A Distributed Mind

Notes on distributed systems, identity, open standards, and the long life of data.

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Fediverse vs. Bluesky

Nobody: Me: Let me tell you all about my thoughts on the recent rivalry (read: fairly one-sided grumbling on the Fedi side) between Bluesky and the Fediverse . What I think of the “conflict”: Wholly...

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Understanding Linked Data

What does the concept of Linked Data mean to you as a developer? It means that you have datasets that have the following properties: Globally unique IDs (since they use URIs for IDs). Also, you can...

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Standards and Protocols are Holy

In biology, the individual organism is ephemeral. Each individual is incredibly fragile, and has a built-in limited lifespans, not to mention a good chance of meeting with accidental death at any...

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Thoughts on a Mars Colony

(Note: I wrote this as an answer for a Quora question originally.) How many people are required for a self-sustaining Mars colony? What level of technology would be required to survive several...

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The Flattening of Design

I'm still not sure how I feel about the "All the things must be flat" design trend. (Well, that's not true, I certainly hate Windows 8's Xbox-like desktop, the way that the Xbox UI was changed to...

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