A quiet week
I’ve been pretty sick for over a week now. Daycare is a Petri dish of germs and viruses, but most have them have passed me by; this one, in contrast, hit me like a ton of bricks. I’ve been the sickest I’ve felt in years: a really
Asides
Stuff that doesn't really fit in this site's "technology, media, and democracy" remit but is here anyway.
How I vote
I like mail-in ballots because I can do my research as I go, on my own time, in my own environment. To me, it feels a lot closer to giving the process the time and attention it deserves. I filled in my Pennsylvania primary ballot this morning. I’d never
The social web doesn't exist without social justice
So much of what we build on the web is about connecting people. It is impossible to connect people effectively without paying attention to social justice and equity. Otherwise we’re just connecting the privileged with the privileged, creating ever smaller networks of influence, and learning nothing new.
No tech for apartheid is within its rights to protest
Solidarity with the 28 Google workers who were fired for protesting Project Nimbus this week. Anonymous Google and Amazon workers described the project as follows a couple of years ago: Project Nimbus is a $1.2bn contract to provide cloud services for the Israeli military and government. This technology allows
Updates for ShareOpenly
I made some updates to ShareOpenly this weekend: * The design now puts the shortlist of social networks you’re most likely to share to at the top. * Firefish and Misskey are now supported. * There are now instructions for adding “share to” ShareOpenly links to your site. I also added “share
General
Evil Knievel, my mother, and me
This was saved into my drafts on August 25, 2012. I'm publishing it on November 30, 2025. For context, my mother received a double lung transplant the following February. If I close my eyes, I can smell the salt of the bay as it's carried on