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Josh on Narro
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Josh Beckman uses Narro to create a podcast of articles transcribed to audio. Read more at https://www.andjosh.com.
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Worldwinds
Dec 7, 202200:10:22Tap to summarizeA counter-intuitive feature of wind power is that it is usable regardless of the direction the wind is blowing, so long as it is sufficiently steady and you have the right technology. A windmill th… https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2022/12/07/worldwinds/ divergencepoints of sailWisner-Gross modelGary Marcus points outDestruction and Creation
Transcribe →Email Test of the email routing
Nov 21, 202200:00:17Tap to summarizeTransferring your domain to Cloudflare tells your registry that a different registrar can now set those authoritative records for you. The relationshi...
Transcribe →The Art of Gig Books
Nov 18, 202200:06:13Tap to summarizeMy 2-volume collection of essays about independent consulting and life in the gig economy, The Art of Gig, is finally out. It is available in paperback and Kindle ebook form on Amazon. Art of Gig, … https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2022/11/17/the-art-of-gig-books/ The Art of GigTempoThe Art of GigThe Art of Gigartofgig.comYak Collectivego buy them
Transcribe →Storytelling — End-Times Tales
Nov 4, 202200:05:00Tap to summarizeIt is perhaps a bit of a conceit, but I don’t like posting anything on this blog that doesn’t feel timeless. This does not mean ahistorical. In fact, timeless to me means acutely histor… https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2022/11/03/storytelling-end-times-tales/
Transcribe →Blockchain solutionism – Guest lecture at the University of Texas at Austin by Molly White
Oct 23, 202200:51:07Tap to summarize"Blockchain solutionism". A guest lecture by Molly White at the University of Texas at Austin on September 21, 2022. This lecture was for a course in the School of Design and Creative Technologies called "Anti-Solutionism". There is a Q&A portion at the end—to protect the privacy of students only my own audio is included, and I've replaced the question audio with a text summary of the question. 00:00 Intro 00:52 Overview of concepts 10:35 Pros and cons of blockchains 16:43 Claimed use cases 17:32 More believable use cases 20:01 Solutions looking for problems 22:52 The XY problem 33:35 Q&A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0k_GjxuJDM
Transcribe →Indigenous Peoples Day Walk
Oct 13, 202200:00:36Tap to summarizeWalking the I&M Canal on a warm fall holiday. https://www.joshbeckman.org/indigenous-peoples-day-walk/
Transcribe →Ark Head
Sep 29, 202200:10:05Tap to summarizeThis week is probably the closest we've ever gotten in my lifetime to the brink of nuclear-powered World War 3, yet people seem strangely indifferent ... https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2022/09/29/ark-head/ shared this memea replya thread about the deep recession in the insight economy
Transcribe →Tangle Logic
Sep 22, 202200:20:16Tap to summarizeThe word tangle is generally used pejoratively in the English language, as in Walter Scott's line, Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we pract... https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2022/09/22/tangle-logic/ a great threadmy twitter promptBreaking SmartChola temple at Thanjavurmutualism
Transcribe →What I've Learned from Users
Sep 20, 202200:12:33Tap to summarizeSeptember 2022I recently told applicants to Y Combinator that the best advice I could give for getting in, per word, was Explain what you've learned f... http://paulgraham.com/users.html 123counterintuitive45hacking the testAirbnbs
Transcribe →September 2022 Blog Update
Sep 9, 202200:01:34Tap to summarizeI haven't been in a creative blogging mood for a month, thanks to oven-like conditions in Los Angeles these past few weeks, and of course the general ... https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2022/09/08/september-2022-blog-update/ ArmpitRibbonfarm Studio
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