ProseNotPrompts

Looks like Twitter (X) is down in India.

My only problem with Android is that it is an operating system designed to show you ads and track you. It is built by an ad tech company intended to turn your phone into a crowdsourced billboard.

Apple is slithering in that direction too, but nothing as overt and obvious as what Google does.

How tech giants track you across the web, even if you don't use their apps Ad tech giants use near-invisible "pixels" on web pages to track what you do online, even if you don't have an account or use their apps. Thankfully, there is a solution.

I wrote some words for this.weekinsecurity.com about how social media giants (aka: ad tech companies!) track you around the web, even if you don't have an account or use their apps. Follows from a brilliant column in the BBC about TikTok's use of website "pixels" to track people's browsing activity.

Quite happy to see Facebook reels showing guitarists playing classics from progressive rock titans Rush. Limelight, Closer to the Heart, and Mission seem to the top picks.

#ProgressiveRock #Rush #Guitar #70s #80s

What worries me is UI icons without labels. They sit there at the corner of pages. Why would you design or code such a thing first?

More words required to describe it to a user, right? #Accessibility #Inclusiveness #userdocs

Cloudflare outage blanks X users in India!

@thehindu.com Did you notice that X is not allowing some users in India to not log in through the website?

The app works.

It looks like X is down in India!

@nytimes.com @thehindu.com

Dreams YouTube video by Van Halen - Topic

In the beginning, I was confused who was playing the lead guitar in this song.

Van Halen - Dreams
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLdq...

#VanHalen #HardRock #80s

So, should all technical writers with decades of experience end up writing fiction or non fiction? #Writers

I realize that I won't be able to read all the books I have, nor will I get the chance to reread most of them. #books

Users’ Advocate: Nobody Reads Documentation | TechWhirl The Users' Advocate says nobody reads documentation. So how do we create usable technical content? Design for web, search, consultation, and conversation.

Loved reading this post by Mark Baker.

Mark, are you here y any chance?

techwhirl.com/users-advoca... #Documentation #TechnicalWriting

Real writers don't retire. Whichever AI tool cos release.

Writing and writers cannot be confined to illusory frames of reference. We rebel and innovate.

#Writers

Consulted Gemini documentation on how to restrict its activity on Google accounts.

Yes. I did read the #documentation for some time.