Eric Sinclair

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Chicago based quasi-geek interested learning, knowledge management and corralling, and collaboration. How do individuals and teams work better together....
A bloghttps//pickhits.kittyjoyce.com/
Photo of a cat the exact moment a can is being opened in the kitchen.

I was asked by a 20 year younger friend how my internet was back then. I needed a moment but then I told her the story of an IRC channel and how we made the day for a young girl who happened to be on our IRC channel. Because this is what my internet was like back then and I wish sometimes it still was like this. Let me tell the story:

I was 25, the channel members were like 20 to 30 years old. Somehow this young girl found her way to us. She was 14 when she joined the channel. >>

“Computers are mostly used against people instead of for people; used to control people instead of to free them. Time to change all that—we need a People’s Computer Company”

https://archive.org/details/1972-10-peoples-computer-company/mode/1up

1972-10 People's Computer Company : People's Computer Company : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The premiere issue of the People's Computer Company Newsletter from October 1972. The newsletter was organized by Bob Albrecht, Mary Jo Albrecht, Jerry Brown,...

Internet Archive
"When Joel Spolsky, my business partner on Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange, asked me what I wanted to do after I left Stack Exchange, I distinctly remember mentioning Aaron Swartz. That's what Aaron was to us hackers: an exemplar of the noble, selfless behavior and positive action that all hackers aspire to – but very few actually achieve." (2013) https://blog.codinghorror.com/the-end-of-ragequitting/
The End of Ragequitting

When Joel Spolsky, my business partner on Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange, asked me what I wanted to do after I left Stack Exchange, I distinctly remember mentioning Aaron Swartz. That’s what Aaron was to us hackers: an exemplar of the noble, selfless behavior and positive action that all

Coding Horror

It's not me, but @anticdent is on my version of said list... And I know his is a tough list to get on.

https://hachyderm.io/@anticdent/113289579368422737

anticdent (@[email protected])

A friend has been failing to get a new software dev job for a while now. They're just not very good at coding interviews. However I have worked with them and would very happily do so again[1]. Their code is solid, intelligent, readable, maintainable. This industry is so messed up. [1] There are very few people on that list.

Hachyderm.io

A friend has been failing to get a new software dev job for a while now. They're just not very good at coding interviews.

However I have worked with them and would very happily do so again[1]. Their code is solid, intelligent, readable, maintainable.

This industry is so messed up.

[1] There are very few people on that list.

Read through as there's also a Kickstarter running to produce a documentary about the group and their response to the present scenarios of youth.
From: @jennitaur
https://social.coop/@jennitaur/113166392241435474
Jenny Odell (@[email protected])

nyc folks: until october 13, the luddite club (group of very cool kids with flip phones etc) is hosting a scavenger hunt in brooklyn. how do I know this? I just did an interview for a documentary about them 🫡 more info in my latest newsletter: https://buttondown.com/jennitaur/archive/luddite-club-scavenger-hunt/

social.coop

Especially with headphones, the 20th anniversary remaster of "A Night at the Hip-Hopera" by @kleptones is really incredible. Eternal thanks to @waxy and @andybaio for publicizing this, back in the day.

It's absolutely a desert island disc for me.

This is my periodic post just to say that #phanpy is by far my favorite UX for social, not just on the Fediverse, but on any social platform. And it keeps getting better. Thanks @cheeaun http://phanpy.social
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