Jon Mitchell
@ablaze.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Writer-technologist with many websites under my belt. Father of children, rabbi’s husband, giver and recipient of many blessings. Publishing @ Tiger Pajamas Web Site […]
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Realm change
January 11, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Realm change
Reposted by Jon Mitchell
Apple released incredible AI podcast chapter markers and then trained it not to separate out advertisements
January 7, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Apple released incredible AI podcast chapter markers and then trained it not to separate out advertisements
Just need to clean my eyepieces before I put my computer on
January 6, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Just need to clean my eyepieces before I put my computer on
Songs on Apple’s Ambient playlists should be forbidden from using chimes tuned to the same note as the Messages ding, don’t you think?
January 3, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Songs on Apple’s Ambient playlists should be forbidden from using chimes tuned to the same note as the Messages ding, don’t you think?
Filing a Radar that just says “PUT THE ITUNES VISUALIZER INTO THE PODCASTS APP”
December 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Filing a Radar that just says “PUT THE ITUNES VISUALIZER INTO THE PODCASTS APP”
Cheating at iNaturalist in an aquarium in the Bahamas
December 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Cheating at iNaturalist in an aquarium in the Bahamas
Vision Pro is my preferred and favorite computer, and visionOS is my preferred and favorite computing environment, for whatever that’s worth
December 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Vision Pro is my preferred and favorite computer, and visionOS is my preferred and favorite computing environment, for whatever that’s worth
“I need a place where I can reward myself for my own curiosity.”
https://ebd47d88-9e82-4e05-838a-b115783072ca.libsyn.com/006-danielobserver-with-danielthedaring-daniel-patterson
https://ebd47d88-9e82-4e05-838a-b115783072ca.libsyn.com/006-danielobserver-with-danielthedaring-daniel-patterson
Phil's Web Site Pod Cast: 006: daniel.observer with danielthedaring (Daniel Patterson)
“The rewarding experience of seeing a bug on a flower of a plant that you planted, that’s a really special thing. I’m a part of the ecosystem.” Web Developer slash naturalist Daniel drops by the Cast to talk about using the nascent internet to post about Mortal Kombat, being known as a “webmaster”, discovering a spiritual community on Twitter, finding the other people who love “birds and bugs and weird little plants”, hiding easter eggs in web sites, and using the web to find your passion and your people. Daniel's web site is . Follow Daniel on Mastodon at . Phil, along with his partners, will make a good web site for you at . Visit phil's web site, the coolest web site on the entire internet, at . Music: Out of Tune by Bad Custer. Phil is one fourth of Bad Custer. Listen to more of our music at
ebd47d88-9e82-4e05-838a-b115783072ca.libsyn.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“I need a place where I can reward myself for my own curiosity.”
https://ebd47d88-9e82-4e05-838a-b115783072ca.libsyn.com/006-danielobserver-with-danielthedaring-daniel-patterson
https://ebd47d88-9e82-4e05-838a-b115783072ca.libsyn.com/006-danielobserver-with-danielthedaring-daniel-patterson
I’m coming to view web traffic the same way I view social media followers, which is to say I assume it’s malicious automated activity, and the only way to achieve human objectives online is to post for small numbers of high-quality human responses.
December 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I’m coming to view web traffic the same way I view social media followers, which is to say I assume it’s malicious automated activity, and the only way to achieve human objectives online is to post for small numbers of high-quality human responses.
Didn’t the Mastodon iOS app used to be an actual app? What happened?
December 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Didn’t the Mastodon iOS app used to be an actual app? What happened?
Figure 1: The official Tetris® app for iPhone
Figure 2: How every single Tetris player plays Tetris on an iPhone
Figure 2: How every single Tetris player plays Tetris on an iPhone
November 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Figure 1: The official Tetris® app for iPhone
Figure 2: How every single Tetris player plays Tetris on an iPhone
Figure 2: How every single Tetris player plays Tetris on an iPhone
Things guys who are about to personally pop the AI bubble say http://www.techmeme.com/251118/p11#a251118p11
November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Things guys who are about to personally pop the AI bubble say http://www.techmeme.com/251118/p11#a251118p11
Reposted by Jon Mitchell
My good friend @ablaze belongs to an organization that is doing very cool work making religious community accessible and nourishing for new generations. I gave to their fundraiser because I think that morally aligned local communities are the key to surviving the giant corporations and nation […]
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front-end.social
November 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
My good friend @ablaze belongs to an organization that is doing very cool work making religious community accessible and nourishing for new generations. I gave to their fundraiser because I think that morally aligned local communities are the key to surviving the giant corporations and nation […]
Reposted by Jon Mitchell
Happy Sunday, race fans. My wife’s organization is launching an important fundraiser today with a 2X matching donor. If you could support my campaign by donating or sharing my link here, it would mean a lot.
causematch.com/maalot/jon
Spiritual wellness through Jewish wisdom for all Atlantans!
causematch.com/maalot/jon
Spiritual wellness through Jewish wisdom for all Atlantans!
November 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Happy Sunday, race fans. My wife’s organization is launching an important fundraiser today with a 2X matching donor. If you could support my campaign by donating or sharing my link here, it would mean a lot.
causematch.com/maalot/jon
Spiritual wellness through Jewish wisdom for all Atlantans!
causematch.com/maalot/jon
Spiritual wellness through Jewish wisdom for all Atlantans!
My only complaint about Apple Podcasts is that Up Next should always include Saved
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
My only complaint about Apple Podcasts is that Up Next should always include Saved
MacBook Pro gf, iPad Pro bf
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
MacBook Pro gf, iPad Pro bf
Since my VPN is already my favorite subscription for… you know, sports reasons, I might as well use it on every Wi-Fi network outside my house, I suppose
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Since my VPN is already my favorite subscription for… you know, sports reasons, I might as well use it on every Wi-Fi network outside my house, I suppose
I was lenient for a while, but I think iPad apps that still don’t support multiple scenes need to wake up now
November 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I was lenient for a while, but I think iPad apps that still don’t support multiple scenes need to wake up now
I’m starting to see a lot of loud scolding about AI use by people who have a quiet zone of exception for themselves that confers them some advantage
October 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I’m starting to see a lot of loud scolding about AI use by people who have a quiet zone of exception for themselves that confers them some advantage
Am I still a tech person?
October 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Am I still a tech person?
Vision Pro is the first instance I can think of of Apple shipping a world-beating product and failing to figure out how to sell it.
October 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Vision Pro is the first instance I can think of of Apple shipping a world-beating product and failing to figure out how to sell it.
I’m back over here. Self-hosting seems like a waste of money at this point
October 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I’m back over here. Self-hosting seems like a waste of money at this point