One thing I've been wondering about (in all my musings on #microblogging) is the relationships among sources and references. Earlier, I speculated that all blogging is only reference, because an #rss feed is just a sign to a #blog post.
Interestingly, it's a robust sign. Some feeds are so robust that they are copies of their source. There is no need to "click through" to the source, because the same information is in the feed.
Even if feeds are referrers, to what do they refer? The refer to sources.
Some sources are copies of other sources. Once a source item is copied, there's no need to... read more >
Working on content interop super-ontology in the #mastodon, #micro.blog, #twitter, #feedland, and #wordpress multiverse.
Posts are actual pieces of content. They are mostly made on the platform where you find them.
Timelines are views into (yours and others’) posts. These views are made possible by transmitting information about the post via #RSS (or something else) and aggregating into a timeline. Timelines can include feeds from yours or others’ sources.
What’s interesting is that timelines can also be published and consumed, also via #rss.
This means that, if you consume a feed, you don't...... read more >
As part of cleaning out some old drive storage, I needed to zip a folder of folders. I could, of course, do this by hand, but it was a lot of folders and would be rather tedious. Instead of doing that for 10 minutes, I took 2 hours to figure out an automated solution!
I tried Forklift, Automator, Shortcuts, and Pathfinder. Nothing could do it; at least I couldn’t find a way to do it. After some searching, I found partial solutions in AppleScript. Here’s what I came up that solved my problem.
tell application “Finder" set theFolders to selection repeat with aFolder in theFolders set theItem...... read more >
We hear frequently, ever since The Experience Economy about designing experiences. We talk about the customer experience, the employee experience, and the student experience. Everything is an experience. Or, at least, everything is supposed to be an experience. It’s certainly not supposed to be a (mere) transaction.
This reminds me of the term “partner†in business relationships. Frequently, a vendor doesn’t want to be called a “vendor†nor to be known as a vendor. They tell their clients that “we want to be your partnerâ€. Relationships are suppose to be partnerships, not... read more >
It’s generally thought that teachers know everything and consultants know nothing. When you learn from a teacher, it’s through that you’re learning what they know. And when you get help from a consultant, you’re supposed to know that they are basically just project managing things, but they don’t really know more than you do.
The reality is that both follow a similar approach.
Teachers typically use others’ materials as the basis for what they teach. What you‘re getting is 1) their help with your understanding of the materials, and 2) their interpretation of the materials.
Consultants,... read more >
It’s commonly thought that innovation depends on some sort of creative bursting forth. There certainly seems to be this sort of generative innovation where something new is deliberately made.
I wonder whether this kind of innovation is really so special and unique. I’m suspicious of explanations where “something magical happens”. So, I wonder if “creation” isn’t all around us all the time.
If it is, then why do we focus on this special, magical kind of innovation? If innovation is all around us, why don’t we see it more often?
I think this is because we see a lot of de-innovation. By that, I...... read more >
In his autobiography, Bryan Cranston (Walter White of the renowned Breaking Bad) described the lesson he learned that helped him go from an average actor to an extraordinary one. Here’s what he wrote: Cranston went on to say after he made this mindset shift, he felt much more relaxed and free....
Read full article at the publisher’s site: https://theascent.pub/ordinary-people-focus-on-the-outcome-extraordinary-people-focus-on-the-process-6d9a0888df01
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Reading is good for you in many ways. It fosters creativity, self-improvement and open-mindedness. Researchers even have determined it can help you live longer. Here are popular titles suggested by more than a dozen successful executives....
Read full article at the publisher’s site: https://www.inc.com/christina-desmarais/13-books-read-by-successful-people.html
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Often the things that have the biggest impact on your success are small and inexpensive. While I don’t promote consumerism or excessive spending, there are cool little tools that will help elevate your success and hack your life....
Read full article at the publisher’s site: https://medium.com/@timdenning/13-purchases-under-500-that-will-significantly-elevate-your-success-2b02a8ea5b1e
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