You know I used to think of blogging and my love for blogging as somewhat whimsical but it's starting to become a much more important and urgent issue for me. It's increasingly clear the social networks have, and are, failing us.
The web is an infinite library and the bloggers are its librarians.
So what? What next?
Mozilla Slab
I wrote up a blog post here outlining a little vision for how someone could step in to help - namely someone with a long time horizon, with the right funding model and the right approach to building consumer products.
My proposal for Mozilla Slab
(do know anyone at Mozilla you can introduce me to?)
It's interesting by the way that the older I get the more my energy and attention shifts to the infrastructure, governance and stewardship of ideas rather than just the UI and flash....
The Power of Labels
In other news - as always when I get a little bit of downtime between client projects - my mind wanders and begins to pick on that ever-present concern of naming.
Media Design has been resonating with me personally more and more but in this post I explore why naming is powerful and link to a few HIGHLY RECOMMENDED talks from Sara Hendren and Robin Sloan:
The Power of Labels
Until next time ethernauts.
Much love,
Tom