@sladner

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Sociologist semi retired fr Big Tech. Author. Speaker. Tech Scholar. Future of Work. Enterprise Software. Sad about Twitter but happy to be here.
Websitehttps://www.samladner.com/
On Goodreadshttps://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7135701.Sam_Ladner
On Linkedinhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/sladner/
sladnerApr 17, 2025
Greg WilsonApr 17, 2025
"Because psychology doesn’t have trillions of dollars it hovers around tech a bit like a horsefly." Here's hoping for more horseflies from @grimalkina https://www.fightforthehuman.com/why-i-cannot-be-technical/
Why I Cannot Be Technical

With some regularity, kind-hearted Technical people tell me that I Can Be Technical, Too. This usually happens when I’m asking us to define what we’re calling technical in a software environment. I understand why it happens. I am a psychologist of software environments and that is something of

Fight for the Human
sladnerMar 2, 2025
18F is a group of technologists who left high paying work to serve the American people. They created the free federal tax filing system. An unvetted billionaire just fired them. All their methods are on this free mirrored site https://18f.org/guides/
18F Guides

A central resource for all 18F guides and methods

sladnerFeb 25, 2025
A wooden ceremony, sacred and small.
sladnerFeb 16, 2025
I will be at Grand Lake Theater in Oakland tomorrow. Join us. Peacefully protest now before it’s too late.
From: @RobertDaleParker
https://mstdn.social/@RobertDaleParker/114014226264706676
Robert Dale Parker (@[email protected])

TOMORROW, on Presidents' Day, "Not My President" protests in every US state. Look online to find yours. I'll be there! (Not enough people know about these protests, so please boost/repost freely. Thx.)

Mastodon 🐘
sladnerFeb 3, 2025
Jeff JarvisFeb 3, 2025
Hey, newspapers and magazines, think you'll care about the coup now that Trump is going to cost you through the nose for your paper?
https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/02/list-of-products-from-the-united-states-subject-to-25-per-cent-tariffs-effective-february-4-2025.html
List of products from the United States subject to 25 per cent tariffs effective February 4, 2025

Effective February 4, 2025, the government is imposing 25 per cent tariffs on $30 billion in goods imported from the United States (U.S.).

Government of Canada
sladnerFeb 3, 2025
What to do something? Join Indivisible's Action Call, livestreaming right now at 5 pm Pacific time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55yf3AstpQI
We Choose to Fight Action Call

YouTube
sladnerJan 30, 2025
test @sladner.bsky.social
sladnerDec 11, 2024
Took BART to the city Saturday night and convinced the guy with the Bluetooth speaker to switch his soundtrack from “Welcome To The Jungle” to “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” which he then blasted, causing the entire car to start singing and dancing and I feel I won at public transit
sladnerNov 14, 2024
Hey folks, I've also been having some fun over on Bluesky. Feels good to see familiar faces. https://bsky.app/profile/sladner.bsky.social
Sam Ladner (@sladner.bsky.social)

Industry-based sociologist. Future of work. Foresight. Technology. UX Research. Currently living in the Bay Area and working on a book on strategic foresight to be published by Routledge. More: https://www.samladner.com/

Bluesky Social
sladnerNov 5, 2024
I'm here for you, America