Paul Morriss

@burningbird@mastodon.social Yes, I know that TikTok is really not for me

@burningbird@mastodon.social I don't know how long I've been reading your blog, but it could be as much as 15-20 years. I've been blogging since 1999, so hello fellow old-timer!

If I could travel back in time I'd say to my younger self, "develop an archiving strategy". Oh, and buy Apple shares.

This is great - an article on how Shazam works, which includes a spectrogram to visually show you the frequencies of any sounds you make - *in a browser*!
Here's my throat singing:

Today is World Quantum day, celebrated on 14 April, a reference to 14.4, the rounded first digits of Planck's constant. https://worldquantumday.org/why-april-14

#locale

RSS Feed readers are a bit old-fashioned, but I still use NewsBlur. I've been using it since Google Reader closed down. It costs money, but I think it's worth it. If you use this link then I get money off my subscription. The fact that I'm paying for it years later shows how good I think it is: https://www.newsblur.com/refer/paulmorriss

It's 6e-2 day today (approx 14.3)
#maths

I’ve also got space so that’s probably all we need

I can't have been the first person to have noticed this: This type of thing on Google chat is like the doors in Hitchhikers that talk to you as you go through.

I sometimes think of this xkcd cartoon. https://xkcd.com/435/
I've previously added my own thing on the left: economics is just applied sociology. Now I've thought of another: psychohistory is just applied economics

So Digg is back: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/digg-launches-its-new-reddit-rival-to-the-public/
Reading this article about why the original failed: https://backtofrontshow.com/what-happened-to-digg/ - a big redesign isn't a killer, so long as it's in the "right" direction. Facebook redesigned with a feed like Twitter and did OK. However, moving from community to publishers sounds like it was doomed to fail.
I've looked at the new one, but I'll wait until it creates ripples elsewhere before I go back to it. 🎤 ⬇️

RE: https://mastodon.social/@undermanager/115751958047342391

Do you have a presentation you'd like to refine, or one you're working on. I highly recommend this:

I went to hear Marc Burrows talk about his new book about Christmas No. 1s last night - would recommend: https://little-bits.paulmorriss.com/2025/12/marc-burrows-mistletoe-and-vinyl-story.html