I’m not sure, but there’s something about this poster that simultaneously makes me happy and sad. It’s the excitement of AI being used by doctors for note-taking and declaring it, evoking a sense of the future. However, I’m stuck on their reception desk with the blue (grey) tac smudges on the corners holding the poster in place.
Or is it just me?
Interesting to see the blog roll after my import.
Stratchery and Memex were clearly in my list already - and have been reimported. I would have thought that it would have been ignored. But no - because it lokks like they are different feeds - since the counts of followers are different?
// @dave - just an fyi.
Thought I might try out that plugin that @dave talks about …
Took me nearly 5 minutes from beginning to end … not going to spend much time on layout - since that space will shortly be moving off wordpress - will see if we can work out how to use it in the new world. Of course - it would be really cool to …
- have that short code just drop in on a micro.blog page
- let me style the display a little - sure I can - just not high on the list yet
The CSS Noodling continues across the domain - getting a lot closer to the vision - but boy is it finicky!
Eventbrite becomes another Bending Spoons acquisition - they truly are the Computer Associates of the new millenium … (remeber them kiddies?)
- eventbrite
- we transfer
- mosaic
- aol - nearly
- vimeo
- evernote
- issuu
.. just off the top of my head.
🔗 On 10 Years of Writing a Blog Nobody Reads
‘Only’ ten? But I get it. I really get it. In the same boat - just with more years.
TIL that Glen Close has been nominated for an Oscar eight times. 🎬🤯
If you care - my fediverse name is: @me@john.philpin.com
New Zealanders - Beware
A global tax crackdown is coming for crypto â including NZ trades worth billions
Though I have a hunch that this isnât exactly kiwis .. and more people using the countries lack of sophistication to avoid paying tax. theconversation.com/a-global-…
New Zealanders - Beware
A global tax crackdown is coming for crypto – including NZ trades worth billions
Though I have a hunch that this isn’t exactly kiwis .. and more people using the countries lack of sophistication to avoid paying tax.
🪦 Looks like Tom stopped. His legacy lives on. Thank you Tom.
A week ago it was pouring with rain - and cold - because it was winter.
Now its pouring with rain - and humid - because it is summer.
Another list. winning
Another list. #winning
Systems vs. People
Apologies for the gaps twixt newsletters. Want to know why?
Trust me the words haven’t stopped - it’s the transport layer that keeps changing, because this newsletter is but one of a number of communication vehicles I use and as I have been organising my thoughts and perusing my collection of unpublished Substack drafts, it struck me that you might not be aware of the range of PHI⑊PIN properties that run in parallel.
I’ve added a link to a more complete drill-down in the ‘foot note’ of this newsletter, but to get to the point quickly: Last month I completed an analysis of the subject matter of my blog (which contains twenty years of posts) and not to get meta on you, I then wrote two posts about that 10,000-plus post investigation.
Read More here - but in fewer words …
… a long, rolling attempt to make sense of systems that don’t behave the way they pretend to.
… tracking the gap between how the world is structured on paper and how it actually functions in practice - whether that’s tech, politics, identity, business, or the internet itself.
… and the consistent itch: why do institutions keep choosing the path that works against people, complexity, and common sense?
… why do we keep letting them?
Have to say, very happy about that summary - because I sometimes worry whether the blog - which is more a ‘public personal journal (hence the title I guess),
… becomes a little less relevant. Then again - they say that a good blog is to write about what you are interested in and what you feel - and let your audience find you. Have you?
Also interesting to see such consistency over those 20 years. I guess it is who I am. (Also makes me happy.)
I then wrote a second post that explored the overall themes of the blog, which were;
1. Systems vs People
Human-Centric vs Mechanistic Worlds
2. Digital Culture and Identity
Category: The Internet as a Social Mirror
3. Organisational Drift and Work Dysfunction
Category: Structural Failure in Modern Work
4. Politics, Power and Narrative
Category: How Stories Shape Systems
5. Personal Reflection as Calibration
Category: Lived Experience as Data
A Guide To The Other Sources can be found here.
All this to say I feel that this newsletter is cut from the same cloth as my blog - (need for analysis noted) … and if these themes are interesting to you - and aren’t subscribed - we have a fix ..
If you reached this far and want to talk more - I certainly do.
Let’s set up some time to explore how Structured Thought can be used to help your business transition into the ‘Age of Experience’.
BTW - this is not your typical ‘Human By Design’ fayre - which is more typically this (The Sound of Silence) or this (Marketing in 2025) .. normal service will be resumed in the next issue.
These days I write using an app I help make called Obsidian, but it’s a delusion to think it will last forever. The app will eventually become obsolete. It’s the plain text files I create that are designed to last. Who knows if anyone will want to read them besides me, but future me is enough of an audience to make it worthwhile.
Obsidian is the foundation of my new Blot Powered Wiki.
Sometimes it feels that I see one of my federated posts on the interwebs - whilst on my own feed I get;
The page you requested is still being published. It should be available soon.
Where's Waldo
Ok - ‘where’s John - online’ - a quick summary of the network of words and sounds in the PHI⑊PIN domain.
🔗 The Bluestocking 393: Orcas and popstar perks
How was my week, you ask? Well, it contained 100 percent more orcas than usual, which was delightful.
Not being picky now - BUT
There is only 1 Orca in the photo. So for ‘100% more’ the other is hidden? Because if Helen only saw one - and prior to that only saw zero - then the sentence should have read something like …
How was my week, you ask? Well, it contained infinitely more orcas than usual, which was delightful.
… “something like” - because I would need to check my Cantor if it is actually infinitely - or another order of infinite .. it has been a while.
Just leave this here to marinate.
