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I mean it’s not wrong. #UX

A meme with the title "What happens when designers prioritise aesthetics over usability”.

Below are three rows of icons representing the Google services Gmail, Drive, Maps, Video and Calendar.

The first row is labeled “Original” and shows what the icons used to look like. Each icon was quite unique, with its own shape and color.

The second row is labeled “New” and shows the current icons that have purposely been designed to more closely match each other. All icons contain the same four colors, with all colors contained in rectangular figures that are stitched together to form the shape of each icon.

The third row is labeled “What we see” and has all the icons looking like rounded squares where each side is a different-colored rectangle, each icon only differing from the other by which color is used on each side.

🔗 Originally posted on Bluesky

24 Feb 2025, 20:23
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If you’ve considered migrating to #Ghost, this may be useful info. There are migration options for importing from #Substack, #Wordpress, #Medium and #Mailchimp.

Screenshot from the Ghost content management backend showing buttons for importing content from Substack, Wordpress, Medium, Mailchimp and something called Universal import.

🔗 Originally posted on Bluesky

24 Feb 2025, 20:03
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@case2tv

Thank you Don. I did not know that about Fastmail(!) Thanks. I'll likely remove them for now. And I’ll consider adding @mailbox_org

🔗 Originally posted on Akkoma

24 Feb 2025, 17:06
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@silhelm I have a Kobo Reader, specifically to avoid Amazon. I should add something about that, thanks!

(Which means I also use the Kobo app to read on the phone).

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24 Feb 2025, 10:59
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@waltwooton Your intuition was correct. It had to do with dark mode.
https://forum.ghost.org/t/back-office-posts-are-fading/55526

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24 Feb 2025, 09:27
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@nichobi Thanks for your input Nicholas. It got resolved yesterday evening.

https://forum.ghost.org/t/back-office-posts-are-fading/55526

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24 Feb 2025, 09:26
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My latest post/newsletter is now out. It’s a notable one where I share tips about software and services you can use to replace the big tech variants. I know people are looking.

#DigitalGuidance #BigTrek

Big Trek from Big Tech

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24 Feb 2025, 08:22
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Here is @bert_hubert saying it like it is:

”We now have the bizarre situation that anyone with any sense can see that America is no longer a reliable partner, and that the entire US business world bows to Trump’s dictatorial will, but we STILL are doing everything we can to transfer entire governments and most of our own businesses to their clouds.

Not only is it scary to have all your data available to US spying, it is also a huge risk for your business/government continuity. From now on, all our business processes can be brought to a halt with the push of a button in the US. And not only will everything then stop, will we ever get our data back? Or are we being held hostage? This is not a theoretical scenario, something like this has already happened.”

https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/you-can-no-longer-base-your-government-and-society-on-us-clouds/

🔗 Originally posted on Akkoma

24 Feb 2025, 08:06
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@sbb @spla @Tutanota I added Posteo now. I’ve come across it before but it had fallen off my radar. Thank you.

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24 Feb 2025, 07:42
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@mkj Awesome, thank you 🙏

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23 Feb 2025, 23:12
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My latest post/newsletter is now out. It’s a notable one where I share tips about software and services you can use to replace the big tech variants. I know people are looking.

https://axbom.com/big-trek/

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23 Feb 2025, 22:35
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My latest post/newsletter is now out. It’s a notable one where I share tips about software and services you can use to replace the big tech variants. I know people are looking.

axbom.com/big-trek/

Big Trek from Big Tech

🔗 Originally posted on Bluesky

23 Feb 2025, 22:34
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Very weird bug in Ghost... All of a sudden all the body text in the editor is grayed out. Everything still functions, and I can edit the text, but it's very hard to see(!)

What could be going on here?

* This is happening on all posts.
* It's happening in more than one browser.
* It's only happening for one of my Ghost installs (http://axbom.com), the others are still fine
* The text on the published site is fine, and everything looks good in previews

Any ideas are welcome.

Screenshot of a paragraph in the Ghost editor where it's clear how the title is dark black and the paragraph of text beneath it is very hard to read befcause the text has a light gray color.

🔗 Originally posted on Akkoma

22 Feb 2025, 15:40
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Good night
Sleep tight
Wake up bright
In the morning light
To do what's right
In a world of shite
It's time to fight

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22 Feb 2025, 11:08
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↩ Replying to @brstefanp.bsky.social

😖 Att det där ens är möjligt och önskvärt är tragiskt.

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22 Feb 2025, 10:31
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Reports of content moderator trauma have been running in mainstream media since at least 2014. And some of these reports reference events 10 years prior. In essence, many of us have been failing these people for at least two decades by not keeping companies accountable and continuing to support their products.

That's a hard pill to swallow, but these days I believe we need more uncomfortable honesty for any type of change to happen. Acknowledging our own role in all of it can only be a good thing going forward.

This largely hidden sector of the social media and AI industries is only growing.

https://www.wired.com/2014/10/content-moderation/

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22 Feb 2025, 10:29
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I realise I should make clear: if you get a domain name now and already have lots of posts you WILL NOT lose those posts.

The domain name is added to your current account.

You also won’t lose follows/followers.

@axbom.com: I do still recommend setting up your own domain name on Bluesky, to build your online resilience. axbom.com/bluesky/ bsky.app/profile/axbo...

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22 Feb 2025, 07:56
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I do still recommend setting up your own domain name on Bluesky, to build your online resilience.

axbom.com/bluesky/

bsky.app/profile/axbo...

@axbom.com: If you have domain name you want as your username, here are the steps for that. You can also purchase a domain name directly from Bluesky for a more seamless setup. And they don’t lock you in, you can transfer your domain name away later. Here’s where you buy: account.bsky.app #QuickTutorial

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22 Feb 2025, 07:43
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↩ Replying to @brstefanp.bsky.social

Gah! 😩

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21 Feb 2025, 21:07
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Öppnade TV4-appen som vill att jag godkänner nya villkor. Jag valde att läsa på om syften, och upptäckte att TV4 per default vill att jag ska godkänna att 33 leverantörer (se bilder) loggar min exakta geografiska position (det är jag som stängt av i bilden).

Allt det här är så sunkigt… och bisarrt…

Lista över all spårning som TV4 vill att jag ska tillåta. Jag har ringat in den specifika inställningen för ”Använda exakta uppgifter om geografisk positionering” där det framgår att ”33 partner kan använda den här specialfunktionen.”
Skärmklipp från listan över partner som TV4 vill ge tillåtelse att logga exakt geografisk position. Det är många namn på organisationer från olika länder som är relativt okända för det flesta människor… som exempelvis ”App Samurai Inc”, ”BISWITCH GMBH”, ”Copper6 LTD”, ”Dentsu Italia SpA” och ”Krush Media LLC”.
Skärmklipp där listan fortsätter över partner som TV4 vill ge tillåtelse att logga exakt geografisk position. Det är fler namn på organisationer från olika länder som är relativt okända för det flesta människor… som exempelvis ”Low Lag Labs”, ”Platform161 B.V.”, ”Seeding Alliance Gmbh”, ”The UK Trade Desk Ltd” och ”Yahoo EMEA Limited”.

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21 Feb 2025, 19:38
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