I now joined @bluesky due to a generous contribution of an invite code from @gplowe92.
https://t.co/fsdLIYJ12o
I've already pretty inactive on Twitter these days. As I'm slowly finding more of the folks I know from here over there, I can see my activity dropping even more.
After a successful beta test, we are excited to announce a new free service for the community! We are now hosting our own search engine. Think of it like Google but with more of a privacy focus with no ads or AI summaries!
Check it out here: https://t.co/Ot4z8Ja2eq
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We're happy to celebrate four years in business today! Thank you again for the continued support from the community. We look forward to serving you in 2025 and beyond!
@LisaRimolde One of your customers stops in towards the end of the day (after it started raining) to offer you a ride home since they knew you walked to work that day.
cc: @LisaRimolde
You rush into the bathroom at the movie theater to find they've got your usual popcorn ready to go at the counter when you come back out.
cc: @LisaRimolde
So remember that iPod project I mentioned? I don't think I ever posted any updates about it here but I did get it going. And I'm happier than ever with my music listening experience. No Spotify outage for me! 🤘
Even if I'm not sure if anyone will care or see it. There's a surprising number of hardware and software mods you can do with these things. Just for a little sampling:
https://t.co/OfieF2o0HC
Really cool stuff.
@Spotify announcing plans to kill off the Car Thing was a turning point for me. I am putting money into my old iPod Classic to get it into the modern era with a few upgrades including Bluetooth and more storage. An end of an era and the start of a new one.
cc: @SpotifyCares
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It was a bunch of little things over the years that made me start to dislike streaming music all the time.
I really missed my iPod, the only product Apple has ever made that I love. This is gonna be a fun little project and I'll try to remember to post some updates here.