Notices by Scott Nesbitt (scottnesbitt@mastodon.social)

If these are the only ways I can sign into your web app, I'm not interested. No matter how useful that app is

Learn how to run a good meeting over IRC (yes, really!) https://opensource.com/article/19/2/irc-vs-irl-meetings

.@dparzych@twitter.com explains why you don't need to be a developer or an operations person to fall for #DevOps https://opensource.com/article/18/11/how-non-engineer-got-devops (via @opensourceway@twitter.com)

RT @CatalystNZ@twitter.com: We are hiring and looking for a junior developer to join the @maharaproject@twitter.com team at Catalyst in Wellington that creates #FLOSS on a daily basis. If you are interested, head over to https://www.seek.co.nz/job/37765531?type=standout ^KH

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CatalystNZ/status/1064986993434624000

Speaking of The Plain Text Project: the first round of interviews with users of plain text is almost done. If you're interested in sharing your experiences using plain text, drop me a line at https://plaintextproject.online/contact.html

RT @QZY@twitter.com: Yo-Yo Ma wants to heal the world with Bach https://quartzy.qz.com/1368118/yo-yo-ma-wants-to-heal-the-world-with-bach/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/QZY/status/1033348917356896261

#writing isn't merely about putting words on paper or on screen. It's making that collection of words clear and easy to understand. That's what makes writing a challenge, but a challenge we should all face

Website to me: We notice you're using an ad blocker ...

Me to website: Yes, and you're using a couple of dozen tracking scripts. You get rid of yours, I'll get rid of mine

@starbreaker People like Mourdoukoutas don't understand it's not always about the bottom line. Public spaces like parks and libraries are far more than what they appear to be in the surface. You can't measure the benefits they bring in mere dollars and cents

Congratulations to the folks @Framasoft for reaching the first crowdfunding goal for #PeerTube (a free, federated video platform they're developing).

Want to break free of the shackles of the likes of YouTube and Vimeo? Then check it out: https://www.kisskissbankbank.com/en/projects/peertube-a-free-and-federated-video-platform/

Cheaper textbooks and better access for higher ed students with OpenStax https://opensource.com/article/18/6/openstax-open-textbook

This looks like it could be an interesting conference, though maybe a tad academic

http://thewebthatwas.net/

For the last couple of weeks, I've been working with Tekan, an @WekanApp or @trello-like plugin for #TiddlyWiki. It's simple, but effective for a pair of personal projects, and for a pre-release workflow at the day job

https://ibnishak.github.io/Tesseract/projects/tekan/Tekan.html

A quick tip of the hat to @dansup for putting together @pixelfed. Yes, it's in beta. Yes, there still more work to do. But you can't deny it's an achievement

Interested in FreeDOS? Then check out this introduction from one of its maintainers https://opensource.com/article/18/4/gentle-introduction-freedos

I'm starting an interview series at the Plain Text Project, focusing on people who've embraced the plain text way of life. Interested in joining in, or know someone who is? You can find out more here:

https://plaintextproject.online/2018/04/12/interview.html

Trust Warren Ellis to have an 'interesting' (to say the least) take on Thomas the Tank Engine:

http://morning.computer/2018/04/thomas-the-tank-engine-in-hell/

"... THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE is a dystopia, and in fact is a post-nuclear-apocalypse story about the Strategic Reserve ghost fleet."

A chat with Luisa Bisio, marketing director of System76, about why the company will soon make its #linux powered computers in Denver https://opensource.com/article/18/4/system76-us-manufacturing-plant

An alternative to something doesn't need to be a feature-for-feature replacement

Speaking of documentation (which I did in my last toot, as you might recall), I offer some advice for creating #mobile friendly docs in my latest article for Opensource.com https://opensource.com/article/17/12/think-mobile #techcomm https://mastodon.social/media/0XhNjNWWISD4ubLwvZ8