Philip Jägenstedt on why the web, only thirty-seven years old, could live for centuries, and why that depends on it having no gatekeepers. “The web must remain relevant to normal people doing normal things.”
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Things I would once have tweeted.
I used to post this sort of thing on Twitter, until it turned into a political dumpster fire. Now it goes here. It will teach no one, never go viral and get no help at all from the network effect. But at least I'll remember where I put the link to that interesting article. Follow along by RSS.
The Ensh*ttificator: a brilliant four-minute film from the Norwegian Consumer Council on why the digital products we rely on keep getting worse, and how to fight back.
The Ensh*ttificator vimeo.com
Can you give a keynote without saying a word? Turns out you can, and this little gem from Zach Leatherman, eleven years ago, shows you how.
Derren Brown on the first ten seconds on stage. Before you even reach the mic, the audience is deciding whether they’re in safe hands. His test: “is this person at home on stage? And if they are, then I think we in the audience feel relaxed in their company.” Best bit: they moved his opening spot six feet further upstage and the applause “just died by half”.
Jensen Huang and Lex Fridman in a very Bourdain-esque collab. Made me feel a little like Now Go Build.
Lex Fridman with Jensen Huang x.com
"But being a lawyer and a judge, I still want to verify this information." Navi Pillay, on hearing she had won the Nobel Peace Prize. I loved this.
I wrote a little more about why that instinct matters: martinbeeby.com/writing/verify-this
'I still want to verify this': Navi Pillay's first reaction euronews.com
Got the same backhanded compliment from a fortune cookie tonight that I get from my wife.
