debs
@debschultz.bsky.social
Technology changes ; humans don’t
Forever @Debs
Forever @Debs
I’m *seriously* fed up with AI chat bots messing up all my web tools - offering to blocking half the workable UX space and offering to “help me” 🤦🏻♀️
December 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I’m *seriously* fed up with AI chat bots messing up all my web tools - offering to blocking half the workable UX space and offering to “help me” 🤦🏻♀️
My fave from today ;)
With the AWS outage, now‘s as good a time as any to post this old strip.
October 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
My fave from today ;)
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Franklin uttered the phrase on this very date (September 17), the last day of the Constitutional Convention, in 1787
"A republic, if you can keep it"
-- Benjamin Franklin
-- Benjamin Franklin
September 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Franklin uttered the phrase on this very date (September 17), the last day of the Constitutional Convention, in 1787
When explaining AI to non tech friends I have realized that:
ChatGPT has become a generic
Like KLEENEX for Tissues
😜
ChatGPT has become a generic
Like KLEENEX for Tissues
😜
July 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
When explaining AI to non tech friends I have realized that:
ChatGPT has become a generic
Like KLEENEX for Tissues
😜
ChatGPT has become a generic
Like KLEENEX for Tissues
😜
I C a n ‘ t E v e n 🤦🏻♀️
May 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I C a n ‘ t E v e n 🤦🏻♀️
Attn GenX - finally a study that shows we have good timing in one area. We may have been born in the sweet spot for reducing dementia as we age.
We say a really active brain in youth and midlife is a brain that is more resilient later,”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We say a really active brain in youth and midlife is a brain that is more resilient later,”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A meta-analysis of technology use and cognitive aging - Nature Human Behaviour
The first generation who engaged with digital technologies has reached the age where risks of dementia emerge, and the question emerges how digital technologies have affected cognitive capabilities. T...
www.nature.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Attn GenX - finally a study that shows we have good timing in one area. We may have been born in the sweet spot for reducing dementia as we age.
We say a really active brain in youth and midlife is a brain that is more resilient later,”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
We say a really active brain in youth and midlife is a brain that is more resilient later,”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nostalgia overload watching #breakingthebird.
Often omitted from early social web stories is how folks were driven by content/art/society etc. Hlad it’s included in arc of this story.
Often omitted from early social web stories is how folks were driven by content/art/society etc. Hlad it’s included in arc of this story.
March 23, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Nostalgia overload watching #breakingthebird.
Often omitted from early social web stories is how folks were driven by content/art/society etc. Hlad it’s included in arc of this story.
Often omitted from early social web stories is how folks were driven by content/art/society etc. Hlad it’s included in arc of this story.
Popped up in an old feed. SXSW 2015. Wow
Great times. Great peeps. With one bittersweet RIP.
Great times. Great peeps. With one bittersweet RIP.
March 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Popped up in an old feed. SXSW 2015. Wow
Great times. Great peeps. With one bittersweet RIP.
Great times. Great peeps. With one bittersweet RIP.
I know ya feel me - I am extremely frustrated by our diffuse online channels these days - cognitive overload has reached max on who to reach where.
March 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I know ya feel me - I am extremely frustrated by our diffuse online channels these days - cognitive overload has reached max on who to reach where.
March 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Three Hollywood movies were released in 1995 with internet themes: Johnny Mnemonic, The Net, and Hackers. In this post I also look back at William Gibson's now extinct mid-90s website & the equally lost to time Johnny Mnemonic net.hunt. cybercultural.com/p/cyberspace... #InternetHistory #90smovies
Cyberspace Movies in 1995: Silicon Valley Meets Hollywood
Three Hollywood movies were released in 1995 with internet themes: the Keanu Reeves cyberpunk film Johnny Mnemonic (with an accompanying website), The Net with Sandra Bullock, and Hackers.
cybercultural.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Three Hollywood movies were released in 1995 with internet themes: Johnny Mnemonic, The Net, and Hackers. In this post I also look back at William Gibson's now extinct mid-90s website & the equally lost to time Johnny Mnemonic net.hunt. cybercultural.com/p/cyberspace... #InternetHistory #90smovies
OMG. This offhand comment.
“We need someone like Elon and his algorithms and expertise to fix government”
- Speaker Mike Johnson on ABC this AM
“We need someone like Elon and his algorithms and expertise to fix government”
- Speaker Mike Johnson on ABC this AM
March 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
OMG. This offhand comment.
“We need someone like Elon and his algorithms and expertise to fix government”
- Speaker Mike Johnson on ABC this AM
“We need someone like Elon and his algorithms and expertise to fix government”
- Speaker Mike Johnson on ABC this AM
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You should know that a big part of 18F's work was to make sure multi-million to multi-*hundreds*-of-millions dollar contracts at fed *and* state level didn't go to shitty enterprise IT consultancies that *repeatedly* delivered tech that didn't work, was late, or didn't even do what it needed to
March 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
You should know that a big part of 18F's work was to make sure multi-million to multi-*hundreds*-of-millions dollar contracts at fed *and* state level didn't go to shitty enterprise IT consultancies that *repeatedly* delivered tech that didn't work, was late, or didn't even do what it needed to
My reaction to the Musk memo. Federal gov’t just ain’t a tech startup 🤦🏻♀️
February 24, 2025 at 4:23 PM
My reaction to the Musk memo. Federal gov’t just ain’t a tech startup 🤦🏻♀️
Yes! Our drive for efficiency and scale and productivity is sapping the soup from our lives. Reminds me of many Tummelvision.tv episodes. @kevinmarks.com
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www.instagram.com/reel/DFa5ZnL...
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January 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Yes! Our drive for efficiency and scale and productivity is sapping the soup from our lives. Reminds me of many Tummelvision.tv episodes. @kevinmarks.com
www.instagram.com/reel/DFa5ZnL...
www.instagram.com/reel/DFa5ZnL...
I’m revisiting and ruminating on Granovetter’s “strength of weak ties” in 2025 — how is it holding up? A few questions to start:
-Do we naturally crave stronger ties as we age, or has tech/social media changed driven change?
-Are weak ties holding up in our current zeitgeist?
-Do we naturally crave stronger ties as we age, or has tech/social media changed driven change?
-Are weak ties holding up in our current zeitgeist?
January 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I’m revisiting and ruminating on Granovetter’s “strength of weak ties” in 2025 — how is it holding up? A few questions to start:
-Do we naturally crave stronger ties as we age, or has tech/social media changed driven change?
-Are weak ties holding up in our current zeitgeist?
-Do we naturally crave stronger ties as we age, or has tech/social media changed driven change?
-Are weak ties holding up in our current zeitgeist?
Observation: I’ve gotten SO out of the habit of “tweeting” over the past few years that it’s like working a new muscle to remind myself how delightful it can be to reconnect online.
December 30, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Observation: I’ve gotten SO out of the habit of “tweeting” over the past few years that it’s like working a new muscle to remind myself how delightful it can be to reconnect online.
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The legacy of crypto isn’t a technology revolution but instead that it created a culture where get rich quick mentality, grifting and Ponzi schemes were a virtue. Then made these people rich enough that they could influence elections.
That and being the financial instrument for ransomware payments
Crypto’s Legacy Is Finally Clear
An anti-establishment technology for an anti-establishment age
www.theatlantic.com
December 12, 2024 at 12:57 PM
The legacy of crypto isn’t a technology revolution but instead that it created a culture where get rich quick mentality, grifting and Ponzi schemes were a virtue. Then made these people rich enough that they could influence elections.
That and being the financial instrument for ransomware payments
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Sounds great. I did a podcast 15 years ago with @heathr.bsky.social and @debschultz.bsky.social where we talked to the people who did that work for the web 2 era sites (and other people doing the same kind of tummeling) tummelvision.tv/archives/
November 10, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Sounds great. I did a podcast 15 years ago with @heathr.bsky.social and @debschultz.bsky.social where we talked to the people who did that work for the web 2 era sites (and other people doing the same kind of tummeling) tummelvision.tv/archives/
With every launch of a new social media app, I am reminded of High School.
Really, I’m fine hanging out far away from *that* clique.
Aside - anyone have that old Breakfast Club movie as social media app meme to pull up?!
Really, I’m fine hanging out far away from *that* clique.
Aside - anyone have that old Breakfast Club movie as social media app meme to pull up?!
July 6, 2023 at 11:24 PM
With every launch of a new social media app, I am reminded of High School.
Really, I’m fine hanging out far away from *that* clique.
Aside - anyone have that old Breakfast Club movie as social media app meme to pull up?!
Really, I’m fine hanging out far away from *that* clique.
Aside - anyone have that old Breakfast Club movie as social media app meme to pull up?!
“Threads feels like when a local restaurant you enjoy opens a location in an airport.”
Boom.
Boom.
I wrote about what makes Threads so depressing
Facebook's Threads is so depressing
Like a $19 turkey sandwich at an airport
jogblog.substack.com
July 6, 2023 at 11:19 PM
“Threads feels like when a local restaurant you enjoy opens a location in an airport.”
Boom.
Boom.
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there’s this sort of evangelicizing, patronizing tendency of using hateful content as evidence to get people to “wake up.” however, people don’t “wake up” by being immersed in horror. they gasp in constant shock and… that’s it. this is known as trauma porn.
June 6, 2023 at 6:56 PM
there’s this sort of evangelicizing, patronizing tendency of using hateful content as evidence to get people to “wake up.” however, people don’t “wake up” by being immersed in horror. they gasp in constant shock and… that’s it. this is known as trauma porn.
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you can find a billion instances of hate speech, hate crimes, etc. the difference between amplification and illumination is that illuminating something requires putting it into context, explaining what it means, what it’s a part of, and what can be done about it.
June 6, 2023 at 7:10 PM
you can find a billion instances of hate speech, hate crimes, etc. the difference between amplification and illumination is that illuminating something requires putting it into context, explaining what it means, what it’s a part of, and what can be done about it.
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I have huge news: Ada Lovelace Day is BACK! Thanks to the Royal Institution, Stylist, Digital Science, Redgate & dxw, we'll be hosting our 'STEM cabaret' in-person once more, on Tues 10 Oct at the Ri. More info: https://findingada.com/blog/2023/06/13/ada-lovelace-day-is-back-on-10-october-2023/
June 13, 2023 at 10:03 AM
I have huge news: Ada Lovelace Day is BACK! Thanks to the Royal Institution, Stylist, Digital Science, Redgate & dxw, we'll be hosting our 'STEM cabaret' in-person once more, on Tues 10 Oct at the Ri. More info: https://findingada.com/blog/2023/06/13/ada-lovelace-day-is-back-on-10-october-2023/