🍋 Issue #25 - All LEGO Fortnite, All The Time
Summary: iA Presenter for presentations, tagging posts on Threads, TikTok's viral hits, iCloud Backup encryption, and more.
Welcome to Issue 25!
Hello!
With 17 days until Christmas, I hope you're finding time to read a book, watch a fun holiday movie, or run like crazy across a mall to get the last gift you need before you can collapse in a eggnog induced coma beneath the tree.
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Thoughts I Would Have Tweeted
If I had to give presentations, I'd take a serious look at iA Presenter. Focusing on the words first and adding images if necessary is a great place to build a talk from.
Threads added the ability to tag your post with a hashtag—but only one hashtag. I'd still prefer them to keep the "#" around the text, but I think this is the way forward. Rather than Instagram style # barf on a post, you get one. Make it the important one.
TikTok published their list of 2023 viral hits and as someone who definitely doesn't use TikTok, it's fascinating how I haven't seen any of the top 10 videos on my For You page. Or whatever it's called on TikTok because I am definitely not using it on a daily basis.
If you use Apple's iCloud Backup for your iPhone, consider enabling end-to-end encryption of your backups. You should be mostly safe at home. But if you travel and iOS backs up your phone on hotel wifi, it's more prone to getting hacked without end-to-end protection.
Links
- 4 hour take down video of plagiarism on YouTube
- How To Build a Car That Kills People: Cybertruck Edition
- Chris Coyier's Gift Guide, 2023 edition
- Kottke Holiday Gift Guide, 2023 edition
- Beta launch for Evergreen.ink, an interactive fiction authoring tool
Picture From My Life
Fortnite released their new LEGO Fortnite game mode yesterday, and when I was trying it out with my son I noticed there were 1.9 million people playing it. Which seems like a lot?
We had fun with it. Think Minecraft, but with a lot more color.
Be curious. Not judgmental. 💖
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Chris Enns