ShortFormBlog: Read A Little. Learn A Lot.

Made a decision. Sticking to it. I will at some point archive the ShortFormBlog content. But at this point, this is a personal Tumblr. I may even, shocker of shockers, change the name. I’ll highlight things I’m working on, but I also just want a spot where I can throw random opinions into the void.

This Tumblr has 21,000 posts on it. I would much prefer to put the 21,000 posts somewhere else where they can be mothballed but keep the community I built here. (Hey @staff, any ideas?)

I am a huge advocate of protecting the past, but I don’t want the past to hold me back, either. So yeah, this is just an Ernie Smith Tumblr. I will post news sometimes. I will post other things. But the takeaway is that I will post.

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23:55 // 2 months ago

Instant Messenger History: Lessons for the Threads Era of Social Media

The current splintering of social media across networks is creating a problem reminiscent of the early battles over instant messaging. Here’

Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet.

In case you’re annoyed that you have to share all your thought nuggets on six different platforms, you should know that we solved this problem in the ’90s.

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9:33 // 1 month ago

“‘From my perspective, Twitter is done as a platform for serious tech conversations,’ Stamos said, who previously was the chief security officer at Facebook.”

TFW the attribution says more than the quote. (via CNN)

(Source: CNN)