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box464

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Coder, manager, dog dad. Tech tinkering is my joy. Be kind.

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box464, to random
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has reached a feature freeze. Now I'm working on cleaning up the existing code.

**The final round of features:
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👁️ Filtering

🎨 Switching between five themes is now possible (Scooby Snack, Pink Panther, Mastodon, Dracula and Boring Blue)

📱Added PWA capabilities, because I've never done it.

Items I shelved:

🧘‍♀️Wellness Dashboard (You filtered 25 and hid 100 items from your timeline)

:mastodon: Display of author's fediverse platform and link to platform homepage.

box464, to random
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I was up too late having fun adding a few themes to the because sometimes you just need to do silly things. Here's a scooby-doo theme and I have to say I kinda like it! Maybe I should make it a Mona app theme. 😆

box464, to music
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Hope you're having fun tonight, dancing or not.

💃🏽👯‍♀️👯‍♂️🕺🏽

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H5I6y1Qvz0

box464, to music
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Jill Scott can blend poetry and music like no other.

If you haven't had a chance to listen to her, I'd highly recommend checking out the album "Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2"

https://mrturner.bandcamp.com/track/cross-my-mind-by-jill-scott-mr-turner-mix

box464, to random
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@takahe is going in an interesting direction. The app experience will be profile centric, but posting and consuming will be done with other apps like @elk.

What jumped out for me is they will be working on account migration. Being able to import not only followers and lists, but your entire post history including media. That’s big!

https://aeracode.org/2023/04/29/refactor-treat/

nectarmechanics, to random

Howdy all! In this weeks video we take a look at a classic, it’s a vintage 1985 Slug! The question is: where does G1 fit in a modern collection? Check out my video linked below to find out!

https://youtu.be/d_8aDzVEKPI

icture of a vintage Slug transformer in his triceratops mode from the side
Picture of a vintage 1985 Slug transformer in his robot mode from the side with his arms posed
Picture of a vintage 1985 Slug transformer in his robot mode from the front

box464,
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@nectarmechanics Slug was my favorite as a kid. I still have him! A bit dusty, but still in great condition. Hearing it came out “almost 40 years ago”…ouch. 👴🏼

box464, to random
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Tonight, I realized that when a post is submitted with visibility set to "Followers Only", none of the display that intent other than a tiny lock icon (sometimes). It's not differentiated well.

Yes, it's not a direct message, but it IS something the author wanted to specifically share with their followers rather than the general public.

In my , I tried a border glow for them. Makers of official apps can do better - this is just a concept! :blobcatcoffee:

box464,
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@JonathanMosen Hi Jonathon, I just listened to your Mona related podcast yesterday! Very informative, thank you. I'm glad Mona is providing much needed accessibility features and hope it inspires other apps to do so as well.

Mona does include the words "Followers Only", but easy to overlook. Better than other apps for sure, where it
appears as a tiny lock icon near the top of the post with no text, which is difficult to understand meaning and often ignored with all the other visual clutter.

box464, to random
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Microsoft Excel E-sports. It’s real. Honestly, more watchable than golf.

https://youtu.be/tNWPGhzhdMg

box464, to fediverse
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I'm curious how "roll your own" backed personal websites are handling this influx of spam. What does it look like? How do you manage the incoming spam to your federated /inbox?

yanlu, to random
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Here is a cute one! I’m very happy to show the new app icon for @woollyapp. It was really fun to work with fabric textures!

box464,
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@yanlu @woollyapp Love it! 🐘

box464, to music
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Brandi Carlile in a breakout performance of "The Joke". Has me tearing up every time I hear it. 😢

Let 'em laugh while they can
Let 'em spin
Let 'em scatter in the wind
I have been to the movies
I have seen how it ends
And the jokes on them. 💓

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJqL1yIm9e0&list=FL85GPoI_MCwlsNrbt4M5gCg&index=11

box464, to javascript
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about computed functions and refactored a bit of code.

Mastodon filters are complete - my little won't have a notification or account profile feed, so those aren't going to be added. Needs a bit of testing.

Also, I used for the first time as a development partner...and...I found it extremely helpful while learning something new.

I get that it's not 100% accurate but it's a constant, calm partner that doesn't get annoyed with all my questions. 😄

box464, to random
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As we edge closer to the Analytics switchover, I'm receiving more emails from our 3rd party site vendors with an interesting take. The basic message is this:

"UA is no longer going to work, we're not going to spend our time moving you over to GA4 ourselves because it's difficult. If you want to do it, you're on your own. Did we mention your existing data will be erased?"

Some have given alternatives or pointed to internally built analytic dashboards.

Not a good sign for Google.

jonafato, to random
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I'm increasingly see tech conferences recognize that "hybrid" events are actually two events happening at once, plus additional coordination to connect them. And I'm seeing some of these events take steps to staff those appropriately. This gives me hope.

box464,
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@jonafato Our hybrid events are now separated by a week. The online event occurs the week after the in person event and serves as a way to extend learning and interaction among attendees. Plus it provides better support for both versions from our staff.

box464, to fediverse
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states that an upcoming feature will be “Cross-platform posting”, although it’s not quite clear what that means. Since the CEO constantly posts to Twitter, I assume that will be the first platform that gets integrated. But will it include or cross posting?

https://help.spoutible.com/support/solutions/articles/150000073237-features

stefan, to fediverse
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I added some more FAQs to https://jointhefediverse.net/learn.

Is there anything else that comes up a lot from folks just learning about the fediverse?

box464,
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@stefan Stefan, thanks for putting this together. One of the things I wish I had better understood early on is how to use followed hashtags to refine the content in my timelines. That really helped me find accounts to follow and start interacting in the community. I see you're focusing on the fediverse in general, so I know it works a bit differently across platforms (Calckey = Antennas, for example)

box464, to random
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has an app called which provides some basic "Getting to know SharePoint/Office 365" tutorials.

You can also include your organization's own training documents. It's nice.

But - Microsoft throws some "pay to play" guardrails and doesn't allow you to add links to external sites like YouTube. Lame.

You can get around it by creating a powerpoint and placing a YouTube or whatever link you want into a slide, then referencing the PowerPoint.

box464, to random
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Have a site with an invalid SSL cert error that won't let you through? In Edge, just type "thisisunsafe" on your keyboard with focus on the browser warning page and you're in.

🙃🔐

box464,
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It works in Chrome too!

box464, (edited ) to random
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@radiant has a fun threading design. 🌈

box464, to random
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Mona, an iOS and MacOS , is out of beta and available in the app stores. If you like full control of your UI and lots of customizations, this is definitely for you! @MonaApp

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mona-for-mastodon/id1659154653

box464, to random
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The word hemoglobin is fun to say.

(This is a test for filters)

box464, to random
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and those utilizing the - this is a very helpful guide from the official @Mastodon API docs.

there are css classes applied to any urls included in a status that will allow you to shorten its display in a post.

And - an explanation of filters! Concise, but helpful (wish I had this info a few weeks ago).

https://docs.joinmastodon.org/api/guidelines/

dansup, to random
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I want the new https://fediverse.info/explore/people People Directory to be easier to browse, so when you search or click on a topic that isn't popular you'll see a red X that you can click to remove.

Now I'm thinking about adding advanced filtering so you can hide results based on topics, domains and usernames.

Also considering adding Lists support so you can build and curate lists of accounts that are easily shareable.

Imma ship this before I get too carried away 😅

New fediverse.info People Directory design

box464,
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@dansup You might as well go one step further and make a csv file export option so the lists can easily be imported into platforms like Calckey, which don’t require you to be following an account to have it on a list.

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