a SmallWeb variant that focuses on passing just Markdown. See (2023-11-14) The Markdown Web. (more)

creator of CompendiumCards (card-deck) https://thecompendium.cards/ (more)

Culture is our Business, book by Marshall McLuhan, 1970 (more)

Boundaryless wrote: "This week we’ve been reading Merrelyn Emery’s “Zero distance between organization and customer: a case of mistaken identity”, a critique of the Haier / ZeroDX narrative. Emery - a co-author of Open Systems Theory – pioneered work on socio-technical systems in the 70s with her husband, Fred Emery.* (more)

tag for experiments with GenAI, like (more)

Typically thought of as high-BandWidth network connectivity. To me, the even more important consumer feature is Always On, so you don't have to wait for the modem to dial, ring, connect, authentication, etc. (more)

Digital nomads are people who travel freely while working remotely using technology and the internet.[1] Such people generally have minimal material possessions and work remotely in temporary housing, hotels, cafes, public libraries, co-working spaces, or recreational vehicles, using Wi-Fi, smartphones or mobile hotspots to access the Internet.[2][3][4][5] The majority of digital nomads describe themselves as programmers, content creators, designers, or developers.[4] Some digital nomads are perpetual travelers, while others only maintain the lifestyle for a short period of time. While some nomads travel through multiple countries, others remain in one area, and some may choose to travel while living in a vehicle, in a practice often known as van-dwelling.[6] In 2023, there were 17.3 million American digital nomads, which was a 131% increase since 2019, and the number increased to 18.1 million in 2024. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_nomad (more)

someone who goes to live/work in another country (more)

indie consultant; author The Pathless Path

An anonymous guest-poster at Dmitry Orlov's blog suggests leaving the US. (more)

Communities of nomadic people move from place to place, rather than settling down in one location. Many cultures have been traditionally nomadic, but nomadic behaviour is increasingly rare in industrialised countries. Typically there are two kinds of nomads, pastoral nomads and peripatetic nomads. Pastoralists raise herds and move with them so as not to deplete pasture beyond recovery in any one area. Peripatetic Nomad-s are more common in industrialised nations travelling from place to place offering a trade wherever they go. (more)

Peak oil is the point when global petroleum production reaches its maximum rate, after which it will begin to decline irreversibly.[2][3][4][need quotation to verify] The main concern is that global transportation relies heavily on gasoline and diesel. Adoption of electric vehicles, biofuels, or more efficient transport (like trains and waterways) could help reduce oil demand. Peak oil relates closely to oil depletion; while petroleum reserves are finite, the key issue is the economic viability of extraction at current prices. Over the last century, many predictions of peak oil timing have been made, often later proven incorrect due to increased extraction rates.[9] M. King Hubbert introduced comprehensive modeling of peak oil in a 1956 paper, predicting U.S. production would peak between 1965 and 1971; his global peak oil predictions were predictive through the 1990s and 2000s but eventually were deemed premature due to improved drilling technology (fracking). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil (more)

Gilbert Keith Chesterton KC-SG (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936) was an English Christian apologist writer.[2] Chesterton's wit, paradoxical style, and defence of tradition made him a dominant figure in early 20th-century literature. Chesterton created the fictional priest-detective Father Brown,[3] and wrote on apologetics, such as his works Orthodoxy and The Everlasting Man.[4][5] Chesterton routinely referred to himself as an orthodox Christian and came to identify this position more and more with Catholicism, eventually converting from high church Anglicanism. Biographers have identified him as a successor to such Victorian authors as Matthew Arnold, Thomas Carlyle, John Henry Newman and John Ruskin.[6] He has been referred to as the "prince of paradox".[7] Of his writing style, Time observes: "Whenever possible, Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out."[4] His writings were an influence on Jorge Luis Borges, who compared his work with that of Edgar Allan Poe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton (more)

William Hugh Kenner (January 7, 1923 – November 24, 2003) was a Canadian literary scholar, critic and professor. His studies on Modernist literature often analyzed the work of James Joyce, Ezra Pound, and Samuel Beckett. His major study of the period, The Pound Era, argued for Pound as the central figure of Modernism, and is considered one of the most important works on the topic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Kenner (more)

"The medium is the message" (more)

John Robb on Marshall McLuhan on War. Source: "War and Peace in the Global Village", 1968. Marshall McLuhan envisioned WW3 as a vast online conflict very similar to what we are currently experiencing. A conflict between the new identities and thinking patterns spawned by rapid technological change and those still clinging to traditional identities and patterns. (more)

AI safety level: vs p(doom) (more)

Today is my 20-Year WikiLog-iversary - going back to 2002-02-05-a. (more)

Mark McGrath: LinkedIn Isn't for Networking. It's the Digital Day-Spa for Corporate Conformity. Spend enough time on LinkedIn and the air starts to feel filtered. It's not just the self-congratulation. It's not just the corporate memes. It's the environment itself. The platform doesn't invite discovery and innovation. It rewards safety. This is The Digital Day Spa. (more)

a John Boyd briefing