Writer, futurist, product designer. Designed Gmail, Google Reader, Friendfeed and a few other things.
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Here’s a gift link you can share: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/science/solar-eclipse-cloud-cover-forecast-map.html?ugrp=m&unlocked_article_code=1.iE0.7R1C.Q9xlzQDDVXvq&smid=url-share npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox It’s not surprising that so many on the right are unaware that the Trans Day of Visibility is an international holiday that has been celebrated on March 31st since 2009. 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A couple hours and some gold silk filament later and voila! I love it and it’s my most practical print yet. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox @npub1j46…3gm7 Thanks, I get what you’re saying, but ‘monopoly’ has become overused lately. If three rairoad companies created competing North American rail networks in the 1800s and one said you could only run trains on its rails if you paid them a commission, would they be a monopoly? Of course not. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox @npub1j46…3gm7 Were any of them free to developers? npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox Back in my day software developers had to pay publishers, distributors and storefronts to sell their software. The developer would see about 10¢ for every dollar their customer paid. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox This is fine. https://torontosun.com/news/world/chinese-scientists-create-mutant-covid-strain-that-kills-mice/wcm/2109ad0c-67a1-4f98-9d3a-4d57b6abc5fb/amp/ npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox Every time I hear a GOP spokesperson cry that the 14th Amendment is undemocratic because it prevents citizens from being able to vote for whoever they want, I want them to tell me whether Obama should be able to run again. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox Clearly someone’s dropping the ball tonight. https://mastodon.social/@leebennett/111676083357760631 npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox All you need to know about the New York Times is that they believe there's such a thing as, and I quote, "an obscure constitutional amendment" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/28/us/maine-trump-ballot.html?mwgrp=c-dbar&unlocked_article_code=1.Jk0.Kv5X.xLi3jgMdPczR&smid=url-share npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox @npub18r7…xrw4 Wait… it’s right isn’t it? npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox Move over, Cybertruck. Russia's new electric car is now the ugliest vehicle I've ever seen. https://jalopnik.com/russia-has-new-ev-thats-totally-going-to-destroy-tesla-1851117732 npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox It seems weird to ask people if they recall the most famous reindeer of all. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox Hey California homeowners, today (Dec 10) is Property Tax Due Day!!! npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox Yesterday House Speaker Mike Johnson lamented the expulsion of George Santos from Congress, saying that disciplinary action should never be taken until the person had been tried and convicted in the courts. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox If ever there was a job for a generative AI. Anyone? npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox Looks like USA Today has turned its headline writing over to a hill-climbing optimization AI. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox @npub15l7…aang They do talk about network penetration. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox I’ve long resisted trying Google Fi on my iPhone because I would lose Visual Voicemail. I realized today that I get about 5 voicemails a month and it probably doesn’t matter if they’re visual or not. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox Apple didn’t steal it. They just found it left behind in a Redwood City bar. https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/8/23824821/apple-tetris-film-dan-ackerman-book-lawsuit npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox Sell a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox When in danger of going down the rabbit hole of social media I find it very helpful to frequently ask myself, “Is participating in this conversation beneficial to me? Is it beneficial to others?” npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox Tomorrow is the 10 year anniversary of the shutdown of Google Reader. It comes at a time when the world needs federated media tools more than ever. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox Oh, yes. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox @npub1lj7…zczx This is what you do when you want to know if the person you’ve been dating is ghosting you. Gives them an easy out. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox The importance of integrating design into the full product development process, summed up in one picture. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox Entrepreneurs: If you want to provide APIs for your product, specify the conditions of their use at the outset and stick to them. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox “This is a whole different ballgame.” npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox I wonder if Project 92 is FriendFeed? npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox I'm more excited about tomorrow's Apple announcements than I have been in a decade. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox Facebook felt it was so important to get ahead if Apple’s XR announcement next Monday that they risked losing six months of Oculus Quest 2 sales by pre-announcing the Oculus Quest 3. https://www.meta.com/blog/quest/vr-hardware-news-quest-3-sneak-peek-price-drop/ npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox Imagine an AI trained exclusively on tweets. 🤢 https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-wants-to-see-an-ai-rival-to-google-microsoft-a299e27f npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox @npub15c8…fal0 Yup. They want to rally the MAGA base but they’ll never ever hurt their backers—big businesses and wealthy investors—by defaulting on the national debt. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox @npub15c8…fal0 Same logic also applies for actually increasing the debt ceiling. 😉 npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox The GOP is overplaying its hand. They know the debt limit has to be increased and they know they’re unlikely to get much so now they’re walking away from negotiations hoping Biden’s team will freak out and give concessions to come back to the table. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox "This will go on your permanent record" doesn't have the same impact as it did when I was a kid. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox @npub15c8…fal0 Especially when it’s just a whitewash for greed. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox Elon Musk: People working from home are an injustice to service workers who don’t have that option. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox Google Reader. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox My ADHD translated through my life: npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox That thing where, after two failed FaceID attempts, I try to make my face look MORE LIKE ME. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox Elon should lean in to the Twitter Blue debacle and offer Twitter Silver for $25/mo and Twitter Red for $200/mo. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox Ooh! Falcon Heavy launches are coming to Vandenberg! npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox #[0] #[1] 🙋🏻♂️ npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox I’m looking forward to ‘Star Trek: Sisko’ and ‘Star Trek: Janeway’. npub1ekyxr2lm9hqpvtm4wmgu8edv53zrxqqsh0ew5gfxrmmhcpr0fcdqyan83l Kevin Fox Next week is going to be an amazing scramble of VCs organizing loans or fast funding rounds for their impacted portfolio companies.
