Our misguided obsession with Twitter

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Cal Newport:

A message originally meant for your direct followers could now, under the right conditions, disseminate exponentially through the network. These viral dynamics were further turbocharged when Twitter subsequently moved away from sorting time lines in strict reverse chronological order, and began deploying algorithms that prioritized engagement, which can lead to popular tweets spreading faster.

May 2, 2022 twitter social media






Presidervals

March 16, 2022 phlog bikes






Coffee Outside

October 29, 2021 phlog bikes






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June 20, 2021 homescreenshots






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January 11, 2021 homescreenshots






Zero-Sum Environments

Banham writes: Like earlier generations of English intellectuals who taught themselves Italian in order to read Dante in the original, I learned to drive in order to read Los Angeles in the original.”

January 7, 2021 kneeling-bus






A Simple Farewell

Simple announced that BBVA is shutting them down after 11 years of operation, and 6 years after they acquired them.

Simple is high on the list of consumer web products I’ve cherished over the last decade. I learned so much about customer service, company culture, and how an acquisition can cause the unfortunate slow death of a company and its ethos.

It wasn’t all great, though. The last few years have been painful — botched migrations, outages poorly communicated, and customer service lines that were overloaded and pushed customers away instead of welcoming them in.

Still bummed to see them go. Making the switch to.. Chase? :(

January 7, 2021 acquisition finance tech






Bundling & Unbundling

Whether digital or physical, people actually like bundles, because they supply a legible social structure and simplify the complexity presented by a paralyzing array of consumer choices.

December 25, 2020 real-life-mag tech kneeling-bus