All the feels - A classic @gapingvoid. It occurs to me as I write this that perhaps Hugh doesn't make all his own art anymore now that he's become rather successful. Reguardless the piece is great. People do operate on the level of feelings rather than the level of facts. I love the right hand image, that's totally how I feel a lot of the time, blobs of colour, sguigley bits, that's when it's interesting. It's even better when we are helping each other paint each other's pictures. Time flies. I love the idea that large companies can still create that kind of vibe. How about bigger entities like cities? Countries? I reckon they can too. gapingvoid.com #
Monday, July 3, 2023
Bluesky halts signups, can't handle the influx from Twitter - Where are all these people getting their invites? Feel like I got on the waiting list weeks and weeks ago, still no invite in the mail. That's what 20 years of participating for free on the open web gets you. theverge.com #
Unique transition between grid and list views - I'm having a terrible time getting through the CSS for this offline, but I was able to view their demo earlier when I was online, and the effect is super cool, the sort of thing you might expect in an TV advert or perhaps a native app, but definitely not a webapp. I want my blog to have something like this, and wouldn't it be awesome in 3D on the Vision Pro? wannabedev.io #
Twitter appears to be self-DDOSing itself - Some conflicting reports, but the recent rate limiting looks to be causing the Twitter client to DDOS itself. This isn't a good sign is it. I did say in last week's newsletter that the world was heading towards a blocking frenzy. I hope everyone has food and water. waxy.org #
Why Apple's Visio Pro will change movie watching - Om went to watch the new Wes Andersen movie at a theater and describes the experience. He then wonders if the Vision Pro will become the next big tech for movie watching. I'm not opposed to it, though I like going to the cinema. The more I imagine watching a movie on a Vision Pro, the more I think I might have a bit of a phobia. Whenever I think about having little screens a centimeter from my eye balls for multiple hours, I get mild anxiety. Btw I've never tried any of these AR/VR products. om.co #
Social RSS - Chris Coyier comments on David Pierce's Who killed Google Reader? article: "I don’t think I’ve seen a solid feed reader + social network take since those days." chriscoyier.net #
Uncensored Chatbots Provoke a Fracas Over Free Speech - I read this and I nod my head, but I can't help think this is just the very beguining, this is unbelievable mild compared to what is ahead. nytimes.com #
Apple forced to make major cuts to Vision Pro headset production plans - They had previously forcast 1 million units in the first 12 months, but the chinese company contracted to fabricate the device has said Apple only ordered 400000 units for the first year, with other parts suppliers reporting they have only been asked for enough for 150000 units. Apple has sited difficulties in scaling the supply chain. ft.com #
The Reddit moderators that coordinate many celebrity AMAs will no longer do so - This is such a shame, these mods actually appear to be supportive of Reddit, and haven't been participating in the protests, but they are caught in the situation nonetheless because the new prices make it unnafordable. AMAs are one of the most popular things that Reddit had produced to date. What a terrible, tragic and toxic situation. theverge.com #