This tweet still comes to mind at least once a day.
Follow
Gary
@GaryPendergast
WordPress chat.
Gary’s Tweets
Countdown until a Kirby mouthful mode NFT series appears...
GIF
1
Just because I’m able to read US English doesn’t mean I don’t get mad every time Wordle misspells a 6 letter word to make it 5 letters.
4
24
When it’s an entirely unfamiliar codebase, you have to start somewhere. 🙂
8
I suppose this is also a good time to mention that I'm also switching over to .
Having proven my ability to do terrible things with WordPress over the years, it's time to show that I can do the same on a completely different platform. 😄
Quote Tweet
I suppose this is a good opportunity to let people know that I'll be running @Tumblr personally for a while, and it will be my top priority within @automattic. There is a ton of opportunity for improvements the community has asked for and deserves, and I'm excited to work on it. twitter.com/TheAtlantic/st…
4
2
54
Temporally distributed work is the past, present, and future of work.
2
5
Topics to follow
Sign up to get Tweets about the Topics you follow in your Home timeline.
Carousel
I misread this as “furry taxidermy”, and boy did a lot of questions fire through my head all at once.
Quote Tweet
Just a reminder that furby taxidermy is a thing some people inflict upon other people.
2
6
me writing javascript extreme
Quote Tweet
proud that for xhtml they really tried to claim that stands for eXtensible HTML but for jsx we didnt even try to explain this. it means javascript extreme and thats that. the x makes it cooler
Show this thread
oh, there it is:
neurodivergent people shouldn’t have to apply for ‘reasonable’ accommodations when the accommodations for natural human variation should be mutual
17
523
3,205
Show this thread
Proud of calling this a year ago! 😂
5
We should turn every Tumblr post into an NFT, just to see how mad everyone gets.
There’s a good chance the community backlash would be to destroy all cryptocurrencies.
Only one way to find out! 🙃
1
8
Show this thread
My un-ironic favourite thing about Tumblr is the outright hostility the entire Tumblr community have to it ever being profitable. 😄
1
4
Show this thread
Quote Tweet
how do y’all deal with the fact that there are people that perceive you negatively and probably have conversations with others about said perception bc once i start thinking ab it i lowkey start spiraling
42
19.4K
97.8K
Show this thread
halp i dont know what happened to my wordle today
🟨🟨🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟨🟨🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟩
🟦🟦🟦🟦🟥🟦🟦⬜️⬜️
🟦🟦🟫🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦⬜️
🟦🟫🟫🟦🟦🟩🟦🟦⬜️
🟫🟫🟫🟦🟩🟩🟩🟦⬜️
2
10
(youth pastor voice) You know who else was a super spreader?
Quote Tweet
so you can’t run a music festival in NSW but Hillsong ran this (note the total absence of masks) last night. sure, it looks like the lamest music festival of all time but it looks like a music festival nonetheless. @NSWHealth what gives?
Show this thread
1
1
13
Web3? Pass.
I’ll wait for Web 3.11 for Workgroups, thanks.
1
7
30
Fact of the day! Here are the top 5 most valuable minerals on Earth:
1. Painite: $300M/kg
2. Diamond: $65M/kg
3. Taaffeite: $20M/kg
4. : $3.4M/kg
5. Tanzanite: $3.2M/kg
1
1
This thread presents a really compelling argument for the Metaverse concept that I hadn't previously considered.
Honestly, if Zuck's presentation had've been more like this, I would've been on board much earlier.
Quote Tweet
Just had my first meeting in the Metaverse.
Here’s the top 16 reasons I’ll never take a meeting any other way:
Show this thread
5
4
Clearly 2022 is going to be all about bringing our 2021 shitposting to life.
2
Show this thread
These gas fees are out of control.
Quote Tweet
I - idk what to say, just watch it…
0:58
39.9K views
2
3
Show this thread
Oh, wait. Yes I do.
Sorry you're the main character on Twitter for today, . I hope tomorrow is calmer. 🙂
1
Show this thread
I don't have a conclusion for this thread. Sorry-not-sorry.
1
Show this thread
Quote Tweet
Just made backing cards for the Gilly & Billy enamel pins. They’ll be for sale tomorrow. Stay excited.
2
Show this thread
But, none of that matters if we can't fix the underlying societal problems that are driving people to look for an escape.
Maybe we can fix that with legislation.
1
Show this thread
web3 has a lot of "get rich quick" energy to it, and I get the attraction of an escape from hyper-capitalism.
We don't have to compete with that, though. I do believe that “make an honest living” is a stronger argument for most people than “get rich by burning down the world”.
1
1
Show this thread
I don't know what the solution is.
Asking individuals to fight back against the Venture Capital backed marketing machine pushing web3 is obviously unreasonable.
Is there an alternative, though? Any tech billionaires who would work against the $$$ that web3 could make for them?
1
Show this thread
Branding and marketing matters, however. web3 is offering a shiny all-in-one package of the many (relatively small) experiments and ideas that have been running for years.
That sucks for everyone who's been pushing in good faith all these years.
1
1
1
Show this thread
It's very easy to look at web3 with the attitude of "the parts that are good aren't original, and the parts that are original aren't good."
For every example of a web3 innovation, there's an example of someone already doing it. Micropayments. IndieWeb. The Federated Web.
1
1
Show this thread
- Scolding people for engaging in web3 stuff isn't going to work, same as scolding people for getting into MAGA/QAnon/etc doesn't work. It only isolates them further.
- Shifting the direction of web3 is probably going to need reasonable people to engage in good faith.
1
Show this thread
Where I think Anil is right:
- The web3 movement is reaching (or has possibly already reached) a critical mass, where ignoring it won't make it go away. Or, "too big to fail".
- There are smart people inside the web3 world who are genuinely trying to do the right thing.
1
Show this thread
I recently wrote about a lot of this in the context of the WordPress world, but you can ignore those bits and see how I think it applies to the web in general:
1
Show this thread
Much like every take on web3 (including my own), Anil is both right and wrong in this thread.
Much of the discourse around web3 is highly subjective, quite emotive, and extremely divisive.
Quote Tweet
1
2
Show this thread
I joined #StateOfTheWord late, and only heard say "Please throw fruit at me".
I don't need any further context, I can make that happen.
1
1
21
6
27
74
Show this thread
Use programming-positive language!
🚫 DON'T say "arbitrary code execution vulnerability"
✔️ DO say "surprise extension API"
55
2,156
6,456
Show this thread
This would be ridiculously fiddly to do with web2-style APIs, but it's quite straightforward with web3-style identity management.
Quote Tweet
Replying to @GaryPendergast @ccarfi and @indiewebcamp
Ha! One of the things that's really powerful is that the membership is decoupled from a specific WordPress install which means that you and i could use the same one of both our blogs (creating a bundle) without having to share of user lists for example.
1
1
Show this thread
The web improves through evolution, not revolution.
While web3 might not drop in and replace the internet, it has some neat ideas that we can learn from.
Quote Tweet
WordPress and web3 pento.net/2021/12/10/wor
1
3
7
Show this thread