Today's links
- Don't Be Evil: My new Locus Column.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Tag: big tech
Pluralistic: Naomi Alderman's 'The Future' (07 November 2023)
Today's links
- Naomi Alderman's 'The Future': Billionaire preppers vs the end of the human race.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2003, 2013, 2018, 2022
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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Pluralistic: Big Tech's "attention rents" (03 Nov 2023)
Today's links
- Big Tech's "attention rents": Enshittification comes out of the barrel of an algorithm.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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Pluralistic: Zuck's gravity-defying metaverse money-pit (30 Oct 2023)
Today's links
- Zuck's gravity-defying metaverse money-pit: $46.5 billion incinerated and he's richer than ever.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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Pluralistic: Saturday linkdump, part the sixth (09 Sept 2023)
Today's links
- Saturday linkdump, part the sixth: The new digital disorder.
- This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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Pluralistic: Kickstarting a book to end enshittification, because Amazon will not carry it (31 July 2023)
Today's links
- Kickstarting a book to end enshittification, because Amazon will not carry it: "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation" comes out from Verso on Sept 5.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
Pluralistic: Podcasting "Let the Platforms Burn" (18 July 2023)
Today's links
- Podcasting "Let the Platforms Burn": It's past time to evacuate the fire-zone.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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Pluralistic: Linkty Dumpty (15 July 2023)
Today's links
- Linkty Dumpty: Things I thought about when I was supposed to be on holidays.
- This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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Pluralistic: To save the news, repeal the app tax (07 June 2023)
Today's links
- To save the news, repeal the app tax: The latest in "saving the news from Big Tech."
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2013, 2022
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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Pluralistic: To save the news, ban surveillance ads (31 May 2023)
Today's links
- To save the news, ban surveillance ads: No publisher will ever beat ad-tech at spying, but no tech company will ever understand a publisher's content better than they do.
- Hey look at this: Delights to delectate.
- This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2022
- Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading
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