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TFI Friday notes: No one loves the Metaverse and podcasts I wish I could find

No one loves Meta’s Metaverse. Including the people working on it. I still haven’t found a compelling reason

Musk! Twitter! And why Google is a bit cheeky with its RCS claims

There’s some new Google stuff out, but I am just not excited about it. The Pixel Tablet looks interesting,

Does my alien have a penis and other interesting things for today

Only a so-called “gender critical” could turn the sex of a cartoon intended to get kids reading into a debate

Weeknote, 2nd October 2022

It seemed like a good idea at the time. Go down to Brighton. Kim doing a drawing group with some

Weeknote, 25th September 2022

Today was a bit of a double art extravaganza, as we went down to Folkestone to see Sara Trillo talk

On the fine art of not finishing

I learned, over time, not to be a finisher. I would start grand projects, read the first 20 pages of

Weeknote, 18th September 2022

This has been a week of tech-futzing and annoyances. I converted my ThinkPad back to running Windows because I was

On Michael Moorcock

I once wrote a letter to Michael Moorcock. I have no idea how I found some kind of address for

Leaving Ulysses?

I wrote a little about this in my weeknote but I thought it was worth expanding a little on why

Google isn't bored of Android

John Gruber, writing about Counterpoint Research’s note that iPhone has overtake Android in US usage share: I also continue

Weeknote, Sunday 4th September 2022

I spent yesterday at Interesting 2022, organised by the redoubtable Russell (Not T) Davies. Of course, the talks were all

Please won't someone stop the bullshit about RCS?

I am so tired of how tech sites preach the gospel of RCS as the “solution” to interoperability between messaging

Miscellany, 6th August

Web3 provides both anonymity and accountability, they said. It has its own built-in protections against bad actors, they said. Oops.

Miscellany, August 3rd 2022

Apple is delaying the launch of iPadOS 16 until October, a month after the launch of iOS 16. If you

A collection of miscellany - 2nd August 2022

You know how websites want you to use their app instead? There’s a good reason for that: apps can

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