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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!-- RSS generated by oldSchool v0.8.10 on Sun, 28 Apr 2024 16:39:21 GMT --><rss version="2.0" xmlns:source="http://source.scripting.com/"> <channel> <title>Scripting News</title> <link>http://scripting.com/</link> <description>Dave Winer, OG blogger, podcaster, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears.</description> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2024 14:51:34 GMT</pubDate> <language>en-us</language> <generator>oldSchool v0.8.10</generator> <copyright>&copy; copyright 1994-2024 Dave Winer.</copyright> <docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs> <lastBuildDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2024 16:39:21 GMT</lastBuildDate> <cloud domain="rpc.rsscloud.io" port="5337" path="/pleaseNotify" registerProcedure="" protocol="http-post" /> <source:account service="twitter">davewiner</source:account> <source:localTime>Sun, April 28, 2024 12:39 PM EDT</source:localTime> <source:likes>http://likes.scripting.com/</source:likes> <source:blogroll>https://lists.feedcorps.org/daveblogroll.opml</source:blogroll> <item> <description><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJRLoegBYvc">Demo</a>: I'm working on a web text editor that works in three different formats -- wizzy, markdown and html source. You can flip between them with an icon click. I love flip-switches in software.</description> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2024 14:51:34 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/28.html#a145134</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/28.html#a145134</guid> <source:outline text="<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJRLoegBYvc">Demo</a>: I'm working on a web text editor that works in three different formats -- wizzy, markdown and html source. You can flip between them with an icon click. I love flip-switches in software." created="Sun, 28 Apr 2024 14:51:34 GMT" type="outline" urlvideo="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJRLoegBYvc" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/28.html#a145134"/> </item> <item> <description>Today's <a href="https://blogroll.social/">blogrolls</a> are more like feed readers than the blogrolls of the 90s. My blogroll has all the best sources, and they update slowly enough that I can keep up with all of them.</description> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2024 13:04:16 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/28.html#a130416</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/28.html#a130416</guid> <source:outline text="Today's <a href="https://blogroll.social/">blogrolls</a> are more like feed readers than the blogrolls of the 90s. My blogroll has all the best sources, and they update slowly enough that I can keep up with all of them." created="Sun, 28 Apr 2024 13:04:16 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/28.html#a130416"/> </item> <item> <description><img class="imgRightMargin" src="https://imgs.scripting.com/2023/11/09/bowHunter.png" border="0" style="float: right; padding-left: 25px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px;">These days I'm using the moderation tools on the social web more than I did in the past. If someone I don't know posts a negative comment on Facebook, in response to something I posted, I just delete it, because they have that feature (other systems don't, they should). Any lurker who happens by is free to enjoy what I write. But if I don't know you, I honestly don't care what you think, esp if it's negative and has less than ten syllables total. It's hit and run spam for sure. I'm widening my definition of spam all the time. If you add up all the responses that actually mean anything, it doesn't amount to much. Let's see what the social web looks like without hearing from all assholes.</description> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2024 12:39:23 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/28.html#a123923</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/28.html#a123923</guid> <source:outline text="These days I'm using the moderation tools on the social web more than I did in the past. If someone I don't know posts a negative comment on Facebook, in response to something I posted, I just delete it, because they have that feature (other systems don't, they should). Any lurker who happens by is free to enjoy what I write. But if I don't know you, I honestly don't care what you think, esp if it's negative and has less than ten syllables total. It's hit and run spam for sure. I'm widening my definition of spam all the time. If you add up all the responses that actually mean anything, it doesn't amount to much. Let's see what the social web looks like without hearing from all assholes." created="Sun, 28 Apr 2024 12:39:23 GMT" type="outline" image="https://imgs.scripting.com/2023/11/09/bowHunter.png" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/28.html#a123923"/> </item> <item> <description>I'm also blocking people who hype ActivityPub in comments to my posts about social web stuff that has nothing to do with AP. I've been down this road before. I just want to find people with <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html">active minds</a>, whose business is interop, who want to try stuff out. AP is not a good foundation to build on, at least until they come up with a <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=%22busy+developer+guide%22">BDG</a> for it. Basically it isn't a standard even though they say it is. If you want to help your cause: 1. Stop hyping. 2. Get busy with that BDG.</description> <pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2024 12:45:21 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/28.html#a124521</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/28.html#a124521</guid> <source:outline text="I'm also blocking people who hype ActivityPub in comments to my posts about social web stuff that has nothing to do with AP. I've been down this road before. I just want to find people with <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html">active minds</a>, whose business is interop, who want to try stuff out. AP is not a good foundation to build on, at least until they come up with a <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=%22busy+developer+guide%22">BDG</a> for it. Basically it isn't a standard even though they say it is. If you want to help your cause: 1. Stop hyping. 2. Get busy with that BDG." created="Sun, 28 Apr 2024 12:45:21 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/28.html#a124521"/> </item> <item> <description>I asked ChatGPT: "Could I paste in the source code of a JS package i wrote and 1. ask you to remember it and 2. ask you questions about it later?" Short version of <a href="https://chat.openai.com/share/86c43002-1762-495d-9eb8-c928c3afb23d">answer</a> -- no.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 16:41:54 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/27.html#a164154</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/27.html#a164154</guid> <source:outline text="I asked ChatGPT: "Could I paste in the source code of a JS package i wrote and 1. ask you to remember it and 2. ask you questions about it later?" Short version of <a href="https://chat.openai.com/share/86c43002-1762-495d-9eb8-c928c3afb23d">answer</a> -- no." created="Sat, 27 Apr 2024 16:41:54 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/27.html#a164154"/> </item> <item> <description>A use-case for ChatGPT. You get a hard-to-understand error message from MySQL, so you send the code to ChatGPT and it gives you a perfect error message, and gives you the corrected code. It also can generate SQL from an actual English language description. Quite a loop-close, since SQL was sold as programming in English, just like COBOL or AppleScript, except in ChatGPT you really are using English. It's precise English, but not "marketing" English (ie non-technical managers can be fooled by what they see). An intelligent non-programmer could actually write code, not sure of that of course since I am a programmer myself.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:53:55 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/27.html#a135355</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/27.html#a135355</guid> <source:outline text="A use-case for ChatGPT. You get a hard-to-understand error message from MySQL, so you send the code to ChatGPT and it gives you a perfect error message, and gives you the corrected code. It also can generate SQL from an actual English language description. Quite a loop-close, since SQL was sold as programming in English, just like COBOL or AppleScript, except in ChatGPT you really are using English. It's precise English, but not "marketing" English (ie non-technical managers can be fooled by what they see). An intelligent non-programmer could actually write code, not sure of that of course since I am a programmer myself." created="Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:53:55 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/27.html#a135355"/> </item> <item> <description>I love that I can ask ChatGPT how to spell the word <i>exposé</i> in a <a href="https://chat.openai.com/share/b229346f-8a8c-435f-ae56-986d31a16b3d">literate way</a>. Google is difficult about it. It tried to erase the word from my query, then gave me the wrong spelling.</description> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:45:19 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/27.html#a124519</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/27.html#a124519</guid> <source:outline text="I love that I can ask ChatGPT how to spell the word <i>exposé</i> in a <a href="https://chat.openai.com/share/b229346f-8a8c-435f-ae56-986d31a16b3d">literate way</a>. Google is difficult about it. It tried to erase the word from my query, then gave me the wrong spelling." created="Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:45:19 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/27.html#a124519"/> </item> <item> <title>NYT complains, we applaud</title> <description><p>I was pleased to read the <a href="https://www.nytco.com/press/a-statement-from-the-new-york-times-on-presidential-news-coverage/">NYT op-ed</a> complaining that President Biden wouldn't sit for an interview.</p> <p>I think they blew it when they ran <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Anytimes.com+%22A+sympathetic%2C+well-meaning%2C+elderly+man+with+a+poor+memory%22">so many stories</a> quoting a DOJ lawyer explaining why he was not prosecuting Biden.</p> <p>"A sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."</p> <p>I didn't forget they did that, as I'm sure President Biden hasn't. </p> <p>As I understand it, the proper DOJ procedure for not charging someone is to say nothing. You might write them a letter to tell them they don't need to prepare to defend themselves. Anything more than that puts your motives in question, and should get you fired as a DOJ attorney. I never saw a NYT article that even asked this question -- who is this person and why should we care what he thinks about Biden. </p> <p>And btw, is it good journalism to raise an issue of basic competence about the sitting President of the United States without a bit more background and substance? </p> <p>How is giving credit to such a story journalism? Sounds like trash that would run in the National Enquirer. </p> <p>The NYT has a lot of nerve after covering that "story" so extensively, to demand that Biden sit for an interview. Can you imagine. They'd be reviewing anything but what he said. So disrespectful of our president. And so disrespectful of the Americans who elected him. If you want to raise an issue, come prepared with some journalism to back it up. That's what we expect from the NYT, not what we got from them.</p> <p>PS: On the other hand, thanks to the NYT for posting this on their own website. The often used Medium in the past for statements like this. </p> </description> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:52:31 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/27/125231.html?title=nytComplainsWeApplaud</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/27/125231.html</guid> <source:outline text="NYT complains, we applaud" created="Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:52:31 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/27/125231.html"> <source:outline text="I was pleased to read the <a href="https://www.nytco.com/press/a-statement-from-the-new-york-times-on-presidential-news-coverage/">NYT op-ed</a> complaining that President Biden wouldn't sit for an interview." created="Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:52:37 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/27/125231.html#a125237"/> <source:outline text="I think they blew it when they ran <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Anytimes.com+%22A+sympathetic%2C+well-meaning%2C+elderly+man+with+a+poor+memory%22">so many stories</a> quoting a DOJ lawyer explaining why he was not prosecuting Biden." created="Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:52:56 GMT" flBulletedSubs="true" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/27/125231.html#a125256"/> <source:outline text=""A sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory."" created="Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:52:50 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/27/125231.html#a125250"/> <source:outline text="I didn't forget they did that, as I'm sure President Biden hasn't." created="Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:53:13 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/27/125231.html#a125313"/> <source:outline text="As I understand it, the proper DOJ procedure for not charging someone is to say nothing. You might write them a letter to tell them they don't need to prepare to defend themselves. Anything more than that puts your motives in question, and should get you fired as a DOJ attorney. I never saw a NYT article that even asked this question -- who is this person and why should we care what he thinks about Biden." created="Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:53:26 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/27/125231.html#a125326"/> <source:outline text="And btw, is it good journalism to raise an issue of basic competence about the sitting President of the United States without a bit more background and substance?" created="Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:03:19 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/27/125231.html#a130319"/> <source:outline text="How is giving credit to such a story journalism? Sounds like trash that would run in the National Enquirer." created="Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:03:52 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/27/125231.html#a130352"/> <source:outline text="The NYT has a lot of nerve after covering that "story" so extensively, to demand that Biden sit for an interview. Can you imagine. They'd be reviewing anything but what he said. So disrespectful of our president. And so disrespectful of the Americans who elected him. If you want to raise an issue, come prepared with some journalism to back it up. That's what we expect from the NYT, not what we got from them." created="Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:59:34 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/27/125231.html#a125934"/> <source:outline text="PS: On the other hand, thanks to the NYT for posting this on their own website. The often used Medium in the past for statements like this." created="Sat, 27 Apr 2024 12:57:25 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/27/125231.html#a125725"/> </source:outline> </item> <item> <description><a href="https://github.com/scripting/Scripting-News/issues/305">Braintrust query</a>: I'm interested in getting an <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=adjustable+height+desk&crid=MCC8BTA0NVXB&sprefix=adjustable+height+desk%2Caps%2C131&ref=nb_sb_noss_1">adjustable height desk</a>. I'd like to start with an inexpensive one, and if I like it, I'll get a real one. If I can get it via Amazon that would be best.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:39:21 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/26.html#a133921</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/26.html#a133921</guid> <source:outline text="<a href="https://github.com/scripting/Scripting-News/issues/305">Braintrust query</a>: I'm interested in getting an <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=adjustable+height+desk&crid=MCC8BTA0NVXB&sprefix=adjustable+height+desk%2Caps%2C131&ref=nb_sb_noss_1">adjustable height desk</a>. I'd like to start with an inexpensive one, and if I like it, I'll get a real one. If I can get it via Amazon that would be best." created="Fri, 26 Apr 2024 13:39:21 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/26.html#a133921"/> </item> <item> <description>I won't believe the NYT has any integrity until they let people criticize them on their op-ed page.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:18:49 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/26.html#a121849</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/26.html#a121849</guid> <source:outline text="I won't believe the NYT has any integrity until they let people criticize them on their op-ed page." created="Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:18:49 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/26.html#a121849"/> </item> <item> <title>Draw me a picture</title> <description><p><div class="divInlineImage"><center><img class="imgInline" src="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/26/menloPark.png"></center>Draw me a picture of El Camino Real in Menlo Park, California.</div></p> </description> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 18:27:40 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/26/182740.html?title=drawMeAPicture</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/26/182740.html</guid> <source:outline text="Draw me a picture" created="Fri, 26 Apr 2024 18:27:40 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/26/182740.html"> <source:outline text="Draw me a picture of El Camino Real in Menlo Park, California." created="Fri, 26 Apr 2024 18:26:25 GMT" type="outline" inlineImage="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/26/menloPark.png" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/26/182740.html#a182625"/> </source:outline> </item> <item> <description><img class="imgRightMargin" src="https://imgs.scripting.com/2020/06/29/alice.png" border="0" style="float: right; padding-left: 25px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px;">I don't think conversation on the web has been the big benefit some people think. Do you remember when you first realized that people weren't talking to you in a response to your post, they were talking over your shoulder to the people who read your post. I guess it depends on who you are, but I don't see any value in providing a surface for spam. These days I block people without much thought if I think that's what they're doing. So, why should you design a protocol, and pay the cost of supporting, something that is a vector for spam and abuse? That's the argument in favor of using <a href="https://cyber.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html">RSS</a> to glue things together. You can comment on my post, in your space, but my followers don't have to see it. That's up to me. I think it would change the nature of discourse, for the better.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:33:49 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/25.html#a153349</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/25.html#a153349</guid> <source:outline text="I don't think conversation on the web has been the big benefit some people think. Do you remember when you first realized that people weren't talking to you in a response to your post, they were talking over your shoulder to the people who read your post. I guess it depends on who you are, but I don't see any value in providing a surface for spam. These days I block people without much thought if I think that's what they're doing. So, why should you design a protocol, and pay the cost of supporting, something that is a vector for spam and abuse? That's the argument in favor of using <a href="https://cyber.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html">RSS</a> to glue things together. You can comment on my post, in your space, but my followers don't have to see it. That's up to me. I think it would change the nature of discourse, for the better." created="Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:33:49 GMT" type="outline" image="https://imgs.scripting.com/2020/06/29/alice.png" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/25.html#a153349"/> </item> <item> <description>A <a href="https://chat.openai.com/share/a5f524c2-e9c2-480f-9587-9ef2ee5f74b8">backgrounder</a> on how the web is used for conversation, the pros and cons of each variant, and what role RSS can play in it, thanks to ChatGPT.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:55:55 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/25.html#a155555</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/25.html#a155555</guid> <source:outline text="A <a href="https://chat.openai.com/share/a5f524c2-e9c2-480f-9587-9ef2ee5f74b8">backgrounder</a> on how the web is used for conversation, the pros and cons of each variant, and what role RSS can play in it, thanks to ChatGPT." created="Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:55:55 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/25.html#a155555"/> </item> <item> <description>When you really have federation no one needs to hype it, people don't even realize it because things just work the way you expect them to. Every time I hear "Where ever you get your podcasts," I'm reminded of how well that worked. <span class="spOldSchoolEmoji">😄</span></description> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:05:56 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/25.html#a200556</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/25.html#a200556</guid> <source:outline text="When you really have federation no one needs to hype it, people don't even realize it because things just work the way you expect them to. Every time I hear "Where ever you get your podcasts," I'm reminded of how well that worked. <span class="spOldSchoolEmoji">😄</span>" created="Thu, 25 Apr 2024 20:05:56 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/25.html#a200556"/> </item> <item> <description>ChatGPT has memory across chats. This just <a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/25/chatgptmessage.png">popped up</a> on the screen. I'd like to tell it that until further notice I use Node.js and do not use Express, and do use jQuery for my browser-based JavaScript, and I use the debugger all the time, so you can assume that. If this works, I now have a programming partner with memory. And maybe I can somehow get it to read all my blog posts going back 30 years? I have good archives of most of it. Also, of course I <a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/25/chatgptcomments.png">fed this post</a> to ChatGPT of course. So ChatGPT is not resting on its laurels. That's good. I'd really like a <i>Personal ChatGPT, </i>and this is on the way to that goal.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:32:34 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/25.html#a123234</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/25.html#a123234</guid> <source:outline text="ChatGPT has memory across chats. This just <a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/25/chatgptmessage.png">popped up</a> on the screen. I'd like to tell it that until further notice I use Node.js and do not use Express, and do use jQuery for my browser-based JavaScript, and I use the debugger all the time, so you can assume that. If this works, I now have a programming partner with memory. And maybe I can somehow get it to read all my blog posts going back 30 years? I have good archives of most of it. Also, of course I <a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/25/chatgptcomments.png">fed this post</a> to ChatGPT of course. So ChatGPT is not resting on its laurels. That's good. I'd really like a <i>Personal ChatGPT, </i>and this is on the way to that goal." created="Thu, 25 Apr 2024 12:32:34 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/25.html#a123234"/> </item> <item> <description>When I started working with Automattic last year, one of the big milestones we were aiming for was getting FeedLand and WordPress working together. Now we have <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/04/24/132025.html?title=feedlandAndWordpress">the first step</a>. I hope you take a moment to give it a try and let us know how it works. Scripting News readers have helped bootstrap all kinds of cool stuff, we can do it again.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:13:52 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/24.html#a141352</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/24.html#a141352</guid> <source:outline text="When I started working with Automattic last year, one of the big milestones we were aiming for was getting FeedLand and WordPress working together. Now we have <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/04/24/132025.html?title=feedlandAndWordpress">the first step</a>. I hope you take a moment to give it a try and let us know how it works. Scripting News readers have helped bootstrap all kinds of cool stuff, we can do it again." created="Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:13:52 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/24.html#a141352"/> </item> <item> <description><a href="https://www.threads.net/@jay_gilmore/post/C6JBZ-SuGXi">Jay Gilmore</a>: "ActivityPub breaks my brain. It doesn’t need to be that hard given the payloads we are talking about." True.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:04:52 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/24.html#a140452</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/24.html#a140452</guid> <source:outline text="<a href="https://www.threads.net/@jay_gilmore/post/C6JBZ-SuGXi">Jay Gilmore</a>: "ActivityPub breaks my brain. It doesn’t need to be that hard given the payloads we are talking about." True." created="Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:04:52 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/24.html#a140452"/> </item> <item> <title>FeedLand and WordPress</title> <description><p>There's a <a href="https://github.com/a8cteam51/feedland-blogroll">new plugin</a> that adds a <a href="https://blogroll.social/">blogroll</a> to a WordPress site. </p> <p>It would be helpful if people who are regular readers of Scripting News who use WordPress, set up a test site, give it a try and let us know how it goes. You can help us get to the next level with this stuff. </p> <p>So there are two sides, the FeedLand side and the WordPress side.</p> <ul> <li><b>The FeedLand side</b>. <a href="https://feedland.com/?signonscreen=true">Sign on</a> to FeedLand, create an account if you don't have one, and subscribe to a bunch of feeds. These will be the feeds in your blogroll. There are some tips on how to find feeds, in the <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/04/24/132025.html#a134443">next section</a>.</li> <li><b>The WordPress side</b>. There's a <a href="https://github.com/a8cteam51/feedland-blogroll">new plugin</a>, developed by the people at the Team51 group at Automattic. They have a <a href="https://github.com/a8cteam51/feedland-blogroll/blob/trunk/README.md">checklist</a> for how to install the plugin in a WordPress site. </li> </ul> <p>You can get ideas for feeds for your blogroll from reading other people's feed lists. When you see a checkbox that isn't checked, you can subscribe to the feed simply by checking the box. </p> <p>Have a look at <a href="https://feedland.com/?username=davewiner">my feed list</a> for ideas. Here's a list of <a href="https://feedland.com/?userslist">recent users</a>, click on their names to see their feed lists. You don't have to finish this now, you can come back and tune this up anytime.</p> <p>Developers: Use <a href="https://github.com/scripting/feedlandBlogrollToolkit">feedlandBlogrollToolkit</a> to add blogrolls to other platforms. </p> <p>If you have questions or comments, or need help getting it working, post a note in the <a href="https://github.com/a8cteam51/feedland-blogroll/discussions/15">discussion group</a> here. </p> </description> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:20:25 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/24/132025.html?title=feedlandAndWordpress</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/24/132025.html</guid> <source:outline text="FeedLand and WordPress" created="Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:20:25 GMT" type="outline" description="Connecting FeedLand blogrolls to WordPress websites." metaImage="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/24/newsIntoWordpress.png" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/24/132025.html"> <source:outline text="There's a <a href="https://github.com/a8cteam51/feedland-blogroll">new plugin</a> that adds a <a href="https://blogroll.social/">blogroll</a> to a WordPress site." created="Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:20:29 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/24/132025.html#a132029"/> <source:outline text="It would be helpful if people who are regular readers of Scripting News who use WordPress, set up a test site, give it a try and let us know how it goes. You can help us get to the next level with this stuff." created="Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:21:14 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/24/132025.html#a132114"/> <source:outline text="So there are two sides, the FeedLand side and the WordPress side." created="Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:24:08 GMT" flBulletedSubs="true" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/24/132025.html#a132408"> <source:outline text="<b>The FeedLand side</b>. <a href="https://feedland.com/?signonscreen=true">Sign on</a> to FeedLand, create an account if you don't have one, and subscribe to a bunch of feeds. These will be the feeds in your blogroll. There are some tips on how to find feeds, in the <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/04/24/132025.html#a134443">next section</a>." created="Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:23:42 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/24/132025.html#a132342"/> <source:outline text="<b>The WordPress side</b>. There's a <a href="https://github.com/a8cteam51/feedland-blogroll">new plugin</a>, developed by the people at the Team51 group at Automattic. They have a <a href="https://github.com/a8cteam51/feedland-blogroll/blob/trunk/README.md">checklist</a> for how to install the plugin in a WordPress site." created="Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:23:48 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/24/132025.html#a132348"/> </source:outline> <source:outline text="You can get ideas for feeds for your blogroll from reading other people's feed lists. When you see a checkbox that isn't checked, you can subscribe to the feed simply by checking the box." created="Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:44:43 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/24/132025.html#a134443"/> <source:outline text="Have a look at <a href="https://feedland.com/?username=davewiner">my feed list</a> for ideas. Here's a list of <a href="https://feedland.com/?userslist">recent users</a>, click on their names to see their feed lists. You don't have to finish this now, you can come back and tune this up anytime." created="Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:47:22 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/24/132025.html#a134722"/> <source:outline text="Developers: Use <a href="https://github.com/scripting/feedlandBlogrollToolkit">feedlandBlogrollToolkit</a> to add blogrolls to other platforms." created="Wed, 24 Apr 2024 14:11:29 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/24/132025.html#a141129"/> <source:outline text="If you have questions or comments, or need help getting it working, post a note in the <a href="https://github.com/a8cteam51/feedland-blogroll/discussions/15">discussion group</a> here." created="Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:27:15 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/24/132025.html#a132715"/> </source:outline> </item> <item> <description><img class="imgRightMargin" src="https://imgs.scripting.com/2021/06/26/baseballScene.png" border="0" style="float: right; padding-left: 25px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px;">A big idea for the blogging world. I'd like to combine AI and search to make a really great search engine for bloggers. We would contribute what we know (we already do) and in return, along with everyone else, get to benefit from the collection. And when we browse, <i>it knows which blog we write.</i> So it has a very good idea of what we mean when we ask a question and what we already know. This is totally missing in ChatGPT and is something Google and other search engines have never been willing to do (or even understood, I guess). But this is a huge idea. I'd like to give it <a href="https://feedland.social/opml?screenname=davewiner&catname=blogroll">my blogroll</a> too, so it knows which sources I consider credible. I love that it creates an incentive to post to your blog, and it makes <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html?title=workingTogether">working together</a> automatic.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:13:38 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/23.html#a161338</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/23.html#a161338</guid> <source:outline text="A big idea for the blogging world. I'd like to combine AI and search to make a really great search engine for bloggers. We would contribute what we know (we already do) and in return, along with everyone else, get to benefit from the collection. And when we browse, <i>it knows which blog we write.</i> So it has a very good idea of what we mean when we ask a question and what we already know. This is totally missing in ChatGPT and is something Google and other search engines have never been willing to do (or even understood, I guess). But this is a huge idea. I'd like to give it <a href="https://feedland.social/opml?screenname=davewiner&catname=blogroll">my blogroll</a> too, so it knows which sources I consider credible. I love that it creates an incentive to post to your blog, and it makes <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html?title=workingTogether">working together</a> automatic." created="Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:13:38 GMT" type="outline" image="https://imgs.scripting.com/2021/06/26/baseballScene.png" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/23.html#a161338"/> </item> <item> <description><a href="https://twitter.com/davewiner/status/1782577146679976202">John Palfrey</a> as the mover behind <a href="https://www.macfound.org/press/article/press-forward-a-national-initiative-to-support-the-revitalization-of-local-news">Press Forward</a> will bring the <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/04/22.html#a132020">gospel</a> of <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ascripting.com+ez+pass+for+news">EZ Pass for News</a> on his "ongoing whistle-stop tour" of local news orgs. JP was my boss/rabbi when I was at Berkman, and is why we got so much done there. He ran air cover for what we did, the BloggerCons, giving RSS a home, podcasting, blogs for everyone, the people and democracy. Now he's doing it for the local news business.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:06:07 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/23.html#a160607</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/23.html#a160607</guid> <source:outline text="<a href="https://twitter.com/davewiner/status/1782577146679976202">John Palfrey</a> as the mover behind <a href="https://www.macfound.org/press/article/press-forward-a-national-initiative-to-support-the-revitalization-of-local-news">Press Forward</a> will bring the <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/04/22.html#a132020">gospel</a> of <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ascripting.com+ez+pass+for+news">EZ Pass for News</a> on his "ongoing whistle-stop tour" of local news orgs. JP was my boss/rabbi when I was at Berkman, and is why we got so much done there. He ran air cover for what we did, the BloggerCons, giving RSS a home, podcasting, blogs for everyone, the people and democracy. Now he's doing it for the local news business." created="Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:06:07 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/23.html#a160607"/> </item> <item> <description><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ascripting.com+ez+pass+for+news">EZ Pass for News</a> is formula for functional relationships between local news pubs and people in far away places (ie not their locality) who may from time to time want to read an article or a series of articles on their site, and pay per-issue instead of buying a subscription.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:11:53 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/23.html#a161153</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/23.html#a161153</guid> <source:outline text="<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ascripting.com+ez+pass+for+news">EZ Pass for News</a> is formula for functional relationships between local news pubs and people in far away places (ie not their locality) who may from time to time want to read an article or a series of articles on their site, and pay per-issue instead of buying a subscription." created="Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:11:53 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/23.html#a161153"/> </item> <item> <description>I was chatting with a friend who went to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronx_High_School_of_Science">Bronx Science</a>, as I did, and we were talking about Isaac Asimov, and I said I thought he went to Science too. So I fired up ChatGPT and asked if Asimov went to Science, and <a href="https://chat.openai.com/share/81199c5a-ca0a-4a2c-b610-e0799722a03f">it said yes</a>. Then I asked where he went to high school and it said Bronx Science. But by then I was pretty sure he didn't, so I went to Google and meta.ai, and neither knew where he went to high school. So I asked on Twitter, Mastodon, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@davew/112321321415008740">Blue Sky</a> and Threads. Not sure why I even care! Oh well. <span class="spOldSchoolEmoji">😄</span></description> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:56:01 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/23.html#a155601</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/23.html#a155601</guid> <source:outline text="I was chatting with a friend who went to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronx_High_School_of_Science">Bronx Science</a>, as I did, and we were talking about Isaac Asimov, and I said I thought he went to Science too. So I fired up ChatGPT and asked if Asimov went to Science, and <a href="https://chat.openai.com/share/81199c5a-ca0a-4a2c-b610-e0799722a03f">it said yes</a>. Then I asked where he went to high school and it said Bronx Science. But by then I was pretty sure he didn't, so I went to Google and meta.ai, and neither knew where he went to high school. So I asked on Twitter, Mastodon, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@davew/112321321415008740">Blue Sky</a> and Threads. Not sure why I even care! Oh well. <span class="spOldSchoolEmoji">😄</span>" created="Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:56:01 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/23.html#a155601"/> </item> <item> <description>I don't have time to write about it now but the end of last night's Knicks game was one of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VUvcuHwgtw">most dramatic bits</a> of NY sports ever. I would like to <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/dern8c/kevin_durant_explains_why_free_agents_wont_join/">thank Kevin Durant</a> for saying the Knicks weren't cool. It's somewhat like the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect">Streisand Effect</a> where the thing KD was trying to hide was that <i>he</i> was no longer cool. Classic <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/projection">projection</a>. Obviously he was not the hot shit he thought he was in 2019. <span class="spOldSchoolEmoji">😄</span></description> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:18:06 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/23.html#a161806</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/23.html#a161806</guid> <source:outline text="I don't have time to write about it now but the end of last night's Knicks game was one of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VUvcuHwgtw">most dramatic bits</a> of NY sports ever. I would like to <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/dern8c/kevin_durant_explains_why_free_agents_wont_join/">thank Kevin Durant</a> for saying the Knicks weren't cool. It's somewhat like the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect">Streisand Effect</a> where the thing KD was trying to hide was that <i>he</i> was no longer cool. Classic <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/projection">projection</a>. Obviously he was not the hot shit he thought he was in 2019. <span class="spOldSchoolEmoji">😄</span>" created="Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:18:06 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/23.html#a161806"/> </item> <item> <description><a href="https://www.threads.net/@davew/post/C6GpymzrPu0">The</a> "largest open publishing network in the world" is the web.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:03:40 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/23.html#a160340</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/23.html#a160340</guid> <source:outline text="<a href="https://www.threads.net/@davew/post/C6GpymzrPu0">The</a> "largest open publishing network in the world" is the web." created="Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:03:40 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/23.html#a160340"/> </item> <item> <description><img class="imgRightMargin" src="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/22/uncleArno.png" border="0" style="float: right; padding-left: 25px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px;">The idea of us all <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html">working together</a> to federate is the right idea, but making ActivityPub the hurdle everyone has to jump over is imho the wrong idea. I'm building on feeds -- RSS, Atom, RDF. A lot of good stuff works on that basis. And it's a much shorter path to <a href="http://scripting.com/2021/12/16/153331.html?title=myProductIsInterop">interop</a> than ActivityPub.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:12:56 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/22.html#a171256</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/22.html#a171256</guid> <source:outline text="The idea of us all <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html">working together</a> to federate is the right idea, but making ActivityPub the hurdle everyone has to jump over is imho the wrong idea. I'm building on feeds -- RSS, Atom, RDF. A lot of good stuff works on that basis. And it's a much shorter path to <a href="http://scripting.com/2021/12/16/153331.html?title=myProductIsInterop">interop</a> than ActivityPub." created="Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:12:56 GMT" type="outline" image="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/22/uncleArno.png" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/22.html#a171256"/> </item> <item> <description>I hate paywalls tied to subscription. I’m never going to subscribe to a Philadelphia news org, but based on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jayrosen.bsky.social/post/3kqnxdwej3s2c">Jay’s recommendation</a> I might pay $1 on my <a href="http://scripting.com/2022/10/04/130438.html?title=howEzpassForNewsWouldWork">EZ Pass for News</a> to read <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/civil-war-movie-about-journalism-20240421.html">this story</a>, esp since I saw the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War_(film)">Civil War</a> movie. I just had a thought, I might subscribe to a Philadelphia news org for a week or two, given that the Knicks are playing their NBA team right now in the first round of the playoffs. I really want to know everything there is to know about this faceoff. See, I want to pay for journalism here, but journalism hasn't been willing to sell it to me, at any price. They've never gotten the basic truth of: "The customer is always right." Really important point and true in every way.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 13:20:20 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/22.html#a132020</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/22.html#a132020</guid> <source:outline text="I hate paywalls tied to subscription. I’m never going to subscribe to a Philadelphia news org, but based on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/jayrosen.bsky.social/post/3kqnxdwej3s2c">Jay’s recommendation</a> I might pay $1 on my <a href="http://scripting.com/2022/10/04/130438.html?title=howEzpassForNewsWouldWork">EZ Pass for News</a> to read <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/civil-war-movie-about-journalism-20240421.html">this story</a>, esp since I saw the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War_(film)">Civil War</a> movie. I just had a thought, I might subscribe to a Philadelphia news org for a week or two, given that the Knicks are playing their NBA team right now in the first round of the playoffs. I really want to know everything there is to know about this faceoff. See, I want to pay for journalism here, but journalism hasn't been willing to sell it to me, at any price. They've never gotten the basic truth of: "The customer is always right." Really important point and true in every way." created="Mon, 22 Apr 2024 13:20:20 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/22.html#a132020"/> </item> <item> <description>Over the weekend I <a href="https://techfightclub.wpcomstaging.com/">tested</a> the <a href="https://blogroll.social/">blogroll</a> plugin for WordPress. It worked. After a little more testing and docs-writing we'll be ready for other people to test it, an important step before wider use. So if you're a regular Scripting News reader, and are curious what this blogroll stuff is about, you'll be able to try it out pretty soon.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 13:00:09 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/22.html#a130009</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/22.html#a130009</guid> <source:outline text="Over the weekend I <a href="https://techfightclub.wpcomstaging.com/">tested</a> the <a href="https://blogroll.social/">blogroll</a> plugin for WordPress. It worked. After a little more testing and docs-writing we'll be ready for other people to test it, an important step before wider use. So if you're a regular Scripting News reader, and are curious what this blogroll stuff is about, you'll be able to try it out pretty soon." created="Mon, 22 Apr 2024 13:00:09 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/22.html#a130009"/> </item> <item> <description>Jeff Jarvis <a href="https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/112314943773347273">writes</a> that a German man who died with 70K books in his house was obsessed with the work of writer Arno Schmidt, who was <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ascripting.com+arno&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS743US747&oq=site%3Ascr&aqs=chrome.0.69i59l3j69i57j69i64j69i58j69i65.24769j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8">my great-uncle</a>, my grandmother's brother.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:51:47 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/22.html#a125147</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/22.html#a125147</guid> <source:outline text="Jeff Jarvis <a href="https://mastodon.social/@jeffjarvis/112314943773347273">writes</a> that a German man who died with 70K books in his house was obsessed with the work of writer Arno Schmidt, who was <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ascripting.com+arno&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS743US747&oq=site%3Ascr&aqs=chrome.0.69i59l3j69i57j69i64j69i58j69i65.24769j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8">my great-uncle</a>, my grandmother's brother." created="Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:51:47 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/22.html#a125147"/> </item> <item> <description>Good morning sports fans!</description> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:41:10 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/21.html#a154110</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/21.html#a154110</guid> <source:outline text="Good morning sports fans!" created="Sun, 21 Apr 2024 15:41:10 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/21.html#a154110"/> </item> <item> <description>I asked <a href="https://www.meta.ai/c/853f1272-e6cc-4e09-9191-a31dab6b6d8e">meta.ai</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAb4lj_4b54">draw a pastoral scene</a> with sheep and dogs, birds, fish, airplanes, clams and seagoing ships in ancient England.</description> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 23:52:26 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/21.html#a235226</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/21.html#a235226</guid> <source:outline text="I asked <a href="https://www.meta.ai/c/853f1272-e6cc-4e09-9191-a31dab6b6d8e">meta.ai</a> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAb4lj_4b54">draw a pastoral scene</a> with sheep and dogs, birds, fish, airplanes, clams and seagoing ships in ancient England." created="Sun, 21 Apr 2024 23:52:26 GMT" type="outline" urlvideo="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAb4lj_4b54" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/21.html#a235226"/> </item> <item> <description><img class="imgRightMargin" src="https://imgs.scripting.com/2021/02/11/frescaBlackberryCitrus.png" border="0" style="float: right; padding-left: 25px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px;">Back in the old days, during a great sport event, we'd post our feelings, pro or con, to Twitter. I <a href="https://twitter.com/davewiner/status/1782032706903195993">observed</a> as follows: "Let's do something great with our lives! In the meantime I miss the role that twitter used to play and never will play again. It was the place to go to say 'How about those Knicks!' when they win a game like the one they won last night. Not no mo." <a href="http://scripting.com/2005/01/27.html#When:9:35:10AM">Betsy Devine</a> was the first to like this. I felt heard.</description> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 21:25:52 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/21.html#a212552</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/21.html#a212552</guid> <source:outline text="Back in the old days, during a great sport event, we'd post our feelings, pro or con, to Twitter. I <a href="https://twitter.com/davewiner/status/1782032706903195993">observed</a> as follows: "Let's do something great with our lives! In the meantime I miss the role that twitter used to play and never will play again. It was the place to go to say 'How about those Knicks!' when they win a game like the one they won last night. Not no mo." <a href="http://scripting.com/2005/01/27.html#When:9:35:10AM">Betsy Devine</a> was the first to like this. I felt heard." created="Sun, 21 Apr 2024 21:25:52 GMT" type="outline" image="https://imgs.scripting.com/2021/02/11/frescaBlackberryCitrus.png" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/21.html#a212552"/> </item> <item> <description>Doc asks the <a href="https://twitter.com/dsearls/status/1782145396950835248">question</a> on all our minds: "Why does ChatGPT misspell the f*ck out of words on images?" Don Park, Wes Felter and JY Stervinou chime in.</description> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 21:27:28 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/21.html#a212728</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/21.html#a212728</guid> <source:outline text="Doc asks the <a href="https://twitter.com/dsearls/status/1782145396950835248">question</a> on all our minds: "Why does ChatGPT misspell the f*ck out of words on images?" Don Park, Wes Felter and JY Stervinou chime in." created="Sun, 21 Apr 2024 21:27:28 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/21.html#a212728"/> </item> <item> <title>Quiet mode for the blogroll</title> <description><p>After living with the blogroll on the home page of Scripting News for <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/03/13/010313.html">about a month</a>, and having heard from early testers, I felt that it was demanding too much attention when I was reading stuff on the blog. So I made some time last week to experiment with a subtler sidebar.</p> <p>In <i>Quiet Mode,</i> the blogroll doesn't call attention to itself until you click on it. Then its background changes from neutral to white. That's the equivalent of shining a spotlight on it. Also the borders become blue to indicate that the browser's focus is on the blogroll.</p> <p>I wanted to do more to tone it down. So, in Quiet Mode the title moves up and to the left, and is in a much smaller font, boldface, nicely visible and stands off from the list, but doesn't call your attention to it. It's there when you want to know more. </p> <p>You may want to call it something other than a blogroll, btw. If you're using blogs to coordinate projects with others, something I think a lot more people would do if it worked better, instead of "blogroll" you'd might call it your "workgroup."</p> <p>Anyway, I have switched <a href="http://scripting.com/">Scripting News</a> over to the new quiet mode, it's already the default, but I put a <a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/20/checkbox.png">checkbox</a> just below the blogroll that lets you toggle between the two modes to see the difference and possibly spot problems. The checkbox will go away before long. I just want it there to quickly do an A-B comparison. </p> <p>Here's a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zfNS97NUHB4">quick video demo</a> of Quiet Mode. </p> <p>And a <a href="https://github.com/scripting/Scripting-News/issues/304">place</a> to comment or ask questions.</p> </description> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2024 16:18:11 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/20/161811.html?title=quietModeForTheBlogroll</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/20/161811.html</guid> <source:outline text="Quiet mode for the blogroll" created="Sat, 20 Apr 2024 16:18:11 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/20/161811.html"> <source:outline text="After living with the blogroll on the home page of Scripting News for <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/03/13/010313.html">about a month</a>, and having heard from early testers, I felt that it was demanding too much attention when I was reading stuff on the blog. So I made some time last week to experiment with a subtler sidebar." created="Sat, 20 Apr 2024 16:18:21 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/20/161811.html#a161821"/> <source:outline text="In <i>Quiet Mode,</i> the blogroll doesn't call attention to itself until you click on it. Then its background changes from neutral to white. That's the equivalent of shining a spotlight on it. Also the borders become blue to indicate that the browser's focus is on the blogroll." created="Sat, 20 Apr 2024 16:19:54 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/20/161811.html#a161954"/> <source:outline text="I wanted to do more to tone it down. So, in Quiet Mode the title moves up and to the left, and is in a much smaller font, boldface, nicely visible and stands off from the list, but doesn't call your attention to it. It's there when you want to know more." created="Sat, 20 Apr 2024 16:20:53 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/20/161811.html#a162053"/> <source:outline text="You may want to call it something other than a blogroll, btw. If you're using blogs to coordinate projects with others, something I think a lot more people would do if it worked better, instead of "blogroll" you'd might call it your "workgroup."" created="Sat, 20 Apr 2024 16:33:40 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/20/161811.html#a163340"/> <source:outline text="Anyway, I have switched <a href="http://scripting.com/">Scripting News</a> over to the new quiet mode, it's already the default, but I put a <a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/20/checkbox.png">checkbox</a> just below the blogroll that lets you toggle between the two modes to see the difference and possibly spot problems. The checkbox will go away before long. I just want it there to quickly do an A-B comparison." created="Sat, 20 Apr 2024 16:22:29 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/20/161811.html#a162229"/> <source:outline text="Here's a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zfNS97NUHB4">quick video demo</a> of Quiet Mode." created="Sat, 20 Apr 2024 16:29:30 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/20/161811.html#a162930"/> <source:outline text="And a <a href="https://github.com/scripting/Scripting-News/issues/304">place</a> to comment or ask questions." created="Sat, 20 Apr 2024 16:30:53 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/20/161811.html#a163053"/> </source:outline> </item> <item> <description><img class="imgRightMargin" src="https://imgs.scripting.com/2020/11/26/uncleSam.png" border="0" style="float: right; padding-left: 25px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px;">It's totally ridiculous to equate protest with antisemitism, esp with Israel led by a MAGA ally. The two concepts are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthogonality">orthogonal</a>. I do not support the Israeli government any more than I supported the government of my country, the United States, when the MAGAs were in charge. We lost over 1 million Americans who did not have to die imho, because our government was not only immoral and hugely corrupt, but also made no attempt to govern. I am a child of Holocaust survivors and an American born in the USA, and am proud of and grateful to my country. Any American is free to protest the actions of our government or any other government, or really anything. If you don't believe in that then you aren't actually trying to make America great, you're saying something altogether different and incompatible. I am American. I am also deeply offended at other Americans who propose to speak for me. That actually is antisemitic, btw.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:19:46 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/19.html#a141946</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/19.html#a141946</guid> <source:outline text="It's totally ridiculous to equate protest with antisemitism, esp with Israel led by a MAGA ally. The two concepts are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthogonality">orthogonal</a>. I do not support the Israeli government any more than I supported the government of my country, the United States, when the MAGAs were in charge. We lost over 1 million Americans who did not have to die imho, because our government was not only immoral and hugely corrupt, but also made no attempt to govern. I am a child of Holocaust survivors and an American born in the USA, and am proud of and grateful to my country. Any American is free to protest the actions of our government or any other government, or really anything. If you don't believe in that then you aren't actually trying to make America great, you're saying something altogether different and incompatible. I am American. I am also deeply offended at other Americans who propose to speak for me. That actually is antisemitic, btw." created="Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:19:46 GMT" type="outline" image="https://imgs.scripting.com/2020/11/26/uncleSam.png" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/19.html#a141946"/> </item> <item> <description>Quick <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46eVHcVYPFY">video demo</a> of <a href="https://meta.ai/">meta.ai</a>. This is a demo of just one feature, its ability to recalc drawings as you edit the prompt that defines the picture. As you can tell from the demo I love it because it's new, creative, super fun to use and to watch the result. And lovely to see this much progress so quickly. You really should watch it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46eVHcVYPFY">on YouTube</a> so you can see how what I type relates to the image in real-time. It's like subtitles inverted, with a very knowledgeable, creative and high bandwidth computer network behind it. Living in the future.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 13:06:14 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/19.html#a130614</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/19.html#a130614</guid> <source:outline text="Quick <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46eVHcVYPFY">video demo</a> of <a href="https://meta.ai/">meta.ai</a>. This is a demo of just one feature, its ability to recalc drawings as you edit the prompt that defines the picture. As you can tell from the demo I love it because it's new, creative, super fun to use and to watch the result. And lovely to see this much progress so quickly. You really should watch it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46eVHcVYPFY">on YouTube</a> so you can see how what I type relates to the image in real-time. It's like subtitles inverted, with a very knowledgeable, creative and high bandwidth computer network behind it. Living in the future." created="Fri, 19 Apr 2024 13:06:14 GMT" type="outline" urlvideo="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46eVHcVYPFY" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/19.html#a130614"/> </item> <item> <title>WordPress For One</title> <description><p><img class="imgRightMargin" src="https://imgs.scripting.com/2022/03/21/beetle.png" border="0" style="float: right; padding-left: 25px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px;">More and more I'm getting used to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress">WordPress</a> as the platform I develop for. </p> <p>Imagine if you, as a developer, could add your own data to a WordPress post. Then you could build editors that work at a higher level. For example, you'd keep the <a href="http://scripting.com/2022/08/25/210902.html?title=markdownIsJustEnoughHtml">Markdown</a> source for the page. When it was saved the system would re-render the Markdown, turning it into HTML, but you'd still have the Markdown around for editing. And of course there are other kinds of editors that make sense, knowing that the output is going to the web, but you don't have to <i>write</i> in the technical language of the web. You might want something more suited to wordsmiths -- ie <i>writers, </i>if you are a writer. I have that working here, and have been building on it.</p> <p>I've gone back to <a href="https://this.how/radio/screenshots.opml?permalink=20240219144035">Radio UserLand</a> and tried to extrapolate, where would we have gone with that product, 22 years later. And now I'm beginning to see in the pieces that are forming the new product I've been working on, something whole, something that works. </p> <p>I think of it as "WordPress For One" -- you might be writing as part of a larger site, but this is <i>your</i> writing space, a place you can mold to fit your style, where it gets more comfortable over the years, more you. That's what I've felt has been wrong with the direction the web has been going in, we're getting <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/01/14/031201.html">boxed</a> into smaller and smaller spaces, but for some of my writing I want a nice stage with good lighting and full freedom to tell a story that I have to tell, not necessarily all at once, but possibly in a series, over time. </p> <p>I also want to be influenced by your story. I want <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html">Working Together</a>. </p> <p>Of course I still very much develop for <a href="https://feedland.com/">FeedLand</a>, and in the back of my mind I want to loop back around to <a href="http://drummer.land/">Drummer</a> (it's my main writing environment), and then I have another product I call Belter I want to finish. And I wouldn't mind trying to make a CSS thing that makes more sense than the tragedy CSS is, and also would love to see a port of <a href="http://frontier.userland.com">Frontier</a> to Linux, though I don't see doing that myself, but I would like to guide it (so it runs all the old stuff first). </p> </description> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2024 01:55:41 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/19/015541.html?title=wordpressForOne</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/19/015541.html</guid> <source:outline text="WordPress For One" created="Sat, 20 Apr 2024 01:55:41 GMT" type="outline" description="You might be writing as part of a larger site, but this is your writing space, a place to make your own." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/19/015541.html"> <source:outline text="More and more I'm getting used to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress">WordPress</a> as the platform I develop for." created="Fri, 19 Apr 2024 16:07:53 GMT" type="outline" image="https://imgs.scripting.com/2022/03/21/beetle.png" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/19/015541.html#a160753"/> <source:outline text="Imagine if you, as a developer, could add your own data to a WordPress post. Then you could build editors that work at a higher level. For example, you'd keep the <a href="http://scripting.com/2022/08/25/210902.html?title=markdownIsJustEnoughHtml">Markdown</a> source for the page. When it was saved the system would re-render the Markdown, turning it into HTML, but you'd still have the Markdown around for editing. And of course there are other kinds of editors that make sense, knowing that the output is going to the web, but you don't have to <i>write</i> in the technical language of the web. You might want something more suited to wordsmiths -- ie <i>writers, </i>if you are a writer. I have that working here, and have been building on it." created="Sat, 20 Apr 2024 01:56:07 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/19/015541.html#a015607"/> <source:outline text="I've gone back to <a href="https://this.how/radio/screenshots.opml?permalink=20240219144035">Radio UserLand</a> and tried to extrapolate, where would we have gone with that product, 22 years later. And now I'm beginning to see in the pieces that are forming the new product I've been working on, something whole, something that works." created="Sat, 20 Apr 2024 01:56:33 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/19/015541.html#a015633"/> <source:outline text="I think of it as "WordPress For One" -- you might be writing as part of a larger site, but this is <i>your</i> writing space, a place you can mold to fit your style, where it gets more comfortable over the years, more you. That's what I've felt has been wrong with the direction the web has been going in, we're getting <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/01/14/031201.html">boxed</a> into smaller and smaller spaces, but for some of my writing I want a nice stage with good lighting and full freedom to tell a story that I have to tell, not necessarily all at once, but possibly in a series, over time." created="Sat, 20 Apr 2024 02:01:09 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/19/015541.html#a020109"/> <source:outline text="I also want to be influenced by your story. I want <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html">Working Together</a>." created="Sat, 20 Apr 2024 01:58:29 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/19/015541.html#a015829"/> <source:outline text="Of course I still very much develop for <a href="https://feedland.com/">FeedLand</a>, and in the back of my mind I want to loop back around to <a href="http://drummer.land/">Drummer</a> (it's my main writing environment), and then I have another product I call Belter I want to finish. And I wouldn't mind trying to make a CSS thing that makes more sense than the tragedy CSS is, and also would love to see a port of <a href="http://frontier.userland.com">Frontier</a> to Linux, though I don't see doing that myself, but I would like to guide it (so it runs all the old stuff first)." created="Sat, 20 Apr 2024 01:57:42 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/19/015541.html#a015742"/> </source:outline> </item> <item> <title>An imaginary New Orleans street</title> <description><p><div class="divInlineImage"><center><img class="imgInline" src="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/19/newOrleansSt.png"></center>A street in New Orleans that Meta.ai invented. I asked for <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@29.9270769,-90.1155323,3a,75y,1.51h,85.05t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sOKZW5h4GwMu1UYZJix4Bng!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DOKZW5h4GwMu1UYZJix4Bng%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.share%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26yaw%3D1.509190729513552%26pitch%3D4.947217102494918%26thumbfov%3D90!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205410&entry=ttu">Joseph St</a> across from the cemetary. Even so an interesting image, makes me think of the city in a nostalgic way.</div></p> </description> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2024 02:25:57 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/19/022557.html?title=anImaginaryNewOrleansStreet</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/19/022557.html</guid> <source:outline text="An imaginary New Orleans street" created="Sat, 20 Apr 2024 02:25:57 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/19/022557.html"> <source:outline text="A street in New Orleans that Meta.ai invented. I asked for <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/@29.9270769,-90.1155323,3a,75y,1.51h,85.05t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sOKZW5h4GwMu1UYZJix4Bng!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DOKZW5h4GwMu1UYZJix4Bng%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.share%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26yaw%3D1.509190729513552%26pitch%3D4.947217102494918%26thumbfov%3D90!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205410&entry=ttu">Joseph St</a> across from the cemetary. Even so an interesting image, makes me think of the city in a nostalgic way." created="Sat, 20 Apr 2024 02:26:06 GMT" inlineImage="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/19/newOrleansSt.png" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/19/022557.html#a022606"/> </source:outline> </item> <item> <description>I did the <a href="https://blogroll.social/">blogroll</a> stuff because I needed a minimal feed reader that could run from the right sidebar of any app.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 01:43:34 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/18.html#a014334</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/18.html#a014334</guid> <source:outline text="I did the <a href="https://blogroll.social/">blogroll</a> stuff because I needed a minimal feed reader that could run from the right sidebar of any app." created="Fri, 19 Apr 2024 01:43:34 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/18.html#a014334"/> </item> <item> <description>I just spent a few minutes with <a href="http://meta.ai/">meta.ai</a>, Facebook's answer to ChatGPT, and it's really good. The drawing functionality recalcs while you're entering the prompt, so if you type, "vary gender, age and race," and as you type each word, the image changes.</description> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 01:30:21 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/18.html#a013021</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/18.html#a013021</guid> <source:outline text="I just spent a few minutes with <a href="http://meta.ai/">meta.ai</a>, Facebook's answer to ChatGPT, and it's really good. The drawing functionality recalcs while you're entering the prompt, so if you type, "vary gender, age and race," and as you type each word, the image changes." created="Fri, 19 Apr 2024 01:30:21 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/18.html#a013021"/> </item> <item> <description><img class="imgRightMargin" src="https://imgs.scripting.com/2012/02/16/1984.jpg" border="0" style="float: right; padding-left: 25px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px;">Suppose you're working deep inside a complex project and have an unrelated idea. How long does it take to switch to writing mode, get the idea down, and return to what you were doing. The less time it takes the more <i>fluidity. </i>Twitter totally won there. And we, the bloggers, made a tradeoff. We accepted fewer features and writing in a silo because it was practical. It worked, where less fluid software didn't. So they got all the casual writing, and over time sucked the life out of blogging. I think it's time to put the fluidity back, without compromising on features and lock-in.</description> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:47:22 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/18.html#a134722</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/18.html#a134722</guid> <source:outline text="Suppose you're working deep inside a complex project and have an unrelated idea. How long does it take to switch to writing mode, get the idea down, and return to what you were doing. The less time it takes the more <i>fluidity. </i>Twitter totally won there. And we, the bloggers, made a tradeoff. We accepted fewer features and writing in a silo because it was practical. It worked, where less fluid software didn't. So they got all the casual writing, and over time sucked the life out of blogging. I think it's time to put the fluidity back, without compromising on features and lock-in." created="Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:47:22 GMT" type="outline" image="https://imgs.scripting.com/2012/02/16/1984.jpg" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/18.html#a134722"/> </item> <item> <description>In the past, when I have tried to make other people's products better, it often doesn't go very well. The archive of <a href="http://scripting.com/">this blog</a> is filled with great examples. Yet I, as they say, persist. <span class="spOldSchoolEmoji">😄</span></description> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 01:16:51 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/18.html#a011651</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/18.html#a011651</guid> <source:outline text="In the past, when I have tried to make other people's products better, it often doesn't go very well. The archive of <a href="http://scripting.com/">this blog</a> is filled with great examples. Yet I, as they say, persist. <span class="spOldSchoolEmoji">😄</span>" created="Fri, 19 Apr 2024 01:16:51 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/18.html#a011651"/> </item> <item> <description>Video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mdi8C3aDC0">Design issues in FeedLand blogrolls</a>.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:46:47 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/17.html#a134647</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/17.html#a134647</guid> <source:outline text="Video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mdi8C3aDC0">Design issues in FeedLand blogrolls</a>." created="Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:46:47 GMT" type="outline" urlvideo="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mdi8C3aDC0" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/17.html#a134647"/> </item> <item> <description>I just tripped across this <a href="https://unberkeley.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/wordpress-com-implements-the-twitter-api-2/">post from 2009</a> where Matt had sent me an email saying they were supporting the Twitter API in WordPress. I had forgotten this. That's how long it's been that he's wanted to hook WP up to the social web. It doesn't look like I posted that to Scripting News. I wonder what other nuggets of forgotten history I'll find there.</description> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 14:35:26 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/17.html#a143526</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/17.html#a143526</guid> <source:outline text="I just tripped across this <a href="https://unberkeley.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/wordpress-com-implements-the-twitter-api-2/">post from 2009</a> where Matt had sent me an email saying they were supporting the Twitter API in WordPress. I had forgotten this. That's how long it's been that he's wanted to hook WP up to the social web. It doesn't look like I posted that to Scripting News. I wonder what other nuggets of forgotten history I'll find there." created="Wed, 17 Apr 2024 14:35:26 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/17.html#a143526"/> </item> <item> <description>If Tesla went out of business, would my Model Y stop working??</description> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:42:30 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/16.html#a194230</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/16.html#a194230</guid> <source:outline text="If Tesla went out of business, would my Model Y stop working??" created="Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:42:30 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16.html#a194230"/> </item> <item> <description>I've never been to TED or SXSW.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:58:22 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/16.html#a135822</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/16.html#a135822</guid> <source:outline text="I've never been to TED or SXSW." created="Tue, 16 Apr 2024 13:58:22 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16.html#a135822"/> </item> <item> <description>Good morning NBA fans. Today is the official beginning of the post-season, and this Knicks fan is one freaking happy camper. Just thought I'd get that outta the way before getting down to business.</description> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:29:15 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/16.html#a142915</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/16.html#a142915</guid> <source:outline text="Good morning NBA fans. Today is the official beginning of the post-season, and this Knicks fan is one freaking happy camper. Just thought I'd get that outta the way before getting down to business." created="Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:29:15 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16.html#a142915"/> </item> <item> <title>Working together</title> <description><p>Each form of online discussion has a <i>grain</i> to it. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Searls">Doc</a> and I used to <a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/16/followsthegrain.png">talk</a> about how something "follows the grain of the web." Twitter has its own grain, formed by its character limit, what information is shared (ie number of followers in both directions). </p> <p><img class="imgRightMargin" src="https://imgs.scripting.com/2021/06/26/baseballScene.png" border="0" style="float: right; padding-left: 25px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 15px;">I made a list of some of the social networks I've been on starting in the mid-70s. The list is very long. And each of them had their own limits, rules and features, and each led to a certain kinds of relationships between the participants. Mail lists that gain traction always flame out. It's hard to get people to read your blog. If you make it easier it changes into something else. Instagram, Youtube, TikTok form hierarchies of influencers. I think of those as the networks <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Lorenz">Taylor Lorenz</a> covers. </p> <p>But there isn't a structure that I'm aware of that leads to people working together. It's a puzzle I keep trying to figure out. </p> <p>We need <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html?title=workingTogether">working together</a> to survive climate change and fascism. It would be good to crack this nut. </p> <p>One of the nicest things about ChatGPT is that it's always up for working with you. The critics of AI don't begin to understand this. As an example, I'm going to ask ChatGPT to draw a picture of people working together. <a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/16/peopleWorkingTogether.png">Here it is</a>. I didn't have to wait. It didn't look at my follower count, or my bank statement to decide if it was willing to work with me. I pay the $20 a month, and I've got a persistent always-on collaborator. </p> <p>What got me thinking this way this morning is a bit of collaboration I did <a href="https://www.threads.net/@palafo/post/C5zHWbPOJun">with palafo</a> (a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/patrick-laforge">human</a>) on Threads. It's remarkable. We actually did some work together. No sarcasm. It may be hard to read the <a href="https://www.threads.net/@palafo/post/C5zHWbPOJun">thread</a> but if you're curious about collaborative systems, here's a real example. Serendipitous, unplanned, but we figured something out by combining our experiences. Fantastic.</p> <p>Later, <a href="https://werd.io/">Ben Werdmuller</a>, a person who I've gotten to know recently, is intelligent and asks good questions. He asked one <a href="https://www.threads.net/@ben.werdmuller/post/C50vyIruTCB">today</a>, how do they get the live audience on SNL to laugh when they want them to laugh. I had an idea and <a href="https://www.threads.net/@davew/post/C50wy5NsYD0">shared</a> it. (This was <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LiveFromNewYork/comments/1v5hy6/how_does_the_snl_audience_know_when_to_laugh/">discussed</a> on Reddit. I also <a href="https://chat.openai.com/share/463e08c0-0380-4e65-9e6c-2742ce91f0db">checked</a> with ChatGPT.) </p> <p>If you take away one thing from this post it's that we can collaborate with the machines, and maybe that will unlock collaboration between humans. In fact, in a way they are facilitating the collaboration. If you want to be part of the collective human intelligence, you may be thinking about the machines the wrong way. Maybe they're the most human thing we have, because AI is made up of humans, somewhat like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UPDUpjkHg0">Soylent Green</a>. <span class="spOldSchoolEmoji">😄</span></p> <p>PS: I asked ChatGPT to draw a picture of <a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/16/cleaningAMess.png">humans working together</a> to clean up a mess. </p> <p>PPS: Yesterday I gave <a href="https://john.onolan.org/">John O'Nolan</a> what I think is a <a href="https://www.threads.net/@davew/post/C5y7iVoJP4r">good idea</a> for getting his Ghost blogs federating with Threads, Mastodon et al. I didn't expect thanks or even a response, but I wonder if he even heard it. Most of the time, trying to help other people results in not even an acknowledgment that they saw it. If I were him I'd look for a painless, quick way to get maximum interop. Something like <a href="http://ghost.social/">ghost.social</a>. I'd give the same advice to <a href="https://ma.tt/">Matt</a> at Automattic (in fact I think I did). </p> <p>PPPS: I think acknowledgment is a key part of <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html?title=workingTogether">working together</a> on the web. Nothing more than "I wanted you to know I saw it" is often all that's needed to grease the skids of discourse. I've had a friendly disagreement with Manton at micro.blog about this. </p> </description> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:08:10 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html?title=workingTogether</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html</guid> <source:outline text="Working together" created="Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:08:10 GMT" type="outline" description="I'm looking for an online structure that's conducive to people working together." flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html"> <source:outline text="Each form of online discussion has a <i>grain</i> to it. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Searls">Doc</a> and I used to <a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/16/followsthegrain.png">talk</a> about how something "follows the grain of the web." Twitter has its own grain, formed by its character limit, what information is shared (ie number of followers in both directions)." created="Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:02:08 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html#a140208"/> <source:outline text="I made a list of some of the social networks I've been on starting in the mid-70s. The list is very long. And each of them had their own limits, rules and features, and each led to a certain kinds of relationships between the participants. Mail lists that gain traction always flame out. It's hard to get people to read your blog. If you make it easier it changes into something else. Instagram, Youtube, TikTok form hierarchies of influencers. I think of those as the networks <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Lorenz">Taylor Lorenz</a> covers." created="Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:20:25 GMT" image="https://imgs.scripting.com/2021/06/26/baseballScene.png" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html#a142025"/> <source:outline text="But there isn't a structure that I'm aware of that leads to people working together. It's a puzzle I keep trying to figure out." created="Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:21:36 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html#a142136"/> <source:outline text="We need <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html?title=workingTogether">working together</a> to survive climate change and fascism. It would be good to crack this nut." created="Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:21:44 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html#a142144"/> <source:outline text="One of the nicest things about ChatGPT is that it's always up for working with you. The critics of AI don't begin to understand this. As an example, I'm going to ask ChatGPT to draw a picture of people working together. <a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/16/peopleWorkingTogether.png">Here it is</a>. I didn't have to wait. It didn't look at my follower count, or my bank statement to decide if it was willing to work with me. I pay the $20 a month, and I've got a persistent always-on collaborator." created="Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:08:20 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html#a140820"/> <source:outline text="What got me thinking this way this morning is a bit of collaboration I did <a href="https://www.threads.net/@palafo/post/C5zHWbPOJun">with palafo</a> (a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/patrick-laforge">human</a>) on Threads. It's remarkable. We actually did some work together. No sarcasm. It may be hard to read the <a href="https://www.threads.net/@palafo/post/C5zHWbPOJun">thread</a> but if you're curious about collaborative systems, here's a real example. Serendipitous, unplanned, but we figured something out by combining our experiences. Fantastic." created="Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:10:07 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html#a141007"/> <source:outline text="Later, <a href="https://werd.io/">Ben Werdmuller</a>, a person who I've gotten to know recently, is intelligent and asks good questions. He asked one <a href="https://www.threads.net/@ben.werdmuller/post/C50vyIruTCB">today</a>, how do they get the live audience on SNL to laugh when they want them to laugh. I had an idea and <a href="https://www.threads.net/@davew/post/C50wy5NsYD0">shared</a> it. (This was <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LiveFromNewYork/comments/1v5hy6/how_does_the_snl_audience_know_when_to_laugh/">discussed</a> on Reddit. I also <a href="https://chat.openai.com/share/463e08c0-0380-4e65-9e6c-2742ce91f0db">checked</a> with ChatGPT.)" created="Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:12:45 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html#a141245"/> <source:outline text="If you take away one thing from this post it's that we can collaborate with the machines, and maybe that will unlock collaboration between humans. In fact, in a way they are facilitating the collaboration. If you want to be part of the collective human intelligence, you may be thinking about the machines the wrong way. Maybe they're the most human thing we have, because AI is made up of humans, somewhat like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UPDUpjkHg0">Soylent Green</a>. <span class="spOldSchoolEmoji">😄</span>" created="Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:16:04 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html#a141604"/> <source:outline text="PS: I asked ChatGPT to draw a picture of <a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/16/cleaningAMess.png">humans working together</a> to clean up a mess." created="Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:23:53 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html#a142353"/> <source:outline text="PPS: Yesterday I gave <a href="https://john.onolan.org/">John O'Nolan</a> what I think is a <a href="https://www.threads.net/@davew/post/C5y7iVoJP4r">good idea</a> for getting his Ghost blogs federating with Threads, Mastodon et al. I didn't expect thanks or even a response, but I wonder if he even heard it. Most of the time, trying to help other people results in not even an acknowledgment that they saw it. If I were him I'd look for a painless, quick way to get maximum interop. Something like <a href="http://ghost.social/">ghost.social</a>. I'd give the same advice to <a href="https://ma.tt/">Matt</a> at Automattic (in fact I think I did)." created="Tue, 16 Apr 2024 15:56:10 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html#a155610"/> <source:outline text="PPPS: I think acknowledgment is a key part of <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html?title=workingTogether">working together</a> on the web. Nothing more than "I wanted you to know I saw it" is often all that's needed to grease the skids of discourse. I've had a friendly disagreement with Manton at micro.blog about this." created="Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:01:08 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/16/140810.html#a160108"/> </source:outline> </item> <item> <description><a href="http://storian.org/">Anton Zuiker</a> is the first Drummer user with a FeedLand blogroll.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 20:43:52 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/15.html#a204352</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/15.html#a204352</guid> <source:outline text="<a href="http://storian.org/">Anton Zuiker</a> is the first Drummer user with a FeedLand blogroll." created="Mon, 15 Apr 2024 20:43:52 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/15.html#a204352"/> </item> <item> <description>Followed by <a href="http://oldschool.scripting.com/frank.mcpherson@gmail.com/">Frank McPherson</a> and <a href="http://oldschool.scripting.com/gwthompson@mac.com/">Gary Thompson</a>.</description> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 21:19:57 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/15.html#a211957</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/15.html#a211957</guid> <source:outline text="Followed by <a href="http://oldschool.scripting.com/frank.mcpherson@gmail.com/">Frank McPherson</a> and <a href="http://oldschool.scripting.com/gwthompson@mac.com/">Gary Thompson</a>." created="Mon, 15 Apr 2024 21:19:57 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/15.html#a211957"/> </item> <item> <title>A blogroll on a Drummer blog</title> <description><p>How to add a <a href="https://blogroll.social/">FeedLand blogroll</a> to a <a href="http://docserver.scripting.com/drummer/blogging.opml">Drummer blog</a>. </p> <ul> <li>You must have a Drummer blog and a FeedLand account.</li> <li>You can specify that all the feeds you're subscribed to are in your blogroll or use a category and only feeds in that category will be in the blogroll. </li> <li>The blogroll updates automatically, when one of the feeds has a new post, it goes to the top of the list.</li> <li>You can expand a feed to see the five most recent items. Click on the pubdate to go to the full item on the web. </li> <li>It supports keyboard navigation. Up and down arrows move through the list, Return to expand/collapse. </li> <li>We're working on WordPress plugin. </li> </ul> <p>Four head-level attributes in your blog.opml file. Only one required. </p> <ul> <li>blogrollUsername -- required</li> <li>blogrollServer -- optional, if not specified it's feedland.com</li> <li>blogrollCategory -- optional</li> <li>blogrollTitle -- optional, but you really should provide a title, otherwise we invent a silly one for you. <span class="spOldSchoolEmoji">😄</span></li> </ul> <p><a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/15/headlevelatts.png">Screen shot</a> of how the head-level attributes are set on <a href="http://oldschool.scripting.com/bullmancuso@gmail.com/">Bull Mancuso's blog</a>. </p> <p><a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/15/bullblogscreenshot.png">Screen shot</a> of the blog itself with the blogroll.</p> <p>A link to Bull's blogroll <a href="https://feedland.com/?username=bullmancuso&catname=blogroll">category</a> on feedland.com.</p> <p>A <a href="https://github.com/scripting/Scripting-News/issues/303">place</a> to ask questions offer kudos, etc. <span class="spOldSchoolEmoji">😄</span></p> <p>PS: I'm not trying to sell you on using Drummer to run a blog. Rather I needed a place to figure out how this works, so we know how to set up and document the WordPress plugin. </p> </description> <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:53:15 GMT</pubDate> <link>http://scripting.com/2024/04/15/145315.html?title=aBlogrollOnADrummerBlog</link> <guid>http://scripting.com/2024/04/15/145315.html</guid> <source:outline text="A blogroll on a Drummer blog" created="Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:53:15 GMT" type="outline" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/15/145315.html"> <source:outline text="How to add a <a href="https://blogroll.social/">FeedLand blogroll</a> to a <a href="http://docserver.scripting.com/drummer/blogging.opml">Drummer blog</a>." created="Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:53:27 GMT" flBulletedSubs="true" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/15/145315.html#a145327"> <source:outline text="You must have a Drummer blog and a FeedLand account." created="Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:53:51 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/15/145315.html#a145351"/> <source:outline text="You can specify that all the feeds you're subscribed to are in your blogroll or use a category and only feeds in that category will be in the blogroll." created="Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:54:07 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/15/145315.html#a145407"/> <source:outline text="The blogroll updates automatically, when one of the feeds has a new post, it goes to the top of the list." created="Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:54:09 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/15/145315.html#a145409"/> <source:outline text="You can expand a feed to see the five most recent items. Click on the pubdate to go to the full item on the web." created="Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:54:11 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/15/145315.html#a145411"/> <source:outline text="It supports keyboard navigation. Up and down arrows move through the list, Return to expand/collapse." created="Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:54:13 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/15/145315.html#a145413"/> <source:outline text="We're working on WordPress plugin." created="Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:53:52 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/15/145315.html#a145352"/> </source:outline> <source:outline text="Four head-level attributes in your blog.opml file. Only one required." created="Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:54:41 GMT" flBulletedSubs="true" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/15/145315.html#a145441"> <source:outline text="blogrollUsername -- required" created="Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:54:39 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/15/145315.html#a145439"/> <source:outline text="blogrollServer -- optional, if not specified it's feedland.com" created="Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:56:02 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/15/145315.html#a145602"/> <source:outline text="blogrollCategory -- optional" created="Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:56:04 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/15/145315.html#a145604"/> <source:outline text="blogrollTitle -- optional, but you really should provide a title, otherwise we invent a silly one for you. <span class="spOldSchoolEmoji">😄</span>" created="Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:54:40 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/15/145315.html#a145440"/> </source:outline> <source:outline text="<a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/15/headlevelatts.png">Screen shot</a> of how the head-level attributes are set on <a href="http://oldschool.scripting.com/bullmancuso@gmail.com/">Bull Mancuso's blog</a>." created="Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:55:09 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/15/145315.html#a145509"/> <source:outline text="<a href="https://imgs.scripting.com/2024/04/15/bullblogscreenshot.png">Screen shot</a> of the blog itself with the blogroll." created="Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:55:24 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/15/145315.html#a145524"/> <source:outline text="A link to Bull's blogroll <a href="https://feedland.com/?username=bullmancuso&catname=blogroll">category</a> on feedland.com." created="Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:55:41 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/15/145315.html#a145541"/> <source:outline text="A <a href="https://github.com/scripting/Scripting-News/issues/303">place</a> to ask questions offer kudos, etc. <span class="spOldSchoolEmoji">😄</span>" created="Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:58:55 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/15/145315.html#a145855"/> <source:outline text="PS: I'm not trying to sell you on using Drummer to run a blog. Rather I needed a place to figure out how this works, so we know how to set up and document the WordPress plugin." created="Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:12:49 GMT" flInCalendar="true" permalink="http://scripting.com/2024/04/15/145315.html#a151249"/> </source:outline> </item> </channel> </rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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