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Written by John Maxwell on 2025-01-28 at 01:21

Has Google Drive become less usable, or was it always this bad? I'm finding its notifications are red herrings, the shortcuts simply fail, and the Desktop app creates a weird 'undead' region on my own drive, where the veil is thin but I have a hard time actually touching anything.

[#]kickittothecurb

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Written by John Maxwell on 2025-01-22 at 03:48

I was not raised nor do I identify as Christian, but Bishop Budde is a hero today. Straight to his face, in front of a crowd.

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Written by John Maxwell on 2025-01-20 at 22:02

Need a distraction from the inauguration? I wrote a long, irrelevant think-piece about streaming services and musicians and the ideal of a larger culture.

https://imaginarytext.ca/posts/2025/streaming-commodity-pricing/

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Written by John Maxwell on 2025-01-19 at 18:39

Trying to learn how to make amaretti, and the thing none of the recipes focus on is that the size of the cookies has everything to do with how long they need in the oven.

This "make balls approx 1 tbsp" stuff is nonsense!

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Written by John Maxwell on 2025-01-15 at 18:32

Further to our Masters Program in Publishing, here's some info on the planned evolution of our MPub degree over the coming year -- making it more accessible, more flexible:

https://www.sfu.ca/publishing/news/news-announcements/MPub-2025-McGregor-Explains-Program-New-Direction.html

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Written by John Maxwell on 2025-01-14 at 23:54

Come do a Masters degree in Publishing, in Vancouver!

Applications for our Sept 2025 cohort are invited to Feb 1st.

For details, see: https://www.sfu.ca/publishing/master-of-publishing/MPub-Admissions.html

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Written by John Maxwell on 2025-01-10 at 22:52

This is pretty interesting. Henry Farrell's analysis, "We're Getting the Social Media Crisis Wrong"

https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getting-the-social-media-crisis

via Audrey Watters

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Written by John Maxwell on 2025-01-07 at 05:37

Wassail'd.

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Written by John Maxwell on 2025-01-02 at 06:07

A blog post, in which I muse on what sleep-app developers could learn from Kate Bush. https://imaginarytext.ca/posts/2024/letmesleep/

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Written by John Maxwell on 2024-12-27 at 18:55

Susanna Clarke. The Wood at Midwinter.

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Written by John Maxwell on 2024-11-27 at 19:16

I don't know when I've ever enjoyed a big blast of boost spam as much as @RadicalOA's flood of links today. Amazing things!

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Written by John Maxwell on 2024-11-20 at 23:22

@RGBes Thank you for your blog post on ETbb (https://frommindtotype.wordpress.com/2020/10/22/etbb-another-font-inspired-by-bembo/), which is precisely what I needed for my Aldine research project!

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Written by John Maxwell on 2024-11-20 at 21:31

I bought the Affinity Suite, finally. Half price, currently.

Having used it a few times via their free trial period, I totally think this is worth it. A hundred bucks for a non-subscription license that should easily outlast my laptop.

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Written by John Maxwell on 2024-11-17 at 19:02

My baby had knee surgery, but she's recovering really well!

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Written by John Maxwell on 2024-11-15 at 19:47

Welcome to Mastodon, @JT_Thomas

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Written by John Maxwell on 2024-11-14 at 00:26

I blogged: some confessional about the experience of cycling in traffic, and the inevitable engagements with drivers.

https://imaginarytext.ca/posts/2024/bike-psych/

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Written by John Maxwell on 2024-10-31 at 18:58

I am absolutely thrilled to be able to post one of those "Come work with me" posts!

Amazingly, my university (Simon Fraser, in Vancouver BC) has approved our hiring a tenure-track position in Indigenous Publishing!

To find out what that might mean, please see https://www.sfu.ca/publishing/news/jobs/assistant-professor-in-indigenous-publishing.html

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Written by John Maxwell on 2024-10-28 at 02:10

Molly White hitting it out of the park this week:

https://www.citationneeded.news/i-am-my-own-legal-department/

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Written by John Maxwell on 2024-10-25 at 21:39

"“So much for ‘Democracy Dies in Darkness’,” [Susan Rice] said, referring to the newspaper’s official slogan, adopted in 2017 under Bezos’s ownership. “This is the most hypocritical, chicken-shit move from a publication that is supposed to hold people in power to account.” - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/25/washington-post-endorsement-president-election

Oh, America, you are in deep shit.

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Written by John Maxwell on 2024-10-23 at 20:21

I blogged about old-school email app woes, like it's 2004 again.

https://imaginarytext.ca/posts/2024/email-woes/

Thanks @dnorman for the nudge.

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