I recently moved into a new home and saw the above device on the side of the fridge. I had no idea what its purpose was, so I just let it sit there for a few weeks while we settled. After most of the more pressing work of moving was done, I took another look […]
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Move Fast and Break Things, Including Your Reputation
The fad motto goes “Move Fast and Break Things”. I believe it came from Zuckerberg himself, and is plastered all over the walls at Facebook, right? It might be a great blurb to follow at Facebook (although I don’t think it is), but at what costs? When you break things, you end up with more consequences than […]
Own Your Digital Writing
I recently found a service called Medium, started by Twitter and Blogger founder Evan Williams. Medium seems like a more exclusive blogging platform, just letting certain authors partake in content creation. So Williams is a serial (micro)blogging service founder… This reminded me of the ephemeral nature of web services. They’re started and abandoned at the drop […]
The Internet Isn’t Killing Me
Reading a post on The Verge recently, I was surprised by how many people are starting to despise our digital experiences. Paul Miller, the journalist who decided to stop using the internet for a year, says this about a book called Present Shock: “I hope to use some of [its] coping mechanisms as weapons and his definitions as […]