All the big shifts in the tech industry recently seem to have been foretold by Tim Wu's "The Master Switch" (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8201080-the-master-switch). Small companies get gobbled up by bigger ones or obliterated through copying. Incumbents are strong and getting stronger. Network effects create a lot of winner-take-all scenarios.

**TOOTally Flaki** @flakoot · Jun 18, 2018, 14:48

**TOOTally Flaki** @flakoot · Jun 18, 2018, 14:48

@nolan http://thoughtshrapnel.com/2018/06/15/f-off-google/

@dajbelshaw Nolan left Twitter & even switched to Lineage OS few months back in an attempt to wean himself off of Google/Apple services and silos (see https://nolanlawson.com/2017/11/27/living-with-an-open-source-phone/ ), he was also complaining how non-trivial this is, even for highly technical folks

**TOOTally Flaki** · May 16, 2018, 22:20

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**Peter O'Shaughnessy** @peter · May 16, 2018, 22:20

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**TOOTally Flaki** @flakoot · May 16, 2018, 21:56

**TOOTally Flaki** @flakoot · May 16, 2018, 21:56

Look who we found wandering around the Redmond Microsoft campus? It's been so long, @nolan! 💖

**TOOTally Flaki** @flakoot · Apr 14, 2018, 12:02

**TOOTally Flaki** @flakoot · Apr 14, 2018, 12:02

I bet my dear friend @soapdog will appreciate today's Iced Coffee with generous amounts of vanilla 🍨 & caramel on top! 😏🍹❄️☕ #showmeyourcoffee 💞

**TOOTally Flaki** · Apr 13, 2018, 18:27

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**🇪🇺 David Ross 🇬🇧** @david_ross@mastodon.social · Apr 13, 2018, 18:27

We've spent an awesome few days together in the #Netherlands planning #MozFest 2018 in London late October.

Staff, space wranglers, and production bringing #diversity in voices from #NewZealand #Argentina #Kenya #Gambia #Brazil #Australia #Italy #Colombia #Ireland #UK #Germany #India #Israel #USA #Canada #Poland #Japan #Taiwan (and I'm still sure I've missed some)

#CFP opens JUNE

**TOOTally Flaki** · Apr 13, 2018, 17:23

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**Peter O'Shaughnessy** @peter · Apr 13, 2018, 17:23

I gave my 1st talk because I was thrown into it by a previous manager! Never thought of myself as the speaker type, but it didn't go too terribly & actually kind of enjoyed it. Realised I had other things I could share about & that it was a great way to keep learning new things!

All of this is to say: maybe someone who reads this might find they like speaking too! Maybe try it sometime, even if you don't think you are the type for it (e.g. too shy / introverted). You might surprise yourself!

**TOOTally Flaki** · Apr 13, 2018, 06:37

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**Nolan** @nolan · Apr 13, 2018, 06:37

Started making a list of browser bugs I've run into while working on Pinafore… the web is still kind of a minefield. 11 bugs across all four of Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari, and I know I'm probably forgetting some. (Nor am I counting bugs I was already aware of and consciously avoided.) https://gist.github.com/nolanlawson/83bf5fe474ac2ab895cdebfafa303622

**TOOTally Flaki** @flakoot · Apr 09, 2018, 17:09

**TOOTally Flaki** @flakoot · Apr 09, 2018, 17:09

@nolan that's some A+ mastodon-hacking, all right, but you *weren't supposed to start without me*, maaan! :'DD <3

**TOOTally Flaki** · Apr 09, 2018, 15:42

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**Nolan** @nolan · Apr 09, 2018, 15:42

Pinafore is an alternative web client for Mastodon that I'm releasing today. The goal is to make a lightweight standalone web app that can plug into multiple instances, with a UI focused on speed and simplicity.

Pinafore is still beta-quality in places, but it's already the main client @ElfLord and I have been using for the past few weeks. I've been working on it since the start of this year. Hope y'all like it. 😊

**TOOTally Flaki** · Apr 04, 2018, 20:59

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**Peter O'Shaughnessy** @peter · Apr 04, 2018, 20:59

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**TOOTally Flaki** · Mar 31, 2018, 13:20

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**Ben Kelly** @wanderview · Mar 31, 2018, 13:20

Deep-dive of es modules by Lin Clark. Her explainer posts are always 👌: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/03/es-modules-a-cartoon-deep-dive/

**TOOTally Flaki** · Mar 31, 2018, 13:37

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**Ada Rose Cannon** @ada@mastodon.social · Mar 31, 2018, 13:37

Imagine if Mastodon existed 10 years ago and our handles would be like: serasvictoria@falloutboyfans.com

**TOOTally Flaki** @flakoot · Mar 24, 2018, 07:03

**TOOTally Flaki** @flakoot · Mar 24, 2018, 07:03

It's been some time, so here we go again — having an ACES latte at Singapore's Maison Ikkoku with my bestest bud, the slightly deranged post-apoc economist Mad Marx! /cc @soapdog ☕

**TOOTally Flaki** @flakoot · Mar 21, 2018, 09:48

**TOOTally Flaki** @flakoot · Mar 21, 2018, 09:48

@nolan I'm sorry*, but I had to.

*nopes, not really sorry :D https://twitter.com/mozhacks/status/976394722796122112

**TOOTally Flaki** · Mar 21, 2018, 00:35

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**Nolan** @nolan · Mar 21, 2018, 00:35

"Open Source Maintainers Owe You Nothing" by Mike McQuaid https://mikemcquaid.com/2018/03/19/open-source-maintainers-owe-you-nothing/

**TOOTally Flaki** @flakoot · Mar 21, 2018, 05:56

**TOOTally Flaki** @flakoot · Mar 21, 2018, 05:56

via @dassurma@twitter.com — using Clooney + offline Canvas to load and process a large image off-main-thread in the browser
/cc @nolan
https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/clooney/

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