Posts by peterme@sfba.social
(DIR) Post #AVFXLMv5dMfNscvDiC by peterme@sfba.social
2023-05-02T13:56:15Z
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#Mastodon, and the #Fediverse, are examples of the challenges, and opportunities, of real community building. #Bluesky is getting a lot of positive shine, and even in its nascent state, performs better in certain areas, but in no way does it feel like the product of community.Bluesky is fun now, but what happens when the messy reality of moderation, control, and capital enters the picture? Mastodon relies on community-run instances (I donate to mine), and the willingness and desire of people to put the work in. When that time comes for Bluesky, who will step up to take responsibility? Will it find a similar federated governance model, or will it just become a Twitter clone?
(DIR) Post #AWHyCACOa68eOuvsUi by peterme@sfba.social
2023-06-02T18:14:33Z
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@gretared perhaps my favorite television show of the last 5? 10? years. Second season is *even better* than the first. Enjoy, shitass.
(DIR) Post #AWt6IWV9j6yAenln8q by peterme@sfba.social
2023-06-20T14:46:26Z
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(brought over from LinkedIn, thought it may be good for discussion here)...Could #UXDesign practices benefit from higher interest rates?I’ve found myself wondering if the reason it feels like UX has backslid in the past decade or so (away from an intentional practice toward being seen as simply the production of assets; and where any attempt to engage in a meaningful discussion of ‘impact’ leaves the UXers feeling gaslighted) is because of how 0% interest rates (2009-2016, and then again in 2020-2022) encouraged business finances to become divorced from value, and companies were seen primarily as financial instruments with untenable goals (blitzscaling without any concern of profitability).And so user-centered design practices, which assume some degree of ethical rationality on the part of the business (wanting to deliver value for customers) were irrelevant in the eyes of the senior leadership...(1/4)
(DIR) Post #AWt6IXO6QovDPDTfmq by peterme@sfba.social
2023-06-20T14:46:48Z
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(2/4)...And this thought-thread makes me wonder, as interest rates are no longer zero, and companies are recognizing they have to be responsible about money flows, and that they may need to deliver actual value for customers, etc., if we'll see a re-birth of more thoughtful UX-style practices that seek to operate at the intersection of design and business.I was thinking about how the last flourish of meaningful tech-led innovation pre-dated the financial crisis (and the zero-ing out of interest rates in 2009). That magical time after the dot.bust which saw things like iPhones and “web 2.0” (early social media that had legitimate promise… Flickr, Twitter, etc.) and that since 2009-10, there has been no meaningful innovation just this kind of stuff: (from: https://twitter.com/adamkotsko/status/1658502837121187840?lang=en)
(DIR) Post #AWt6IYOqfX72XopmaW by peterme@sfba.social
2023-06-20T14:48:06Z
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(3/4)...What's so disappointing was how services such as Uber, Lyft, Instacart had actual innovation potential in how they combined emergent capabilities (mobile, big data, marketplaces) to deliver value, but because of the financialization nonsense, they quickly became divorced from that value in favor of scale at any cost, which lead to them operating in obviously unsustainable ways (funded by rapacious venture capitalists), and so anyone who tried to engage in the space sensibly were unable to compete. (And it's not just in this 'new logistics' space... medtech and healthtech companies are going through this as well, and I'm sure it's true in many industries.)Now with money actually costing something, I suspect that over the next 3-5 years we'll see new entrants who approach this the right way and build viable businesses....
(DIR) Post #AWt6IZWKVCgu1JLGt6 by peterme@sfba.social
2023-06-20T14:48:20Z
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(4/4)This makes me (slightly!) hopeful we'll see a renaissance of thoughtful user experience practice (as Adaptive Path was part of starting in 2001) because when businesses can't simply play 3 Card Monte with finances, they may resort returning to what's at the intersection of design and business.
(DIR) Post #AX0ECdDxyDgUI965cO by peterme@sfba.social
2023-06-24T02:40:24Z
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@clive wow. The extents parents will go to in order to impress their teen children.
(DIR) Post #AXl0tkzbpoHBZEvNB2 by peterme@sfba.social
2023-07-16T15:57:34Z
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Still too early to get out of bed
(DIR) Post #AXng6zxRzTZABNGcee by peterme@sfba.social
2023-07-17T23:13:50Z
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@clive @Emilynussbaum
(DIR) Post #AYhpWUpPNrASuOMygK by peterme@sfba.social
2023-08-14T01:23:08Z
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@clive @kottke
(DIR) Post #AYtND4jePYywnlGNO4 by peterme@sfba.social
2023-08-19T15:02:26Z
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@clive I find all this reminiscent of Clifford Nass' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Nass) research, shared in The Media Equation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Media_Equation (written with Byron Reeves), and The Man Who Lied to His Laptop. Where people, basically, treat any interactive entity as if it is 'another mind.'
(DIR) Post #AZ3tJYNcFKgmatgkqG by peterme@sfba.social
2023-08-24T16:43:24Z
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@textfiles When I was 11, 12 years old, Spare Change was far and away my favorite Apple ][ game.
(DIR) Post #AZAAkrbXk3NgCqZRzc by peterme@sfba.social
2023-08-27T17:32:11Z
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@clive Additional thoughts:I suspect the rise of very large displays is a factor. I used to print in order to read across multiple pages/documents for editing, etc. Now, I can comfortably fit 2, 3, even 4 'pages' across my displays (which, also, are 'retina' displays, so have resolution akin to paper). Printing used to be a time-saver for doing complicated work. Now it takes more time.(Oh, I also wonder about the rise of 'infinite canvas' tools like Miro / Mural for not needing to print-out and tape-up multi-page documents for editing, etc.)
(DIR) Post #AZEddWfcqngqYXAoJU by peterme@sfba.social
2023-08-29T16:36:41Z
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@taylorlorenz rewild that attention! (https://forge.medium.com/9-ways-to-rewild-your-attention-d7c9334b6b90, h/t @clive)
(DIR) Post #AaHQp8Xgyc4XfF3mgS by peterme@sfba.social
2023-09-30T03:28:11Z
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@clive This video may be of interest. A deep dive into "content." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAtbFwzZp6Y&ab_channel=Patrick(H)Willems
(DIR) Post #AadqYLQt1qTBMslwB6 by peterme@sfba.social
2023-10-07T03:45:32Z
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@danhon @steveportigal @Mojoe THE CITY AND THE CITY is a favorite of mine, and easily the most accessible of Mieville's works.
(DIR) Post #AadqYSHDaBtYavIoa0 by peterme@sfba.social
2023-10-08T02:59:17Z
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@vanderwal @Mojoe @migurski @danhon @steveportigal Counterpart was fabulous. Sadly, ended too soon.
(DIR) Post #AbOyYvlMAByRthUkJE by peterme@sfba.social
2023-11-02T16:41:09Z
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@clive @tim
(DIR) Post #AhpP21ct2e3Xg0SF8q by peterme@sfba.social
2024-05-06T03:41:11Z
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I'm watching HEAT (DeNiro, Pacino) for the first time.30 minutes in, it's not evident why this is a modern classic to some.
(DIR) Post #Ai1NewYjwhLpFCSpSi by peterme@sfba.social
2024-05-05T16:05:17Z
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#COYS Tottenham's 'attack' was embarrassing. There's no form or shape. Liverpool shows what it looks like to have purpose. #LIVTOT #mastodonfc