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šŸ”— I just think that people who write about technology should have a disclaimer about the tech stack they use. .. writes Doug Belshaw.

Heā€™s talking about Carol Cadwalladr. And so any excuse to push šŸ–‡ļøher recent Ted Talk back into the timeline. Iā€™m in. Trust me - if Adolescence is worth 4 hours of your time, because it is neccesary viewing (šŸ–‡ļø it is), then Carolā€™s Ted Talk is definitely worth 15 minutes - and the RoI is waaaay higher.

Back to Doug - I get what heā€™s saying - but this stuff is not black, nor white - and very very grey. AND, I donā€™t like the thought police injecting their opinions into society - whoever the thought police represent.

Whilst complaining about her use of Substack and Blusky (not so bad - given that she could be using Facebook and Twitter - crap spaces that most people know are crap, shrug their shoulders and move on), the subtleties of why those two spaces arenā€™t ā€˜pureā€™ will be lost on the majority - but her message stands a better chance of getting through.

Iā€™m no technical genius but I read. I get it. But were such disclaimers made - what are we meant to do?

Rather than wringing our hands and complaining - shouldnā€™t we be making the alternatives easier to access and use and understand? Because nobody seems to do that. Nobody seems to build on - they just look at something and inwardly tell themselves that can build a better foundation, to start from. History and lessons be damned.

And it isnā€™t just tech - try counting the swarms of sales and marketing, coaches, mentors, new systems, free books all preaching how they have ā€˜unlocked the secret to ā€¦ which any pro in the business has known and worked to for years.

@Dave Winer is on a ā€˜mission from godā€™ on ā€˜interopā€™ - heā€™s pushing Bluesky. He wants Substack to be more open to his writing tools, heā€™s also working with @manton and #Wordpress ā€¦ who else is pushing that kind of collaboration (stands back and waits for the deluge of - wait - you clearly donā€™t know shit - you have forgotten ā€¦) .. and yes - I donā€™t know shit - I am just relaying my person observations. Talking of which ā€¦

Me channeling me from three years ago ā€¦

80% of people who use the 80/20 rule have no data to support their thesis ā€¦

What We Have
  • 80% of developers building new systems
  • 20% of developers working with existing systems
What We Need
  • 20% of developers working with existing systems
  • 80% of developers working with new systems

@matthewcowen its another example of corporate speak that is designed to be nice sounding and hides what is going on from ā€˜the massesā€™ ā€¦ and yet ā€˜we the peopleā€™ have adopted the term without thinking about it ā€¦ ā€˜contentā€™ is my favorite, but how about data ā€¦ ā€˜farmsā€™, ā€˜lakesā€™ and ā€˜mountainsā€™, you rarely hear data ā€˜warehouseā€™ any more.

AdTec has never been the problem ā€¦ its TrackTec that has the issue #LanguageLeaks

@joycewhitevance.bsky.social The problem is that unless we stand together - support each other - he will - shame on the enablers - no longer just spineless politicians an spineless billionaires and spineless media companies and spineless ā€¦

Now we are discovering the spineless lawyers

@andrewmelder saved to read later but does it predate their destruction of ā€˜Readerā€™ or forcing https on to the planet .. or manipulating SEO .. or .. ok - I need to go read!