Gregory @g@nerdculture.de

The #100DaysToOffload says 100 blog posts in one year. I didn't/haven't done that. Did I fail the "challenge"?

No I didn't. The point was to publish more on your personal blog and I have done that.

I'm not quitting #100DaysToOffload, I'm reflecting on the past year.

https://gregoryhammond.ca/blog/did-i-fail-100daystooffload/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=FediverseGregory

It's good to see many people leaving UptimeRobot (because their free plan no longer includes a linked domain for status page).

It's great for decentralization, so that one company doesn't run all the status pages.

I wonder how many customers UptimeRobot is going to lose in the end because of this decision.

“There's always been this kind of unwritten rule at Basecamp that the company basically exists for David and Jason's enjoyment,” one employee told me. “At the end of the day, they are not interested in seeing things in their work timeline that make them uncomfortable, or distracts them from what they're interested in. And this is the culmination of that.”
https://www.platformer.news/p/-what-really-happened-at-basecamp

Companies are allowed to make any changes they want, but when they publicly announce them it allows other to look at those changes and go Yikes.

That is how I (and many others) felt with the recent Basecamp (project management software) changes. I wrote up all my thoughts on this and posted them at https://gregoryhammond.ca/blog/yikes-at-recent-basecamp-changes/?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=gregory

What are your thoughts on the recent changes that Basecamp announced?

#100DaysToOffload

Privacy paradox.
You probably care about your privacy, and you probably tell family and friends about the evil stuff that is going on. They know about it, and don't care.
@thenewoil has a recently great blog post that covers this, at https://write.as/thenewoil/the-privacy-paradox

#Privacy #OnlinePrivacy

When I see a fox picture I immediately think of @volpeon and @jbauer.. I don't yet know if this is a good or bad thing..

Anyways, here's a sleepy fox. Thanks to https://redd.it/mkwvnr

Inspired by @celia's recent blog post. I wrote my own thoughts on Firefox's upcoming change on their referer policy.

https://gregoryhammond.ca/blog/my-thoughts-on-firefox-new-referer-policy/?utm_source=fediverse&utm_medium=socialMedia&utm_campaign=fediverse

Do you use Firefox and are going to go with the new referer policy when it comes with Firefox 87?

#100DaysToOffload

We all need a little humour with this pandemic still going on. Enjoy this video (or watch it on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwyglrEViMU)

Special shout to @jbauer and @brandon who will both agree that this is complete true.

There are many things I love about the Fediverse,

I don't have to worry about spoilers for something that is airing on tv (I love content warnings),

I can geek out with people here,

No analytics, you don't know how well (or bad) your post did.

What do you love about the fediverse?

When you find the website that perfectly fits what you are looking for, but then you check and see it's behind Cloudflare 😭

Bonus points if it has the following: Google analytics, google font, Facebook pixel (tracking), doesn't have any privacy policy listed, is hosted in the USA. 😭

#Privacy #CloudFuck #CloudFlare #WebsiteTracking

After using Webmention / Indieweb for a while now, I have decided to remove it entirely from my website.

It didn't help that only @zerok (that I knew of) webmentioned me. It was also complex and hard for anyone (not in the tech space or tons of time) to use.

https://gregoryhammond.ca/blog/removed-webmention-indieweb/

#100DaysToOffload

If you use 2FA and find that the site is telling you the code is incorrect, try checking to see if your clock is actually correct (by using a site like time.is).

I did find this out the hard and long way. Don't be like me. If your 2FA code isn't working then wait for another code and try again, or check to make sure your time is accurate.

#privacy #2fa