Simple description of why dependency on a third-party platform is extremely dangerous for a business, and why we can't accept monopolistic powers.
motherjones.com/media/2020/10/…
The Citizen Browser Project—an initiative designed to measure how disinformation travels across social media platforms over time. themarkup.org/citizen-browser
A brilliant and educational walkthrough of the complexity of app privacy and consent. x.com/Cennydd/status…
In a Wikipedia rabbit hole reading about effective altruism, appropriate technology, speciesism and root cause analysis (RCA), and likely more :)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective…
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@ixdStudio @henriktornberg Another one to pause and reflect on: "If you don't do it, someone else will do it."
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@JensBackbom Best case everyone will figure out what a "great opportunity" is for them, and won't define their personal values based on external pressure.
I see great opportunities to walk away from distractions and improve my well-being almost every single day. :)
Sometimes the only winning move is not to play the game. Well-being can improve by learning what games to walk away from.
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@Silanota Sounds like a great idea! One step further would of course be to write down what you're going to watch.
Sometimes refusal can be your most powerful method in the design of technology. Bookmark this as your weekend read.
https://medium.com/@chelsea_barabas/refusal-a-beginning-that-starts-with-an-end-2b055bfc14be
A high-tech umbrella is now on my Christmas wish list. x.com/lukOlejnik/sta…
"It's not about usability, it's about autonomy." Use tech. But figure out what you want to use it for. Before you start using it. 🧐 Mindless scrolling reminds me of when I used to stare at the paper being printed from my word processor to my dot matrix… thecorrespondent.com/748/heres-how-…
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@simplebits @zeldman @kottke @ev @dollarshort @mathowie @megnut x.com/axbom/status/1…
I've been so busy this week that I'd forgotten about my Friday entertainment and these two notifications just made me deliriously happy. Slow-watching FTW.
Absolutely brilliant essay. x.com/hypervisible/s…
Good reflections from @MonicaLewinsky on having a national mental health commissioner "consistently telling the nation about what is normal to—here comes the F-word—feel? In a global pandemic?" About the many ways people are suffering.
vanityfair.com/news/2020/09/m…
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@jocke I do believe you're right and happy you're seeing these trends as well. Looking forward to seeing what a new blogosphere could potentially bring in terms of new discourse.
Maybe that's how I realized I miss it so much: I'm starting to feel an indication of it again.