David J. Whelan
@djwhelan.bsky.social
building businesses + inspiring entrepreneurs at intersection of technology health + wellness | #uclaanderson + #stanford | #LongLA
These AViiQ Ready Clips (USB micro, USB mini, and Apple 30-pin) were pretty cool 10+ years ago. I would not mind a USB-C version for random connection needs, but the company seems to have disappeared. #cableguy
August 31, 2025 at 10:55 PM
These AViiQ Ready Clips (USB micro, USB mini, and Apple 30-pin) were pretty cool 10+ years ago. I would not mind a USB-C version for random connection needs, but the company seems to have disappeared. #cableguy
According to my 11-year-old daughter…
Reddit - The heart of the internet
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August 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
According to my 11-year-old daughter…
My teenage son just suggested that there be a periodic table specifically for elements one can and cannot lick – and I think that proves he is my offspring.
August 9, 2025 at 3:48 AM
My teenage son just suggested that there be a periodic table specifically for elements one can and cannot lick – and I think that proves he is my offspring.
"God only knows what I'd be without you."
I will never forget seeing @brianwilsonlive perform at @thebridgeschool Benefit in 1999, my last full year living in the Bay Area.
I will never stop listening to so many "Good Vibrations."
I will never forget seeing @brianwilsonlive perform at @thebridgeschool Benefit in 1999, my last full year living in the Bay Area.
I will never stop listening to so many "Good Vibrations."
June 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"God only knows what I'd be without you."
I will never forget seeing @brianwilsonlive perform at @thebridgeschool Benefit in 1999, my last full year living in the Bay Area.
I will never stop listening to so many "Good Vibrations."
I will never forget seeing @brianwilsonlive perform at @thebridgeschool Benefit in 1999, my last full year living in the Bay Area.
I will never stop listening to so many "Good Vibrations."
I never met Bill Atkinson but I am not sure I can imagine what my life would be like without him. He created so much at Apple that most of us take for granted. Search for him on folklore DOT org to be inspired, but start with this loving tribute from @gruber.foo. https://daringfireball.net/linked/20
Bill Atkinson Dies From Cancer at 74
Link to: https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10238073579963378&id=1378467145&_rdr
daringfireball.net
June 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I never met Bill Atkinson but I am not sure I can imagine what my life would be like without him. He created so much at Apple that most of us take for granted. Search for him on folklore DOT org to be inspired, but start with this loving tribute from @gruber.foo. https://daringfireball.net/linked/20
The downside of not using email verification on DocSend (which is too much friction for investors) is not knowing if that visit from "Marc Andreessen" is real. Marc, if that was you, let's talk!
April 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The downside of not using email verification on DocSend (which is too much friction for investors) is not knowing if that visit from "Marc Andreessen" is real. Marc, if that was you, let's talk!
Happy Global Close Your Rings Day to those who celebrate!
April 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Happy Global Close Your Rings Day to those who celebrate!
I continue to hate @axsevents.
Every time I try, I get:
"The tickets you selected are no longer available. Please select new tickets."
I do that repeatedly until:
"To protect fans, we actively identify and block automated bots…. Your session has been identified as a potential bot."
No tickets.
Every time I try, I get:
"The tickets you selected are no longer available. Please select new tickets."
I do that repeatedly until:
"To protect fans, we actively identify and block automated bots…. Your session has been identified as a potential bot."
No tickets.
March 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I continue to hate @axsevents.
Every time I try, I get:
"The tickets you selected are no longer available. Please select new tickets."
I do that repeatedly until:
"To protect fans, we actively identify and block automated bots…. Your session has been identified as a potential bot."
No tickets.
Every time I try, I get:
"The tickets you selected are no longer available. Please select new tickets."
I do that repeatedly until:
"To protect fans, we actively identify and block automated bots…. Your session has been identified as a potential bot."
No tickets.
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Pink Cloud is launching a newsletter!
We will gather and comment on addiction related news and sometimes share company announcements. Suggestions for what to include are always welcome!
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February 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Pink Cloud is launching a newsletter!
We will gather and comment on addiction related news and sometimes share company announcements. Suggestions for what to include are always welcome!
If you would like to receive our newsletter please fill out the form below:
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Friendly PSA that if your business emails are ending up in people's #spam filters, you might not have your DMARC and DKIM records set properly or at all in your DNS. Thank you to Uchechukwu at @microsoft for steering me in the right direction.
January 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Friendly PSA that if your business emails are ending up in people's #spam filters, you might not have your DMARC and DKIM records set properly or at all in your DNS. Thank you to Uchechukwu at @microsoft for steering me in the right direction.
Excited to see new ideas forming around this in 2025. Would love to play around with some of these tools.
1/2 The AI industry could give us easy tools to build our own models, from our own archived writing, for private use. This may be a blind spot. It's as if when personal computers started, instead of spreadsheet editors,
December 15, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Excited to see new ideas forming around this in 2025. Would love to play around with some of these tools.
The new “Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road” is a pleasant surprise. It starts a bit rough, but the overall package is really inspired. Nailing a single Beatles song is impressive; an entire album is a major accomplishment.
music.apple.com/us/album/luc...
music.apple.com/us/album/luc...
Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road by Lucinda Williams on Apple Music
Album · 1988 · 12 Songs
music.apple.com
December 7, 2024 at 5:55 AM
The new “Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road” is a pleasant surprise. It starts a bit rough, but the overall package is really inspired. Nailing a single Beatles song is impressive; an entire album is a major accomplishment.
music.apple.com/us/album/luc...
music.apple.com/us/album/luc...
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This is pure joy, and their absolute refusal to break is everything.
Mary Tyler Moore accidentally nailed a perfect trick shot in *The Dick Van Dyke Show* (1962)—on the FIRST take.
It was supposed to be done by a pro, but she shocked everyone and pulled it off herself. Absolute legend. 🎱✨
#ClassicTV #FunFacts
It was supposed to be done by a pro, but she shocked everyone and pulled it off herself. Absolute legend. 🎱✨
#ClassicTV #FunFacts
November 30, 2024 at 6:07 PM
This is pure joy, and their absolute refusal to break is everything.
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A much needed public service for those visiting relatives and watching a film together- turn these abominations off through the TV Menu. Thank You
@instantsunrise.bsky.social
. you are a hero.
@instantsunrise.bsky.social
. you are a hero.
For those going home to visit family this weekend:
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
November 28, 2024 at 11:54 PM
A much needed public service for those visiting relatives and watching a film together- turn these abominations off through the TV Menu. Thank You
@instantsunrise.bsky.social
. you are a hero.
@instantsunrise.bsky.social
. you are a hero.
Cool walk down memory lane! I spent a lot of time playing Glypha on my Mac IIci in college. And Glider, for that matter. I don’t recall knowing both of them were from the same author.
Soft Dorothy: Unfinished Tales
After I recovered my shareware and commercial game sources (and put them on GitHub) I found numerous "almost" rans — games that I started, left unfinished (around 1990).
For me, this was a fun look back.
Vol. 1:
github.com/EngineersNee...
#VintageMac #RetroGaming
After I recovered my shareware and commercial game sources (and put them on GitHub) I found numerous "almost" rans — games that I started, left unfinished (around 1990).
For me, this was a fun look back.
Vol. 1:
github.com/EngineersNee...
#VintageMac #RetroGaming
November 24, 2024 at 4:15 AM
Cool walk down memory lane! I spent a lot of time playing Glypha on my Mac IIci in college. And Glider, for that matter. I don’t recall knowing both of them were from the same author.
Especially this week, I am happy to have read this authoritative Barbour treatise here and not on X. Although I first discovered #dieworkwear on X. Or maybe it was Twitter. I can’t recall.
Disclaimer: I do not own a Barbour, but I would be happy to.
Disclaimer: I do not own a Barbour, but I would be happy to.
Barbour has always been vaguely conservative coded, especially in Western Europe. But this doesn't mean you can't wear it if you don't share those political views. It's all about knowing the different levels of Barbour. 🧵
November 21, 2024 at 7:11 AM
Especially this week, I am happy to have read this authoritative Barbour treatise here and not on X. Although I first discovered #dieworkwear on X. Or maybe it was Twitter. I can’t recall.
Disclaimer: I do not own a Barbour, but I would be happy to.
Disclaimer: I do not own a Barbour, but I would be happy to.
I've been @djwhelan for many months, but short of a few @fountainsofwayne posts (trust me, I am as surprised as you) and some more recent #CroissantApp posts (like this one), I have not spent much time on Bluesky. I have now followed too many starter kits and need to find my way.
November 21, 2024 at 6:45 AM
I've been @djwhelan for many months, but short of a few @fountainsofwayne posts (trust me, I am as surprised as you) and some more recent #CroissantApp posts (like this one), I have not spent much time on Bluesky. I have now followed too many starter kits and need to find my way.
Having just returned from a couple of weeks in Japan, these insights from @mantia.bsky.social are spot on. It is a different world there (to an American), but so worth exploring, especially with some guidance like this. https://lmnt.me/blog/adapting-to-japan.html
November 18, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Having just returned from a couple of weeks in Japan, these insights from @mantia.bsky.social are spot on. It is a different world there (to an American), but so worth exploring, especially with some guidance like this. https://lmnt.me/blog/adapting-to-japan.html
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I’m going to take today’s good news to do my first Bluesky post:
Congratulations to Democrat Derek Tran for taking the lead against the GOP incumbent in #CA45!!
Congratulations to Democrat Derek Tran for taking the lead against the GOP incumbent in #CA45!!
🚨Democrat Derek Tran now leads GOP Rep. Michelle Steel in CA-45 — by 46 votes!
This would be a Republican to Democratic flip in the House.
This would be a Republican to Democratic flip in the House.
November 17, 2024 at 1:23 AM
I’m going to take today’s good news to do my first Bluesky post:
Congratulations to Democrat Derek Tran for taking the lead against the GOP incumbent in #CA45!!
Congratulations to Democrat Derek Tran for taking the lead against the GOP incumbent in #CA45!!
I may not currently be a #DiamondMedallion, but is this any way to return my @delta-supplied luggage tag to me?
November 18, 2024 at 3:25 AM
I may not currently be a #DiamondMedallion, but is this any way to return my @delta-supplied luggage tag to me?
On a continued related note, I just realized that I have had my iPhone 16 Pro for over a week, and after doing a clean install of iOS, it took me until today to install the X app on it. (Same with Bluesky, but does that really mean anything?)
October 2, 2024 at 5:25 AM
On a continued related note, I just realized that I have had my iPhone 16 Pro for over a week, and after doing a clean install of iOS, it took me until today to install the X app on it. (Same with Bluesky, but does that really mean anything?)
On a related note, I do still have a @todayatifttt applet that sometimes posts my tweets (anyone still use x.com?) to ##mastodon, just to keep people on their toes. I wonder if I could rig an applet to post from ##twitter to ##croissant….
October 2, 2024 at 5:20 AM
On a related note, I do still have a @todayatifttt applet that sometimes posts my tweets (anyone still use x.com?) to ##mastodon, just to keep people on their toes. I wonder if I could rig an applet to post from ##twitter to ##croissant….
I am not sure I really care about ##bluesky or ##mastodon enough to crosspost at the same time as ##threads, but I have been waiting to try ##croissant, and the "buttery smooth" (or "buttery-smooth" or "smooth as butter") promise sold me on an IAP to support indie developers. https://croissantapp.com
October 2, 2024 at 5:12 AM
I am not sure I really care about ##bluesky or ##mastodon enough to crosspost at the same time as ##threads, but I have been waiting to try ##croissant, and the "buttery smooth" (or "buttery-smooth" or "smooth as butter") promise sold me on an IAP to support indie developers. https://croissantapp.com
I didn’t buy Coachella tickets or an Apple Vision Pro today. Talk about FOMO.
January 19, 2024 at 11:13 PM
I didn’t buy Coachella tickets or an Apple Vision Pro today. Talk about FOMO.
I imported 7 friends from Twitter to Bluesky
Import your Twitter follows to Bluesky
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December 18, 2023 at 3:48 AM
I imported 7 friends from Twitter to Bluesky