Forgotten train station 📷
2023
New “Custom Feeds” feature on Bluesky is worth a try 🛠
It’s time for me to start a sort of digital minimalism.
I’ve just realized it’s Friday. Are you ready for the weekend? 💪
Currently reading: Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller 📚
Today I listened a lot of Tina Turner’s best songs. That play list has brought me back in the middle of 90s 🙏🎶
Casual shot 📷
TikTok creators use AI to rewrite history 🤖
A viral trend imagines alternate timelines in which Western imperial nations never came to power.
Poppies 😍📷
Smart home complications
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
When we think about smart homes we usually look into positive things like controlling lights, temperature, security and connected devices. But are these smart homes truly smart? A part from the enthusiasm for technology every smart device has its own app and configuration accounts (not talking about security holes). A solution may be the new Matter standard, which was born in order to offer: Simplicity; Interoperability; Reliability; Security. It's hard to say if Matter will solve all actual problems of our smart homes, but probably it will be an important step to the right direction.
This YouTube Video by @manton has been very useful for me to understand all the potential behind micro.blog.
Take a look at it if you haven’t done yet! 😉
Bees at work 🐝⚒📷
Choice Architecture
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Years of research have shown again and again that the way choices are posed affects our actions. Source: “What Should We Watch Tonight?” On the Concept of Choice Architecture
I’ve just realized that micro.blog keeps a copy of all edited versions of my posts. That’s a really smart and cool feature. 😍
Flower power 🌼📷
De-app yourself: taking notes with email
Monday, May 22, 2023
I recently read an article that made me reflect on how often we are inclined (myself first) to use sophisticated web services and apps that propose to help us be more productive. Sometimes alternative solutions are very easy and simple. The blog post talks about how the author replaced note-taking apps by simply opening a new mailbox used only for this purpose. This is certainly a creative solution that can actually be interesting for many people that don't need complicated features but only to keep track of their notes on the go.
Currently reading: Murder, Stage Left by Robert Goldsborough 📚
Welcome in Mayember (it’s May but it feels like November and December) 🌧😲
My first week anniversary on micro.blog 🥳
I often spend more time customizing than writing… 😇
I was able to follow micro.camp only for a few time Yesterday, but the conversation was really interesting.
Discuss without discussion
Friday, May 19, 2023
I agree with postpsychosis, we usually tend to discuss without discussing. That's make sense to me especially because we are immersed in a society always online.
Tired of using Google Translate?
Lingva Translate is an alternative frontend.
It’s open source and a better solution for your privacy.
Why I like to wake up early
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Lately I started to appreciate to wake up early in the morning. From my point of view it's one of my personal life hacks. The reasons why I really like to be an early riser are several: I have more time for myself; I go to bed early in order to wake up early; I spend less time in traffic to go to work.
After a couple of days let me say Micro.blog community seems to be awesome. I’m seriously thinking to definitely move here.
My first defense against data breaches
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
“Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster.” Sun Tzu When we talk about security there are many good practices you can follow in order to minimize the risk of being hacked (strong passwords, 2FA, etc..). One of them is being updated about past and present data breaches. For this reason I use haveibeenpwned.com, a great free service that provides you information if your personal data have been leaked.
Why I switched to Brave Browser
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
At the beginning there were Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator and I've always preferred Netscape Navigator. Then Mozilla released Firefox and I've chosen it as my favourite browser for years. Recently I was forced to switch from Firefox to Brave Browser because I realized that a Chromium based browser is ligther and more reactive on my old notebook. That's not good as I would have preferred to use Firefox, but Mozilla have created a very heavy piece of software.
I’ve recently started to use TickTick as my daily ToDo list. For the moment I prefer to keep away from all the AI mess is out there.
Finally the sun after a weekend of rain, but unluckily it is time to work. 😟
Rolling cryptos
Monday, May 15, 2023
I've always been skeptical about all that crypto enthusiasm that lead us to a sort of a crypto bubble. I'm not against Bitcoin or blockchain, but I'm aware that behind the scenes there is much more speculation than we think. Technology may be good, but the way we use it may be bad.