Josh
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Josh
"For legends attract the very best in our times, just as ideologies attract the average, and the whispered tales of gruesome secret powers behind the scenes attract the very worst." (Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism)
“I know this” is a life on pause. “I don’t know this” is where the future lies.
Quote from Amy Hoy
No secret societies
"Monetize" is a terrible word that tacitly admits that there is no such thing as an "attention economy." You can't use attention as a medium of exchange. You can't use it as a store of value. You can't use it as a unit of account. Attention is like cryptocurrency: a worthless token that is only valuable to the extent that you can trick or coerce... See more
Cory Doctorow • The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok
The effect of conspiracy culture is the opposite of calm; it is to spread panic.
Naomi Klein • Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Dont force your kid to blindly adhere to your rules, if they learn to blindly follow you they will not be able to make rational decisions for themselves. I always said "my rules are law, unless you can tell me reasonably why you have a better idea" this gets kids thinking about their situation, and not just acting out against you. Shows them that
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1832 illustration by David Claypoole Johnstone mocking the 1831 Anti-Masonic Party convention
DevRel has always been a role that defies simple definition. It’s not marketing, but it overlaps with marketing. It’s not sales, but it supports sales. It’s not customer success, but it builds relationships with users. And it’s certainly not engineering, though it requires technical skills.
It demands a rare combination of traits: technical... See more
It demands a rare combination of traits: technical... See more
Lee Briggs • The Death of Developer Relations | lbr.
What is DevRel?