Back in May, I wrote Turn On, Tune In, Opt Out. I’m increasingly confident that it’s the next big trend in technology.
For the past 7 years, my bellwether for innovative, compelling, new technologies has been Dave Winer. Even before Google+ has been opened up to the general Google public – he’s taken a look and said, no thanks.
DuckDuckGo is looking more attractive every day.
Card.io says it can read credit cards just by looking at them. So much sexier than swiping.
“The world is big enough for both the paperclip and the staple.” – David S. Cargo
I always been a fan of Tim Coyne’s ‘Unkempt’ series. Tim’s delivery and storytelling is honest, vulnerable, and funny. And, most of all, I can relate to his overarching theme: the challenges of maintaining long term relationships despite a parents’ divorce fucking it up from the start.
Tim’s drive to run away from the problems of a post-divorce home in Mirage map frighteningly close to the me of 15 years ago.
The latest Unkempt concludes with this line:
It’s only been in the past 6 years that my dad and I have started to reconnect. It’s still hard, and we both can say, ‘yes, this is hard, let’s keep going’.
If memory and math serve me, when my Dad was my age, he decided to build a house for his family.
By hand.
In the woods.
Where even today, there still isn’t a paved road.
And that’s where my memory starts.
Today, Google & Apple are the dominant tech corporations with Microsoft & Nokia struggling to be more than also-rans.
The open internet is under continual attack and we, the citizens of the web, continually work for free.
My library of cyberpunk and dystopian sci-fi did not prepare me for this day.
Or perhaps – we are not there yet.
Dear ebook backers,
For too long I’ve been uninspired to write – and for too long, I’ve been sufficiently distracted by a small child (well, three of them).
Over the weekend, I found a new vision for the ebook project.
Something much more timeless than what you’ve already read.
Something more representative of my adventure in opt-out.
First step: updated editorial calendar.
Earlier this week, Albert Maruggi asked for my comments on the reported decrease in Facebook users and the increase in corporate Facebook stores.
As always w/ Albert, it was an enjoyable conversation that he included as part of his ongoing Marketing Edge podcast.