Proposals require us to answer difficult questions that protesting alone does not: Who will build it? How will it be funded? How will it compete and self-sustain? What trade-offs are we willing to accept?
Proposals require us to answer difficult questions that protesting alone does not: Who will build it? How will it be funded? How will it compete and self-sustain? What trade-offs are we willing to accept?
psa to please help your friends setup tech alternatives as a social event: switch together so everyone transitions successfully with known contacts on the new platform. lone profiles leave momentum on the table.
like a paywall requires money to access, a nerdwall requires technical knowhow
[Getting near is important for seeing clear. If we avoid those who think differently, our understanding risks to be superficial.]
from observing what you see to observing how you watch
when heading somewhere people ask "have everything you'll need?" and as a backpacker i respond "i took everything i have".
when someone uses a different system of understanding than yours, responding with "try my system instead" is not convincing.
Can you use a hammer without injuring yourself? Give Habitat for Humanity a call. Are you a budgeting ninja? Call Boys and Girls Club and offer to teach young men and women to budget. Do your friends tell you that you talk too much? Go to a retirement home and talk with people who have long been forgotten.
there is no language without a listener who can understand what is being said.
[God Speed is three miles per hour. Jesus didn't take a chariot to get there faster.]
[Can worrying add even a single hour to your life?]
[Clients don't value your effort or service as much as how it makes them feel or the possibilities it opens for them, so charge who's willing to pay for that.]
Does this need to be said? Right now? By me? If I can't yes all three, I don't say it.
Put a big book on your stomach, then watch it go up and down; you might feel calmer.
If your video game character dies in the first 30 seconds, do you switch off your machine and walk away?
A farmer can't work so hard on Monday that he's sore on Tuesday, and neither can your computer.
mocking your opposition without reducing their power is not a flex.
[Bring some cookies to your neighbour for no reason other than they might need to smile today.]
[I didn't give her a tip or make her famous, just told her I loved her voice.]
[The point of leaving the flock to go after the lost sheep isn't to bring them back, but to let them know they're loved.]
learn to teach so others can learn