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Growing Up to Love Technology
A look back at the technology that shaped me.
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Why Social Media and Humility Aren’t Friends
How social media makes us all insufferable braggarts.
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The Algorithm
A poem about the code that rules our lives.
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That Time I Tried to Save SURGE Soda
What was it like to go “viral” in the days before social media? A site I built to bring SURGE soda back to the market became a community. It reached more people than I could have imagined. Here’s the story of how it happened.
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Blog Questions Challenge
I don’t usually participate in these things. But what the heck? Here are a few facts and figures about my blogging life.
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The Blurred Line Between Open-Source Contribution and Ownership
Some thoughts about ownership – or the perception of it – in open-source projects. Perhaps it relates to online communities as well.
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AI Can’t Solve Everything
I find AI models helpful. But it can’t directly solve all of life’s problems. As in: Can it make me rich, young, and handsome?
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The Empty Promise of Big Tech
I bought the sales pitch. There was just so much good to be done. Tech visionaries seemed like the right people to create such change. Well, how’s that working out?
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The Web as a Plot of Land
I’ve seen the web from its mainstream infancy to its vital role in society. Humor me as I trace its hopeful beginnings to its current chaotic state.