A short piece on the beginnings of Periscope and the ephemerality of software: gdcl.co.uk/posts/2023/08/09/…

Today marks ten years of daily journal-keeping with @dayoneapp

All those years of tough code reviews, and it now turns out that I could just have sketched a few boxes on the whiteboard

Idk man, last time he was here this platform was used to incite an insurrection, multiple people died, the Vice President of the United States was nearly assassinated, and hundreds were injured but I guess that’s not enough for you to answer the question. Twitter poll it is

First they came for the parody accounts… and I was pretty shocked, because there are actual Nazis on this platform that should probably be dealt with first.

In my spare time, I’m currently working on mapping and location software for the Apple Watch. After 30 years of working on video and audio, it’s a fun challenge — 15-year-old me is still very excited by the power of the computer strapped to my wrist…

If so, must be the only place round here that it does!

For those leaving Twitter today: let me know if I can help, write references, or just be someone to talk to.

I’ve heard from a few friends still at Twitter about how difficult things are there right now. Just wanted to say that I’m thinking of you!

Listening is a rare skill. The more experienced you are, the harder it is to listen properly to others.

The red squirrels have been busy in the garden over the last few days here in Anglesey. I’ve put together a two minute video showing them gathering beech nuts and acorns.

BERNARD: Good morning Minister HACKER: Not so loud, Bernard. I have a hangover BERNARD: Another 'Fizz with Liz'? HACKER: They're called Cabinet now BERNARD: Sorry, Minister HUMPHREY: Good MORNING Minister! HACKER: Not so loud BERNARD: He has a hangover HUMPHREY: Ah. Fizz with Liz

Red squirrel!

Rereading Raymond Briggs’ “When The Wind Blows”, I found it as devastating and brilliant now as when I first read it forty years ago

Glad to see there are still some hedgehogs around in Anglesey!

Red squirrel in the garden

7 years later, and I still get goosebumps whenever I watch this. really incredible how a 1 minute video can perfectly encapsulate everything periscope was, the power it had, and what it meant to me