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My 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

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"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

Walking the I&M Canal on a warm fall holiday. https://www.joshbeckman.org/indigenous-peoples-day-walk/

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