James O’Gorman

James O’Gorman

@jamesog.net

Geek, tea drinker, occasional photographer, wannabe musician (bass 🎸, piano), and liker of Oxford commas. Recovering sysadmin, pseudo-SRE. Lefty woke liberal. 🏳️‍🌈.

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James O’Gorman
@jamesog.net

I don't _need_ a new iPad mini, but OLED, Pencil Pro support and 40g lighter might just sway me… Disappointing it's not ProMotion though.

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Jim Calabro ♟️
@calabro.io

A Dan Luu post getting flagged on lobsters tells you everything you need to know about the folks still hanging there

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Jason Snell
@snell.zone

Just posted on Six Colors: Is the beloved iPad mini the best iPad?

sixcolors.comIs the beloved iPad mini the best iPad?{"text":"This week, the invitations went out1 for an Apple “experience” next Wednesday in Los Angeles, which indicates a major set of product announcements. One of those rumored products is a new iPad mini with an OLED screen, A20 chip, and improved speakers. The iPad mini is also in the zeitgeist more than ever right now, thanks to the release of the iPhone Duo, which numerous reviewers are comparing to an iPad mini when open. (The Duo is quite a bit smaller.) In thinking about the iPad mini a bit this week, a thought occurred to me: Is the iPad mini..."}
James O’Gorman
@jamesog.net

The power of Filippo: The Lobsters community is now (kind of hilariously) tearing itself apart over Filippo deactivating his account.

Filippo Valsorda@filippo.abyssdomain.expert

After 10 years, I disabled my lobste.rs account. I think it's clear I am not a culture fit anymore with whatever it is they have going on there. I feel more and more like I don't belong in almost any tech community because I believe LLM agents are real, passkeys are good, and fascism is bad.

James O’Gorman
@jamesog.net

Pro: Anyone can buy a first class train ticket, which means I can travel in first class. Con: Anyone can buy a first class train ticket, which includes tattooed Millennial who sounds like he's dying, and a pair of American guys who keep playing videos out loud on their phones.

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫
@lookitup.baby

Hi, I’m a sighted alt text user! Here are some reasons I use it: - Slow Internet on an airplane - I’m over 40, I have no idea who that celebrity is - Bluesky broke images again - My vision sucks and that text is too small to read otherwise - Conveys further context and authorial intent

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James O’Gorman
@jamesog.net

Brass Against: Covers Radiohead's The National Anthem American commenters: wtf is this shit, this in't the American national anthem 🤦🏼‍♂️ Anyway, enjoy.

youtube.comBrass Against - The National Anthem (Radiohead Cover)Brass Against - (Radiohead Cover) Arranged by- Andrew Gutauskas Stream here: Web: https://www.brassagainst.com/ Order CD Here: https://brassagainst.com/store Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/25uPlxGvXMDy9eUX7oeDei?si=u2vo2mDLSUykYtqR3UVPJw --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Project by Brad Hammonds | Arranged By Andrew Gutauskas Follow the Musicians: Andrew Gutauskas - baritone saxophone/musical director https://www.andrewgutauskas.com/ Wayne Tucker- Trumpet https://www.instagram.com/wayneeverest/?hl=en Oskar Stenmark- Trumpet https://www.instagram.com/oskarstenmark/?hl=en Joe Exley- Sousaphone https://www.instagram.com/tubajoe/ Nathan Ellman- Bell- Drums https://www.instagram.com/nathan__eb/ Nadav Nirenberg- Trombone https://www.instagram.com/nadav_trombone/?hl=en Video Edited by Alexa San Roman Recorded at Pinch Studios Mixed and Mastered: Scott Lindner (Pinch Studios)

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Dexerto
@dexerto.bsky.social

Amazon users are discovering a bizarre "About You" page that reveals what the company thinks it knows about them One woman found Amazon had determined she "has flat buttocks"

James O’Gorman
@jamesog.net

It's been a particularly gruelling week at work so I finished Friday by… doing an extra long session on the spin bike? What is wrong with me?

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Xe
@xeiaso.net

Replying to @aru.io

God I would pay actual money dollars for a TV that just functioned as a HDMI to photon converter. I don't want much. I just want to see the photons from the HDMI frames with basically zero latency.

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William Gibson
@greatdismal.bsky.social

I’ve now lived so much longer than I would ever have expected to that I feel I’m living in the future. This is when I imagined Neuromancer happening. And now the creators of today’s AI warn us that it threatens humanity.

James O’Gorman
@jamesog.net

Am I remembering right that this is basically Mr Beast's fault? Something about him using his massive platform to A/B test lots of different expressions and coming up with this being the most click-baity.

antirez@antirez.bsky.social

I'm a simple man. If a YouTube video cover has a stunned face on it, I don't watch the video.

James O’Gorman
@jamesog.net

Ooh, Apple Watch Series 12 Night Blue ceramic looks nice. Maybe it's my upgrade year after all. My current S6 is also blue and I'm always sad when they take colour options away.

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Tom Limoncelli
@yesthattom.bsky.social

I've seen many articles about how to manage technical debt that suggest nice, easy, solutions that don't work. How about if you throw ethics out the door? Would that help? Here's my answer: queue.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

queue.acm.orgUnethical Ways to Manage Technical Debt: Is ignoring it unethical?: Queue: Vol 24, No 4You can ignore it, tie it to unrelated company initiatives, or feign ignorance and simply not offer solutions that add to it. Or… you can adopt more above-board techniques such as Crawl/Walk/Run and t...

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Bandcamp
@bandcamp.com

Today is Bandcamp Friday! For 24 hours, we waive our revenue share, so even more of every purchase goes to the artists and labels behind the music. Go forth. The music is waiting: https://bit.ly/4gECRzG

James O’Gorman
@jamesog.net

"Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word." Sure, but can I make fun of American vowel pronunciations 🙃 Worcestershire = WOOS-te-shuh Omnipotent = Om-ni-po-tent (short O, vs. American long; ni not emphasised) (I would probably also pronounce macabre with a slight rolled R.)

Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

James O’Gorman
@jamesog.net

Look, it's bad enough that I talk to myself while I'm working, you don't need me actually talking *at* the computer. (I get there are people with legitimate need for this but I suspect they are not the intended consumer of this somehow.)

WIRED@wired.com

The Relay Q, due next year, is the latest attempt to reposition voice as the most seamless method for human-computer interaction. www.wired.com/story/relay-...

wired.comStop Touching Your Keyboard. Use This AI-Powered Microphone InsteadThe Relay Q, due next year, is the latest attempt to reposition voice as the most seamless method for human-computer interaction.