Jeremy Cherfas

I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that IFTTT simply isn't reliable enough to, er, rely on.

I noticed the name @Jack in the credits for The Archive, and wondered: Do you (does he) use the zettelkasten method in full, or just take notes with The Archive?

I thought I read that m.b re-polls feeds from time to time and picks up edits. In fact, I know it does. But what if a post on my connected site never actually made it here? Is there anything I can do to bring it in?

What a ghastly afternoon. Power cut 15 minutes before I was due to record an interview with someone in New Mexico. The power came on a minute later, but the iMac was moribund. Luckily I was able to use the phone to email him, and he was cool about rescheduling. But I was stuck with a dead iMac until I thought of searching support. Turns out this was a thing, and there is a procedure, and everything is alright again. But still,

Just downloaded The Archive https://zettelkasten.de/the-archive/ from Zettelkasten.de and rather hoping it plays nicely with nvALT and 1Writer (because I need iOS too)

So disappointing that @slackhq is giving up on the gateway between Slack and IRC. I wonder why. No reason given. https://get.slack.help/hc/en-us/articles/201727913-Connect-to-Slack-over-IRC-and-XMPP

People of the interwebs: I know someone famous said something about a crank being a little thing that makes revolutions, but can I find it? Can I heck. If you know better -- and I know it was not Abe Lincoln -- please let me know.

Giving tyme-app.com a try. It has to be smoother than Toggl.

I will never understand the special hell in which the people who do not understand Word styles must live.

Twofer! Adactio's Ways and means and Tim Bray's Reviewing Ethics

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Two savvy treats on one day. Jeremy Keith takes a general look at the power of internet companies in his post on Ends and means. Tim Bray focuses specifically on the utility that is Google Maps in his post Reviewing Ethics.

Jeremy: Going back to the opening examples of online blackouts, was it morally wrong for companies to use their power to influence politics? Or would it have been morally wrong for them not to have used their influence?
Tim: Call me crazy, but I’d pass legislation to keep Google from doing what they’re doing. They should be able to sell space on the maps, and they should be able to provide quality filters, and collect feedback on reviews and downgrade or upgrade them accordingly. But no damn way should they own the map and the crowdsourced value-adds on the map.

No collusion, I'm sure, just two smart people addressing their concerns about good behaviour by those who make and use the web.