Software Bookmarks

These are ​#Software #Bookmarks. ​#Bookmarks.

@akkartik wrote about what he called freewheeling apps:

@akkartik (https://merveilles.town)

These are my suggestions. Prefer software with thousands rather than millions of users, that doesn’t change often, that seems to get forked a lot, that can be modified without specialized tools, and, ideally that you can make small changes to. Yourself. In a single afternoon. – Using computers more freely and safely

Using computers more freely and safely (http://akkartik.name)

Colours:

relogen is a simple script that generates Regolith color schemes using pywal. – relogen

Regolith is a modern desktop environment designed to let you work faster by reducing unnecessary clutter and ceremony. Built on top of Ubuntu, GNOME, and i3, Regolith stands on a well-supported and consistent foundation. – Regolith

relogen (https://nchrs.xyz)
Regolith (https://regolith-linux.org)

Mind maps:

Freeplane is written in Java using OSGi and Java Swing. It runs on any operating system that has a current version of Java installed.

Freeplane (https://docs.freeplane.org)

Daniel Terhorst-North ~~takes down~~ *reviews* a McKinsey article about developer productivity. It talks about having no women on board, about not naming the woman of two important works they refer to, about having no control groups, of having only anecdotal evidence, the real work that programmers do (which is only in small part about typing code), and so on. McKinsey Developer Productivity Review.

McKinsey Developer Productivity Review (https://dannorth.net)

How to get started:

Computers are everywhere. They’re in our purses, our offices, our TVs, our hobby-dens, our cars, and our toasters. Many of us spend significant parts of our days operating these machines in the palms of our hands and on our desks or couches. They entertain us and make us laugh. They connect us to family and help us find love. They help us get reports written and make project videos at school. They facilitate our work by crunching numbers, formatting documents, and helping us express our ideas. In a sense, they are extensions of our brains. But many of us could be getting more out of our computers. This book will show you how. – Digital Superpowers 2.0

Digital Superpowers 2.0 (https://digitalsuperpowers.com)

Maintenance, or not:

The linking project’s code is provided as-is, and is not actively maintained. – No Maintenance Intended

No Maintenance Intended (https://unmaintained.tech)