Ryan Lee Sipes

Managing Director for @mozthunderbird. Believe tech should be good for its users. I ♥️ open source.

[Ryan Lee Sipes @ryanleesipes]

If you want to see a better world, start with your own choices and actions. Support causes and products that are good for the world. Be kind to others and seek to be a positive point in others' lives. It all matters, and has an effect. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

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@mengwong We have talked about it quite a lot. We even almost joined forces with a well known decentralized social media player 😅

I do have skepticism around how "good" social media is for anyone. I'd like to get some idea of what a positive vision for it could be before doing something.

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Good afternoon, Brussels! Thank you to everyone who came out and tuned in to @ryanleesipes on the #FOSDEM Main Track this morning. We've got some great pics of his talk from Team Thunderbird, and we've loved seeing your pics! Keep them coming this weekend!

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@mcuban @mcuban why not argue with Vivek onstage at the next Republican debate? Hop in. The nation could benefit from hearing from you. I know you don't want to put your family through a run - but you really want any of the others in the white house? Bet you'd find it fun...

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A couple of my colleagues (and friends) and I @mozthunderbird made a podcast about Thunderbird and open source software. Check it out!

https://t.co/A0KMJBKJ4k

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The Thunderbird podcast is now available on several major podcast clients, such as:

@ApplePodcasts: https://t.co/lJSwi5gAzc

@Deezer: https://t.co/Zaq5z1UhZP

@Spotify: https://t.co/I92yNwknVq

You can also subscribe using good old RSS: https://t.co/vFaaQvFNin

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@Bashfulrobot Yes, life has been pretty good lately!

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So, as of September 14th, I became a father to these two beautiful girls. I finally have gotten enough sleep to share the news!

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@ChristopherBlum Thanks! It's a blast so far!

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@ikol8989x Thanks! We're very blessed!

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@geoffdoesstuff Thanks! They are a handful, but also very cute (and that helps)!

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@customsplice Built! Got done in September. In the mountains in Salida, CO.

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Putting a fireplace in the living room of my new house is, probably, the best decision I've ever made.

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@BobCollins Haha. Good question. Right now it's just nice because of our Internet speed is 1gbps, so we are able to use web services faster. I can push over 1gig over the LAN. A purpose for this? Not sure yet.

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Spent the morning terminating CAT6 cable and putting up my access points. You can now get near gigabit speeds out to the web throughout my house.

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@sramkrishna Working on it. 😁

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ICYMI: We announced our plans for Thunderbird Android this summer, and recently added a roadmap where you can track our progress: https://t.co/KQRE7rFPkA

There's also a detailed blog post which includes a link to an FAQ: https://t.co/t9QHRFXnM2

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Making Thunderbird better, every day. You're welcome.

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Thunderbird "Supernova" update!

On the left: the current App menu from Thunderbird 102.
On the right: the improved App menu that will be in next year's Thunderbird "Supernova."

You'll notice less to scroll through, new icons, and more thoughtful organization of menu items.

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The Thunderbird team is working on some amazing stuff to improve calendar management and finding times to meet with others.

You will be surprised and impressed.

That's all the teasing for today.

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@MartinHuette Gotta blow some stuff up to improve things. 😅

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Decided today that the next Thunderbird stable release will not be referred to as the arbitrary version number "115".

Instead, we will henceforth call it by its codename "Supernova".

So, folks, the 2023 release of Thunderbird is "Thunderbird Supernova"