I've had a few great interviews in the last couple of weeks. I decided I wanted to track them on a media page on my own site. I'm going to try to keep them more organized, but for now I just want to get them linked.

Four weeks ago today, I was hit by a truck while crossing the street in Healdsburg, CA. I was hospitalized for a week in Santa Rosa with 9 rib fractures, a broken wrist and facial bone fractures. I learned how to walk, shower, dress and care for myself while in excruciating pain. On release, I … Continue reading Health Update →

Bytedance yesterday launched a social app called Tiktok Notes in Canada and Australia. I tried it out, since I live in Canada. I was able to log in using my Tiktok account to log in. The user interface has preview blocks. It was pretty easy to upload a couple of photos and add some text. … Continue reading Bytedance: Add ActivityPub to Tiktok Notes →

One of the first things people ask you when you say you're writing a book for O'Reilly Media is: "What animal is going to be on the cover?" O'Reilly books are famous for their lovely animal drawings, in rich detail, either in black-or-white or colour. Books are sometimes referred to by their cover animal, like … Continue reading Cover Animal For ActivityPub Book →

Today, the United States House of Representatives voted to require the Chinese company Bytedance to sell its stake in the popular service Tiktok. If the company does not comply, the bill would ban the use of Tiktok in the US. The bill still needs to pass the Senate and get delivered to President Biden's desk, … Continue reading Tiktok and the Fediverse →

So, I've had two good pieces of news for the ActivityPub book from O'Reilly Media. The first one is that I finished the 6th of 7 chapters this week (on using and creating ActivityPub extensions). It was a gruelling chapter that I had to reorganise a couple of times to clarify, but I'm so happy … Continue reading Early Access to O’Reilly Media ActivityPub Book →

On October 7, 2023, fighters from Hamas invaded Israel and killed around 400 soldiers and around 800 civilians. They raped, injured and kidnapped hundreds of others. By October 13, the Intelligence Ministry of Israel had produced a plan for how to deal with these attacks. Led by the Likud Party member Gila Gamliel, the document … Continue reading The Gamliel Plan →

During World War I, the Ottoman Empire collectively blamed the millions of Armenians in their territory for attacks by Armenian resistance fighters. Around 1M non-combatants were killed by the Ottoman military -- in many cases, by forced marches through the Syrian desert without food and water. Denouncing this genocide doesn't make you an Armenian resistance … Continue reading Taking sides in a genocide →