Jamie Thingelstad
Writer of The Weekly Thing. Explorer of tech, the open web, AI, and a good escape room. Minneapolis is home.
A funny thing happened on Twitter yesterday. My wiki project that keeps a database of nutrition facts Tweets every 6 hours with a random food from its 28,000+ entries. Yesterday, it highlighted trout: Nutrition facts for Fish, Trout, Mixed Species, Raw http://t.co/8XmR9NlCrl …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Slapped with a Large TroutFacebook to rip search opt-out from under those who were using it ← Time to delete account yet?
Tonight while on LinkedIn I was prompted for some people I might now, including this one. So, yeah, in fact I do know my 8-year-old daughter. I didn’t realize she was on LinkedIn? I wonder what professional updates she might have to share with me? What?! I know for a fact this …
Keep reading · 1 minute: LinkedIn: Yes, I know my daughter!Wow. Just observed a guy on the bus using Google+. First time for that. Facebook dominates the bus with a smattering of Twitter.
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#MediaWiki website Dungeons and Dragons Wiki http://t.co/tKoWd7gr registered.
— WikiApiary (@WikiApiary) January 8, 2013
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ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Wikipedia article, thanks to @dreamyshade! http://t.co/7cLCsSvd
— Pinboard (@Pinboard) January 2, 2012
Marco Arment had a blog post today on the recent changes to Twitters API. He highlights that “Twitter is not Ours”. Twitter can do whatever they want. It’s the simple, brutal truth. Twitter must do what’s best for Twitter. They owe us nothing. It’s not a public good. It’s not a …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Why I run my own websitesI was reading this very interesting article on Bitcoin by Jasan Calacanis and used the term “technotarian” and then defined it in a footnote as: We made this term up to describe the “good people” of the internet who believe in the fundamental rights of individuals to be free, …
Keep reading · 1 minute: TechnotarianOn Facebook I follow a handful of people who are semi-famous, and I don’t know but I know there work. One of those people is Jim Brandenburg, the renowned photographer that calls Ely, Minnesota his home. Anyway, he posted today that he was selling some of his gear, and it really …
Keep reading · 1 minute: Odd Facebook ConversationsWow - launching Twitterific 4.0 with the “light” theme is a breath of fresh air. Upgraded my license! Yeah for normal windows!