{"ancestors":[],"descendants":[{"id":"111881837279655137","created_at":"2024-02-06T00:48:08.000Z","in_reply_to_id":"111881768590069144","in_reply_to_account_id":"111243333718206142","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"unlisted","language":"en","uri":"https://devdilettante.com/users/roland/statuses/111881780467089997","url":"https://devdilettante.com/@roland/111881780467089997","replies_count":0,"reblogs_count":1,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eboris\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://fosstodon.org/@chuqvr\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003echuqvr\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e everybody's an \"expert\" on software including business models like subscriptions myself included. And 90% of those \"experts\" are wrong, myself included :-) !\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"111243597130409772","username":"roland","acct":"roland@devdilettante.com","display_name":"roland","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-11-13T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003esearchable \u003ca href=\"http://rolandtanglao.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttp://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003erolandtanglao.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e I love people \u0026amp; computers \u0026amp; many other things like bicycling \u0026lt;= 18km/h :-), cross country skiing, inexpensive food (Filipino, Chinese \u0026amp; all Asian especially but all food in general), lindy hop swing dancing, 80s music (CFNY forevah), etc. Pronouns: he/him.  Living in \"Vancouver\" on the un-ceded lands of Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh (Burrard) peoples. I speak bad German, very bad French \u0026amp; super bad Kapampangan \u0026amp; Tagalog food words :-). Go science  go!\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://devdilettante.com/@roland","uri":"https://devdilettante.com/users/roland","avatar":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/avatars/111/243/597/130/409/772/original/745b48aca6b6b08d.png","avatar_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/avatars/111/243/597/130/409/772/original/745b48aca6b6b08d.png","header":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/headers/111/243/597/130/409/772/original/c349c6c228c28b46.jpg","header_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/headers/111/243/597/130/409/772/original/c349c6c228c28b46.jpg","followers_count":976,"following_count":1372,"statuses_count":53872,"last_status_at":"2026-04-19","hide_collections":false,"emojis":[],"fields":[]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"111243333718206142","username":"boris","url":"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris","acct":"boris"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"111882919085949007","created_at":"2024-02-06T05:37:41.000Z","in_reply_to_id":"111881768590069144","in_reply_to_account_id":"111243333718206142","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"unlisted","language":"en","uri":"https://iosdev.space/users/jonhendry/statuses/111882919044536208","url":"https://iosdev.space/@jonhendry/111882919044536208","replies_count":2,"reblogs_count":1,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eboris\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://fosstodon.org/@chuqvr\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003echuqvr\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Subscriptions match the work needed. \"\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd if that work *isn't* done? Not all software is maintained assiduously, and you often don't know ahead of time what to expect.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI personally am more comfortable with the model of \"Pay 'full price' for version X, get updates that fix any significant bugs that shipped.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen at some point in the future, pay 50%-100% for version X+1 or X+2 or X+3 depending on when I feel the upgrade is sufficiently worthwhile. Or maybe never.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"111283311814529302","username":"jonhendry","acct":"jonhendry@iosdev.space","display_name":"Jonathan Hendry","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2023-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://iosdev.space/tags/Mac\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eMac\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e / \u003ca href=\"https://iosdev.space/tags/iOS\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eiOS\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://iosdev.space/tags/developer\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003edeveloper\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e since \u003ca href=\"https://iosdev.space/tags/NeXTSTEP\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eNeXTSTEP\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e 2.x, currently taking care of a parent and cultivating an epic resume gap.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso interested in \u003ca href=\"https://iosdev.space/tags/electronics\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eelectronics\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://iosdev.space/tags/3dprinting\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003e3dprinting\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https://iosdev.space/tags/machining\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003emachining\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://iosdev.space/tags/fedi22\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003efedi22\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://iosdev.space/@jonhendry","uri":"https://iosdev.space/users/jonhendry","avatar":"https://toolsforthought.social/avatars/original/missing.png","avatar_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/avatars/original/missing.png","header":"https://toolsforthought.social/headers/original/missing.png","header_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/headers/original/missing.png","followers_count":179,"following_count":727,"statuses_count":7823,"last_status_at":"2026-04-16","hide_collections":false,"emojis":[],"fields":[{"name":"Location","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://iosdev.space/tags/Connecticut\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eConnecticut\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"111243333718206142","username":"boris","url":"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris","acct":"boris"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"111882939562596302","created_at":"2024-02-06T05:42:53.000Z","in_reply_to_id":"111882919085949007","in_reply_to_account_id":"111243333718206142","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"unlisted","language":"en","uri":"https://iosdev.space/users/jonhendry/statuses/111882939494724488","url":"https://iosdev.space/@jonhendry/111882939494724488","replies_count":2,"reblogs_count":1,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eboris\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://fosstodon.org/@chuqvr\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003echuqvr\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI realize there may not be many people like me now. And the Apple app stores don't really support this model very well.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut I find that subscriptions have a certain cognitive load that goes with them. That adds up as you sign up for more subscriptions.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaybe I'd feel better about them if every billing cycle I had to check off the subscriptions I wanted to continue paying for.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"111283311814529302","username":"jonhendry","acct":"jonhendry@iosdev.space","display_name":"Jonathan Hendry","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2023-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://iosdev.space/tags/Mac\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eMac\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e / \u003ca href=\"https://iosdev.space/tags/iOS\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eiOS\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://iosdev.space/tags/developer\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003edeveloper\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e since \u003ca href=\"https://iosdev.space/tags/NeXTSTEP\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eNeXTSTEP\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e 2.x, currently taking care of a parent and cultivating an epic resume gap.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso interested in \u003ca href=\"https://iosdev.space/tags/electronics\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eelectronics\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https://iosdev.space/tags/3dprinting\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003e3dprinting\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https://iosdev.space/tags/machining\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003emachining\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://iosdev.space/tags/fedi22\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003efedi22\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://iosdev.space/@jonhendry","uri":"https://iosdev.space/users/jonhendry","avatar":"https://toolsforthought.social/avatars/original/missing.png","avatar_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/avatars/original/missing.png","header":"https://toolsforthought.social/headers/original/missing.png","header_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/headers/original/missing.png","followers_count":179,"following_count":727,"statuses_count":7823,"last_status_at":"2026-04-16","hide_collections":false,"emojis":[],"fields":[{"name":"Location","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://iosdev.space/tags/Connecticut\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eConnecticut\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"111243333718206142","username":"boris","url":"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris","acct":"boris"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"111882976596693995","created_at":"2024-02-06T05:52:18.000Z","in_reply_to_id":"111881768590069144","in_reply_to_account_id":"111243333718206142","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"unlisted","language":"en","uri":"https://hachyderm.io/users/cdemwell/statuses/111882976539953905","url":"https://hachyderm.io/@cdemwell/111882976539953905","replies_count":3,"reblogs_count":1,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eboris\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://fosstodon.org/@chuqvr\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003echuqvr\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e In your model, if the customer stops paying the subscription do they lose access only to future updates, or do they lose access to the software entirely?\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"111568266708997015","username":"cdemwell","acct":"cdemwell@hachyderm.io","display_name":"Chris Demwell","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eI think about organizations like systems and build them like communities. I believe in success as a side effect of learning. I dance, I care for my child, I do the needful. Engineering \u003cbr\u003e@ shortcut.com.\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://hachyderm.io/@cdemwell","uri":"https://hachyderm.io/users/cdemwell","avatar":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/avatars/111/568/266/708/997/015/original/1c8c08447abbb07e.jpeg","avatar_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/avatars/111/568/266/708/997/015/original/1c8c08447abbb07e.jpeg","header":"https://toolsforthought.social/headers/original/missing.png","header_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/headers/original/missing.png","followers_count":155,"following_count":321,"statuses_count":334,"last_status_at":"2025-11-21","hide_collections":false,"emojis":[],"fields":[{"name":"Pronouns","value":"They / he","verified_at":null},{"name":"Twitter/Linkedin/GH","value":"cdemwell","verified_at":null},{"name":"Work","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://shortcut.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eshortcut.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null},{"name":"Geo","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/@49.2235305,-123.0461399,11.49z\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003egoogle.com/maps/@49.2235305,-1\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e23.0461399,11.49z\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"111243333718206142","username":"boris","url":"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris","acct":"boris"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"111883000724954098","created_at":"2024-02-06T05:58:27.743Z","in_reply_to_id":"111882976596693995","in_reply_to_account_id":"111568266708997015","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"unlisted","language":"en","uri":"https://toolsforthought.social/users/boris/statuses/111883000724954098","url":"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris/111883000724954098","replies_count":1,"reblogs_count":1,"favourites_count":2,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://hachyderm.io/@cdemwell\" class=\"u-url mention\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003ecdemwell\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e @chuqvr@fosstodon.org heya Chris!\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat I’m thinking about is a member owned co-op that supports new features and maintenance over time, perhaps with member included services like hosting, synch, support.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGovernance like helping prioritize features or research. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe marginal cost of copying software is zero, so I’m in favour of permissive licenses and fenced communities. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNon-members might self host, get best effort support, and their feature requests aren’t prioritized.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Ivory for iOS","website":"https://tapbots.com/"},"account":{"id":"111243333718206142","username":"boris","acct":"boris","display_name":"Boris Mann","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":null,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2023-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eWeb tinkerer. Building my \u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/SecondBrain\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eSecondBrain\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e on the web for 20+ years, from blogging to wikis to TFTs and beyond.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeliever in \u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/OpenSource\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eOpenSource\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/DWeb\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eDWeb\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e Commons Networks\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/TiddlyWiki\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eTiddlyWiki\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e for my FoodWiki \u003ca href=\"https://foodwiki.bmann.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan 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Know something funny? I saw enough of your posts in my feed I thought until this moment that I already followed you... Anyway, I think co-ops are a really interesting idea for handling software costs and governance for OSS/SaaS.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"111568266708997015","username":"cdemwell","acct":"cdemwell@hachyderm.io","display_name":"Chris Demwell","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eI think about organizations like systems and build them like communities. I believe in success as a side effect of learning. I dance, I care for my child, I do the needful. Engineering \u003cbr\u003e@ shortcut.com.\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://hachyderm.io/@cdemwell","uri":"https://hachyderm.io/users/cdemwell","avatar":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/avatars/111/568/266/708/997/015/original/1c8c08447abbb07e.jpeg","avatar_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/avatars/111/568/266/708/997/015/original/1c8c08447abbb07e.jpeg","header":"https://toolsforthought.social/headers/original/missing.png","header_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/headers/original/missing.png","followers_count":155,"following_count":321,"statuses_count":334,"last_status_at":"2025-11-21","hide_collections":false,"emojis":[],"fields":[{"name":"Pronouns","value":"They / he","verified_at":null},{"name":"Twitter/Linkedin/GH","value":"cdemwell","verified_at":null},{"name":"Work","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://shortcut.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eshortcut.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null},{"name":"Geo","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/@49.2235305,-123.0461399,11.49z\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003egoogle.com/maps/@49.2235305,-1\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e23.0461399,11.49z\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"111243333718206142","username":"boris","url":"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris","acct":"boris"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":[],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"111883025998791719","created_at":"2024-02-06T06:04:53.391Z","in_reply_to_id":"111883014467128541","in_reply_to_account_id":"111568266708997015","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"unlisted","language":"en","uri":"https://toolsforthought.social/users/boris/statuses/111883025998791719","url":"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris/111883025998791719","replies_count":0,"reblogs_count":0,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://hachyderm.io/@cdemwell\" class=\"u-url mention\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003ecdemwell\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e I, uh, have three Mastodon accounts ;)\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the one my journal posts to.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd is on a server I run so my elbows can be a little sharper here rather than causing problems for the co-op owned server my personal account is on ;)\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Ivory for iOS","website":"https://tapbots.com/"},"account":{"id":"111243333718206142","username":"boris","acct":"boris","display_name":"Boris Mann","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":null,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2023-10-16T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eWeb tinkerer. Building my \u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/SecondBrain\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eSecondBrain\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e on the web for 20+ years, from blogging to wikis to TFTs and beyond.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeliever in \u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/OpenSource\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eOpenSource\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/DWeb\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eDWeb\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e Commons Networks\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/TiddlyWiki\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eTiddlyWiki\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e for my FoodWiki \u003ca href=\"https://foodwiki.bmann.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003efoodwiki.bmann.ca\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/Obsidian\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eObsidian\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e for editing my main site running \u003ca href=\"https://toolsforthought.social/tags/Jekyll\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\"\u003e#\u003cspan\u003eJekyll\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://bmannconsulting.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ebmannconsulting.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBridged Bluesky account \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca 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rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003eboris\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://fosstodon.org/@chuqvr\" class=\"u-url mention\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003echuqvr\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e Lemme give you a ferinstance outside of software: I used to be part of the Barnet Sailing Co-op (\u003ca href=\"https://barnetsailing.bc.ca/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ebarnetsailing.bc.ca/\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e ) which has been around for decades. Members share costs _and labour_  (you are expected to contribute your time and effort, not just money) for maintaining the small fleet of sailboats. Governance and decisionmaking are done by meetings, committees, and elected positions. Works great.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"111568266708997015","username":"cdemwell","acct":"cdemwell@hachyderm.io","display_name":"Chris Demwell","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":true,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-11-18T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eI think about organizations like systems and build them like communities. I believe in success as a side effect of learning. I dance, I care for my child, I do the needful. Engineering \u003cbr\u003e@ shortcut.com.\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://hachyderm.io/@cdemwell","uri":"https://hachyderm.io/users/cdemwell","avatar":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/avatars/111/568/266/708/997/015/original/1c8c08447abbb07e.jpeg","avatar_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/system/cache/accounts/avatars/111/568/266/708/997/015/original/1c8c08447abbb07e.jpeg","header":"https://toolsforthought.social/headers/original/missing.png","header_static":"https://toolsforthought.social/headers/original/missing.png","followers_count":155,"following_count":321,"statuses_count":334,"last_status_at":"2025-11-21","hide_collections":false,"emojis":[],"fields":[{"name":"Pronouns","value":"They / he","verified_at":null},{"name":"Twitter/Linkedin/GH","value":"cdemwell","verified_at":null},{"name":"Work","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://shortcut.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eshortcut.com\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null},{"name":"Geo","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/maps/@49.2235305,-123.0461399,11.49z\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003egoogle.com/maps/@49.2235305,-1\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e23.0461399,11.49z\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"111243333718206142","username":"boris","url":"https://toolsforthought.social/@boris","acct":"boris"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":{"url":"https://barnetsailing.bc.ca/","title":"Home - Barnet Sailing Coop","description":"Affordable sailing in Vancouver. 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Let’s look at Word. I was given the choice at every release  regarding if the added features were worth my money. Now, oh look, for my Office 365 subscription I get AI I don’t want. Ppppt.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoftware should be like a hammer, I have a nail, I buy the hammer (sans TOS or copyrights) and that hammer drives that and future nails.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSecurity flaws, those should be fixed at no charge, they were your errors in developing your software, probably for expediency or cost.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"account":{"id":"111748787924888444","username":"pomCountyIrregs","acct":"pomCountyIrregs@mstdn.social","display_name":"Pomegranate County Irregulars","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eLos Angeles based Indie Pop band who wants to be part of your complete musical breakfast. 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