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  1. wearing my #ilyaz button as I join Ian Jacobs of @W3C to introduce the BarCamp / breakout sessions at #TPAC 2012.

  2. once more into the fray. Happy Halloween, congrats SF sports fans. thinking of you as I fight for open standards #TPAC

  3. almost forgot: added h-as-note h-as-article classes just after 2012-300 #FSWS #ActivityStreams #microformats2 session.

  4. thought for today: swing dancing in sunny GG Park is much more fun than arguing @W3C licensing. heading to #TPAC soon.

  5. mentioned #POSSE in my #FSWS talk. More projects you should use: @relmeauth, @cassisjs, #microformats2 h-entry: http://microformats.org/wiki/relmeauth, cassisproject.com, microformats.org/wiki/microformats2#h-entry

  6. #FSWS participants: /join #indiewebcamp on Freenode for IRC backchannel: irc://irc.freenode.net/indiewebcamp #fsws2012

  7. gave overview of #indiewebcamp + #POSSE indiewebcamp.com/POSSE at #fsws2012, brought FEED book: tantek.com/asin/0316081051 #fsw

  8. happy to be participating in 2012 Federated Social Web Summit. Live etherpad notes: etherpad.mozilla.org/fsw #fsw #fsws2012

  9. quite happy with this Stanley stainless steel flask: tantek.com/asin/B003AWN1RY. ht: @timoni during #xoxofest. More: holds a good amount of water and is much nicer than plastic or sports/running water bottles: both for carrying (the flask is flat-ish, fits very comfortably in your hand or small bags) and for when dressed up a bit for an evening of swing dancing.

  10. Apple Facebook Google SF bus flow map by @Stamen allthingsd.com/files/2012/09/scaled2.0_final_web_trimmed.gif resembles Napoleon's March: edwardtufte.com/tufte/graphics/poster_OrigMinard.gif

  11. A Few San Francisco Election Flyer Statistics

    Every election season it seems we're deluged with flyers and mailers for (and against) various propositions and candidates. Rather than just getting annoyed and recycling them, this time I've collected them to gather a few simple stats just to see who and what issues were wasting the most paper, here in San Francisco (SF) District 5.

    As of I've received the following:

    California Propositions Flyers

    Flyers primarily about specific California (CA) state propositions:

    • 2 from "Small Business Action Committee" (re: 30, 32, 40)
    • 2 from "Budget Watchdogs" (re: 30-37, 39)
    • 1 from "San Francisco Firefighters" (re: 30, 32, A-E, F, supervisors, state senate/assembly)

    None of these flyers had URLs for the supporting organizations, nor did they have any verifiable citations backing up any of their positions on propositions. Thus I cannot trust any of their recommendations.

    All I can factually conclude is that "Small Business Action Committee" and "Budget Watchdogs" are more wasteful of paper than "San Francisco Firefighters".

    San Francisco Propositions Flyers

    Flyers primarily about specific SF city propositions:

    Ironically the proponents to "improve our [SF] parks" have wasted the most paper on proposition flyers, more than all other city proposition flyers combined! Perhaps they like parks but not trees?

    SF District 5 Supervisor Flyers

    I've received more district supervisor flyers than all others combined. Sorted by most to fewest, then family-name:

    One of the London Breed flyers even had a hand-written in pen sticky note on it addressed to me by first name which I found a bit creepy.

    SF School Boards

    I also received a few flyers for school and community board positions:

    • 2 from Matt Haney for school board
    • 2 from Hanna Leung for community college board (No URL)

    And those are the flyer totals as of 2012-10-22 morning. I don't think they will affect my voting choices. If anything, the flyers are an annoying waste of resources and make me want to oppose whoever sends them. I may however hold onto them and see how many more I receive before election day.

    Update : I've posted the totals: Final 2012 San Francisco Election Flyer Statistics

    Update : While recycling/shredding some old junk mail I found a couple more old flyers (one for London Breed and one for Christina Olague) and have added them to the totals accordingly.

  12. wanting to build it, having it be this hobby, getting people around me excited: techcrunch.com/2012/10/20/zuckerberg-facebook-started-out-as-a-hobby-and-a-project-not-a-company/ by @loyalelectron

  13. Reminder: Feedburner API shuts down TODAY developers.google.com/feedburner and business2community.com/blogging/am-i-talking-to-myself-over-here-my-feedburner-saga-0311367 blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2012/10/04/tech-journal-when-to-move-from-feedburner/ #indieweb

  14. nice @XOXO project update email. loved re-reading the reactions. trying to keep the #xoxofest positivity in mind+heart

  15. @meyerweb asks Or is it ad Rominem? Already defined: ad ROMinem adj Relating to a personal attack on your BIOS: books.google.com/books?id=tZKCZje8178C&pg=PA4&dq=%22ad+rominem%22 The Computer Contradictionary: 2nd Edition, p.4. tantek.com/isbn/0262611120 in-reply-to: https://twitter.com/meyerweb/status/259407053095845888

  16. #romnesia "can't remember the polices that are still on your website?" youtu.be/sNGZil616ug genius if a bit ad nominem

  17. Romney #bindersfullofwomen lie elections.americablog.com/2012/10/romneys-binder-full-of-women-story-was-a-lie.html Are there wiki debunks of his speeches? Close rationalwiki.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney#2012_campaign

  18. Sign in with Twitter broke on @Lanyrd FF+Saf. Time to switch to #RelMeAuth: indieauth.com or OSS microformats.org/wiki/RelMeAuth#open_source_implementations

  19. documented #microformats2 parsing algorithms for p-*, u-*, dt-*, and e-* prefixed properties: microformats.org/wiki/microformats2-parsing#parsing_algorithm

  20. "With Esri, you own your own data." A service that gets it. Congrats @geoloqi+@esri! https://geoloqi.com/blog/2012/10/geoloqi-is-now-part-of-esri/ #ownyourdata

  21. "... shared a photo on Twitter!" really @Twitter? See tantek.com/2012/271/b1/why-twitter-spamming-new-updates-emails-every-week, fire your email marketer. cc: @dickc @jack

  22. on a more productive note, just documented #microformats2 implied property parsing algorithm: microformats.org/wiki/microformats2-parsing#parsing_for_implied_properties

  23. More #monday fun: #Twitter is over capacity. instagr.am/p/Q0s_mHg9Ql distilleryimage9.instagram.com/6f89dbe2172a11e2afba123138140fd7_7.jpg as usual #ownyourdata #indieweb

  24. Monday, time for weekly work fax^H^H^H email processing, while listening to Nirvana's Nevermind (appropriately enough)

  25. interesting #indiewebcamp IRC chat on #ActivityStreams, captured on wiki: indiewebcamp.com/ActivityStreams. contributions welcome.

  26. #lazyweb Anyone building a web app of Project Hamster (Gnome time tracker app via @fantasai)? projecthamster.wordpress.com/screenshots #qs

  27. "journalists want apps that work in very low bandwidth" - quote @pressfreedom conference, that I happen to agree with.

  28. #SteveJobs promoted #HTML5 H.264 video over Flash. Apple uses Quicktime .mov embed plugin in his memorial. #regression

  29. nice, sad apple.com #stevejobs memorial. sadder: View Source, JS-only plugin not #HTML5 video. .mov: http://movies.apple.com/media/us/stevejobs/stevejobs-memorial-us-20121005_r848-9dwc.mov

  30. "The problem is you don't know if what you are posting could irk FB"/G+/Tw thecoolhunter.net/article/detail/2126/when-facebook-disables-your-fan-page #ownyourdata #indieweb

  31. This year's Federated Social Web Summit is 2012-10-26 @SayMedia in SF w3.org/2005/Incubator/federatedsocialweb/wiki/Federated_Social_Web_Summit_2012 want in? ping @evanpro #fsw

  32. Monday moment: forgot phone at home. Realized texting is too single-(point-of-failure)-device dependent. IM/DM instead.

  33. #UXLx 2013 ux-lx.com early tickets now available. Bruno organized a great #RefreshLX. Highly recommended.

  34. 10 Tips on Writing brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/02/07/david-ogilvy-on-writing now at the top of my blog-this.txt to re-read while writing future blog posts.

  35. Fellow climbers: please fill out the Mission Cliffs Expansion Survey and ask for more bouldering: www.touchstoneclimbing.com/survey

  36. If Twitter is for posting updates, why do "Updates from Twitter" use email? http://i.qkme.me/3r3ove.jpg #philosoraptor

  37. Why is Twitter spamming users with new "Updates from Twitter" emails nearly every week?

    I tried to fit this into a tweet, then drafted four, now a post.

    When you click the "unsubscribe to these emails" link at the bottom of the numerous spam emails Twitter has recently been sending out, it takes you to a page that says:

    "Too much chirping? We hear you!"

    Well, apparently you (Twitter) don't, because you're still making up new opt-out email subscriptions.

    Is Twitter so desperate for inflated growth that it's had to resort to new annoying "Updates from Twitter" emails nearly every week?

    Or is it that Twitter has bolloxed up their previously simple UI so much that it's compelled to spam for engagement?

    Must I visit my Twitter Email notifications page regularly to uncheck the latest email marketing brainfart? Why the email notifications Whac-a-mole UI, Twitter?

    Where's this checkbox?

    [x] Never add me to any new "Updates from Twitter" notifications.

  38. Thanks @RefreshLX #reflx for being wonderful! slides: #microformats 2: The Next Evolutionary Step tantek.com/presentations/2012/09/microformats2

  39. Europe, where music TV stations still play videos and television tuned to a dead channel is still instagram.com/p/P0Vl6Vg9TC/

  40. That @simplescott @textfiles #XOXOFest anecdote will have to do for now. Now to @RefreshLx to talk #HTML5 @microformats #uf2.

  41. Whereas "dealing" I associate with businessmen and drug dealers: intermediaries. #xoxofest was about disintermediation

  42. I said wheeling. Wheels are used when creating (spinners, saws, lathes, disks), which is what we were doing. #xoxofest

  43. While hacking with @simplescott on the Unofficial #XOXOFest Directory, @textfiles asked "Are you wheeling or dealing?"

  44. Updated: Unofficial @XOXO 2012 Directory tantek.com/xoxo-2012-directory loads faster, optional Twitter follow buttons. #XOXOfest

  45. @XOXO @goodonpaper @waxpancake THANK YOU for #XOXOfest! Please do it again, cap attendance, dibs on tickets to alumni.

  46. @makerbot I'd create-on-demand toy blocks with glyphs, typefaces, elements, and science! You know, for kids. #xoxofest

  47. @xoxo #xoxofest @ev_rat likens new long form writing to old CD-ROMs; @adactio compared iPad apps to CDROMs @UpdateConf

  48. find+follow #XOXOfest folks: Unofficial @XOXO 2012 Directory tantek.com/xoxo-2012-directory Best in FF15+Operator, 502 hCards ;)

  49. @xoxo: Now for a run before #xoxofest last day. Breakfast, Zells, 9am? cc: @benward @j @karenism @laughingsquid et al.

  50. @xoxo early birds, try this unofficial 500+ #xoxofest 2012 directory: tantek.com/xoxo-2012-directory (might stress your browser)

  51. @xoxo: great speakers. + wrapped up a simple #xoxofest hack with @simplescott. sleep now; will post it in the morning.

  52. @xoxo: “Lesson Number 1: Scratch your own itch. … Dogfooding.” - @danprovost @tomgerhardt #xoxofest #indieweb #diy

  53. @xoxo is a filter. ... internet that's into snark, cynicism. We love people who make things, and who love them. -@waxy

  54. @xoxo: @cascadebrewing with @laughingsquid @erinjo @karenism @benward @termie @noneck et al. so it begins. #xoxofest

  55. Made it to Portland. Looking forward to meeting everyone here for @XOXO. And Happy #8bitday! tantek.com/w/8bitday

  56. Wonderful time @dConstruct @IndieWebCampUK @UXBri @digitalbrighton. Onward to Portland for @XOXO conference!

  57. just read all of @aral's breakingthin.gs a 2nd time. must read for #indieweb and #diy. #fear #shame #focus #break #fix

  58. "Never underestimate the power of a simple explanation and a product that looks nice." - @denisewilton @UXBri #design

  59. @UXBri nice final slide in @ds1935's presentation, full citations: instagram.com/p/Pcu8AoA9Re #citation distilleryimage6.instagram.com/cf08aa6afc5111e18d6622000a1cbab4_7.jpg

  60. @UXBri if you're into #connnectedhome uses/challenges, watch 1984 movie Electric Dreams en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Dreams_%28film%29 cc @clurr

  61. watched @clurr talk #connectedhome @UXBri. Earliest "remote control for your life" ref maybe 2001 thefeaturearchives.com/topic/Announcements/Four_Futurists_on_Tomorrow_s_Mobile_Media.html

  62. Inspiring sessions and demos @IndieWebCampUK this past weekend. Notes on the wiki: indiewebcamp.com/2012/UK/Schedule #indieweb

  63. I'm demonstrating @Falcon in its current awkward posting state @IndieWebCampUK by editing the static file. #indieweb

  64. fascinating "cite this story" #UI at end of Science Daily articles e.g.: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120906144623.htm nevermind NASCAR buttons

  65. dConstruct 2012 intersession soundtrack

    I'm attending dConstruct again , and like last year, put together a few pod-safe tracks for before and after the talks. They're all Creative Commons licensed and downloadable. Here's the set list if you'd like to enjoy them for yourself.

    1. The path to the future... by Firebrand
    2. Summer's Secret Sounds (Future Animation Score Thingy) by Lady Vinyl
    3. Future 78 by rupertlally
    4. Sleep by MitchFuture
    5. Bad Circuit - Millimeters Away by Future Management Agency
    6. Tacit by Resotone
    7. Elixir - Distant Future FULL by ElixirDnB
    8. Rocket Cars (Shifting Into The Future) by The Number Sixes
    9. Atomic-Powered Hydrofoil of the Future by Sage Chow

    Access each track by following the links and clicking the ( Download ) button on the subsequent pages. Share and enjoy!

  66. #ireality closing set: I Feel Love, Echo Beach, Call Me, Funkytown, This Is Not A Love Song, Happy House, If I Can't Have You

  67. Dear #ireality #ireality2012 speakers, what to do about those trying to revert to the past? eg undo teaching evolution, to instead teach creationism/I.D., undo same-sex marriage and gay rights in general, undo women's rights over their bodies, and undo healthcare/obamacare?

  68. Attending @dconstruct? Let's start lurking in the #dconstruct IRC backchannel on Freenode. See you soon.

  69. great idea+execution: "Pretty Eight Machine" #NIN Pretty Hate Machine re-imagined #8bit inversephase.bandcamp.com/album/pretty-eight-machine #chiptune

  70. just one week until @IndieWebCampUK! Have your own site, want to do more? Join us 9/9 in Brighton indiewebcamp.com/2012/UK/Guest_List

  71. made a new favelet because FF, Chrome, IE stopped supporting "javascript:" in URL bar. Get JSeval favelets.com/#jseval