live with mild or moderate forms for years and deserve respect, dignity and as much freedom as we can offer them. That includes access to the internet.

#Dementia #SocialWeb

box464, 13 days ago to drupal

Drupal has an ActivityPub plugin…since 2019?!

https://www.drupal.org/project/activitypub/

#Drupal #Cms #ActivityPub

box464, 14 days ago to mastodon

It’s good to know Bluesky has the same issue explaining the concept of Unlisted…I mean…Quiet Public…I mean…Discouraged visibility…posts.

#Mastodon #Bluesky #UnlistedPosts

box464, 15 days ago to random

Doing some family tech support and ran into this dialog. First time I’ve ever seen a piece of software tell me to remove it! Following its advice.

box464, 16 days ago to fediverse

Been on the TestFlight of this one. @feeeed is incorporating content from everywhere. While the configuration options says “Mastodon Handle” any fediverse handle I’ve thrown at it works so far.

PeerTube. Lemmy. Firefish. IceShrimp. Friendica. Threads. All alongside blog feeds, Reddit, YouTube, news services, personal photos, birthday reminders and more. The only thing missing is the ability to interact - like or reply direct from the interface. ❤️🥳

#FediApps #Fediverse

A video of an iPad showing the feeed app. A Catodon.social account is added to the feed and shows up immediately, alongside personal blogs, photos, pixelfed accounts and more.

box464, 18 days ago (edited 18 days ago) to fediverse

Owncast and Peertube news on the same day!

https://joinpeertube.org/news/newsletter-2024-04

#Peertube #Fediverse

box464, 18 days ago to fediverse

After a short hiatus due to some technical updates made my Roku, Owncast (a federated live streaming service) is available again on the platform.

In addition, a new Owncast channel is now in the app, too!

Also don’t forget Owncast has an iOS app out as well. Lots going on with the platform.

https://channelstore.roku.com/es-us/details/2179326b6b85869a1a3a18d48ca76de6/owncasts

#Owncast

box464, 21 days ago to random

What's the best iOS/Mac/Web Podcast listening app?

I want to sync between all devices of course.

box464, 21 days ago to random

Post.news shutting down. I think the largest fault was that it was JUST news. I guess for pure news junkies that’s great, but it’s not enough - you need to be tied into larger social networks.

Agree with Tim, federation is key. Not sure how they would have managed the paid posts, but they could have tried.

@tchambers

From: @timothyjchambers
https://www.threads.net/@timothyjchambers/post/C58vld7xlNuJqjHYIYXyBkIaAGkkeEkK1XF5gM0

box464, 22 days ago to fediverse

Since #FediForum, the demo of Emissary has been wiggling around in my brain. This article from @deadsuperhero of @hello walks through the process of using the framework to create just about any federated object you can imagine. 😱

https://wedistribute.org/2024/04/emissary-social-web/

#FediDev #ActivityPub

box464, 22 days ago to random

#FediHire opportunities for techies. US based, full time. A national non-profit looking for an IT Project Manager (remote ok), Data Analytics Manager (remote) and a Help Desk Technician (onsite in Austin, TX).

These are all new positions, and they don't happen often. Current team has stayed together for 8-12 years, so come join us!

https://www.aanp.org/aanp-careers