IndieWeb Weblog Engine (more)

Why do I believe Wiki is superior to WebLog? (time (2004) for me to make this explicit) (more)

"That the available Control variety must be equal to or greater than the disturbance variety for control to be possible" - William Ross Ashby (more)

Mozilla lays off 70 as it waits for new products to generate revenue. Mozilla Corporation (as opposed to the much smaller Mozilla Foundation) said it had about 1,000 employees worldwide. (more)

Zvi Mowshowitz: Covid-19 6/03 : No News is Good News. Infections and deaths continue to decline. There is no sign that the change in mask policy or anything else is going to blunt that, or that the control system is attempting to reassert itself. We’re winning. If you’re reading for ‘news you can use’ there isn’t any beyond ‘news is good.’ It’s safe to relax. (more)

Zvi Mowshowitz: Covid-19 5/27: The Final Countdown. We are now a second week into The Great Unmasking, with no sign of trouble in the case numbers (more)

Hernando de Soto Polar (commonly known as simply Hernando de Soto /dəˈsoʊtoʊ/; born June 2, 1941) is a prominent Peruvian economist known for his work on the informal economy and on the importance of business and property rights.[1][2] His work on the developing world has earned him praise worldwide by numerous heads of state, particularly for his publication The Mystery of Capital and The Other Path. He is the current president of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD), a think tank devoted to promoting economic development in developing countries located in Lima, Peru.[3] (more)

Alberto Kenya Fujimori Inomoto[2] (Spanish: [alˈβeɾto fuxiˈmoɾi] or [fu(ɟ)ʝiˈmoɾi]; Japanese: [ɸɯʥiꜜmoɺi] or [ɸɯʥiꜜmoɾi]; Japanese: 片岡 謙也, かたおか けんや Kataoka Kenya; born 28 July 1938)[3][4] is a former Peruvian engineer and politician who served as the President of Peru from 28 July 1990 until his downfall on 22 November 2000. Described as a "dictator",[5] he remains a controversial figure in Peruvian politics; his government is credited with the creation of Fujimorism, defeating the Shining Path insurgency and restoring Peru's macroeconomic stability,[6][7][8][9] though Fujimori ended his presidency by fleeing Peru for Japan amid a major scandal involving corruption and human rights abuses.[10][11] Even amid his prosecution in 2008 for crimes against humanity relating to his presidency, two-thirds of Peruvians polled voiced approval for his leadership in that period. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Fujimori

Peru (/pəˈruː/ (About this soundlisten); Spanish: Perú [peˈɾu]; Quechua: Piruw [pɪɾʊw];[8] Aymara: Piruw [pɪɾʊw]), officially the Republic of Peru (Spanish: About this soundRepública del Perú (help·info)), is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.[9] At 1.28 million km2 (0.5 million mi2), Peru is the 19th largest country in the world, and the third largest in South America. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru (more)

Robert Scoble: Spatial Computing: Bigger Than Magic Leap. I think this one will stick where others, like “mixed reality” or “immersive computing” have gotten muddied by marketing teams. (more)

Thomas Searle: Breaking Inertia for Wellnest. We set out to build an app that helps people feel more at peace with their thoughts. We wanted to achieve this with three core values: Pride, personalization, and play (our 3P’s). (more)

John Palmer on spatial software. When I wrote the original piece last fall ((2019-08-30) Palmer Spatial Interfaces), I thought my thesis would play out gradually, over the next several years. The main update here is less of a thesis change and more of an acceleration in the timeline. While unpredictable and not part of my original thesis, this global pandemic and the social distancing that comes with it are pushing us towards spatial software more forcefully than any of the factors mentioned in the first essay. (more)

Spatial is bringing VR hangouts and NFT galleries to web browsers. Spatial feels like a cross between Zoom and IMVU or Second Life. You can create a 3D avatar using an image of your own face, wander around 3D environments, interact with other users, present, or collaborate. But until recently, to get the best experience, you needed to use a VR headset like the Oculus Quest or HTC Vive. That’s no longer the case because the latest version of the platform makes it possible to jump into, explore, and socialize using Spatial from a web browser on your desktop, laptop, tablet, or smartphone. (more)

Addressable ideas & the connective tissue of the web (more)

John Palmer on Spatial Interfaces. Think about this: there is no app that replicates a deck of cards. (CardDeck) (more)

Virtual Reality Won. Just Not the Kind You Think. if you take a broader reading of the term “virtual reality,” there’s a sense in which it has already gone mainstream. For people stuck at home in the pandemic, big chunks of our lives have moved into online spaces, even if we don’t own any fancy VR gadgetry. And some of those changes are likely to stick. (more)

Social movements are a type of Group Action (Collective Action). They are large informal groupings of individuals or organizations which focus on specific political or social issues. In other words, they carry out, resist or undo a Social Change. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_movement (more)

Open allocation refers to a management style in which employees are given a high degree of freedom in choosing what projects to work on, and how to allocate their time. They do not necessarily answer to a single manager, but to the company and their peers. They can transfer between projects regardless of headcount allowances, performance reviews, or tenure at the company, as long as they are providing value to projects that are useful to the business goals of the company.[1] Open allocation has been described as a process of Self Organization. Rather than teams and leadership arrangements existing permanently in a company, such relationships form as they are needed (around important projects) and disband when they are no longer necessary. Additionally, open allocation implies that projects are not unilaterally created and staffed by executive mandate. Rather, the person forming the project (who might not be an official manager) is responsible for convincing others to invest their time, energy, and careers into the effort. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_allocation (more)

Alan Henry: Why You Should Keep a Journal (and How to Start Yours). Regular DailyWriting has Mental Health Benefits (more)

Stowe Boyd: Quip as a DayBook: A Digital Work Journal. Over the past year or so, I’ve used a varity of tools to implement what I now call a daybook, and formerly called Daybook journalling. (NoteBook) ((2016-10-17) Boyd Daybook Journaling Calendar Centric Work Management) (more)