Meta (Facebook) released yet another social media network app called “Threads by Instagram”. It’s basically a clone of the Twitter interface, but automatically lets you follow everyone you follow on Instagram. That’s the thing that …
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Dressing Generations Fashion Show
On June 25, 2023 an interesting fashion show was held at the Hutong restaurant bar in New York City. It was organized by several recent Fashion Institute of Technology graduates to showcase their work. …
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The Sumo and Sushi event came to New York City on its last stop of the East Coast tour on June 23-25, 2023. It took place at the Armory Track on 216 Fort Washington Ave., …
Continue readingThe most intelligent people on the internet use this instead of Slack, Teams, or Discord
There are hundreds of messaging apps out there these days. Slack is one that has recently become popular for business communications as has Microsoft Teams. Discord is another one that’s become popular with gamers and …
Continue readingThe Fediverse should avoid bundling Private Messages completely and implement this instead.
Many servers in the Fediverse have implemented “private mentions” or “private messages” or “direct messages” in a manner that uses the ActivityPub protocol without encryption. Fediverse server administrators are able to read all of these …
Continue readingHow to make your own Delta Chat Email Server and compete with WhatsApp/Signal/Telegram
If you’ve been watching what’s been happening to Twitter since it was bought out by Elon Musk, you might have recently realized the advantages of using more sustainable, federated, decentralized, and open technologies (Such as …
Continue readingThe G5 HP Z Series Workstations are crazy powerful
I love using my HP Z series workstation during my day job of web design, environment design, animation, and brand identity design, but these new Z series workstations are on a much higher level than …
Continue readingUnderstanding Mastodon, the Fediverse, and why you should migrate from Twitter
The Fediverse is an incredibly good idea that should seem pretty obvious to anyone who has ever made a phone call, driven on roads, mailed a letter, sent an email, or browsed the web; decentralized, …
Continue readingCandy Crush Saga’s 10 Year Anniversary Party featured a 500 drone light show
On November 3rd, 2022 in New York City, Candy Crush Saga celebrates its 10 year anniversary with a small event at the Battery Park Esplanade and a big light show over the Hudson River performed …
Continue readingNew York Comic Con 2022
New York Comic Con is back for 2022! As a post pandemic event, masks were still required, but barely anyone wore them. The panels were slightly smaller, no longer taking over Madison Square Garden and …
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