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I’m in!

14 Wednesday Jun 2023

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I FINALLY got onto Bluesky this morning. They sent me an invite code in April but it kept not working so I requested another one and that one also didn’t work plus then I was told my email was invalid. Grrrrrr. I tried a few more times and then gave up. Until this morning. I don’t know why but I was scrolling through Twitter in bed and suddenly thought dammit, I’m gonna try that damn invite code ONE MORE TIME. And this time it worked! I’m in.

Bluesky feels more like Twitter than the other alternatives I’ve tried, which is probably not surprising as it was created by Jack. But it’s still a bit glitchy. For example, I managed to sign in on the app, but the desktop version still won’t recognise me. Oh well. If you’re also there, come and say hi.

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30 Wednesday Nov 2022

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Yep, another one. Still in Beta so there’s a waiting list. I just got on it today and am feeling my way around. It seems much more user-friendly than the other “Twitter alternatives” I’ve tried and  the very interesting thing is that you can pay (or earn money) for “premium” content. For example, on Twitter a lot of newspapers are behind a paywall and, while I agree with paying for good journalism, I don’t want to pay for a dozen or more subscriptions when I may only read a couple of articles a month from a particular news service. This way I can just pay per article if I’m interested in reading it. Likewise, people can post there like they would on any social media site, or they can charge to read certain posts. Anyhow, it’s early days so we’ll see how it goes.

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sonìa is back!

22 Tuesday Nov 2022

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sonia is back

I don’t remember when I first “met” Sonìa Graupera @graupix on Twitter… it was many, many years ago. Then two years ago (almost to the day) we finally met up in person here in Sevilla and I saw her again when I was in Barcelona last May. So I was happy to hear that she’d be back in Sevilla on a whirlwind trip this week and would have a few hours to meet up for lunch. Which happened today! I’ve said it before but omg I have met some amazing people via social media, and especially Twitter. And meeting them in person has never been a disappointment. I guess because we already know we have things in common. Anyhow, it was a fun and slightly frantic afternoon, but we visited a few tapas bars and talked-talked-talked and then it was time to say hasta la próxima. Nice day.

hooked on technology

21 Monday Nov 2022

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This morning I remembered l had laundry up on the line and checked my phone to see when it was going to rain today. Saw l had until 6.00 pm to get my clothes in. Then I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW and saw it was already raining. Duh.

I mean, l was sitting at my desk next to open balcony doors and didn’t think to LOOK OUTSIDE. And I only started using these (fabulous) evil devices just over ten years ago. What hope do people have who were introduced to them as toddlers?