HandyB @andyb@social.wxcafe.net

"(...) text-based websites should not exceed in size the major works of Russian literature": an interesting (and entertaining) post about websites getting bigger and bigger.

http://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm

It was written by Maciej Cegłowski, the creator of Pinboard. I wish he was here on Mastodon - has anyone seen him?

Ok, I wrote an overly long thing about Mastodon. http://blog.seanbonner.com/2017/04/05/taking-a-ride-on-mastodon/

Norwegian #mastodon instance snabeltann.no - those of you who see this on other instances, please retoot ! tx. - #norway

Mastodon the band has noticed my project, aaaaaaaaaaa https://twitter.com/mastodonmusic/status/849388922320949249

reading a bunch of comments about Mastodon on tech news sites about how it "will never succeed" or will go extinct. Problem is, that defines Mastodon's success in the metrics of Silicon Valley VC. The point of Mastodon does not appear to be a growth -> exit -> brand vehicle strategy that Twitter has been struggling with.

I'm having a good time here. Isn't that success enough?

I was discussing autonomous vehicles with a Frenchman. Summing it up by: The Turing test for autonomous vehicles is to be able to cross the place de l'étoile (Paris) quickly & safely.