“Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement - Anil Dash
The future of the internet that most excites me is also, in many ways, a snapshot of its past. It’s a place where the Neil Gaimans of the world don’t need to feed their thoughts into an engagement engine, but can instead put out a virtual shingle on their own small patch of cyberspace and attract and build a more intimate community of like-minded... See more
Brad Borland • Neil Gaiman's Radical Vision for the Future of the Internet - Cal Newport
Do we need to be constantly inundated with a firehose of content tuned to our lowest, base desires?
These days, you don't go out and find cool stuff. You get served whatever pablum the platforms think you'll consume.
We need more mess, more friction.
Open protocols like RSS, email, and the web give us the foundation for being more mindful:
Having a... See more
These days, you don't go out and find cool stuff. You get served whatever pablum the platforms think you'll consume.
We need more mess, more friction.
Open protocols like RSS, email, and the web give us the foundation for being more mindful:
Having a... See more
The internet unlocks distribution. Traditionally, gatekeepers dictated who had influence: record labels, newspaper editors, studio executives. Now anyone can build an online community. You can share videos to YouTube, writing to Substack, music to Soundcloud