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29 May 2023

Short books for an inquisitive young fella

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I do not simply endorse everything in these books — not by a long shot — but they are the kind of provocations which were powerful for ...
17 May 2023

Nonviolent Communication, abuse, social justice, and ... communication

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The Nonviolent Communication toolset is powerful and useful in many situations. I think everyone can benefit from learing its fundame...
15 May 2023

Blockchain without math (plus a little more with a little math)

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Here is my clear, simple, no-BS explanation of bitcoin and blockchain for civilians. No math! You do not need it! The basic thing...
11 May 2023

ROI & faustian bargains in design

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Erica Hall says : The “ROI of UX” is a thought terminating cliché. The working assumption that business interests and user intere...
04 May 2023

Credit cards as a fae bargain

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Dreading Twitterpocalypse, I am transcribing this thread by Avery Alder Here is how credit cards work: Imagine stumbling into a...
03 May 2023

Paradox of tolerance

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Capturing commentaries on the liberal Paradox Of Tolerance for convenience. Responsibility for a movement and its space ...
24 March 2023

Neoliberalism (n.)

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I finally got around to indexing a bunch of commentaries on this useful and necessary term of art. I consider economist Brad DeLong’...
13 March 2023

Undo is the king of interface idioms

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Undo is is the king of interface idioms. Undo is so important that they built a hard button for it into the Apple Newton . It ena...