Webmention

Daniel, your post doesn’t have the proper webmention markup. This is what you have now.

In reply to Khürt’s <a href="post about the Now page">https://islandinthenet.com/in-the-now/</a>.

HTML for a full proper webmention would be:

In reply to Khürt’s <a href="https://islandinthenet.com/in-the-now/" class="u-in-reply-to">post about the Now page</a>.

If you are using Webmention.io to send Webmentions then correct markdown would be:

In reply to Khürt’s [post about the Now page](https://islandinthenet.com/in-the-now/).

Until it links correctly, my website won’t receive a proper Webmention.

Instagram Retouch

Retouching Old Photos (Daniel Brinneman)

If you have followed me on Instagram for a long time, you’ll see new photos being posted with old dates. I’m taking the photo-editing techniques I’ve learned since 2015 and starting from scratch with the original RAW file(s) and referencing my old photo’s finished appearance, with some of them, to match that similar feel and maybe some receive a new finish. Scroll down my Instagram feed today to put some of them into memory so when you see the retouch appear, you can appreciate the quality that a computer program gives RAW photos over the quality that a smartphone editor will provide. The old photos are removed from my Instagram feed. There is almost no comparison between the two finished photos except that they are derived from the same file. I’ve collaged two images below using Affinity Photo (my Photoshop alternative) so you can see the difference. Both finished images took about the same amount of time to edit, thirty minutes or more with several layers, no filters. The old photo (top) edited with Snapseed and the retouch (bottom) edited with Luminar.

I may do the same.

Social Media Fast by Daniel Brinneman (Daniel Brinneman)

Thus to my point, closing these accounts and making less accessible time for others, produces a sensation that I have freed myself from their psychological grip. One of those others that I do not want to close yet because it serves as a communication tool with family and distant friends, and as a forum/group tool for interacting with and helping others in web development, and finding remote work opportunities, that is currently Facebook. I have tried this in the past, to put it aside, to close it but that kept me out of the loop of upcoming events. This trial around, I have removed the Facebook app (not Messenger) from both my mobile devices and when I need to really use it, I will boot the laptop.

Daniel, I removed the Facebook app from my iPhone several months ago. My usage of Facebook has dropped off. But I do miss that I am less in touch with far-flung family around the globe. My use of Twitter dropped off as well. Google+ is like that town I left behind but sometimes I look around when I stop to get gas on my way to somewhere else.