Alan Johnson @acjay@qoto.org

Radiohead is a rare album-oriented band who creates masterpiece songs that aren't even on their albums.

I'm currently marveling over the song The Daily Mail.

It goes from kind of mournful to dripping with venom in the breakdown. I love the composition, the drums, the vocal delivery, and the lyrics. Like so many Radiohead songs, my biggest problem with it is that there isn't enough of it.

https://open.spotify.com/track/0Kwg1epDRFLyXFq09t7MtB?si=ByhPuYjRS7WEYeuz21c6hA&utm_source=copy-link

@lucifargundam Your profile says to ask about your keyboard. What's up with your keyboard? 😁

I admire/envy people who can think of something they want to accomplish, just do it, and then reap the benefits.

For whatever reason, I don't seem to be built that way. I'm good at many other things, but churning out completed work is just not one of them.

If someone's holding on to your money for you or guaranteeing the value of some token you're using, and they're not rigorously audited or regulated, there's a pretty good chance they're going to lose your money.

I feel like this lesson is going to continue to be taught every couple years.

Apropos of nothing, I suddenly realized in Super Troopers, the man who gets pulled over by the cop playing the meow game is played by Jim Gaffigan. I haven't watched this movie in 10+ years.

I have to say, my initial experience on here is much better, in most ways, than my initial experience on Twitter.

I don't think most people who have a Twitter following know how hard it is to get any sort of interaction on there from a fresh start, if you're not prominent already.

Anyone have a really good cross-platform Fediverse browser? Ideally, it let's me follow several servers as though they were my local instance and also post/reply from this account.

@Ilovelemons Broski!

FTX blowing up shouldn't be really shocking. At this point, people should assume that nearly all centralized platforms will eventually blow up and nearly all decentralized platforms will eventually be hacked or rug-pulled.

#crypto #cryptocurrency

People who think a meeting could have been an email haven't seen my inbox

Not so sure about Qoto's open door policy. I've barely been on here and my replies already have some pretty vile hate speech.

Are there mechanisms for people to share block lists on Mastodon?

Is there an automated way to hold instance operators accountable for behavior on their server? E.g. boot this person or have your whole instance blocked?

This is the week for all companies to bury their bad news.

Time for my #introduction!

Hello, Mastodon! My name is Alan Johnson. I have a deep interest in many topics, including tech, management, business, politics, music, history, econ, education, etc. I expect I'll probably use Mastodon in a similar way as I use Twitter -- a place to put thoughts from my very scattered brain out into the world, so that I can learn from the feedback I get. Hopefully I occasionally inspire people with some of my better thoughts, too.

My current profession is running the Data department for an insurance company, and I'm more broadly interested in tech strategy.

The fact that there's even a culture of #introductions here is pretty cool, and different from Twitter.

So many layoffs lately, and many at prestigious companies. I suspect a lot of people were hired to support projected growth or big bets, and companies are focusing on getting their unit economics under control for the fraught macroeconomic environment.

What if Elon's overpayment for Twitter is a bargain? He now commands the attention of millions of people, who seem powerless to resist commenting on him, on the platform he owns.

I'm extremely weary of talking about him, but I think the dynamic of mass attention capture is alarming and worthy of comment. What does it mean for society's most connected people to be stuck in a mental vortex?

I'm redoing my kitchen, and I want to have regular tap water, filtered water from an under-sink system, and instant 200 degree water from an Insinkerator. Is there a way to do this without 3 different spigots? Would also need to be kid safe.