I agree. I think there are many people who, once they are away from it for a while, realize they don’t need or care about the mass following. And then some of those then realize the same about any or most public following at any scale. I’m not surprised to not miss Twitter…I was a little surprised to forget Mastodon for a week and not really miss it either.
@sleslie This is just the kind of self-promotion we need. And I remember this piece now! You’re right to be proud.
@Matt_Noyes Thanks…that is actually new to me, which is exciting! Nothing is too obscure. High on my list is Hyde’s _The Gift_, though that’s obscure in possibly a different way :) It’s hard to remember what it was like when open teaching and learning was a new idea to me, and also hard to find things that aren’t hyper focused on very specific elements!
I’m still looking, if anyone has thoughts! https://social.coop/@fncll/108336243552367288
RT @AlexCox
I got to be on one of my favorite podcasts, @ovrtrd, and ranted a bit about mental illness with three people who are too cool for this world. https://overtiredpod.com/ep/284/
@dajbelshaw @econproph I disagree, if I am understanding correctly. On Twitter, that is how I found/find many of the people I follow!
@fncll At a technical level, a lot of it makes a lot of sense. A simple example: content addressability. Elements of this are already in use - at the core of GitHub, in content distribution networks, etc. But individual browsers still locate content by address, instead of content. So we're always looking at 404s, or retrieving content from around the world. In web3 this is addressed; the user only notices that the URLs look funny (until we get a naming system). Web3 is full of stuff like this.
I’m not ignorant of the technology. But “until we get a naming system” is doing a lot of work here on the human side where using terms like this really matter (and to whom the hype is being directed as a sales pitch). There have been, and will be, scores of technical revolutions within each time given an epochal title.
It’s not that the feelings collectively called “depression”…: https://fncll.org/?p=568
Excellent puzzle in the Inkubator 100 Audacious Puzzles book, @mersiamnot! Fun theme, smooth fill! → https://publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/book/inkubator-crosswords-tracy-bennett/
I had no idea you could build this type of quiz using Gravity Forms in #Wordpress. I also LOL'd at the answer to the final question https://bavatuesdays.com/form-of-an-awesome-superfriends-trivia-quiz/
Making a few things; waving, not drowning (most of the time); he/him.
Some things I like: crosswords, tea, pencils, marginalia, etymology, chess, typewriters, concise writing, snail mail correspondence, micro-essays, watermarks
Professional/education/open education/etc.: https://scholar.social/@fncll