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Replying to @hrobertking
So an issue of scale? Sounds also as you are limiited by other software, OS or even hardware issues? Local storage, perhaps?
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Writing documentation in HTML was cool because it could be linked so easily. The stuff written for software shipped to end-users could be linked to docs written for the internal software used to open accounts and the software used for trade execution.
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It was also current without me emailing updates or corrections, so end-user support didn't have to worry about having the latest release.
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Ah, for the good old days? Or what could have been if we hadn't decided a web site must also be an app. We broke our own tools in a rush for...I still don't know because the mess you're facing is in part to my thinking the obfuscation of something meant to be palpable.
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I mourn with you, but the good old days were a long time ago. I was getting pushed back 10 years ago every time I pushed to use Progressive Enhancement.
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I mourn with you too. We are of an era that felt like an evolution of ideals that would rapidly make life and tech better. It still can, but it's not a close community anymore. The opposite. Pendulums swing. Who knows what's to come. Jack Dorsey as Philanthropist for example ;-)
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LOL. Yeah. I don't generally think of philanthropy (or any other ethical behavior, really) when I think of any of the big three.
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Who do you consider the big three now? It's changed and changes so fast now.
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Google, Facebook, and Twitter. Google and Facebook not so much because of users or interaction but because of the million other ways they shape the web.
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Yeah, I was much happier with blogging on my own but I was also an object in far faster motion ;)
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Replying to @mholzschlag @hrobertking
Look at how we use Twitter though. We are having a conversation far beyond a retweet or "I post and you will follow" kinda thing. I would prefer people who follow but stop interacting would get off my lawn. Damn, age does have some privileges! :D

Apr 9, 2020 路 3:32 PM UTC

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Replying to @mholzschlag
I was trying to keep up with the blogging but stopped when I started the book, and haven't had time to pick it back up. I'm generally with you about following without interaction, but I also see writing, even on Twitter, as self-care and if others like it that's awesome.
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Yes, there are people I interact with less or rarely or randomly as well, but I like this type of depth in short, sharp bursts. I should read your book.