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@twostraws eight years ago I was waiting to get through the publishing process for my Swift book with Peachpit Press. It took ages to print and distribute and was a complete flop (at least partly) because it was out of date before it hit the shelves.

It wasn’t long after I saw Hacking with Swift that I realised that print publishing for tech books was effectively dead, and that you’d done an amazing job of embracing the new way to publish and teach. I salute you!

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I host a daily podcast called Your Daily Lex. Today’s episode is about getting banned from Twitter.

Five minutes a day. Free Black Friday and always.

daily.lexfriedman.com/

Dahmer, cannibalism 

I don’t think this could be a worse advertising partnership, unless they specifically advertised Meat Feast pizzas. Might need to work on the Brand Safety there, All4.

@mrcourtney how does anyone get close enough to lick them?

@marramgrass I am “helping” you to help the economy, and to broaden your musical toolbox

@marramgrass I was not aware that I was supposed to be helping. And I reject the very notion.

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@MarkXA CHVRCHES, Julia Bondar, Confidence Man (with a male vocalist), Fever Ray, The Knife, Warpaint, Zola Jesus, Simona Castricum, Roisin Murphy, New Young Pony Club/NYPC, The Hundred in the Hands, Imogen Heap, LIGHTS, Bic Runga, Santigold.

@natural20 they seem to have disabled any “export all notes” functionality. Gonna have to figure out a way to get my documents out of it. This new company has a bad reputation.

@amyworrall I haven’t got any experience yet, but I’ve been starting to research, and I saw this product on the Fully Charged Show: myenergi.com/libbi/

I liked the fact that they were a UK company too. Here’s the video I watched: youtu.be/UEFJyWCK5uw

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follow new people don't just recreate your twitter clique on Mastodon.

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I keep seeing posts about a new 2 day tech conference that happened last week in London.

Apparently it was so terrible that there are now a number of blogs alleging behaviour on the part of the organiser(s) which was downright unprofessional at best, and fraudulent at worst. Only one organiser has been identified and I'm disappointed to discover it's someone I know tangentially through the London tech scene.

The conference promised 3k+ attendees, 150 speakers, tickets were in three figures.

@ryangadams I can hear his sharp intake of breath from here

As musician and technology enthusiast it gives me so much delight that Roland released everything but a 404 in their x0x series of instruments in the early 80s.

While they did eventually release an SP-404, the original 404 was literally Not Found. Perfect.

I’m going to retcon this into the HTTP spec.

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@ohpleaseno he’s actually not too bad, bit of a softy really, and very timid. But I think of him as spiky because his fur is a bit rough compared to his twin sister. She would claw/bite you immediately if you try to lift her up though!

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