I wrote In Praise of MicroBlog in answer to a question @andysylvester had of me.
He just replied - through another blog post - naturally.
Including call outs to fellow 1999ers @ron and @frankm
Nice one Andy.
You’re kidding right?
Upload my contacts to YouTube?
I want what you’re on.
Workers of the world unite on distributed digital platforms – George Zarkadakis | Aeon Essays
"This kind of bottom-up, self-organised business network is what Trebor Scholz, a professor at the New School in New York, calls ‘platform cooperativism’. Take Uber, currently valued in the tens of billions of dollars. There’s no reason why a group of drivers couldn’t build a similar platform for themselves; the software tools to develop it are open-source and readily available, and development and design talent can be given incentives to participate."The Full Story
Inessential is the blog of [@brentsimmons](https://micro.blog/brentsimmons) and he is on a roll … well if the last two posts constitute a roll?
Good reads. Spot on.
There I was wondering if ‘team trump’ understood the meaning of ‘ad hominem’
France might have had the same thought …
This article uses easier language for ‘team tiny hands - smaller minds’
”International cooperation cannot depend on fits of anger or little words.”
Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes Is Allegedly Looking to Start Another Company
Yup - no typos… and Tim Draper still supports her because ‘she did nothing wrong’ … though she is banned by the SEC from being the officer of any company.
Sure. Nothing wrong at all.
White House ratchets up trade war with ‘special place in Hell’ slug at Trudeau
”Canada does not conduct its diplomacy through ad hominem attacks.”
I wonder if anyone in the Trump Administration knows what ‘ad hominem’ means?
Take 20 minutes of your life and listen. You won’t regret it.
“Food is Political.”
Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat, I love …
No it’s not that video … it’s an entirely different one. Off to get some popcorn while I wait for the responses.
GO!
Google Chrome: Flash Usage Declines from 80% in 2014 to Under 8% Today
I’m surprised it as high as 8%
Roger Bannister’s Sub-Four-Minute Mile
I’m not a runner, but this event has always been emblazoned on my mind - just never seen it before.
Eunice Gayson, the first Bond girl, dies aged 90
Nice anecdote on the origin of that famous Line…
”Bond asks her for her name. “I admire your courage, Miss, er?” She replies: “Trench, Sylvia Trench. I admire your luck, Mr…?”
”Bond, James Bond.”
Dennis Rodman traveling to Singapore for North Korea summit
I thought that was The Onion … but no CNN …
Reality has such a better lead on satire than the traditional outlets.
I work with Defy Ventures which exists to help people coming through the American Judicial system.
Defy has its own set of problems and might not even survive, but when you watch something like this you remember why you are involved.
Arron Banks seems to be such a stand up guy at least according to his Wikipedia entry
It’s An Absolutely Awesome Time To Look For A Job
If employment is so high why on earth would anyone be looking for a job … surely ‘they’ should be looking for people?
As Manafort gets hit with more charges, Trump won’t rule out a pardon
And Mueller is probably holding more stuff on him - so just as he gets pardoned … he’s indicted again.
Can you be pardoned twice?
That moment when three children are bouncing on the edge of the bouncy castle and the parents are screaming at them to get inside properly and the staff member on duty is engrossed in her phone.
Yeah. That moment.