- The Value of Credentials Endorsement
- The role of endorsement in Open Badges and Open Recognition
- Endorsement using Open Badges and Community Recognition
- Poll on Mastodon (Fediverse)
- Poll on LinkedIn
- ChatGPT conversation
- The Hedgehog and the Fox by Isaiah Berlin
- We Are Open Co-op
- The role of endorsement in Open Badges and Open Recognition
- Behind the One-Way Mirror: A Deep Dive Into the Technology of Corporate Surveillance (EFF)
- The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power (Shoshana Zuboff)
- Zeugma and syllepsis (Wikipedia)
- General Data Protection Regulation (Wikipedia)
- Hierarchy Is Not the Problem (Richard D. Bartlett)
- Instead of breaking up big tech, let’s break them open (Redecentralize)
- Blood money is fine with us, says GitLab: Vetting non-evil customers is 'time consuming, potentially distracting' (The Register)
- Revealed: Google made large contributions to climate change deniers (The Guardian)
- Lenovo X270 (Wikipedia)
- Debian Linux
- Asus VivoMini (Wikipedia)
Microcast #102 — Rituals and Routines
A very short microcast about reading by the light of a fish tank in the early hours of the morning.
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Microcast #101 — Self-esteem, pies, and moving house
More solo waffle about various things. I could pretend there's a consistent thread, but then I'd be lying.
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Microcast #100 — Awkward Conversations
Instead of avoiding difficult conversations, aim to make them less awkward. Here's one way.
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Microcast #99 — EVs
Reflections on taking delivery of an electric vehicle (EV), including charging, business lease, and other rambling thoughts.
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Image: taken by me on my first run-out to Druridge Bay
Microcast #98 — Endorsement
The introduction to some thoughts on endorsement using Open Badges and Verifiable Credentials within networks of trust.
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Microcast #097 — What do we mean by 'consensus'?
Exploring different conceptions of 'consensus' using polls on the Fediverse and LinkedIn, as well as reflecting on my own experience.
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Microcast #096 — Getting back in the saddle
Explaining what I've been up to and the difference between being a hedgehog and a fox.
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Microcast #086 — Strategies for dealing with surveillance capitalism
Over the last year (at least) I've been talking about the dangers of surveillance capitalism. Stephen Haggard picked up on this and, after an email conversation, sent through an audio provocation for disucssion.
If you'd like to join this discussion, feel free to comment on this microcast, or reply with your own thoughts in audio or text format in a part of the web under your control!
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Microcast #079 - information environments
This week's microcast is about information environments, the difference between technical and 'people' skills, and sharing your experience.
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Microcast #078 — Values-based organisations
I've decided to post these microcasts, which I previously made available only through Patreon, here instead.
Microcasts focus on what I've been up to and thinking about, and also provide a way to answer questions from supporters and other readers/listeners!
This microcast covers ethics in decision-making for technology companies and (related!) some recent purchases I've made.
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Microcast #000
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Just setting this thing up with the assistance of my two children…