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It is not often that one technology or trend dominates an entire year. The internet and dotcom had a couple years like that. Facebook and social media had a year like that. And on the surface 2018 does not look to have a truly dominate tech story.
Even in Texas: Republicans Are the Minority. Troll all you want, I am right.
If you remember the dawn of the internet you know as a matter of fact DRM is evil. That the free and open standards-based internet is the complete opposite of everything DRM stands for. And I am here to tell you that is wrong. DRM is the Future.
How do we allow everyone who wants to own a firearm do so legally and easily, while at the same time preventing people we as a society agree should not have access to firepower from acquiring them.
Saw this article today, it strikes a similar message to the first part of my article on the #metoo movement. The legal system is a poor choice to seek justice in this area. While survivors who want to seek justice through the courts should do so, “Lawsuits are not a strategy,” They come about it from …
Continue reading "In the News: The legal system won’t save us from Sexual Misconduct"
have been thinking through this post for a while. Obviously, the national media attention on the Sexual Misconduct of public figures has been building and growing and dominated many news cycles in the last half of 2017. But the question is why now? What changed that meant the #metoo movement could gain traction? As you …
Continue reading "Why Was the Story Different in 2017?Harvey, Louis, & the Open Secret"
I was really sick last week, so this is the first post in a few days. I love reading about the history of fonts and design systems. This article is a really deep dive into the back stories of several Futura-like fonts that all came out in the period between WWI and WWII. via How Futura …
Continue reading "Design Matters: How Futura became the most ripped off font ever"
Social Media, A disease we build immunity to?
The people who bet everything that dot-com would change the world, they were not wrong.
I think this is really important. It is so hard to find "your tribe" and the odds that they live within walking distance is really small. It also is a reason I think that millennials have started picking downtown urban life over the suburbs. The technical reason is one Elon Musk pointed out in explaining the …
Continue reading "Good read, AKA why you don’t have friends."