Hamish Campbell an #openweb organic intellectual and technologist
In the #geekproblem mindset, crossing a protocol flow is a gateway were in #openweb terms, it’s a bridge. That difference is not technical – it’s social – the difference between CONTROL and TRUST. A gate is something you lock, permission, authentication, enforcement were a bridge is something you cross, connection, flow, relationship. In the physical … Continue reading Gates vs Bridges: the obscure politics of the #geekproblem
There are meany online exchanges about software licences that can help to highlight the #geekproblem. Yep, these conversations can sound radical at first glance: “Software licences won’t destroy capitalism, but if they can be even slightly annoying to capitalists in the meantime, I’ll take it.” Fair. Nobody sensible thinks a licence clause will end capitalism. … Continue reading Software licences and the #geekproblem
Funding the #openweb is a political act, yet most funding decisions today are framed in technical terms only, dominated by what we call the #geekproblem – a worldview where infrastructure is king, user needs are secondary, and social context is largely ignored. Let’s unpack this with real-world examples and look at how we keep falling … Continue reading Talking About the #geekproblem in Funding
Almost all of our #geekproblem software fails because it’s built with a mindset of control. Control over users.Control over systems.Control over outcomes. But all good societies, and all durable communities, are based on trust. When we ignore this, we don’t just write bad code, we produce #techshit that nobody uses, that burns out developers, and … Continue reading Why most #geekproblem software fails: Trust vs. control
Let’s be honest: we have a real and ongoing #geekproblem in how funding is allocated in the alt-tech and #openweb space, and it’s holding us back. The current push for infrastructure is important, but it’s not enough. Yes, backend infrastructure is vital. You can’t build sustainable alternatives to #dotcons without solid plumbing. Funding projects like … Continue reading Talking about the #geekproblem in #openweb funding
With rebooting the #openweb we run headfirst into the #geekproblem, a recurring pattern where: Technically brilliant people build powerful tools …but those tools remain socially unusable …or solve only geek problems, not the needs of actual communities. It’s not malice, often it’s idealism, but it creates a dead-end culture of endless prototypes, abandoned standards, and … Continue reading Real world tackling the #geekproblem
This is touching on the event as had to leave early. I was recently at a talk from the Oxford University series, “The Philosophers Talking About AI”. There were some underlying themes that are deeply relevant to how we think about privacy, information, and our current techno-social mess. Action vs. Paralysis, the talk opens with … Continue reading The Philosophers Talking About AI: Context, Flow, and the #geekproblem
Not for the first time, and certainly not the last, we hit the same wall: misunderstanding and misdirection. The #geekproblem isn’t just about bad code or poor decisions, it’s about an unhealthy, almost inhuman obsession with control. Where we are now? The federated model, which is a useful half step, a half-measure? Federation is an … Continue reading From #geekproblem to #OMN shovel
It’s not sin to have to submit to the #dotcons overlords – we all do it, whether we like it or not. Just recently, I found myself installing that vile spyware known as #Whatsapp because this was the only way to talk to the people I needed to talk to. That bitter swipe to hide … Continue reading The #GeekProblem is why so much open development is stuck in a dead end
The #geekproblem has been an ongoing issue in the development of radical and open internet paths. This is particularly evident in the influx of #mainstreaming users into the #Fediverse, bringing with them behaviours that, for us #openweb natives, are easy to recognize as part’ish, a mix of good intentions and ingrained habits that common sense … Continue reading The #geekproblem is soft blocking change and challenge in tech
In part, the current challenges faced by the #openweb and grassroots reboot movements can be traced back to two cultural and structural problems: the influence of #fashernistas and the deeply ingrained #geekproblem. Both of these contribute to active blocking of meaningful change, hindering the progress needed for an openweb reboot. To walk this “native” landscape … Continue reading The #fashernistas and #geekproblem interact to work in unintentional tandem
The political power that Silicon Valley and Big Tech pushed over this election is a real #geekproblem threat, with the #dotcons leveraging technological and financial influence to shape society in ways that benefit the nasty few and undermine basic democratic paths we need to be fallowing to mediate #climatechaos One path to balance this #mainstreaming … Continue reading In part, the USA shift to the right is due to the #geekproblem in tech