Aaron Green

Front-end developer, Drupal site-builder, aspiring digital strategist

[Aaron Green @JAaronG]

Is It Safer to Use an App or a Website on Your Phone? https://t.co/A86pqxUFPw

[Aaron Green @JAaronG]

@bigleaguechew ⚾

[Shane Morris @GShaneMorris]

Let me let you in on a little secret about 1990s nostalgia: you don't miss Blockbuster or dine-in Pizza Hut. You miss analog life with other people who weren't distracted and were really present to enjoy mundane moments with you.

[Bojan Tunguz @tunguz]

“Have you heard of ChatGPT? Are you interested in learning how to use it correctly?”

[Bojan Tunguz @tunguz]

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[Danielle @DLVermeer]

this SNL skit perfectly sums up consumers’ paradox with fast fashion

them:
the clothes are cute & cheap but they smell like gasoline…there’s no forced labor or shady stuff going on, right?

brand:
if there was, would you stop buying it?

them:
no 😕

[Harrison Ford @HarrisonFordLA]

May the fourth be with you

[Jason Helmes @anymanfitness]

Just finished this book - Bad Therapy by @AbigailShrier

This is one of the most eye-opening books I've ever read. It's a must read for any parent, any teacher, and should be required reading for any school administrator as well.

The book dives into trying to figure out why kids are having so many mental health problems, when there are so many resources devoted to improving mental health outcomes.

Anxiety, depression, suicide, etc are all higher than they've ever been with kids, even though their lives are arguably better than ever before. It just doesn't make sense.

A few key takeaways from the book:

A constant attention on how kids are "feeling" or "thinking" is causing negative outcomes.

Constantly ruminating on your emotions and how you feel negatively impacts your mental health. If all you do is focus on your emotions, you are destined to be anxious or depressed.

We incessantly ask kids how they're feeling, if they're happy, how their mental health is, etc, and this is creating kids who think they're fragile instead of resilient.

Trying to solve every problem for kids has caused a generation who can't do anything for themselves.

We (Gen X) were told to "suck it up" or "you'll live" or "rub some dirt on it" all the time. Many of us came to the conclusion this is "bad parenting" because our feelings were neglected, and we vowed not to do this to our own children.

Because of that, kids immediately over-dramatize everything that happens to them, making mountains out of molehills, and thinking the world must revolve around their emotions and feelings.

You develop confidence and strong mental health by doing things, not by thinking or via therapy.

You can't think your way out of anxiety. You don't gain confidence by analysis of your thoughts or mental health issues.

You gain confidence and eliminate anxiety by doing gradually more difficult tasks, excelling at them, and realizing you are a competent, capable person.

The non-stop attention therapy gives to these small, common emotions we all feel blows them out of proportion to their seriousness (not talking about genuine disorders here, just normal anxieties that millions of people go to therapy to try to avoid).

One of the best ways to decrease your happiness is to chase it.

Our society constantly tells kids they should be "happy" and asks them if they are.

Happiness isn't a state you should be in 24/7. That's not realistic. Joy and bliss aren't permanent states - they are fleeting.

Contentment, stillness, and being even-keeled are much better goals to aim for mentally.

The happiest, most well adjusted kids come from families with loving parents that have strict rules for the household.

This one really set off the confirmation bias in me... I feel really blessed we have 2 well adjusted middle school kids who do great in school, are very respectful and well mannered, and we barely even need to parent them.

But for years, we were very strict with them. Bedtimes, family rules, how we do things, etc. The in-laws and lots of friends thought we were totalitarian.

In reality, we just had high standards. And it's really paying off right now. I found it really interesting that strict rules equals happy kids. Makes sense, though, as kids need to know what their boundaries are.

Constantly surveying school-age kids about their mental health causes more issues than it solves.

Mental health resources is big money. Districts need to validate all the resources allocated towards mental health, and they often do that via surveys.

Asking kids non-stop questions like:

- Have you thought about self harm?
- Have you thought about suicide?
- Have you been so anxious you can't get out of bed?

Etc, etc puts into their heads the idea that themselves, or many of their peers are broken and cannot function properly in the real world.

It normalizes situations that would be incredibly rare at any other time in history.

There's a lot of other takeaways, too, but I'll stop there.

It's a fantastic book. Go pick it up and read it. This isn't an affiliate thing or a promotion thing at all. I just really enjoyed it, and it will further shape the way I parent moving forward.

[Open Web Advocacy @OpenWebAdvocacy]

It's official

Apple is killing PWAs on iOS for EU users

"To comply with the DMA’s requirements, we had to remove the Home Screen web apps feature in the EU.

－"Very low user adoption of Home Screen web apps"
－"Minimal impact to their functionality"

Time to go ☢️

[WIRED @WIRED]

“There is no cloud. There is just someone else’s computer.” That “someone else” being a corporation. https://t.co/rrppX8vxSV

[Aaron Green @JAaronG]

@brad_frost Gardening/Bonsai, hated gardening chores when I was a kid.

[ESPN @espn]

Bills safety Damar Hamlin was taken off the field in an ambulance after receiving treatment for over 10 minutes.

CPR was administered to Hamlin after he collapsed early in the game. He appeared to be receiving oxygen as he was placed in the ambulance. https://t.co/7VR8hm1lx2

[Aaron Green @JAaronG]

@mgsiegler I haven't had any issues, but has any social network had to scale this quickly? The question is, is it worth building on?

[Aaron Green @JAaronG]

@GuyKawasaki People running servers "power" it from what I understand. More info here: https://t.co/F3y2vwtRjL

[Seth Odell @sethodell]

Want to yield more from marketing without spending more on marketing?

Fix your website.

We increased one client's website conversion rate 500% over 8 months.

No silver bullets. Just best practice.

[Aaron Green @JAaronG]

@halvorson It is open and decentralized which has always started out with a less than ideal experience (i.e. the web). But I think it's easy to see why a global communications network shouldn't be under one person's thumb.

Lots of possibilities: https://t.co/RUoPZyHnzq

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Reinstate former President Trump

[Civil Eats @CivilEats]

The EPA knows that plastic containers are leaching toxic ‘forever chemicals’ into pesticides. But PFAS are also ending up in pesticides from other sources—in much higher quantities. https://t.co/UsFMNtGB8a