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       title: May 28th, 2024

     

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       link: https://siftrss.com/

     

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       [[siftrss]] is a tool for filtering RSS feeds and outputting a new, filtered feed. I used it on my Github account feed to generate a feed of just starred items, which I'm now using [[EchoFeed]] to cross post.

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       I've used [[Wave]] for payroll in Canada forever (both SMB and small startup teams). Giving it another look for SMB basic accounting. Anything else I should be looking at in Canada?

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       title: May 30th, 2024

     

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       link: https://dwebcamp.org/

     

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       Just bought my [[DWeb Camp]] tickets. I'm excited, it's my first time! It's Aug 7th - 11th, and I'll probably spend some of the next week in SF to catch up with some people, maybe do a meetup or two.

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       title: May 30th, 2024

     

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       link: https://z-space.ca

     

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       We registered [[Z Space]] as a BC society today:

     

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       > _Z-Space Arts and Technology Society provides affordable, sustainable, community oriented office and creative space dedicated to supporting creative technologists, startups and innovative small businesses. We host a series of events and meetups supporting the community. We connect with similar art, science, and technology spaces globally._

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       Annual event for [[DWeb]] adjacent people to gather from around the world and camp together

     

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       August 7th - 11th, Campo Navarro, CA

     

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       As well, the key feature for me is that Fedica lets me setup a posting schedule that trickles out posts slowly over time. 

     

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       <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:njgakmquzxdmz6t32j27hgee/app.bsky.feed.post/3ktm7jf54ws2j" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreieafv4xjdw24nad56i3c2ljjlymkeuifvnbpsgt5kpb7ywu4bfa7y"><p lang="en">bmann (/bmann) starred christianalares/seventy-seven (/christianalares/seventy-seven)  · May 29, 2024 05:50

     

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       christianalares/seventy-seven (/christianalares/seventy-seven)

     

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       TypeScript  61 (/christianalares/se... https://github.com/christianalares/seventy-seven</p>&mdash; Ye Olden bmannconsulting (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:njgakmquzxdmz6t32j27hgee?ref_src=embed">@bmannconsulting.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:njgakmquzxdmz6t32j27hgee/post/3ktm7jf54ws2j?ref_src=embed">May 28, 2024 at 10:53 PM</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

     

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       I’m a long time [[Missive]] user for work, and I’m looking for a new email client and/or new email workflows to adopt.  

     

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       * Needs to have great snooze support — send an email with a “snooze” reminder that puts it back in the inbox after 2 business days if no one has replied 

     

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