Ton Zijlstra 🇪🇺 @ton@m.tzyl.nl

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Now at over 11 weeks into the pandemic measures. It was a challenging week for me. I'm due to deliver a large report, but it's hard to get the narrative in shape that emerges from the gathered information, and I threw a lot of hours towards it, while my sense of progress is very limited. Meanwhile the (first?) wave of the pandemic seems to have passed. We're currently over 40 days away from the last doubling of numbers (

https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2020/05/week-notes-2022/

#weeknotes

Didn't know you could call Google Translate as a formula in Google spreadsheets, to translate cells. Nice to know.

https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2020/05/14319/

#google #machinetranslation

Nippertjeseconomie, of de broosheid van systemen.

https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2020/05/nippertjeseconomie-of-de-broosheid-van-systemen/

#covid19

A week before the lock down we gathered with Elmine's family to celebrate both her parents' birthdays. We met in Baarn, visiting the 18th century Groeneveld estate. Part of their collection was one of the three xylotheques in the Netherlands, all three made in the late 18th century. I never saw one of these fascinating things before: a series of 'books' about trees, where each book is made from the wood and bark of that tree, and contains a

https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2020/05/14289/

Very interesting new step, IRMA-meet: bigbluebutton videocalls with verified partial identities, relevant to the call (e.g. exams, doctor-patient convos, bank loans).

https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2020/05/irma-meet-video-conferencing-with-verified-identities/

#eprivacy #identity #privacy

Hold My Geolocated Beer... Bellingcat demonstrates how Untappd check-ins allow tracking of sensitive personell. (via @roelgroeneveld)

https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2020/05/hold-my-geolocated-beer/

#geolocation #opsec

@doenietzomoeilijk ik zat even naar je exit walled gardens posts te kijken, en zie dat je 11 jaar geleden Del.icio.us ditchte. Gebruik je nog steeds het Scuttle dat je daar noemt (is nog altijd op github te vinden zie ik, maar in 10jr ongewijzigd)

iA Writer has support for Micropub and IndieAuth now. That sounds interesting, as it would allow me to write locally, and publish to several of my sites, both online and on my local system. Getting an error though.

https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2020/05/ia-writer-now-supports-micropub/

#iawriter #indieauth #micropub #wordpress

Now your org is working f home, u have a distributed org, your people r eyes & ears 'outside'. Can your org make that useful in your work? What real experiences/stories/feedback could you gather? #distributeddigitaltransformation

https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2020/05/realising-you-now-have-a-distributed-organisation/

#covid19 #distributeddigitaltransformation #distributedness

In Enschede luiden de klokken nu en hangen de vlaggen halfstok. Precies twintig jaar geleden werd de stad verscheurd door explosies. In mijn gedachten ben ik er even terug, daar en toen. #vuurwerkramp

https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2020/05/enschede-13-5-2000/

#enschede #vuurwerkramp #willemwilmink

Last weekend we already enjoyed some cake to celebrate my 50th birthday today. It's odd having my birthday during the pandemic lockdown, but at the same time I don't mind not celebrating it (I don't often do). I remember how my dad absolutely hated it when he turned 50, and to evade being home took me on a walking trip in the Alps, despite his fear of heights. I don't have any particular feeling about it, except maybe that my continued sens

https://www.zylstra.org/blog/2020/05/14171/