Tony Thompson

He's just this guy, y'know?

[Tony Thompson @tonious]

I should probably stop lurking here; won't be leaving the house for a while.

[Andrew Coyne 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇬🇪🇲🇩 @acoyne]

The Ford government is exactly the kind of government the Charter was supposed to restrain. Handing it the notwithstanding clause is like handing a drunk a loaded gun.

[I Am Recruitr @iamrecruitr]

I would like to add you to my professional network on GitHub.

[bitHound @bitHoundio]

It has been a great four years, but sadly, today is our last day. We leave you with a quote from the great Douglas Adams: "So long, and thanks for all the fish" https://t.co/uSCK0ggXMI

[Tony Thompson @tonious]

I got distracted.

[Ben Klass @BenKlass]

National mobile carriers submit proposals for “affordable data plans”. Telus proposes a plan already in market; Bell & Rogers propose plans significantly more expensive than existing in-market plans, showing just how seriously they’ve taken the #CRTC request

[Tony Thompson @tonious]

@RobDrimmie @gordtanner Oh, that's a clever idea. Flip a switch, and it becomes a read-only artifact. Build it on a set-top box rather than a router, and you end up with a family photo archive.

[Tony Thompson @tonious]

@gordtanner @RobDrimmie Even a few projects that do callback driven updates to git backed static sites. Big emphasis on keeping data accessible.

[Tony Thompson @tonious]

@gordtanner @RobDrimmie There's some really cool aspects to what they're doing. Discoverable APIs, consistent data with community supported linters and validators...

[Tony Thompson @tonious]

@RobDrimmie @gordtanner The #indieweb people are doing some good, but anything that requires maintenance will have trouble competing with big centralized services.

[Tony Thompson @tonious]

@RobDrimmie @gordtanner The hardware is becoming cheap enough. And home network connections are fast enough. Right now, the software isn’t up to par.

[Rob Drimmie @RobDrimmie]

@gordtanner I think the fundamental concept of moving things back out to the edges/decentralizing is the key. Everything being on Facebook, Twitter and Medium is unhealthy.

Giving everyone some easily manageable (secure!) space is a good notion.

[Gord Tanner @gordtanner]

The internet isn’t the place I want it to be. How do we go back to the free, open, decentralized vision from the 90s? How can we then keep that a safe space?

[julie @kwon__julie]

don’t worry guys this definitely isn’t based on my real life and is totally not what happens every time i go home from work

[Tony Thompson @tonious]

Apple's aerial screensaver + any soul song = random heist movie opening credits.

[Arvind Narayanan @random_walker]

Proposal: an AdBlockPlus-like browser extension backed by a crowd-sourced repository of Dark Patterns—as you browse, it would highlight UI elements that are attempting to manipulate or trick you.

Image illustrates Dark Patterns in TurboTax, via https://t.co/7RZYpBfCRJ