I wish the full screen mode on Safari did what I want it to do — go full screen on the article. No address bar, no Favorites bar; just go full screen. iPad does it perfectly. Wish Mac took the inspiration.
Thoughts
I get a physical newspaper delivered to me every morning. My morning cup of tea with a daily dose of news, ones not worthy to go viral has been a routine for me.
However, recently the pages are full of cynicism. I do not want to start my day with this crap.
Stairs to serenity, an opportunity to rise above the routine hustle and bustle.
In continuation to my wish for the publications to allow subscribing only to their exclusive content, I have realised even the curators and aggregators are struggling with this scale. It’s become tiring to dig through the pile of garbage.
Every time I attempt to read any publication, I am bomabarded with the content marked “Exclusive” which rarely is exclusive. Many publications just regurgitate the same news and reports.
There was a time I could just fetch opinion/edits — there existsed even special feeds for such. Most well known media and news publication houses had different sections for their exclusive contents. Their voices, their interviews, their exclusive reports. Now try to find even a RSS feed for any of the big portals out there.
We are just pointed to their Twitter or Facebook accounts, which are useless because every update to their portal goes on their social media timeline. What’s the point of every account screaming that we have a new Samsung Galaxy S9 out now?
Ironically, it is especially bad for tech portals. We would believe they would know better - have clearly marked RSS feeds or social media accounts. Nope. Rarely do any of them have exclusives, most of the times content marked as such is a planned PR play from some company. “Exclusive: A walk through XYZ testing facility”. “Special: Interview with head of ..”. All these are just planted stuff, nothing new to tell.
I just hope we go back to the days when exclusives actually meant something. And also a wish that portals did separate their original content from the regular news storm. A separate feed (or even twitter account, for that matter) for your exclusives stories would be a good start.
So after carefully considering which apps actually deserve a place on my device, I’ve for the first time a vacant space in the dock. A spot that some e-mail client had always occupied.
For me, it has always been the phone, a social network and a music app. What about others?
‘Bro Culture’ Led to Repeated Sexual Harassment →
Former Google Engineer’s Lawsuit Says:
Lee’s male coworkers retaliated against her after the complaint, her lawsuit says. They refused to approve her code and stalled her projects, she says.
Sickening.
Adore that season where winter is bidding adieu and summer is getting ready, knocking on the doors. Greens are at their pleasing best.
I am becoming too much fussy, too much skeptical about things. I find a perfect, vacant parking spot and first thing I think is why has no one else taken this? Is there a dead rat? Or a half-broken branch dangling?
There has to be a George Costanza skit already made on this.
Why a billionaire’s Instagram alternative is suddenly so popular →
So how does it make money? The short answer is that it doesn’t — at least, not yet.
It’s sad to see users leave one silo for another. Vero too will follow the same path, as it focuses primarily on engagement.