The @ShortFormErnie Archive
@shortformernie.bsky.social
Where you’ll find all your classic @ShortFormErnie tweets from Twitter.
Note: This is an archive of old tweets. Dead links are dead links. Posts are backdated (yes, Bluesky can do that).
Actual account: @ernie.tedium.co
Note: This is an archive of old tweets. Dead links are dead links. Posts are backdated (yes, Bluesky can do that).
Actual account: @ernie.tedium.co
The archive is now complete, covering 15 years of tweets over 60,000 posts. (A lot of replies, some threads, and some large images, were skipped.)
This was a fun project. Let’s never do it again.
This was a fun project. Let’s never do it again.
Hello! This is an archive feed. All the posts here are from the @shortformernie Twitter account. The links may or may not work.
You should be able to safely follow this feed, however, because everything is backdated, meaning it does not compete with live content.
Bug @ernie.tedium.co with Q’s.
You should be able to safely follow this feed, however, because everything is backdated, meaning it does not compete with live content.
Bug @ernie.tedium.co with Q’s.
November 1, 2024 at 1:25 AM
The archive is now complete, covering 15 years of tweets over 60,000 posts. (A lot of replies, some threads, and some large images, were skipped.)
This was a fun project. Let’s never do it again.
This was a fun project. Let’s never do it again.
Hello! This is an archive feed. All the posts here are from the @shortformernie Twitter account. The links may or may not work.
You should be able to safely follow this feed, however, because everything is backdated, meaning it does not compete with live content.
Bug @ernie.tedium.co with Q’s.
You should be able to safely follow this feed, however, because everything is backdated, meaning it does not compete with live content.
Bug @ernie.tedium.co with Q’s.
October 23, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Hello! This is an archive feed. All the posts here are from the @shortformernie Twitter account. The links may or may not work.
You should be able to safely follow this feed, however, because everything is backdated, meaning it does not compete with live content.
Bug @ernie.tedium.co with Q’s.
You should be able to safely follow this feed, however, because everything is backdated, meaning it does not compete with live content.
Bug @ernie.tedium.co with Q’s.
Look, if you use #WordPress, odds are the past month has left you feeling very frustrated with the current state of affairs. Should you move? Should you stick it out?
Some in-depth considerations in the latest issue of @readtedium:
https://t.co/qo5zzG66VP
Some in-depth considerations in the latest issue of @readtedium:
https://t.co/qo5zzG66VP
November 1, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Look, if you use #WordPress, odds are the past month has left you feeling very frustrated with the current state of affairs. Should you move? Should you stick it out?
Some in-depth considerations in the latest issue of @readtedium:
https://t.co/qo5zzG66VP
Some in-depth considerations in the latest issue of @readtedium:
https://t.co/qo5zzG66VP
Sick of having to care about posts like this one?
Read my post on @readtedium and learn about your potential #WordPress exit strategy:
https://tedium.co/2024/10/20/wordpress-cms-alternatives-content-strategy-advice/ https://x.com/ShortFormErnie/status/1848124036791906459/photo/1
Read my post on @readtedium and learn about your potential #WordPress exit strategy:
https://tedium.co/2024/10/20/wordpress-cms-alternatives-content-strategy-advice/ https://x.com/ShortFormErnie/status/1848124036791906459/photo/1
November 1, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Sick of having to care about posts like this one?
Read my post on @readtedium and learn about your potential #WordPress exit strategy:
https://tedium.co/2024/10/20/wordpress-cms-alternatives-content-strategy-advice/ https://x.com/ShortFormErnie/status/1848124036791906459/photo/1
Read my post on @readtedium and learn about your potential #WordPress exit strategy:
https://tedium.co/2024/10/20/wordpress-cms-alternatives-content-strategy-advice/ https://x.com/ShortFormErnie/status/1848124036791906459/photo/1
Counterpoint: If malfeasance is happening and your leaking helps protect people, leak to the media.
https://wordpress.org/news/2024/10/protect-private-conversations/
https://wordpress.org/news/2024/10/protect-private-conversations/
November 1, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Counterpoint: If malfeasance is happening and your leaking helps protect people, leak to the media.
https://wordpress.org/news/2024/10/protect-private-conversations/
https://wordpress.org/news/2024/10/protect-private-conversations/
This story just gets dumber and dumber.
https://www.404media.co/automattic-buyout-offer-wordpress-matt-mullenweg/
https://www.404media.co/automattic-buyout-offer-wordpress-matt-mullenweg/
November 1, 2024 at 1:16 AM
This story just gets dumber and dumber.
https://www.404media.co/automattic-buyout-offer-wordpress-matt-mullenweg/
https://www.404media.co/automattic-buyout-offer-wordpress-matt-mullenweg/
Elon, 2022: I run Twitter now
Crowd: *tries to flee, has nowhere to go*
Elon, 2023: This place is now called X
Crowd: *tries to flee, has nowhere to go*
Elon, 2024: Your stalkers can now easily read your tweets
Crowd: Oh cool, Bluesky is ready
Crowd: *tries to flee, has nowhere to go*
Elon, 2023: This place is now called X
Crowd: *tries to flee, has nowhere to go*
Elon, 2024: Your stalkers can now easily read your tweets
Crowd: Oh cool, Bluesky is ready
November 1, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Elon, 2022: I run Twitter now
Crowd: *tries to flee, has nowhere to go*
Elon, 2023: This place is now called X
Crowd: *tries to flee, has nowhere to go*
Elon, 2024: Your stalkers can now easily read your tweets
Crowd: Oh cool, Bluesky is ready
Crowd: *tries to flee, has nowhere to go*
Elon, 2023: This place is now called X
Crowd: *tries to flee, has nowhere to go*
Elon, 2024: Your stalkers can now easily read your tweets
Crowd: Oh cool, Bluesky is ready
The Trump campaign learns the hard way that your voter canvassing app shouldn’t consume more data than Stadia in 4K mode—*especially* if you’re targeting rural voters.
https://tedium.co/2024/10/16/trump-campaign-app-internet-consumption/
new @readtedium
https://tedium.co/2024/10/16/trump-campaign-app-internet-consumption/
new @readtedium
November 1, 2024 at 1:15 AM
The Trump campaign learns the hard way that your voter canvassing app shouldn’t consume more data than Stadia in 4K mode—*especially* if you’re targeting rural voters.
https://tedium.co/2024/10/16/trump-campaign-app-internet-consumption/
new @readtedium
https://tedium.co/2024/10/16/trump-campaign-app-internet-consumption/
new @readtedium
Some “serious journalist” tried making me feel small over the weekend. Little does he know, I know that I've seen his type before. #gatekeeping
https://tedium.co/2024/10/15/journalism-gatekeeping-writing-criticism/
new @readtedium
https://tedium.co/2024/10/15/journalism-gatekeeping-writing-criticism/
new @readtedium
November 1, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Some “serious journalist” tried making me feel small over the weekend. Little does he know, I know that I've seen his type before. #gatekeeping
https://tedium.co/2024/10/15/journalism-gatekeeping-writing-criticism/
new @readtedium
https://tedium.co/2024/10/15/journalism-gatekeeping-writing-criticism/
new @readtedium
Took a month, but Mullenweg finally blinked. He deleted a post after everyone sided with DHH. Brutal.
November 1, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Took a month, but Mullenweg finally blinked. He deleted a post after everyone sided with DHH. Brutal.
https://x.com/dhh/status/1845922634284126403 https://x.com/ShortFormErnie/status/1845925973553791070/photo/1
November 1, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Everyone stop the BDFLs are fighting!
Think we could get Adrian Holovaty and Bram Cohen to do color commentary?
https://ma.tt/2024/10/on-dhh/
Think we could get Adrian Holovaty and Bram Cohen to do color commentary?
https://ma.tt/2024/10/on-dhh/
November 1, 2024 at 1:15 AM
Everyone stop the BDFLs are fighting!
Think we could get Adrian Holovaty and Bram Cohen to do color commentary?
https://ma.tt/2024/10/on-dhh/
Think we could get Adrian Holovaty and Bram Cohen to do color commentary?
https://ma.tt/2024/10/on-dhh/
I can’t quite replace the Internet Archive, which has been down for many days due to a hack attack, but I can point out that the @readtedium archive is full of great posts on the history of tech.
Like this one, originally from 2019 and newly refreshed:
https://t.co/AX62V4pvUK
Like this one, originally from 2019 and newly refreshed:
https://t.co/AX62V4pvUK
November 1, 2024 at 1:15 AM
I can’t quite replace the Internet Archive, which has been down for many days due to a hack attack, but I can point out that the @readtedium archive is full of great posts on the history of tech.
Like this one, originally from 2019 and newly refreshed:
https://t.co/AX62V4pvUK
Like this one, originally from 2019 and newly refreshed:
https://t.co/AX62V4pvUK
The takeaway from this is image is that unless you’re Rhett & Link, you can be internet famous but also impossible to find in a lineup.
Apparently Laufey and the kombucha girl are in this pic, but good luck finding them. https://x.com/THR/status/1844389635931402620
Apparently Laufey and the kombucha girl are in this pic, but good luck finding them. https://x.com/THR/status/1844389635931402620
November 1, 2024 at 1:15 AM
The takeaway from this is image is that unless you’re Rhett & Link, you can be internet famous but also impossible to find in a lineup.
Apparently Laufey and the kombucha girl are in this pic, but good luck finding them. https://x.com/THR/status/1844389635931402620
Apparently Laufey and the kombucha girl are in this pic, but good luck finding them. https://x.com/THR/status/1844389635931402620
A fake-meat creator who just announced he was done with fake meat got me thinking about the way algorithms force creators into narrow interests.
I call it the “interest analogue.”
https://tedium.co/2024/10/10/social-media-algorithms-fake-interests/
new @readtedium
I call it the “interest analogue.”
https://tedium.co/2024/10/10/social-media-algorithms-fake-interests/
new @readtedium
November 1, 2024 at 1:15 AM
A fake-meat creator who just announced he was done with fake meat got me thinking about the way algorithms force creators into narrow interests.
I call it the “interest analogue.”
https://tedium.co/2024/10/10/social-media-algorithms-fake-interests/
new @readtedium
I call it the “interest analogue.”
https://tedium.co/2024/10/10/social-media-algorithms-fake-interests/
new @readtedium
This is the argument that should win. That DHH is making it is likely to rub some folks the wrong way, but … this is the argument that should win. https://x.com/dhh/status/1843783918270722383
November 1, 2024 at 1:15 AM
This is the argument that should win. That DHH is making it is likely to rub some folks the wrong way, but … this is the argument that should win. https://x.com/dhh/status/1843783918270722383
udm14. That’s the tweet.
November 1, 2024 at 1:15 AM
udm14. That’s the tweet.
I think the part I appreciate about this the most is that he clearly used his teeth to hit the button that allowed him to take this picture https://x.com/hankgreen/status/1843360672555642914
November 1, 2024 at 1:15 AM
I think the part I appreciate about this the most is that he clearly used his teeth to hit the button that allowed him to take this picture https://x.com/hankgreen/status/1843360672555642914
The guy who founded @GoDaddy, Bob Parsons, is a billionaire—but his path to success looks a lot different from the “tech bro” image you might be thinking of.
I wrote a profile of him for today’s @readtedium:
https://tedium.co/2024/10/06/bob-parsons-godaddy-founder-interview/
I wrote a profile of him for today’s @readtedium:
https://tedium.co/2024/10/06/bob-parsons-godaddy-founder-interview/
November 1, 2024 at 1:15 AM
The guy who founded @GoDaddy, Bob Parsons, is a billionaire—but his path to success looks a lot different from the “tech bro” image you might be thinking of.
I wrote a profile of him for today’s @readtedium:
https://tedium.co/2024/10/06/bob-parsons-godaddy-founder-interview/
I wrote a profile of him for today’s @readtedium:
https://tedium.co/2024/10/06/bob-parsons-godaddy-founder-interview/
This is such a joke. The level of bad faith here is off the charts.
Next up he's gonna post on the Tumblr account how bad WP Engine is at memes. https://x.com/automattic/status/1842612123488473341
Next up he's gonna post on the Tumblr account how bad WP Engine is at memes. https://x.com/automattic/status/1842612123488473341
November 1, 2024 at 1:15 AM
This is such a joke. The level of bad faith here is off the charts.
Next up he's gonna post on the Tumblr account how bad WP Engine is at memes. https://x.com/automattic/status/1842612123488473341
Next up he's gonna post on the Tumblr account how bad WP Engine is at memes. https://x.com/automattic/status/1842612123488473341
In another universe, WPE and Matt would be signing an agreement to make this part of the core, a significant enough contribution that he'd give this whole situation a rest. https://x.com/photomatt/status/1842500184825090060
November 1, 2024 at 1:15 AM
In another universe, WPE and Matt would be signing an agreement to make this part of the core, a significant enough contribution that he'd give this whole situation a rest. https://x.com/photomatt/status/1842500184825090060
I wrote a quick blog post about why I find Clarendon to be such an awesome font—so awesome that it’s inspiring me to work on a redesign.
https://tedium.co/2024/10/05/clarendon-font-inspiration-redesign/
new @readtedium
https://tedium.co/2024/10/05/clarendon-font-inspiration-redesign/
new @readtedium
November 1, 2024 at 1:15 AM
I wrote a quick blog post about why I find Clarendon to be such an awesome font—so awesome that it’s inspiring me to work on a redesign.
https://tedium.co/2024/10/05/clarendon-font-inspiration-redesign/
new @readtedium
https://tedium.co/2024/10/05/clarendon-font-inspiration-redesign/
new @readtedium
This is a deep cut and I am here for it https://x.com/dieworkwear/status/1841931039603884487
November 1, 2024 at 1:15 AM
This is a deep cut and I am here for it https://x.com/dieworkwear/status/1841931039603884487
The problem with the benevolent dictator for life model is that it only works if the dictator is benevolent.
Hence, the mess with #WordPress:
https://tedium.co/2024/10/03/wordpress-wp-engine-lawsuit-open-source-impact/
new @readtedium
Hence, the mess with #WordPress:
https://tedium.co/2024/10/03/wordpress-wp-engine-lawsuit-open-source-impact/
new @readtedium
November 1, 2024 at 1:14 AM
The problem with the benevolent dictator for life model is that it only works if the dictator is benevolent.
Hence, the mess with #WordPress:
https://tedium.co/2024/10/03/wordpress-wp-engine-lawsuit-open-source-impact/
new @readtedium
Hence, the mess with #WordPress:
https://tedium.co/2024/10/03/wordpress-wp-engine-lawsuit-open-source-impact/
new @readtedium
The recent #MKBHD drama had me thinking: Is the blowback he got a result of the critic becoming the creator? (And has anyone been able to pull it off?)
https://tedium.co/2024/09/29/mkbhd-critics-turned-creators-history/
new @readtedium
https://tedium.co/2024/09/29/mkbhd-critics-turned-creators-history/
new @readtedium
November 1, 2024 at 1:14 AM
The recent #MKBHD drama had me thinking: Is the blowback he got a result of the critic becoming the creator? (And has anyone been able to pull it off?)
https://tedium.co/2024/09/29/mkbhd-critics-turned-creators-history/
new @readtedium
https://tedium.co/2024/09/29/mkbhd-critics-turned-creators-history/
new @readtedium