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ben, 13 days ago to random

Lovely train experience from Philly to Newark; everything went south from there, including the trip into NYC and the subway. No fun. Harrumph.

ben, 13 days ago to journalism

"Aggregate Facebook traffic to a group of 792 news and media sites that have been tracked by Chartbeat since 2018 shows that referrals to the sites have plunged by 58%." Establish direct relationships with your audience. #Media https://werd.io/view/66422eae8d950c23e9030e32

ben, 13 days ago to technology

"Last year, more than 50% of all global venture funding for AI-related startups went to companies headquartered in the Bay Area, as a cluster of talent congregates in the region." In other news, water is wet. #Technology https://werd.io/view/664227e532ac3ca33a088d42

ben, 13 days ago to random

I'm really confused about these Philadelphia Inquirer ads. Seems like picking a fight for no reason. https://werd.io/2024/the-philedelphia-inquirer-is-here-to-fight

ben, 14 days ago to random

Who wants to build the fediverse equivalent of Upcoming.org?

ben, 14 days ago to journalism

"British newspaper groups have warned Apple that any move to impose a so-called "web eraser" tool to block advertisements would put the financial sustainability of journalism at risk, the Financial Times reported on Sunday." Counterpoint: block the ads. #Media https://werd.io/view/6640fbf0ac0a7b80eb0d7a02

ben, 14 days ago to business

"The youngest generation of American workers is prepared to move away from states that pass abortion bans and to turn down job offers in states where bans are already in place, a new survey from CNBC/Generation Lab finds." #Business https://werd.io/view/6640fa8909bd622f960a64e2

ben, 15 days ago to random

I love seeing ShareOpenly in the wild! https://www.duncanmackenzie.net/blog/share-openly/

ben, 15 days ago to random

Following on from a great post by Hunter Walk that discussed a slightly flippant argument I made about stock options, I decided to go into more detail about how I feel about them. I still maintain: the great majority of startup employees should think very, very carefully before exercising their options. https://werd.io/2024/think-twice-before-exercising-your-stock-options

fractals, 16 days ago to random

Trotting through my threads this morning and stumbled across this. You are being noticed @ben

ben, 16 days ago to random

I'm really excited about these updates to ShareOpenly, my tool that lets you add a "share to social media" button to your website that understands the fediverse, Bluesky, and more: https://werd.io/2024/some-shareopenly-updates

ben, 17 days ago to DoctorWho

Happy New #DoctorWho Day to everyone who celebrates! (It’s me. I celebrate.)

ben, 17 days ago to random

I'm not sure a deeply regressive libertarian magazine funded by millionaires counts as "pirate" or "wires".

ben, 17 days ago to technology

This interview is as interesting for what it doesn't mention - fediverse, for example - as for what it does. The interviewer is a Partner at Founders Fund who once blocked me for being too left-wing, so there's also that. #Technology https://werd.io/view/663d6b9f038ac0b2af03f682

ben, 17 days ago to random

People can talk all they want about "freedom technology", but nobody is free until everybody is free.

ben, 17 days ago to ai

"I’m happy to use LLMs for all sorts of purposes, but I’m not going to use them to produce slop. I attach my name and stake my credibility on the things that I publish." #AI https://werd.io/view/663d04995988d73dfc051f32

ben, 17 days ago to DoctorWho

On the eve of the broadcast of the new season of #DoctorWho, here's what I would say to Russell T Davies if I could. https://werd.io/2024/a-letter-to-russell-t-davies

ben, 18 days ago to random

The rhetoric expressed by Palantir's CEO during its earnings call is incredibly regressive - it's really surprising to see these words expressed during a public company meeting. https://werd.io/2024/palantirs-earnings-call-rhetoric-is-terrifying

ben, 18 days ago to random

I could use some unfiltered advice about what I should be doing to make my blog and newsletter more useful or interesting. They’re both relative small scale. If I approach it from a public service perspective, what’s the most useful thing I could be doing? https://werd.io

ben, 18 days ago to random

ShareOpenly now has a beautiful icon, designed by @jonhicks. The story behind it and an easy way to embed it on your own website to come. https://shareopenly.org/