From my earliest days of work, I was warned about an affliction that might threaten my career: the hole in the CV or the gap in the résumé. Here’s how one technology has entrenched the idea of job after job after job, and how another technology promises to explode that convention.
Dec 20, 2022
7 min
Martin Feld believes in RSS, the protocol for getting podcasts out there, so much that he used the letters RSS to name his Really Specific Stories podcast. Why? Because RSS is _open_. No one controls it. Anyone can put out a podcast on RSS.
Dec 13, 2022
22 min
Tarek Madany Mamlouk is all about tech content. From hour-long multi-host podcasts through snappy YouTube explainers to TikToks, he has it all covered. Join Tarek and me for our lively conversation about tech content creation.
Nov 15, 2022
22 min
Alexandra Arens is host of the Venly Expert Talks podcast, where she releases weekly conversations about all things web3. I wanted to talk to Alexandra as part of my deep dive into tech podcasting, to help me with where I'm going with this podcast.
Oct 25, 2022
19 min
I've reached a pivot point with Tangled Web. I don't quite know where I'm going to be taking it from here. Rather than decide in isolation, I thought I'd let you know what I'm thinking. If you have any thoughts, do let me know what you're thinking, too!
Oct 11, 2022
9 min
Facebook is dead. I'm aware that this is a bold statement, seeing as three and a half billion people are on Facebook. That's a sizeable user base for a dead tech giant. How do I know that Facebook is dead? Here's the clue: Facebook won't let me give them money.
Aug 30, 2022
9 min
Sometimes it seems that nothing works on the web. It’s not just the incompetence of big tech. It’s a deeper issue with the complexity of the web. And – well, I can’t just let Google off the hook here – it’s an even deeper issue with the authoritarianism of big tech.
Jul 19, 2022
10 min
How to get started on a project as enormous as the Open Web Mind? Take the first step. Then take the next step. Keep going until you're taking steps you could never have anticipated. That's how. Here are the 7 steps that I anticipate will take me to the Open Web Mind.
Jul 5, 2022
6 min
A friend asked me: What is Bitcoin? I think she was expecting a long answer. Instead, I gave a short answer: Bitcoin is money that’s issued by an algorithm, not a government. Here's why that's all you need to know about Bitcoin.
Jun 7, 2022
11 min
Why do there have to be so many file formats? How's anyone who's _not_ a file format expert meant to choose between them? Here's my account of what happens when file formats breed: who benefits, who bears the costs, and why it happens.
May 24, 2022
9 min
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