Brent Simmons | Read Write Collect

Bookmarked Desktop Means Web (inessential.com)

I’ve learned something that I suspect is true across much of our industry: the list of platforms in the world is iOS, Android, and desktop.

And — this is critical — desktop literally means web.

Brent Simmons suggests that although there are many different platforms, it all comes down to desktop and mobile. The web subsequently sits with the desktop.

the web sort of lost as a software platform on mobile. The web is for Windows, Mac, and Linux machines — it’s the old way of things. For mobile, it’s all about the apps. But maybe the web didn’t totally lose here, because often those apps are cross-platform affairs that run on web technologies.

https://inessential.com/2020/08/15/desktop_means_web

Replied to inessential: Why I Listen to Podcasts at 1x Speed (inessential.com)

I’m in no hurry. I will never, ever be caught up on all the podcasts I’d like to listen to. So, instead, I just play whatever I feel like whenever I feel like listening.

I’ll miss things, and that’s totally fine. But, in the meantime, I get to listen to the human voice somewhat close to realistically, with its the natural human pauses, with its rhythms and flows relatively unmediated and natural. Its warmth and music means so much more to me than being caught up.

I am going to have to think about this.

Liked inessential: You Choose (inessential.com)

You choose the web you want. But you have to do the work.

A lot of people are doing the work. You could keep telling them, discouragingly, that what they’re doing is dead. Or you could join in the fun.

Again: you choose.

Liked inessential: Short Stuff (inessential.com)

Twitter is just another form of syndication. It’s not the home of my writing.

Liked inessential: Wishing for Blog Search Engines (inessential.com)

One thing I wish we had that we used to have: blog-only search engines.

You could go and search for a hash tag. Or for links to your blog or elsewhere. Or for keywords. Etc.

Liked inessential: 15 Jun 2018 14:38:19 -0700 by Brent Simmons (inessential.com)

Here’s a provisional thought (all thoughts on a blog are provisional) — to read a good blog is to watch a writer get a little bit better, day after day, at writing the truth.

Liked inessential: Why Micro.blog is Not Another App.net by Brent Simmons (inessential.com)

Micro.blog rewinds us to 2005 (or pick your year) — but, also, it has learned the lesson that people really like a timeline of short posts. People like being able to write and reply easily to other people.