September 2010
111 posts
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“The strangeness is being leached away by the mush-making process. Individual web...”
– Jaron Lanier, You are Not a Gadget (kindle loc. 880) on the erosion of expression and the technology acceptance bias.
“Authorship - the very idea of the individual point of view - is not a priority...”
– Jaron Lanier, You are Not a Gadget (kindle loc. 856) on the subtle effects of UI design. Consider Tumblr, Twitter and Facebook status/comment threads and their effect on the length of discourse.
“I know quite a few people, mostly young adults but not all, who are proud to say...”
– Jaron Lanier, You are Not a Gadget (kindle loc. 969) on the reductionist effect of Facebook (and related services)
“What computerized analysis of all the country’s school tests has done to...”
– Jaron Lanier, You are Not a Gadget (kindle loc. 1268) on the dangers of technological reductionism. He further discusses the pressure that standardized tests put on teachers in selecting teaching strategies that improve test taking skills but provide less real knowledge or opportunity for thinking.
“What free really means is that artists, musicians, writers, and filmmakers will...”
– Jaron Lanier, You are Not a Gadget (kindle loc. 1531) on the ‘music should be free’ concept.
“If you want to know what’s really going on in a society or ideology, follow the...”
– Jaron Lanier, You are Not a Gadget (kindle loc. 1474)
“Most online experiences are made, like fast food, to be cheap, easy, and...”
– Jonathan Harris: Our Digital Crisis (start series here)
Reading You are Not a Gadget (notes to come soon) reminded me of this series of posts by Jonathan Harris about building richer stuff on the web. This is worth re-reading every now and then for a sober reminder of what should be made....
What have you read recently that you absolutely...
An 18 hour flight awaits me in 36 hours.
You are not a Gadget: A Manifesto →
This is a must-read for everyone building something on the web. Jason prompts us to make things more human, accommodating and resist reducing everything and everyone to the simplest flat elements. More notes soon.
On the making of the Mogle Brand Cards →
