Social Notes

Short posts that are often pushed to social media (a.k.a. tweets).

  • After more years than I care to count, HEB is finally rolling out tap-to-pay in their stores across Texas. This is the last hold out for the vendors I use on the regular. https://www.kut.org/texas/2024-10-07/austin-tx-heb-apple-pay-tap-grocery-store

  • Such an Austin moment: working in a coffee shop with random music I’ve never heard playing. Someone walks in and says to the barista, “hey, the music you’re playing—that’s my band”.

  • The #wpdrama with #wordpress has sucked me back into Twitter, which reminds me why I left over there. That’s one thing I truly appreciate about the community on the Fediverse is that there are very different opinions but are generally more respectful. A lot more “agree to disagree” and less “you’re the worst human on…

  • The conflict between WP Engine and Automattic has been thrown to the courts. IANAL, but the former Acting Solicitor General of the United States is probably a pretty good one. Response to WP Engine’s Meritless Lawsuit

  • News outlets are about to enter a really tough time: reporting results from elections when there is such a narrative of distrust out there. Giving my friends at KUT an early and long hug!

  • I am not wading into the conversation regarding WordPress, WP Engine, or any players. I’m too close, yet I know nothing about this. I have nothing valuable to add; frankly, I don’t have the bandwidth to develop deep enough knowledge to provide anything useful.