Matt McManus @mattmcmanus@jawns.club

#introduction time!

👋Hi! I'm an #emberjs, #rails developer and #UX designer and developer. I'm interested in #ethicaltech/#techforgood, #indieweb, #philosphy, #art, making #hotsauce & #beer, reading #religion, #science, #scifi, #history among a lot else. I'm learning #woodworking and how to be a #dad of two. I care about people who have lost their #christian #faith. Working hard to keep #hope.

Thats the most hashtags I've used in my entire time on the internet.

I've been using @sprout_place all day to do a brainstorming session for product ideas. It's not only fun, but it's so dang fast. Neat!

Has anyone come come across a solid, good-faith debate about the pros and cons of vaccine passports? I’m most interested in the stance of folks who are pro-vaccine but against the passports.

I still miss the "What's Hot" functionality the @shauninman's FeedAFever. Does anyone know of a service that surfaces links that folks on twitter and my rss'ed sites are talking about?

Is eating a chocolate easter cross sacrilicious?

Here is a remarkably thoughtful rebuttal to the remarks made by Sacha Baron Cohen in the video I posted previously.

One interesting quote:

Earlier this year, we discussed Yochai Benkler’s new book, the excellent Network Propaganda: Manipulation, Disinformation, and Radicalization i... https://mcmanus.io/notes/2019/11/26/here-is-a-remarkably-thoughtful-rebuttal

I find it increasingly hard to disagree with many of the points Sacha Baron Cohen brings up here

This is amazing. A mashup of Brahms and Radiohead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RcBje6II6M

The Deepening Crisis in Evangelical Christianity: https://mcmanus.io/notes/2019/07/06/the-deepening-crisis-in-evangelical-christianity

There is so much negative news around “Deepfakes” that this video genuinely caught me off guard. It’s a little promo for the Dali museum, which created an interactive screen to help visitors experience Dali in a completely new and novel way. It’s marvelous!

😊My favorite email newsletter has been writing about personal websites and linked to mine! Woot! Check our their latest https://faculty.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=b46cc084c8bdde1ea04555baa&id=1af03beada

I’m shocked and saddened by Rachel Held Evens death. This is a fitting tribute: Rachel Held Evans Knew There Was Always Room for More In the Church - RELEVANT Magazine https://relevantmagazine.com/culture/books/rachel-held-evans-knew-there-was-always-room-for-more-in-the-church/

I’m doing a bit of an experiment with auto-posting to twitter/mastodon items from the Notes section of my website. Let me know if it’s neat or super annoying. https://mcmanus.io/notes

Architect’s Micro Studio Apartment: https://mcmanus.io/notes/2019/05/01/architects-micro-studio-apartment

I’m going to spend the next couple months giving Bullet Journaling a try. I’m curious if switching completely to a more manual paper system will help with my awareness and memory. To experiments!

When life gives you a polar vortex, make ice balloons!

Fill a balloon with water, drop in some food coloring, leave out side for the night and WALA!

I finally upgraded to an iPhone XR. My 6s treated me well for a long time, but it was time. I like the XR a lot but I didn’t realize how much I would miss force touch. It turns out I used that on notifications and home screen icons all the time.

I just had Kapusniak for the first time. I have always been a food lover, but never has a soup moved me like this. If this is the last time I feel any pleasure or happiness for the rest of my life, I will die a satisfied and contented man.

After having my 13in Macbook Pro for 5 years, I've finally updated to the newest 15in MBP. It's so nice! The things that surprised me: the speakers are absolutely amazing and I like the touchbar and keyboard.

Working out of the new Indy Hall for the first time. It's been too long.

I planted 5 willow saplings this weekend. After the week that we all just lived through, I needed to engage in a rebellious act of hope to put despair in it's place.