Pedro @Pedro@vis.social

#Fractal is a new #Matrix app for the Gnome desktop: https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2018/04/18/fractal-hackfest-2018/

Honestly, it looks pretty sweet!

So far here is what I like on the hardware side:

very portable 13'' with del; Home; PgUp/PgDn; end keys and a ton of output ports and there is a key to make the camera disable to all programs/services

On the software side: #pop_os has been a nice experience

Stuff I discovered: #Mailspring is beautifully simple, best client I ever used; #sk1 illustration program from Ukraine for print world; #Freeplan for mindmaps; #Simplenote is markdown and mobile ready;
#linux #floss #OpenSource #design

Can We Please Stop Talking About Generations as if They Are a Thing? The research on generations is flawed. https://slate.com/technology/2018/04/the-evidence-behind-generations-is-lacking.html

Mozilla just put out an Internet Health Report with a whole section on decentralisation, as well as an article on centralised social media. The fediverse does not exist in it https://internethealthreport.org/2018/social-media-giants-facebook-tencent-google-reign/

Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different from saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.
– Edward Snowden

#quotes #privacy

BTW, when you “fave” a toot in 🐘, you’re not teaching an algorithm more about yourself, strengthening your signal for targeted advertisements, or increasing your data’s market value. And faved toots aren’t “leaked” to other members’ timelines.

The ⭐ icon functions more like a 👏, 👍, 👌, or 🙌 shared with the toot’s author.

If you're interested in visualization on mobile devices, all of the 17 papers for an upcoming #chi2018 workshop that I'm co-organizing are now freely accessible at https://mobilevis.github.io/program/

Curated List of Privacy Respecting Services and Software https://github.com/nikitavoloboev/privacy-respecting/blob/master/README.md #Privacy

MFW it's 2018 and professionals are still passing around Microsoft Word documents via email for collaboration.

The next post in my, "Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X", series is up: A Year Away From Mac OS http://bitcannon.net/post/a-year-away-from-mac-os/ #FreeBSD #Linux https://mastodon.social/media/r2sPvuh7RVCGH164224