Ken Dow

Helping people use technology

[Ken Dow @thekenshow]

@clmazin @johnaugust That optional interstitial/second page? It should be called a “setup page”.

[Ken Dow @thekenshow]

@ReillyDow Nifty 👀

[Invisible Friends @InvsbleFriends]

They told us it’s a dog but we’re not really sure.

[Ken Dow @thekenshow]

@CoinDesk @CFTC @bitfinex 👏@naomibrockwell Love that Diamond Age reference! Prophetic stuff from Stephenson.

[Ken Dow @thekenshow]

Bad enough my government wants to prevent her (again) from entering, but this? Embarrassing. #canada #censorship

[The Guardian @guardian]

Canada invited Chelsea Manning to country so she could be physically removed https://t.co/1vbcRxyeVy

[Ken Dow @thekenshow]

@ThunderBIsMe

[Chris Cantino @chriscantino]

Turns out playing video games was better prep for what comes next than any university

[Ken Dow @thekenshow]

@dcinvestor Ultrasound money: money you can’t hear?

[Ken Dow @thekenshow]

@revillete

[Alex Gladstein 🌋 ⚡ @gladstein]

1/ My essay "Inside Cuba's Bitcoin Revolution" is now live.

Mired in their worst economic crisis since the early 90s, Cubans face tyranny, shortages, blackouts, the embargo, and a collapsing peso.

A growing number are finding hope through Bitcoin 🧵

🇨🇺

https://t.co/zan9Yy3coy

[Wendy Xiao @wen_xs]

30 years from now, creativity and empathy are the only skills that will matter

[Ken Dow @thekenshow]

@twobitidiot @theemikehobart Funeral scene in Four Weddings and a Funeral. Impossible.

[Ken Dow @thekenshow]

@nathanjurgenson @AFDudley0 I’ve used @descript to create decent searchable transcripts.

[Ken Dow @thekenshow]

@FossGregfoss @juggtft @VilebrequinAuto Good friend and terrific woodworker friend of mine was involved in rebuilding that. He made the seat!

[PlanB @100trillionUSD]

Dutch House of Representatives voted for a law (for 103, against 26) that
- gives Covid (+future variants) same status as Ebola
- gives Government unlimited powers: curfew, lockdown, mask mandate, vaccine mandate etc
- takes away ALL constitutional protection
How did this happen?

[Ken Dow @thekenshow]

@ParkerMerritt @theinstagibbs Emergency Kit Multisig wallet recovery - approaches and standards, e.g., Muun Emergency Kit

[Ken Dow @thekenshow]

Pixar’s guide to storytelling. @ThunderB_RL @ReillyPinkfish

[Keeks 𐦂 @Nogoodtwts]

I feel like a lot of these points apply to goal setting, starting a project, and narrative psychology, too. Super valuable

[Ken Dow @thekenshow]

Was broken for @ 15 minutes, back on now. Was there a problem with DNS resolution in Brave?

[Ken Dow @thekenshow]

@BraveSupport @brave My Brave browser (latest) suddenly stopped resolving all kinds of domains on macOS this morning. Firefox and Safari on same machine work fine. No changes to Brave or localhost settings, VPN off. What?!

[The Tor Project @torproject]

This is the first time we have heard about financial persecution for defending internet freedom in the Tor community. We're very concerned about @PayPal's lack of transparency, and we urge them to reinstate this user’s account.
https://t.co/g0ssGiUyEZ

[Cobie @cobie]

When I finally quit crypto and pivot to being a trash science fiction writer please still follow me and buy my books thanks

[Jon Burke 🌍 @jonburkeUK]

What if I told you there was a single intervention we could deliver in our cities that would cool them during heatwaves, reduce flooding, scrub pollutants from the air, boost biodiversity, improve public health, and even reduce crime? You wouldn't believe me. But it's true.

[Ken Dow @thekenshow]

@ReillyDow

[Wendy Xiao @wen_xs]

OH today: crypto is astrology for men @MichelleNacouzi