Mastodawn

For episode 2 of Version History, @joannastern , @reckless1280 and I went deep on BBM, the legendary messaging app that was right about everything and lost the battle anyway. Such a fun episode! https://www.theverge.com/podcast/798692/how-blackberry-messenger-set-texting-free

In this episode of Version History: the story of BBM, which was right about almost everything and lost anyway.

The Verge

What timing. The 'Bring Back BlackBerry' campaign just kicked off last week, too (I popped into the launch event to check it out.)
Definitely been seeing a groundswell of nostalgia-meets-intentional tech lately.
https://joshmcconnell.substack.com/p/bring-back-blackberry-the-intentional

In a world full of AI slop, a grassroots campaign kickoff in Brooklyn says more about our attention crisis than nostalgia ever could.

Ctrl Alt Deliberate