Social Notes
Short posts that are often pushed to social media (a.k.a. tweets).
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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”.
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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…
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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
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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!
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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.
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I’m sitting in a virtual information session for a school district program with over 80 people on the call. They just invited us to go off mute to share something. Thankfully, everyone on the call understood the assignment and no one did.