1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it). But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

"One of the signs of a damaged ego is absolute-certainty" -- Milton Glaser

No don’t want the ‘Pro’ version of the computer, I want the ‘Amateur’, which doesn’t hide commands in obscure places, doesn’t want to keep updating everything all the time, and is on good speaking terms with the printer.

Strange how Twitter usernames are stored deep in the brain, like songs you never think about, and can instantly recall. Glad to have had @chumulu.bsky.social pop into my head, including their profile photo. How many more such handles are there, lurking deep in memory.