David Ing @daviding@qoto.org

I still use WordPress with the Classic Editor, and need to update a Drupal site. For newer websites, I am now using Grav with Markdown in flat files. What are you now using sad an alternative, @duncanhart ?

Those who are more nostalgic about the days of shareware can look to the Internet Archive.

https://archive.org/details/tucows

For those who remember the rushing sound of a 2400bps modem connecting over an analog telephone line, the old BBS download sites have been obsoleted.

https://www.engadget.com/tucows-downloads-has-finally-been-shut-down-103036388.html

Did the board of MEC understand how a cooperative really works? #MaxFawcett suggests that they forgot.
https://thewalrus.ca/what-we-can-learn-from-the-fall-of-mec/

What kind of world are we in, when a camera lens needs a software update to work with a new camera? (I am not a user of either system)
https://petapixel.com/2020/10/01/sigma-shares-caveats-for-using-its-ef-lenses-on-the-canon-eos-r5/

@queryquokka @kev I have been blogging in WordPress for over a decade, and it's good for that. For new, minimal websites, I now prefer https://getgrav.org/ , as it's less maintenance, simpler, and stays out of your way when you're making interface changes. I have many sites, way back to using Pivotlog in 2006, where flat file is simpler, too bad that project didn't sustain.

@queryquokka @kev On WordPress, I prefer a Bootstrap-based theme, so I can mostly match the look to the Drupal site also in that domain. Otherwise, stay with the standard WordPress themes, as they are maintained. Avoid the Divi themes, they will require maintenance at a later date.

Very long article, oriented towards policy change. Issues should be familiar to everyone on this platform (and appreciation of that is probably why you are here).
#CoryDoctorow on Surveillance Capitalism
https://onezero.medium.com/how-to-destroy-surveillance-capitalism-8135e6744d59

A small wording shift, yet I really like the idea on belonging rather than just including.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-want-a-more-diverse-work-force-move-beyond-inclusion-to-belonging/

On the post-pandemic world, #MargaretAtwood says:
> "this is like being in 1952, except with birth control and the internet".
https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/opinion/2020/07/17/margaret-atwood-on-post-covid-hopes-plus-baking.html

Instead of using a text editor or Notepad on my computer for everyday work, I now use #Zettlr as a persistent scratchpad, a new page each day. The feature of creating #Markdown often helps in copy-and-paste to other applications. I haven't exercised #Zotero citations, yet, but probably will, shortly.

> Roam let’s you manage knowledge, but not really write documents, and Zettlr let’s you write documents, and, to a much smaller extent let’s you manage knowledge! https://twitter.com/thejonotron/status/1279130965273501701?s=19

The #GlobeAndMail editorial declares that the brain drain of 15,000 Canadians to the United States between years 2000-2010 could be reversed, with corporations near-shoring northwards.

> Canada already exerts a powerful pull on people from the rest of the world. A global Gallup survey, conducted from 2015 through 2017, shows Canada is one of the most desired destinations for potential immigrants. Among the highly educated, those with at least a bachelor’s degree, more people around the world would, if they could, move to Canada than the United States.

"Dear Donald: Thanks for the new immigration wall. Love, Canada" at https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-dear-donald-thanks-for-the-new-immigration-wall-love-canada/

Consumer grade audio and video recording devices are practically near professional broadcast quality. Post-production workflows have adjusted to becoming asynchronous for the daily late night television shows.
https://www.theverge.com/21288117/late-night-seth-meyers-tech-gadgets-show-home-ipad-microphone

Authentically appreciating "causal texture" from the Emery and Trist (1965) article leads us through the meanings of contextualism and contextural, texture, causal, and transactional environment c.f. contextual environment.
http://coevolving.com/blogs/index.php/archive/causal-texture-contextural-contextualism/ #systemsthinking

Racial bias in AI models now sees IBM ethically prioritizing social responsibility ahead of technological capability. We can, but should we? Are responses on Twitter indicative of Silicon Valley morality? https://twitter.com/TechCrunch/status/1270159828980248584

A 1989 book celebrating "#EricTrist in Canada", with a chapter by David Morley (Dean, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University (Toronto), 2001-2004), filled in gaps between 1965 #FredEEmery "The #CausalTexture of #OrganizationalEnvironments" to current day #SystemsThinking on organizations.

http://coevolving.com/blogs/index.php/archive/trist-in-canada-organizational-change-action-learning/

In an ecology of nations,

> “For the British and Canadians to say no publicly is highly unusual,” given their closeness to the United States, said Carl Bildt, the former Swedish prime minister. 

P.S. I am a Canadian.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/world/europe/trump-merkel-allies.html

In our post-pandemic world, does the metaphor of "slow steaming" becoming "smart steaming" suggest a different way of thinking about collective human action, as well as improved sustainability? Explanation video on shipping practices at https://youtu.be/VjpGidILzb0 , via @crackurbones