Social
Social networks come and go, and I really like posting social media. In this section (currently called ‘Social’), I’m trying to mirror the stuff I post to social networks. There’s also just a photos page or just a notes page. You can follow what I post here using my whole site RSS feed.
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22 January 2021 14:09 UTC
My not being able to sleep means there’s now a transcript and captions up on our latest Small Is Beautiful #4 video.
We go through our streaming setups, how we do it on a budget, including equipment and creating transcripts and captions.
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18 January 2021 20:10 UTC
And now we have the captions and transcript up on our site for the Small is Beautiful #3 livestream.
This was a really great discussion, so much fascinating detail on the strategies for introducing more ethical (and easy-to-use!) computers into schools.
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18 January 2021 14:53 UTC
Been testing Simon Says for transcripts/captions today and I think I might be in love with a web app that’s going to save me hours and hours.
Automated transcript has great accuracy as a starting point (including for non-native English speakers!) and combined with the well-designed editing tools, I’m able to edit so much faster. Prices are also affordable for our tiny not-for-profit organisation.
I really really believe that captions and transcripts should be included with videos by default. But blimey, doing hour-long video streams every week has really been testing my commitment to that. Especially when we don’t have money to spend. But I’m determined!
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14 January 2021 10:46 UTC
This afternoon’s live stream has some fantastic guests. Let’s hope last week’s surprise guest behaves himself this time…
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14 January 2021 10:18 UTC
Just added captions and transcripts to both of our Small is Beautiful live stream videos.
Small is Beautiful, episode #1. Small is Beautiful, episode #2.
For this evening’s stream, and future streams, I’m going to try to get the transcript and caption done and up much faster.
Not going to lie, it is hard work and time-consuming creating a transcript/captions for hour-long conversational streams.
If anyone has any feedback on the formatting/readability of either the transcripts or captions, please let me know. As I’m putting all this effort in, I want to make sure they’re as usable and useful as they can be!
I’ve been using Thisten, which is a really affordable starting point, and editing from there. If anyone has any tips on other tools and workflows for producing both transcripts and captions from the same source material, I’d love to hear them.
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07 January 2021 11:12 UTC
Snow Boy loves even the littlest dusting of snow. Lots of energy this morning.
Read more…
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04 January 2021 13:48 UTC
Apparently my site is one of only five sites reviewed by Terms of Service Didn’t Read that has been given a Privacy Grade A rating. (Because I don’t track anyone.) Strange/cool thing to wake up to on a Monday morning!
LauraKalbag.com on Terms Of Service Didn’t Read.
Reddit thread from Terms Of Service Didn’t Read “Ask Us Anything”.
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24 December 2020 09:46 UTC
Missing my family and friends this Christmas so I made a silly Osky card to send them.
Lots of love to everyone, especially those staying away to keep the ones they love safe x
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18 December 2020 10:09 UTC
“After a brief search, we found one: just don’t use any non-essential cookies. Pretty simple, really.”
Classic tech bro move: do the bare minimum, screamingly obvious, and then proclaim it like you’re an exceptional genius who deserves applause.
No cookie for you - the GitHub blog.
Yes, it’s the right thing to do. But framed so badly. It’s truly a desperate sight watching developers exalting a multinational that’s doing the bare minimum because developers find cookie notices “annoying” when it’s still working with ICE
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17 December 2020 17:49 UTC
Developers adding multiple third-party analytics to their pages like they really want to find out how much visitors hate slow websites.
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14 December 2020 12:29 UTC
Today is the day you got your boss-friendly reason to remove Google third-party functionality from your website.
Take advantage of it!
I always recommend switching.software as a good place to start if you’re looking for alternatives to Google products.
In case you managed to miss the reason behind my post… Google services were down in many countries.
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11 December 2020 15:29 UTC
Really? REALLY? From a tweet by Kelly Rose
Wow. I’m going to do a little thread on the many levels of awful here.
- Accessibility: The government site for requesting coronavirus tests is using a third-party service (Google reCAPTCHA) to shut out bots. reCAPTCHA is notoriously hard to use for people using screenreaders.
- Accessibility: A US service (Google reCAPTCHA) to shut out bots is asking visitors to the UK government website to identify “crosswalks”. (Most people visiting this site are likely more familiar with British English vs American English. “Crosswalks” is not used by Brits.)
- Privacy: A US-based third-party service (Google reCAPTCHA) is being embedded on the UK government’s website, sharing all sorts of its citizens’ information with Google.
- Privacy: A US-based third-party service (Google reCAPTCHA) is being embedded on the UK government’s website where people are requesting coronavirus tests. Sharing (incredibly personal) information about citizens who suspect they may have coronavirus with Google.
It’s just so irresponsible. And frustrating. The number of people who didn’t care about citizens’ rights for this to happen…
Before my usual lazy bleating reply guys jump in here:
switching.software has some decent recommendations for alternatives to reCAPTCHA.