Much of our known history is told through artifacts that we have left behind. We know about how objects and records that are preserved – intentionally, accidentally, or otherwise - drift in meaning over time. How does digital media drift and degrade?
Lots of items this month that caught my eye. Dear Google Cloud, Your Deprecation Policy is Killing You https://medium.com/@steve.yegge/dear-google-cloud-your-deprecation-policy-is-killing-you-ee7525dc05dc Steve Yegge’s Platforms Rant was deeply influential in how I thought about platform design, and this is similarly thought provoking for building and maintaining SaaS
Our Cyborg Collective https://tinyletter.com/metafoundry/letters/metafoundry-73-our-cyborg-collective-body-ourselves The whole thing is excellent, but I want to highlight something particular: I’m spending this summer writing a book that is mostly about networked infrastructures. Since I was a little girl, I’ve been in love with the charismatic megastructures
When personalization goes wrong, you get to peak behind the curtain. It's all just a bunch of variables holding together the same message everyone else got.
Good promotions are all about price, product, and… positioning. But looks like they approached this one from… the wrong angle. Ok, I’m done with the puns.