People keep talking about the "greatest ever tweet", and so far they're all wrong. There's only one candidate, and it isn't even close.

The absolutely worst part of the onboarding is when you are asked to pick a server, when you still don't have any idea what the consequences of that decision are Start with a server that your friends are on already and that's still open to signups You can move elsewhere later

But the penalty for being wrong is near zero. You can migrate to a different instance and drag all your followers along with you. This is maybe the single coolest feature of Mastodon; lock-in is engineered out. The Masto community needs to do better at getting this message across

RTing once more, with feeling. It really doesn't matter where you start on Mastodon. Find one you're initially comfortable with, and you can move your account, and your followers/ings with you, if you feel the need to change. The tools are built-in.

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This is an excellent hypothesis, well supported by facts. I have made made sure it’s in a web page over here x.com/drskyskull/sta… and in the Internet Archive too web.archive.org/web/2022111823…

every developer should work for a nonprofit at some point in their career just so they become amazing at parsing CSVs, because from what I can tell, all nonprofits are just a stack of spreadsheets in a trench coat

Friends: I'm not on here much any more. Find me through Mastodon (social.coop/@chrisjrn), and if you make the jump, make sure you leave your handle in your display name so I can find you there. debirdify.pruvisto.org is a good tool to help find your twitter followers.

Extremely excited to announce that #nbpy is returning! Join us in Petaluma, June 10-11, 2023! We'll announce more in the coming months, but for now, all the details we have to share are at our newsletter archive: tinyletter.com/northbaypython…

youtube.com/watch?v=iZndVv… (You Know My Name / Look Up The Number)

It's finally time: We're looking for talk proposals for #nbpy 2023! If you want to be on stage at Northern California's best outdoor-ish, farm-based #python conference, we want to hear from you! Submissions close May 19th. 2023.northbaypython.org/speak #python #pycon #pyconus

It's the last week to get a talk proposal into North Bay Python 2023! If you want to share your ideas with the world (or at least, whoever joins us in Petaluma in July), let us know on or before Friday. All the details at 2023.northbaypython.org/speak #nbpy

Want a chance to sit in our green room and contemplate the rolling hills of Sonoma County, California as you review your #nbpy talk slides? Now's your chance: Proposal submissions for North Bay Python 2023 close on Friday. Get your ideas in now! https:// 2023.northbaypython.org/speak

Tickets for North Bay Python 2023 are on sale now! Come join us for a tech conference on a farm in actual Sonoma County, California, July 29th and 30th. Details at pretix.northbaypython.org/nbpy/nbpy-2023/ #nbpy

Just between you and me, there's a list of speakers and talks on the homepage at 2023.northbaypython.org You should take a look, and then buy your ticket before we announce them! … … oops

ONE MONTH UNTIL CONFERENCE! GET TICKET pretix.northbaypython.org/nbpy/nbpy-2023/

We can't wait for @PythonByNight's talk, “Back to the Future of Hypermedia in Python” at North Bay Python, Jul 29 & 30, 2023. Details: pretalx.northbaypython.org/nbpy-2023/talk… Tickets: pretix.northbaypython.org/nbpy/nbpy-2023/ #NBPy #python

I have logged in here to see if anyone said anything nice about me at #monktoberfest. Thanks for those of you who did, if you want to talk, you can find me elsewhere.