Sam Mason de Caires
@mdec.computer
Software writer, internet watcher!
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Network society. We're living it now. Time to figure out how to survive in it. newsletter.squishy.computer/p/the-shape-...
The shape of network society
“I’m a McLuhan absolutist now.”
newsletter.squishy.computer
March 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Network society. We're living it now. Time to figure out how to survive in it. newsletter.squishy.computer/p/the-shape-...
Any Cloudflare devs here who have used the Vite plugin? Cc @kevinkipp.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Any Cloudflare devs here who have used the Vite plugin? Cc @kevinkipp.com
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Protocol Kit epub! I have a paper copy gifted from Summer of Protocols and it’s full of useful lenses for protocol builders. Happy this is getting broader circulation. summerofprotocols.com/research/pro...
Protocol Reader
In the Fall of 2022, the word protocol was suddenly everywhere. The proximal cause was obvious: fueled, in part, by the highly visible and fractious change of ownership at Twitter, large numbers of pe...
summerofprotocols.com
February 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Protocol Kit epub! I have a paper copy gifted from Summer of Protocols and it’s full of useful lenses for protocol builders. Happy this is getting broader circulation. summerofprotocols.com/research/pro...
Reposted by Sam Mason de Caires
So wait. Is this thing literally the same as twitter, just not run by a nazi-saluting oligarch?
Somebody tell me why it’s better, other than that. <3 (I actually want to know!)
Somebody tell me why it’s better, other than that. <3 (I actually want to know!)
January 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
So wait. Is this thing literally the same as twitter, just not run by a nazi-saluting oligarch?
Somebody tell me why it’s better, other than that. <3 (I actually want to know!)
Somebody tell me why it’s better, other than that. <3 (I actually want to know!)
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computers started local-first and will go back to local-first
January 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
computers started local-first and will go back to local-first
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I did this last year and it's ace, very much worth a go if you have a THING that you are knowledgeable and interesting about (and, ideally, if you're less white and male than me)
If you have a passion project of some kind and fancy talking about it at Conway Hall, @undermanager.bsky.social is doing Interesting again and looking for speakers. It's a great event and a lovely venue in which to do a short talk to a biggish audience. russelldavies.typepad.com/planning/202...
Interesting 2025 - what's it all about?
It's time to start thinking seriously about speakers for Interesting 2025. And this time, for a bunch of reasons, that means more than just asking people I know. And you lot. I need to start asking mo...
russelldavies.typepad.com
January 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I did this last year and it's ace, very much worth a go if you have a THING that you are knowledgeable and interesting about (and, ideally, if you're less white and male than me)
I feel like the local first development/builder community has a strong philosophical overlap with the cozy web/ poetic internet folk
January 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I feel like the local first development/builder community has a strong philosophical overlap with the cozy web/ poetic internet folk
Would it be possible to layer on encryption on top of @tinybase.bsky.social so sync servers only see encrypted data?
January 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Would it be possible to layer on encryption on top of @tinybase.bsky.social so sync servers only see encrypted data?
Does @tinybase.bsky.social theoretically support “sneakernet” style sync that could maybe optionally sync to a remote server once connection to the network is available?
January 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Does @tinybase.bsky.social theoretically support “sneakernet” style sync that could maybe optionally sync to a remote server once connection to the network is available?
So is this where all the @localfirst.fm devs are hanging out?
January 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
So is this where all the @localfirst.fm devs are hanging out?
@andypressman.itch.io if you were getting started with designing a TCG style game are their good places to find mechanics around ensuring no card could become OP?
January 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
@andypressman.itch.io if you were getting started with designing a TCG style game are their good places to find mechanics around ensuring no card could become OP?
Ok peoples thoughts on marmite and gherkins/pickles on a bagel for a mid morning snack?
April 25, 2023 at 8:36 AM
Ok peoples thoughts on marmite and gherkins/pickles on a bagel for a mid morning snack?
I’ll be in NYC in early May if anyone wants to hang or has good recs for food/drinks
April 20, 2023 at 6:33 PM
I’ll be in NYC in early May if anyone wants to hang or has good recs for food/drinks
Ok then what cool shit can we do with this protocol?
April 10, 2023 at 10:24 PM
Ok then what cool shit can we do with this protocol?
I can happily say I’m quite literally only here for the vibes!
April 10, 2023 at 8:42 PM
I can happily say I’m quite literally only here for the vibes!
Throwing it out there in this new place, has anyone used a Synthstrom Deluge?
April 10, 2023 at 6:21 PM
Throwing it out there in this new place, has anyone used a Synthstrom Deluge?
Right guess I better start posting here then!
April 10, 2023 at 12:13 PM
Right guess I better start posting here then!