Edward L Platt @elplatt@octodon.social

Collaborative Tech Alliance: collaborative app devs working together to increase interoperability. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AgD8UlInKdYyusY0Y3yNH4Rxxs3rCf0rQ6SdcGULliY/edit?usp=sharing CC @cwebber

@cwebber That sounds interesting. What's the balance of theory/practice?

@cwebber @baconandcoconut Hiiiii!

I decided to keep mastodon in my email sig. I should probably use it more.

When it rains, my immediate thought is "Ooh, I can make tea and drink it while I watch the rain."

If you don't have anything nice to say, at least give them a good laugh.

Now, on mastodon on a train, doing the mastodon on a train thing.

On a train. Doing the train thing. Got to see some nifty friends during a layover in Chicago.

And, we're back!

A nuanced, critical analysis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx8sl2uC46A

I've still not figured out how to be social on platforms like octodon or that other one.

Happy Tuesday, tooters.

If you want a clear description of how very smart people justify bigoted beliefs, these are good ones.

Penguicon (sci-fi and open source con) is having a cultural moment. Two notable attendees are complaining about "SJW"s. While I disagree with them, I find their descriptions of their perspective informative, particularly ESR's.

Here is Jay "Tron Guy" Maynard's original post:
https://medium.com/@jmaynard/mpga-d4b72ec08ed4

And Eric S. Raymond's response:
http://lists.penguicon.org/pipermail/penguicon-general-penguicon.org/2017-May/000135.html

@drcable I'm very excited by the possibility that the internet has made democracy actually scalable. Mastodon seems to be the first somewhat popular example.

Lots of things to figure out still though, both socially and technologically. Hope we get them mostly right. I'm studying how network structure influences decision-making and distribution of power.