What's one thing you've done over the past week that you feel good about?
Per Axbom
Sheryl Sandberg knew for years Facebook was making money based on false data.
Thinking also of all the social media consultants investing their clients' money. "It's a sure thing, the numbers don't lie."
Lying is exactly what numbers can do. And humans, don't forget the humans. x.com/jason_kint/sta…
Remember AltaVista?
Intent on becoming a portal to everything, nobody understood what they were really about and abandoned them.
Thinking of how all platforms are now adding everything. To become nothing.
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@Shrinkwrap37 @augmentedrobot Dan Katz is one of the speakers I'm listening to.
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@Shrinkwrap37 @augmentedrobot This is a good read: link.medium.com/z4BUYb44Ydb
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@Shrinkwrap37 @augmentedrobot I'm right at this moment in a Clubhouse room listening to discussions on DISC and Surrounded by Idiots (with people who have systematically debunked it). The background behind my original tweet :)
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@Shrinkwrap37 @augmentedrobot Way too popular. I get hives if I'm at a work lunch where it gets brought up. And when I diplomatically express skepticism they exclaim "You're so blue!"
It's impossible to win.
Now of course I hardly remember work lunches.
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@danbarker @peeplaja That's so typical of blue people with a hint of green.
What are some theories you love to hate on that are widespread and are seemingly scientific (and often expressed as such by media) but actually have little or no scientific basis?
I'm thinking of things like
- Maslow's hierarchy of needs
- Stockholm syndrome
- DISC assessment
Book tip: The Cult of Personality Testing: How Personality Tests Are Leading Us to Miseducate Our Children, Mismanage Our Companies, and Misunderstand Ourselves, by Annie Murphy Paul
simonandschuster.com/books/The-Cult…
The book I read in January. x.com/axbom/status/1…
If you've followed me for a while you'll not be surprised that this thread was really just a tease to get you to actually read my old thread on the replication crisis... x.com/axbom/status/9…
"this is no longer my father's company, it's no longer my husband's company... it's my company. And anyone who thinks otherwise probably doesn't belong on my board."
🔥 there it is.
I'm watching The Post and it's reminding me why I really wanted to be a journalist. If anyone ever needs a volunteer to dig through dirt on power I'm there. ✍️
And honestly, sometimes I miss print...
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@tjiketikaowaow Thanks for the feedback Thord. And for getting dressed 😅
A few minutes ago I made up a word I’ve needed. ”Search online” is neutral but people don’t get why I don’t say ”google”. So now I’m saying:
”I swoogled it.”
Swoogle = Search without google.
There I go thinking I’m clever… Ha! There was actually a search engine named Swoogle!! SW stood for ’semantic web’.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swoogle
That’s gone though, so I’m still adopting it.
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@Shrinkwrap37 Oh wow, now I’ve swoogled it (searched without google). I thought you were talking about a type of bean.
This I have to try.
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@Shrinkwrap37 It would’ve been fun if I started the talk while out on a coffee run. Have to try that some time. In the right context. :)
Doing a talk for 120 people in 90 minutes and here I am in my pajamas. The world is weird.
Okay. Priorities. Coffee.
#PandemicLife
Thank you for the good-lucks and well-wishes friends. I really needed that today I realise. Not only the world is weird… we sometimes don’t recognise ourselves - and that can be daunting.
In the end they were 198(!) people and maxed out their company meeting account. So much fun, great feedback and great discussions around digital ethics and accessibility. Good way to start the day.