I used to read Cringely a lot and then I didn’t. He disappeared from my feeds - life moved on and then BOOM - in the feed today.
🔗 Where the heck have I been all this time? | I, Cringely
HOLY CRAP!
‘Your network is your net worth’ have none of you ever heard of just having friends?
💬 Joan Westenberg
Another Smithsonian - this from 1910.
Resent the Attempt to Smash the British Constitution by American Dollars" poster. Lithograph in black and red ink on white paper showing a caricature of John Redmond armed with a club called “Home Rule” with a large money bag containing US dollars in each hand, produced for the Unionist Party in December 1910.
💬 The Smithsonian
It’s all about fighting the use of American Dollars to ‘break Britain’. Apparently it used to be frowned on. Fast forward 100 years and ….
well, here we are. Again. 🚧
A lot of images from the Smithsonian are on Unsplash for free use. This one caught my eye.
This sign was designed to be placed in the window of a home so that all who passed would know that the woman within had exercised her right under the 19th amendment and registered to vote. It also served as a reminder to other women to do the same. ca 1920.
💬 Smithsonian: Record ID: nmah_1414548
… and here we are 100 years later. 🚧
👁️ Have to say, feeling rather pleased with myself.
Let the development and design continue.
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👁️ In a world of EFT and instant gratification it is interesting to see that Amazon can ship atoms from warehouse to door an order of magnitude faster than a bank can add a deposit from another bank.
That said - any bank can take money out of your account at a speed that leaves light in the dust.
So I guess ‘on average’ the banks think they are doing ok.
Crucial Track 🎵 May 28, 2026
"Common People (Full Length Version)" by Pulp
Pulp. Jarvis. Classic. Only Shatner might have improved it.
I'll see what I can do.
👁️ I forgot that I had two 🎵LastFM accounts - time to merge. Somehow.
🎛️ A Snicklecast
… just testing now.
The Catch Up continues. Read 🔗📚Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari
I need an easy way to do a mini-podcast. An idea that should be said verbally, but it’s short and self-contained, about the length of an untitled blog post, like the one you’re reading now.
💬 Dave Winer
I had the same idea back in 2019 @dave - I even created a 🔗🎙️snicklecast to describe what a 🔗🎙️snicklecast - and why it is.
Never cracked the ‘simple’ part though.
I THINK there is something like this in MicroBlog on a higher tier than I sit at.
🍎📺 Finished Imperfect Women last night. Really rather good. Seem to be more and more of these ‘secrets wrapped up in Russian Dolls’ stories. They aren’t always great. 🚧
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Crucial Track 🎵 May 27, 2026
👁️ TIL that Ukiah is the palindrome of Haiku … which is why Ukiah has an 🔗 annual Haiku festival.
Ultimately your job as a developer is to turn your creation over to users to figure out. Listen to see if patterns emerge. Even better give the users the tools they need to build apps out of our apps, together. This is how humans build layers of tech.
💬 Dave Winer