Boris Mann @bmann@social.coop

Unexpectedly pleased with tonight’s dinner, which I call Balti Chicken with Noodles. https://allthebest.recipes/t/balti-chicken-with-noodles/499

Via @nogoodtwts the amazing phrase “gaming surveillance systems in order to bend attention casinos to your will”, sharing @itsmeardenleigh’s post attempting to summon advertising https://twitter.com/Nogoodtwts/status/1353086161053478913

Our Saturday walk took us to the industrial waterfront views of New Brighton Park.

Plant life everywhere was crunchy with frost.

Yesterday’s sunny #eastvan walk.

Picked up a few things at Donald’s. They have a really broad selection of nice chocolate. I like how colourful the packaging is.

Listening: Hotel Neon, via Flow State: https://blog.bmannconsulting.com/2021/01/21/listening-hotel-neon.html

Today’s meetings include people in Switzerland, Chicago, New York, Oakland, and Nelson, BC.

Plus chat, forum posts, and other connections across half a dozen more cities and countries.

Sometimes this World Wide Web is a pretty great thing.

What is great about meeting with note taking enthusiasts is that you get really good meeting notes!

I met with @flancian this morning, and he took notes in his [[Boris Mann]] page on his [[agora]].

I love that he captured my [[chicken fingers vs. tentacles]] quote. https://anagora.org/node/boris-mann

Lovely live call with @flancian this morning. Nice to “meet” over video, I even saw [[Ocel]].

We’re forming a [[squad]] to work on one or more [[stoa]] which we’ll have some notes to share and call for participation soon!

Listening: theNewDeal: https://blog.bmannconsulting.com/2021/01/19/listening-thenewdeal.html

How can federated social media, with its plethora of domains and dozen or so software implementations, leverage social media icons?

MediaFormat

I prefer the WebFinger semantics that “look like email”: bob@example.com https://mediaformat.org/fediverse/social-icons/

Hmm. Tagging @viznut didn’t make it through posting. Thank you for sharing, a very thoughtful post.

I hope it introduces to many people the history of Eternal September and how that relates to today.

As tools of writing and sharing — and thoughtfulness — how would we redesign social media clients to go beyond entertainment?

“Today, the 16th day of January 2021, is the ten-thousandth day of September 1993” — http://viznut.fi/texts-en/10000-en.html explains the concept of Eternal September, and with recent events how we might redesign “entertainment-oriented social media”

My sunny lunch spot in the Woodland Park community garden, and the @timbertrain smoked meat panini they newly have on the menu.

Cultural deafness and controversy in tech debates, by @baldur: https://blog.bmannconsulting.com/2021/01/17/cultural-deafness-and.html

We stopped in at Smith’s Bagelry today.

Bought fresh simit (pictured), as well as a slice of San Sebastián style gluten free cheesecake. A bit sweet for me, but light & fluffy. https://allthebest.recipes/t/smith-s-bagelry-turkish-canadian-bakery/308

Licorice ferns along one of the Pacific Spirit Park trails. Many good doggos out for a walk.

I got to pet a Bouvier.

Don’t tell my favourite Bernadoodles… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvier_des_Flandres