Tag: Social Media
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scale is the enemy
scale is the enemy by Alan Jacobs But that’s a feature, not a bug. Scale — as-big-as-possible, universal-not-local, something-for-everyone scale — is the enemy. I am coming around to this way of thinking in many aspects of life … and even technology.
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Social Media Changes
It was finally time to dig into my social media usage a little bit and make some changes. With that in mind, I have made, or will be making, the following changes: Removed all Twitter apps and the main Facebook app from my phone All access to Twitter and Facebook is handled through the web…
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Small Isn’t Bad
Being smaller is not always a bad thing, or at least it doesn’t need to be. Too often I believe that we think that the massive size of something (service, company, etc.) is somehow intrinsically good instead of a tradeoff or a net negative. This has come to the forefront recently as Twitter continues to…
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You don’t have to live in public
You don’t have to live in public by Austin Kleon It seems ridiculous to say, but 2013, the year I wrote the book, was a simpler time. Social media seemed much more benign to me. Back then, the worst I felt social media did was waste your time. Now, the worst social media does is…