In this week's Alternative Social Media Update, I want to share two things that happened this week and have a fundamental connection: they both indicate the challenges alternative social media developers face when they make ASM in a corporate social media world.

At this time of year, posts making bold statements about what happened last year and what we plan to do this year start to become prominent. The last few years I have spent a few hours in the first week of January reviewing what worked, what was fun and what was cool, what was awful and what definitely was a waste...

If you happen to own blink(1), you'll be pleased to learn that you can use it with ADS-B station. The blink1.sh shell script that comes with ADS-B station changes blink(1)'s color depending on the number of aircraft in range. Not only it makes it easier to get a general idea of how many aircraft the station is...

Tenía un problema con mi TV: Al compartir desde el móvil no podía reproducir correctamente videos con subtítulos. Lo cual, bueno, para mí era un problema gigantesco. Intenté con apps alternativas para transmitir contenido a la TV, todas llevaban a un fail: simplemente no aparecían los subs, nunca. Entonces, la...