âYour account is now unlockedâ in <1hr! If your new @Twitter account is locked, file a support request, explain what you did immediately beforehand, and reply to the email confirming your support request.
Hopefully youâll also get a similarly prompt response.
Full support message resolution:
â Hello,
Your account is now unlocked, and weâre sorry for the inconvenience.
Twitter has automated systems that find and remove automated spam accounts and it looks like your account got caught up in one of these spam groups by mistake. This sometimes happens when an account exhibits automated behavior in violation of the Twitter Rules (https://twitter.com/rules).
Again, we apologize for the inconvenience. Please do not respond to this email as replies will not be monitored.
Thanks,
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I appreciate @Twitterâs both prompt response (under an hour is quite reasonable for a service as large as Twitter), and immediate apology.
However I donât believe the "when an account exhibits automated behavior in violation of the Twitter Rulesâ excuse at all.
Here is what I did:
* I created the account @PostTypeDisc (for a convenient shorthand and status updates for the @W3C@SocialWebWG Post Type Discovery specification that Iâm editing) with a new email address * I confirmed the account via the email confirmation link * I changed a few preferences (to reduce ads, emails) * I edited the profile to add a short bio from the spec abstract, location of "World Wide Web", and URL to the specification * I followed @W3C * I followed @SocialWebWG * Account was automatically locked by Twitter
I did it all from a web browser, using Twitter.com directly. Nothing automated, and none of those actions violate any Twitter Rules. I was setting it up and following a few other accounts before writing the first tweet, which seems like a perfectly reasonable pattern.
I think this incident indicates the presence of bugs in Twitterâs âautomated systemsâ and hopefully theyâre looking into it. Iâm likely not the only person that âgot caught up in one of these spam groups by mistakeâ, and Iâd expect the typical user to just give up at that point and go back to another social media silo rather than take the time to file a support request (with any hope of a positive resolution).
Regardless, both opening and closing the resolution with a direct unconditional apology is good form, and good service design.
Last night we did yoga (thanks to @lululemonsf and @peterwaltersyog) outdoors under sparse clouds at twilight until it was dark enough to see a few stars, despite the urban light pollution. Afterwards we were greeted with this beautiful Tomorrowlandesque view of a 108 year old dome. #yestergram #nofilter
35:07 NPSF PR Wednesday this morning, 0:37 slower than Aug, including ~1min to reti(ght)e(n) shoes.
Technically I was slower this month than last time (2 months ago), yet actual running time was faster since I stopped to retie my right shoe that came untied literally on the first straight, after having run 2.2 miles to Alta Plaza without any sign of trouble. At that point I wasnât going to take any chances so I spent the additional time to tighten the laces and retie both shoes.
I was hanging with the pack until then (which was a good feeling, felt strong going into the first hill), but then never caught back up.
I didnât feel exhausted like last time. This was despite my mind being busy with too many thoughts last night (despite two yoga sessions earlier!) keeping me awake past midnight (slept 4-5 hours), despite literally physically getting into bed by 22:00.
Woke up with slight soreness in my right knee. Iced it a bit, which helped, a bit. Took some ibuprofen preventatively, which may also have helped, a bit. However it was still sore, in that low-grade way that makes you not want to push as hard. Thatâs an annoying regression from two months ago, and has been on/off enough the past few weeks that Iâm going to go see someone about it.
On the positive side: * breathing seemed fine (still had to hike most of the West hill straight) * left knee (the one I injured last November) was still totally fine * actually ran the last short hill straight before steps (every lap)
Still got work to do, still going to stubbornly keep coming back and doing the best I can.
A raven on Saturdayâs Tennessee Valley Fox Trail run. #latergram #nofilter
Ravens hold a powerful place in mythologies across the world and itâs easy to see why. This raven perched quietly, watched me run up the steep Fox Trail, and didnât flinch when I stopped to observe him.
He looked at me briefly as if he wanted to tell me something, then looked eastward and continued staring that way as I continued up the trail in the opposite direction.
Dawn last Monday @nov_project_sf. #natural #beauty #NPSF #justshowup #latergram #nofilter
Besides the incredibly supportive community and the inspiring commitment of those that dare to start Monday getting sweaty before sunrise, I have to admit anticipating skies like this motivates me to get out of bed in the dark, and get moving.
After last Saturdayâs trail run we took coffees & food to go back to SF and sat on a bench with this peaceful view. #latergram #nofilter
After outrunning dark clouds from the north, we had a window of sunshine and calm before the storm. It's weekend moments like these that help me get through the work week.
Tuesdays are often challenging, perhaps the day of the week when I most often question if I did enough professionally, tried hard enough, helped colleagues as much as I could. When that happens, I try to remember moments like this photo.
So for the next person that comes across this survey mark, hereâs the full text, roughly in the order and phrases intended on the mark:
CORPS OF ENGINEERS â U.S. ARMY SURVEY MARK $250 FINE OR IMPRISONMENT FOR DISTURBING THIS MARK MARIN 30TH ENGR GP STATION DESIGNATION AGENCY YEAR 1957
(Known typos: CORP OF ENGINEERS)
According to Google Maps (dropping a pin in satellite view) the latitude longitude coordinates of this Marin County mark are: Latitude: 37.8556 degrees (N) Longitude: -122.5221 degrees (W) Altitude: 1040 feet
8.6+ miles, 1200' climb, and this bridge to bridge view from yesterday morningâs trail run peak at SFRC. #yestergram #nofilter
It was supposed to be a ~7 mile route, but I ran an extra bit most of the way up to the radio tower on the left and back down to the route. Then instead of turning right onto Miwok trail, I decided to run uphill just a little further to the peak that was âright thereâ and was rewarded with this view and another survey marker.
Like last week, I was alone after the first few miles (though the route leader kept running back to make sure I took the correct forks, up until the fork up to the radio tower, then found me again when I rejoined the route).
After taking photos here I ran back down and took the Miwok trail turn, first saw Lucci running the other way with a friend, then within minutes, @poleary87 with his running buddy.
Saw just one hiker the rest of the way on Miwok until the turn onto Old Springs Trail where I saw some ~13 mile route runners, where our long & âshortâ routes of the day merged.
Took the downhill at an easy pace, until @mitchwestwood ran up behind me and as you might guess surprise hugged me (neither of us breaking stride, still not sure how we balanced that), before passing me with Katy Kunkle.
I decided to keep pace, and raced downhill keeping up with both of them, passing several other runners on the way, until the downhill portion ended at the Tennessee Valley trail head parking lot when I slowed to my own pace.
Took the Rhubarb trail (parallel to the road) as usual with its eucalyptus forest and made it back to SFRC with a total trail running time of 1:46:50, ~15s/km faster than last week. I'll take it.
and found just one result, on geocaching.com * Update 10:10, now three results, including a book, and my Twitter profile. * Update 10:50, more results, top result is now this post.
Kind of surprising for what looks like a physical permalink.
Searching for "National Geodetic Survey" I did find http://www.ngs.noaa.gov which has a giant blue and red text-as-an-image link âLooking for Bench Marks?â which sounded close as anything else on their home page to âHorizontal Control Markâ. That link goes to:
Both data sheets and the geocaching page did agree about the altitude or height of the marker at 1033 feet, which is how I determined the 1033' for my previous post.
Saturday morning at SFRC I ran up to this 1033' peak on Coyote Ridge, to Tennessee Beach, and back. ~10.2 miles, ~1233' climb. I could see SF and Sutro tower, tiny in the distance. #latergram #nofilter
The SFRC route for that day was ~13 miles, more than I was ready for. Another group went for the 7.25 mile Tennessee Valley trail run to the beach and back.
I felt stronger than last week, yet still fell behind. I was alone when I reached the Fox Trail fork and decided to choose my own path (having run it once before with @micheleperras). This time I kept running uphill to the next apparent peak, behind which there was one more which is when I reached this peak.
After taking photos I ran back down to Tennessee Beach, then back to SFRC in Mill Valley. 2:10:48 round trip. My farthest trail run in 18+ months and it felt good.
#TPAC2016@timberners_lee IndieWeb encourages having a website, domain name, blog, linking to each other. Weâre going to use the domain name system, HTTP. Weâll use the web, provide tools, make it easy to get certificates.
How quaint a city we have, so much space for many more downtown & SOMA skyscrapers. #SF #perspective #nofilter
SF has so much potential, we just need the vision to build up, and build densely, retail, offices, and apartments. Provide housing and small business opportunities for a diverse community of professions. #flyby #aerial #seat20K #UA58 #downtown #skyline #potential #SF1m #SF1million
More on iOS: I strongly recommend upgrading ASAP to iOS 9.3.5 before youâre prompted for iOS 10, AKA your device prompts you to publicly beta test iOS 10.
Especially if you have an "older" device like an iPhone 5 or iPod 5 touch, I have heard bad (slower, more battery consuming) things about iOS 10.
I just updated my iPod 5 Touch to iOS 9.3.5, seems to be ok once you dismiss all the alerts/prompts/dialogs attempting to upsell you on various iCloud options etc.
When iOS says: âTurning off Photo Stream will delete all Photo Stream photosâ, it is LYING đ„
E.g. any photos in your Camera Roll will NOT be deleted.
I know this because I just did turn off âMy Photo Streamâ in iCloud preferences in iOS. (yes, after backing up all my photos to my laptop) and clicked the scary âDeleteâ button on the resulting dialog (with aforementioned message).
Not a single photo was deleted. Not one. The only thing deleted was the seemingly superfluous âPhoto Streamâ album in the lists of albums. All photos still in the Camera Roll.
Liar, liar, UI pants on fire đ„
This alert wording is scare-UI designed to make you afraid of turning off iCloud âMy Photo Streamâ syncing (ships on by default), because of course, taking photos/videos which get synced to your iCloud is the fastest way to fill up your âfreeâ iCloud storage, and thus make your iOS device prompt you to pay to upgrade your iCloud account.
That filling up your iCloud storage also prompts another scare-UI:
âNot Enough Storage
This iPod touch cannot be backed up because there is not enough iCloud storage available. You can manage your storage in Settings. [Close] [Upgrade Storage] â
to again, pay to upgrade your iCloud account.
This feels fairly sinister, such fear-based UI design seemingly incentivized by an attempt to turn every iOS user into a paying iCloud subscriber.
I braindumped my rough, incomplete, and barely personal impressions from XOXO 2016 last night: #XOXOfest 2016: Independent Creatives Inspired, Shared, Connected. I encourage you to read the following well-written XOXO overview posts and personal perspectives. In rough order of publication (or when I read them):
Thereâs plenty of common themes across these posts, and lots I can personally relate to. For now Iâll leave you with just the list, no additional commentary. Go read these and see how they make you feel about XOXO. If you had the privilege of participating in XOXO this year, consider posting your thoughts as well.
Inspired, once again. This was the fifth XOXO Conference & Festival (my fourth, having missed last year).
Thereâs too much about XOXO 2016 to fit into one "XOXO 2016" blog post. So much that thereâs no way Iâd finish if I tried.
4-ish days of:
Independent creatives giving moving, inspiring, vulnerable talks, showing their films with subsequent Q&A, performing live podcast shows (with audience participation!).
Games, board games, video games, VR demos. And then everything person-to-person interactive. All the running into friends from past XOXOs (or dConstructs, or classic SXSWi), meetups putting IRL faces to Slack aliases.
Friends connecting friends, making new friends, instantly bonding over particular creative passions, Slack channel inside jokes, rare future optimists, or morning rooftop yoga under a cloud-spotted blue sky.
The walks between SE Portland venues. The wildly varying daily temperatures, sunny days hotter than predicted highs, cool windy nights colder than predicted lows. The attempts to be kind and minimally intrusive to local homeless.
More conversations about challenging and vulnerable topics than small talk. Relating on shared losses. Tears. Hugs, lots of hugs.
Something different happens when you put that many independent creatives in the same place, and curate & iterate for five years. New connections, between people, between ideas, the energy and exhaustion from both. A sense of a safer place.
I have so many learnings from all the above, and emergent patterns of which swimming in my head that Iâm having trouble sifting and untangling. Strengths of creative partners and partnerships. Uncountable struggles. The disconnects between attention, popularity, money. The hope, support, and understanding instead of judgment.
I'm hoping to write at least a few single-ish topic posts just to get something(s) posted before the energies fade and memories start to blur.
Iâm also matching $1k donations to #xoxofest JOIN fundraiser: give.xoxofest.com
Thanks @hondanhon and anonymous matching donors for setting a good example.
The JOIN fundraiser is to help Portland homeless families into permanent housing.
XOXO Festival represents one of the most intentionally community-positive conferences and efforts Iâve seen, strongly and directly confronting difficult & challenging issues both for the conference itself (like diversity & inclusiveness), and for the actual physical community surrounding the conference (local homeless).
The example set by Andy & Andy and the entire XOXOFest crew is amazing in all aspects of how to create, run, and iterate a conference. So much care, kindness, attention to detail, and understanding of broader context.
If you run a conference, look at all the details of how XOXO was done: https://xoxofest.com/
If you participated in XOXO Festival, please consider giving to broaden its positive impact.
This thing that youâve made, it's from you, and feels like you, but it really isnât you. It goes out there, and itâs not yours anymore. Your thing becomes our thing.
#xoxofest FC: How can we be independent together? What are ways that people can work with each other? * Employment - work for * Collaboration - working with * Community - working beside
None of these three are mutually exclusive.
Each combination produces its own kind of independence.
Flew here thru airy skies, ran up earthen hills, enlivened indoor spaces, absorbed solar fire heat while soaking in aquamarine waters. Til next year. #yxyy004 #latergram #nofilter
Sometimes the patterns, beauty, and diversity in little things, like a succulents centerpiece, can illustrate harmony, growth, and expansion under constraints. #latergram #nofilter
Saturday morning yoga @yxyy led by @jessdandy who once again asked me to lead a brief arm balance session (to ~2x the people in the photo, as the room filled to capacity during her class). #latergram #nofilter
Last year I showed my friend Jess how to do sidecrow, as my teacher Jordan had taught me. Jess (who has actual yoga teacher training) asked me to show her class what I showed her. She asked me to do the same this year at #yxyy004.
The class was much bigger this year than last, and several people said afterwards that they were able to do crow and/or side crow for the first time! A few gave me constructive feedback as well.
The entire experience convinced me to take the next step and pursue teacher training myself. I'm looking into options, and time+opportunity willing, I want to complete 200 hours before the next #yxyy.
Four years @yxyy. Every one has been distinctly different. #latergram #nofilter
If I could use one word to distinguish this year, it would be âintenseâ. The past year has seen stressful events, personally, to friends & family, locally, in the country, and across the world. Some of these things we can positively affect, some more than others.
This year in particular I was grateful I could both help a good friend believe they should go, and take care of just enough details so they could go.
From the first annual #yxyy sunrise trail run. #latergram #nofilter đ· @ph
Every @yxyy Iâve organized something new or different. The past couple of years I've organized morning runs, but in local loops on the streets of Palm Springs.
This year I decided to level it up (so to speak) and planned a trail run up the nearby picturesque hill. In addition to posting it I talked a few friends into meeting up at the Ace Palm Springs lobby well before sunrise.
After a brief warmup run to the base of the hill, we entered the north end of the Lykken trailhead, speed hiked and ran far enough to get 500' above Palm Springs. The desert sunrise was amazing.
The temperature rose quickly with the sun. We drank the water we brought with us, and swiftly ran back down the hill. We grabbed iced coffees (or various blends) at the cafe across from the Ace and exchanged the photos weâd taken.
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