Becky Vazquez

The NY Giants have entered the chat. 🏈

I missed Jon Stewart on The Daily Show so much ❤️

FOOTBALL, Y’ALL!

I have an appointment tomorrow at Apple to demo the Vision Pro. I’m super excited! 😊

The Cloud Is a Prison. Can the Local-First Software Movement Set Us Free? Tired of relying on Big Tech to enable collaboration, peer-to-peer enthusiasts are creating a new model that cuts out the middleman. (That’s you, Google.)

We made it into Wired! Check out this great piece on local-first applications featuring our friends @martinkl.com and Peter van Hardenberg of Ink & Switch, and our very own @expede.wtf! https://www.wired.com/story/the-cloud-is-a-prison-can-the-local-first-software-movement-set-us-free/

BIG NEWS! 📣 Fission has received an $800,000 USD grant to support further applied research of the InterPlanetary Virtual Machine (IPVM) protocols and the Homestar reference implementation from the Arcological Association and the IPFS Network Capital Pool. buff.ly/3Qwx7MY

Thinking of starting a tech and social justice book club. Would anyone be interested in this?

I wonder if the Digital Persona works with hijab?

Yooooo the eye display is super cool.

Vision Pro!!!

The new video conferencing features are neat!

IOS 17 is looking really cool. I like the new Journal and Standby experiences, the improvements to Messages, and NameDrop.

It's WWDC time! I'm SO excited to see Apple's Mixed Reality headset. I've been dabbling a little in AR development and can't wait to see what hardware and tools they've created for us to use!

Souvenir from Canadaland

Portland, ME and Burlington, VT are on my list! They look beautiful.

Thinking of spending a year living in 12 cities across the U.S.A. One month per city. Currently on the list are Miami, FL, Savannah, GA Charleston, SC, Raleigh, NC, Nashville, TN. Any suggestions? I wanna see as many national parks as possible. And skip Austin b/c I've already lived there.

I bought a 4-pack of Boss Beauties x Barbie collectible NFTs. This one is my favorite - she's a Game Designer!

Today on the blog, learn about Engineer Blaine Cook's work on the Name Name System, a tool that could improve the discoverability of IPFS-hosted content. https://fission.codes/blog/ipfs-thing-2023-nns/

Plan is to start out exploring the southern U.S. from July until the end of the year. Then I’ll decide where to go next!

Been spending my weekend pairing down my belongings and getting ready to be a full-time digital nomad!! This has been a long-term goal of mine and I’m super excited.

Neat! Funny enough, I've been thinking about zines lately.

Where is it?

Actually, I wonder if Frontend Mentor has a MySpace clone I can make? 💡

I’ve started a Digital Garden! I’m going for early MySpace vibes where you had a profile and could express yourself further by using HTML to customize your header, start a music player when your page opens, etc.

How to set your domain as your handle Using a domain as your handle helps with account identity, verification, and portability. Here's how to set your domain as your handle.

time to dust off that domain you've been hoarding for years and set it as your handle. easy tutorial up on our blog now!

https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/4-28-2023-domain-handle-tutorial

Is it possible to build your own pretty website without CSS?

it's only a blockchain if it comes from the blockchain region of france otherwise it's just sparkling merkle trees

And to Jenn Schiffer for introducing me to Glitch, and for Jon Corbett’s encouragement to take my ideas forward.

I’m thankful to Maggie Appleton for introducing me to digital gardening and Ramsey Nasser for making me feel happy about just using HTML, and that being enough. 😊

Walking away super inspired by the talks at Causal Islands. There are a few I need to watch the recordings of because I was working registration, but the ones I saw were 🤩🤩🤩.