103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had Known
The problem on Twitter is that no…
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“The problem on Twitter is that no one will hear this tweet.
Because trying to stay in touch with 1000 people is utterly impossible.
Some people follow many more.
And then there are the people you don’t follow who have a good idea.
How do you keep that channel open without also leaving it open for scammers.
We haven’t figured that out yet.
As far as I know, no one is trying.
What we are left with — everyone’s attention even for the things you follow relatively closely is infinitesimal, and it’s constantly diminishing.
So it gets even harder for ideas to circulate because nothing penetrates.
How can I forward you something you need to know if I never see it?
What I yearn for is a “karass” system, for the 12 people who I want to communicate with who I know will pay attention, and will let me build up ideas over a period of weeks or months.
And I do the same for them.
Their projects connect with mine, we’re constanty improving the system, creating new gateways, modifying others.” — Dave Winer
http://scripting.com/2022/05/01/143422.html?title=iWantMyKarass
The simple task of visually mapping what’s…
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“The simple task of visually mapping what’s in your brain activates a kind of intelligence that can’t be activated otherwise.” — Dave Winer
http://scripting.com/2022/01/28/162820.html?title=whyOutliners
The Biggest Mistake I See Engineers Make…
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“The Biggest Mistake I See Engineers Make
…To sum up, just as a product is likely to be best if it is developed iteratively with users, the work of an engineer will be best if developed iteratively with the product team.”
https://www.thezbook.com/the-biggest-mistake-i-see-engineers-make/
Don’t believe the hype Web3 is not going…
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Don’t believe the hype: Web3 is not going to change the world
Web3 is just a new spin on the same blockchain tech that we’ve been discussing for the last decade.
https://sifted.eu/articles/web3-blockchain-internet-bitcoin-environment/
https fs blog spacing effect
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https://fs.blog/spacing-effect/
With Don’t Look Up we have a…
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“With Don’t Look Up we have a bunch of talented, committed, passionate people clearly trying to make a difference. There’s a hugely successful writer and director in McKay. There are global superstars like Lawrence, di Caprio, Grande and Meryl goddamn Streep! They’re all doing the most impactful thing that they can do, which is creating a piece of art to get a message across in the face of a massive global emergency: in this case, the global non-effort being made about the very real climate crisis.
“And yet, as Bina’s song shows, even they are aware that their effort and talent is almost certainly futile. It doesn’t matter how powerful a song you write — or film you create — to send a message of awareness. And that’s because the things that stand in the way of action about climate change are connected with power – both political and economic – where leaders and institutions are immune to attacks from pop music and Netflix. Whether Riley Bina is singing a power ballad or Adam McKay is making a movie, the catastrophe is still coming, its pace entirely unslowed.
“And that, friends, is the most depressing thing about Don’t Look Up: that even it knows how little it can actually hope to do.”
https://independentaustralia.net/life/art-display/the-most-depressing-thing-about-dont-look-up-isnt-what-you-think,15891#
The Wall and the Bridge Fear and Opportunity…
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The Wall and the Bridge: Fear and Opportunity in Disruption’s Wake
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/mba-students-against-capitalism/621117/?utm_source=feed
“Adam Smith’s invisible hand seems invisible because it’s not there,”
https://bookshop.org/books/the-wall-and-the-bridge-fear-and-opportunity-in-disruption-s-wake/9780300259087
This still doesn’t explain HOW Gail Thackeray got…
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This still doesn’t explain HOW Gail Thackeray got the phone number she called me on . . . Technically then, and I mean legally that is, she had in fact broken the law when she called me. And THAT is why she never spoke to me again… Did her action paradoxically jeopardize her TeleForce matters, because I could create conditions for mistrials if anyone bothered to ask me . . . . aw well, statute of limitations is long over in The States and we don’t talk about Canada, because I can’t. https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Costly+callers%3a+prosecuting+voice+mail+fraud.-a011095882
What is a “book” in the age of…
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What is a “book” in the age of the web? (Part 1 of 5) : https://hughmcguire.medium.com/what-is-a-book-in-the-age-of-the-web-part-1-of-5-3a529701e0df