2026-07-29T06:35:10Z https://nostr.ae Ruth — of systems & design https://nostr.ae/npub10ccdd8g8prgcargux6ggxdc5qy8avxdl0nfd4nrz0ef57ke64r8q6vlmq3 https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/267/944/original/3d7a1b76d90e63b3.jpeg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/267/944/original/3d7a1b76d90e63b3.jpeg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspsujf6a096v09mypjzs9rsnxa7gc2e0a7zsc4lalm5y9xhdej6nszyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vuqah497 “People may overestimate their understanding of how objects work because they do not realize how reliant they are on extracting perceptual information directly from the world rather than from memory”<br/><br/><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/bf03195929">https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/bf03195929</a><br/><br/>(via <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1gqwx664hvtfepe62jnxjzrkk57sd5qpm3ht7n9erd7lk5kma4vps555sps" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Yvonne Lam</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gqw…5sps</span>)</a></span> )<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/932/765/414/546/722/original/4469e5b2cec37d68.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-07-17T01:41:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8saam78c0jlm0l4er6kn6axv05ejz2y74gfq94kccupgwgweuaqgzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vu590x4p RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@a2_4am/116816754167367770">https://mastodon.social/@a2_4am/116816754167367770</a><br/><br/>highlighting: <br/><br/>*** Naur was right. When I&#39;m building software, first and foremost what I&#39;m building is me.***<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1c77djr7mt8n357xt7pyatqxd52ekcj5p6qhlmlrfss0t260djjqsyvw0ek" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1c77…w0ek</a></span><br/> </div> This quote has been circulating recently, from a 1985 paper that was part of a conversation at the time about what a computer program *is*. Is it the source code? Or the final executable binary? Or the sum of its versions? Or the people who wrote it?<br/><br/>I've been programming for over 40 years, and I can tell you with great confidence that Naur was right. When I'm building software, first and foremost what I'm building is me.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/816/753/986/415/263/original/2c237233faa8eb0c.png"> <br/> </blockquote> 2026-07-04T11:01:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg2nzqs0q3r6lsghkzkuyz5ah5uelxyhzqq6ywnzmj0n3vr7f5jygzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vuna9ts0 “We’re accumulating code faster than we’re accumulating trust. This phrase hit me hard today. We thought, narrowly, that code was what we produced. That was only half of it. We also produced, one safe deployment at a time, one needed improvement at a time, we produced trust.”<br/><br/>— Kent Beck (on LinkedIn) 2026-06-02T15:30:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8pqdd0xw93m4f6f8hqns3kq7lcwx96cnyqc3awkarqmr43mww2xszyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vug9g3hd “What makes a software engineer productive? You can list attributes like experience with the language, scientific mindset, intelligence, focus, a personally crafted IDE setup. Yet, in my experience, far and away the biggest factor is: familiarity with the codebase they’re changing.<br/><br/>That knowledge of what the system does and needs to do, it’s completely essential and entirely contextual. The easiest way to get is to create it—that is, to write that software from scratch”<br/><br/><a href="https://jessitron.com/2020/12/26/purple-developer/">https://jessitron.com/2020/12/26/purple-developer/</a> 2026-05-21T18:39:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8j8w5tqwffqnqygv53ce2zhu5z757qjlsggqt6x33z5mxfdwjqcgzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vuky2yx0 Trying spaetzle for the first time and … no spices…??!! At all?? idk… Maybe just grabbing a recipe off the internets isn’t the best way to get into this… <br/><br/>:) 2026-05-01T21:34:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdk23grla9s8kkwp9l57hhmpk02p73um3a6v2n5amrmgn2x6atcwczyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vull4ltw So <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1l646dv7qxd9h3kuxz7rz49k8yczq0nrd8h220zpnchhvlmq5zyks2tnmsc" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Rosemary Mosco</span> (<span class="italic">npub1l64…nmsc</span>)</a></span> isn’t active here any more, but you guys! <br/><br/>Teamwork! TEAMWORK!!<br/><br/>Source: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/rosemarymosco.com/post/3mhiluyd5ok2t">https://bsky.app/profile/rosemarymosco.com/post/3mhiluyd5ok2t</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/262/585/801/192/128/original/2776fc58f52428f3.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-20T17:06:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszg9v9ndrlgf6twys6wyj60l7wwtjfwlctvlcprvq52ehn2una9fqzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vu4xplh0 I’ve been doing this systems stuff so long, I’ve forgotten things a decade ago incarnation of me knew/did lol<br/><br/>Totally forgot about this slide (swiped from the quoted tweet) from a conference talk I did:<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/213/480/825/940/861/original/b50b3c47a62f395b.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-12T00:59:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0s20qz96qwz4z9m3ct3x9tjac6xjkhen9x6wyq405ruskhj5rukgzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vuallzhy “Water is a critical resource for data centers and an efficient means of cooling. However, meeting the growing water demand of data centers requires substantial peak water withdrawals, which many communities in the United States cannot supply, especially during the hottest days of the year. This largely overlooked water capacity constraint [..] can force operators to rely on less efficient dry cooling, further stressing the power grid during summer peaks.”<br/><br/><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.02705">https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.02705</a> 2026-03-06T04:42:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszxl8dp4vtxc9mjpeye7gvzqaqhk9s0asyw34k4nxzv94n3xqd6mgzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vud0cjvu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqapgc9cgt3l9wpne7m4u59g32wcpcml7ckajxynakan67zkh764qf2wnkg'>nevent1q…wnkg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>One of the big challenges, is how senior management deals with this moment. 2026-02-10T02:04:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqapgc9cgt3l9wpne7m4u59g32wcpcml7ckajxynakan67zkh764qzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vuc44vvp “What frustrated me wasn’t that engineers were building. The new possibilities here are full-stop sparkling. It was that too many aren’t asking whether what we’re building should exist at all.”<br/><br/>“You put a working shiny thing in front of someone, they’re gonna oooh ahh and be bought in. They start to imagine living with it. And now everyone is caught gravitating around a future that might not be the right one.” <br/><br/>— Rachel Treback<br/><br/><a href="https://radicallyrachel.substack.com/p/convenience-at-our-doorstep">https://radicallyrachel.substack.com/p/convenience-at-our-doorstep</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/043/839/531/305/190/original/e58276da651080c0.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-02-10T01:57:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgxyvqt39vjg237dmnfg0gpussvuvj23w5ksdrx38g60vgp2mtnfgzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vu2cxccz Care and repair work shouldn&#39;t have to be the work of valor and heroes. 2026-01-09T18:49:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9zdvrp5v50cqfjc2lsja8u5nguwstm0lvy50hk2mvnxrk6a4c8nqzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vulhprgk RE: <a href="https://topspicy.social/@meljoann/115796849396089863">https://topspicy.social/@meljoann/115796849396089863</a><br/><br/>Artists from across the fediverse? No doubt includes <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1x7y6t8x3j7cv4t0rs0vff9xurppgmycah7xprqps3jwnax99s4hqltsxpj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Copeland James</span> (<span class="italic">npub1x7y…sxpj</span>)</a></span> :<br/><br/>Darling We’ve Got Time: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMgVXyRJ_Lo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMgVXyRJ_Lo</a><br/><br/>Restless in Rome: <br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sskOQlo8mmM&amp;pp=0gcJCU0KAYcqIYzv">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sskOQlo8mmM&amp;pp=0gcJCU0KAYcqIYzv</a><br/><br/>Small Talk:<br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj5aaIe2WIo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj5aaIe2WIo</a><br/><br/>Garden of Secrets and Goodbyes:<br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chHsRnhoh7U">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chHsRnhoh7U</a><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note123s8pdaeecpuvmx8lv97djyhnz9hhmart547nk528kgyyymf5k8qv8ax7w" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note123s…ax7w</a></span><br/> </div> MTV died. All the cool, unique artists like off “120 minutes” are now fighting the blandest algorithms imaginable.<br/><br/>We wanted a place to watch weird stuff you can’t see on mainstream channels. So…. <br/><br/>Fedi MTV goes live in ONE HOUR.<br/><br/><a href="https://tv.theindiebeat.fm/">https://tv.theindiebeat.fm/</a> <br/><br/>#FediMTV #TIBtv #music #nowPlaying #FediTips </blockquote> 2025-12-28T17:00:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyc9k5y5d07akqfhv2ld5adu7qwdhwza3pv9uqkk7d2gz4sg7ez2qzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vug3sagh RE: <a href="https://mas.to/@kissane/115771219606234540">https://mas.to/@kissane/115771219606234540</a><br/><br/>“Human knowledge is always collective—more literally than I think most of us want to admit. I’ll get into the uncanniest parts of that territory a little further in, but I want to stake out the idea that we build our understanding of the world together, from information assembled by others and then held in common. Where in common includes what’s in our own individual brains and what’s in the brains of others and what is in our species’ vast apparatus of extended collective mind” 👇<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1h8s8y47yt4kmmt3vcq49r6z85cqp779mvcp04phpakswne95nwasraej4d" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1h8s…ej4d</a></span><br/> </div> Happy holidays, fediverse! <br/><br/>I got you a megathrust earthquake, soil liquefaction, spine-tingling papers about the way our networks confound knowledge, and a PDF in a pear tree. It's my wrap on a year of trying to make sense of how we make sense of what's happening to us.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.wrecka.ge/landslide-a-ghost-story/">https://www.wrecka.ge/landslide-a-ghost-story/</a> </blockquote> 2025-12-23T23:42:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2gy0amk9xnq6gq33efqw2rlte32y9mgauge84634cu6wfvv8fhpqzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vuwp6lyc “Something ineffable happens when you write down a thought. You think something you did not know you could or would think and it leads you to another thought almost unbidden.<br/><br/>[..] the process of writing itself leads to previously unthought thoughts. Or to be more precise, writing crystallizes previously half-formulated or unformulated thoughts, gives them form, and extends chains of thoughts in new directions.”<br/><br/>— Lynn Hunt<br/><br/><a href="https://www.historians.org/perspectives-article/how-writing-leads-to-thinking-february-2010/">https://www.historians.org/perspectives-article/how-writing-leads-to-thinking-february-2010/</a> 2025-12-10T13:49:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqx6yduvzyscfw9l2j244u6may664neej05eez8duz6f3uykusn5czyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vuh8qxpn “Finding a third way” that isn’t at the poles of “overthinking” and “reductionism”… <br/><br/>Overthinker! by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub14rjn34f3ctp2e0yttwaxwtmhwn7th3uw22dlq88m02xehcn9qpqs6l8dnu" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>John Cutler</span> (<span class="italic">npub14rj…8dnu</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><a href="https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-389-overthinker">https://cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-389-overthinker</a><br/><br/>A snip from the post (for those who prefer not to go to the platform):<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/559/628/927/948/242/original/5468f4b0d90bda33.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-11-16T13:36:07Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9akanelw7qrz2pq7pwsjffhqqaf276wraqn56m0sa2vmp03lm5jgzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vujn0nt7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8rm3t77yd8uy8lhcg9f7jph7030hqsue89k5mr9avjwt4ay754jscc25h7'>nevent1q…25h7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That appeal for expertise reminds me: I&#39;ve noticed several instances (but not enough to be confident in a pattern) of folk who have used genAI fairly loyally, now suggesting asking a human expert when it comes to consequential decisions. Buuuut... Maybe I&#39;m too tuned by hope, and am noticing what are actually exceptions... :) 2025-10-14T19:31:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8rm3t77yd8uy8lhcg9f7jph7030hqsue89k5mr9avjwt4ay754jszyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vu005hk7 Ok, who can give us an informed assessment on &#34;Microsoft&#39;s bombshell&#34;: <br/>&#34;Analog optical computers that run AI without digital conversions. &#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/paoloperrone_microsoft-just-dropped-a-bombshell-analog-activity-7383520224320532480-YMKn">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/paoloperrone_microsoft-just-dropped-a-bombshell-analog-activity-7383520224320532480-YMKn</a> 2025-10-14T19:28:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswy79264rhxqvr4vmkkm3s9xz6ttcyjhtsrdetx8avwxaj9dk5kgszyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vux0dnwm RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/115345354063132126">https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/115345354063132126</a><br/><br/>Such gross disregard of harm identified in this thread:<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1pyhs6p7znn7ruwg48vwj3jkqa7wrcl3rmv9zww25tx80upm0ajdstuk7kd" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1pyh…k7kd</a></span><br/> </div> Reflect Orbital (RO) <a href="https://www.reflectorbital.com/">https://www.reflectorbital.com/</a> wants customers to pay them to reflect beams of sunlight down from<br/>orbit. This is called “sunlight as a service.”<br/><br/>Their initial plan is for each beam to be several times as bright as the full moon and at least 5 km in diameter on the ground.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.darkskyconsulting.com/blog/the-dangers-of-sunlight-as-a-service">https://www.darkskyconsulting.com/blog/the-dangers-of-sunlight-as-a-service</a><br/><br/>Due to the high speed needed to orbit Earth, each satellite will shine on one point for only<br/>a few minutes at most (Reflect Orbital says 4 minutes <a href="https://thetundradrums.com/reflect-orbital-order-sunlight/">https://thetundradrums.com/reflect-orbital-order-sunlight/</a>) </blockquote> 2025-10-10T04:50:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2edaxz7vfpmdnl5f9ccpuc2f0cy04yuktmr86ym3xutxa9szl7vczyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vug07wp5 “The only way to reconcile that is to drop the quality bar for outputs. But some executives think they’ve found a loophole: put the responsibility for correcting the LLM’s mistakes on the people who are mandated to use that LLM. This is being called “human in the loop” to reassure customers (who also know that AI constantly lies) that the final call is still being made by a qualified professional.”<br/>— <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1yydgg4z4wqe3tycsy95ppvx26wt389hjp5s0q6xzav5594q4weyspqd3ge" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Pavel A. Samsonov</span> (<span class="italic">npub1yyd…d3ge</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><a href="https://productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/human-in-the-loop-is-a-thought-terminating-cliche">https://productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/human-in-the-loop-is-a-thought-terminating-cliche</a> 2025-08-24T22:56:20Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstrsyvm0e26ajz9l5natlr9wcn5hdgw058lhkzxgtecrtxtpx745szyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vurd0fwg Uh, so .. there are elections in the US this year, and they’re really important — not only to those states (VA and NJ) and cities (NYC is getting all the attention, but there are many important mayoral elections). Some pitching in and pulling together, might be good. Stakes are high.<br/><br/><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_elections">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_elections</a> 2025-08-22T04:06:26Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqcwl6t9p0cmjae8jd4gk5fznc8thc8yh5ql3g6p96ex3xerdr9fszyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vu7v2hyy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdwrlu7lr4guj4ql6jzemtt3cnw2pwaaqcqza686z5fvd29zdx3gg6x0qak'>nevent1q…0qak</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>‘An Airplane has been defined as a collection of parts having an inherent tendency to fall to earth, and requiring constant effort and supervision to stave off that outcome. The System called &#34;airplane&#34; may have been designed to fly, but the parts don&#39;t share that tendency. In fact, they share the opposite tendency. And the System will fly—if at all—only as a System.’<br/><br/>— John Gall, The Systems Bible<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/816/064/723/952/541/original/f13a67df570cd096.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-07-08T05:57:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdwrlu7lr4guj4ql6jzemtt3cnw2pwaaqcqza686z5fvd29zdx3ggzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vum30gnr “As usual, the lack of a well-honed proverb to cover the situation reveals a blind spot in the popular culture, and this in turn is probably the reason why so few of us actively practice Problem Avoidance.”<br/><br/>— John Gall, The Systems Bible (The 3rd edition of Systemantics), 2002<br/><br/>via <br/><a href="https://mastodon.social/@josdeweger/114806058281049847">https://mastodon.social/@josdeweger/114806058281049847</a> 2025-07-08T05:35:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszfg6zdsv2ah9e5lqa630uyvafv0yxg0hdm5sl974dw4pdw98se9szyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vu3unq57 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs95p5stcyqhkahxt6p9m3qqz50ckrgsg60tl4v29aw2hl6e2atc6c7vl2jk'>nevent1q…l2jk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>‘The British sociologist Marilyn Strathern [..] taught me that “it matters what ideas we use to think other ideas (with)” [..] It matters what matters we use to think other matters with; it matters what stories we tell to tell other stories with; it matters what knots knot knots; what thoughts think thoughts, what descriptions describe descriptions, what ties tie ties. It matters what stories make worlds, what worlds make stories.’<br/><br/>— Donna Haraway, Staying With The Trouble 2025-03-29T19:42:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs95p5stcyqhkahxt6p9m3qqz50ckrgsg60tl4v29aw2hl6e2atc6czyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vu5sg8qd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9rwh5scpehm3vn594mq8jg0u7udc23hjgdhl8szy4egrar4ddfpc9drtgn'>nevent1q…rtgn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Aside on the System Seeing Journal Starter Kit: it is smuggling all manner of systems donkeys, in terms of the explicit areas of practice as well as the quotes as offers of “matter to think with.” <br/><br/>Still, it emphasizes models and diagramming, so this struck me earlier today:<br/><br/>“For systems practitioners then, modelling is core to the discipline — if you’re not modelling you’re not doing systems” <br/><br/>— Patrick Hoverstadt<br/><br/>The donkeys reference: <a href="https://idriesshahfoundation.org/pdfviewer/the-smuggler-from-the-exploits-of-the-incomparable-mulla-nasrudin/">https://idriesshahfoundation.org/pdfviewer/the-smuggler-from-the-exploits-of-the-incomparable-mulla-nasrudin/</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/247/366/676/930/918/original/23fa80737f639e35.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-29T19:34:47Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9rwh5scpehm3vn594mq8jg0u7udc23hjgdhl8szy4egrar4ddfpczyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vu4669nm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstluyn2g6p27w0wvfdnesychvhvacaqelqvpyxeglaxf287fhzadcek8tmf'>nevent1q…8tmf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>🎉<br/><br/>“One of the best and most designerly ways of untangling that web is through diagramming. Ruth Malan has composed an excellent diagramming toolkit for systems seeing and Karen Holtzblatt’s contextual design remains a priceless resource.”<br/><br/>A link/mention of the System Seeing Journal Starter Kit <br/><a href="https://www.ruthmalan.com/systems/2025SystemSeeingJournal.pdf">https://www.ruthmalan.com/systems/2025SystemSeeingJournal.pdf</a><br/><br/>And in such good company!! 2025-03-29T19:19:00Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstluyn2g6p27w0wvfdnesychvhvacaqelqvpyxeglaxf287fhzadczyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vu65fpdp “A seat at the table is no good unless design is part of the strategy. To find the right place to apply leverage, designers need to embrace systems thinking.”<br/><br/>“Designers do not, I think, have a coherent sense of what systems thinking is (I have heard it used to refer to design systems more than once and I am sorry to say, that is not it). A good start on systems thinking is Indi Young’s piece on thinking critically”<br/><br/>— <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1yydgg4z4wqe3tycsy95ppvx26wt389hjp5s0q6xzav5594q4weyspqd3ge" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Pavel A. Samsonov</span> (<span class="italic">npub1yyd…d3ge</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><a href="https://productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/design-is-a-leadership-skill-why-design-goes-wrong-and-how-to-set-it-right-part-3">https://productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/design-is-a-leadership-skill-why-design-goes-wrong-and-how-to-set-it-right-part-3</a> 2025-03-29T19:15:08Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvpu7847rvp72thj6wxck8480jjde9xt5xf2lr0gzuq3skuateghszyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vu332kdt “But we didn’t. We just let the early success curdle, letting everyone grow more miserable while the good times decayed.<br/><br/>Completely forgetting the entire value of the company was derived from the passion of the community that called it home.”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/anahevesi_i-can-tell-you-why-stack-overflow-is-dying-activity-7288271250123079681-5EuU">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/anahevesi_i-can-tell-you-why-stack-overflow-is-dying-activity-7288271250123079681-5EuU</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/900/472/111/908/129/original/3a648041f5dfdb7a.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-01-27T13:10:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqfrj7mlyarezaepuvqgc2reg738s9pl0gjq6le8k88pd7p40cuygzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vus75gwf “The model was developed by the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek, which claims that R1 matches or even surpasses OpenAI’s ChatGPT o1 on multiple key benchmarks but operates at a fraction of the cost.”<br/><br/>“To create R1, DeepSeek had to rework its training process to reduce the strain on its GPUs, a variety released by Nvidia for the Chinese market that have their performance capped at half the speed of its top products, according to Zihan Wang”<br/><br/>— Caiwei Chen<br/><br/><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/24/1110526/china-deepseek-top-ai-despite-sanctions/">https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/24/1110526/china-deepseek-top-ai-despite-sanctions/</a> 2025-01-26T13:11:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspuxm67d7a7sch26x6925y9h7zvh0uuqan3w6qpm5vwzjd6amsylczyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vu4frnvd When wikimedia fundraising comes up, there’s generally some folk asserting that wikimedia has enough funds to run for decades without any further donations. And I don’t understand how that conclusion is arrived at… Is it like, making assumptions about what it ought to cost? So what’s the suggestion there — lay off 80%? Or are folk just not looking at the annual operating costs? (It’s a vast and aging system that is under various attacks…) 2024-12-26T15:15:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgk9jn6nlu7rmx6m6prp2s8hmqauz5fr48g62cfd52zmw0wqnwp6czyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vuretjk6 “As a consultant, I noticed my presence would lead people to surface problems they had long learned to live with.<br/><br/>They now had renewed optimism because they knew it was a chance to finally address significant long-term issues.<br/><br/>I think most companies have problems that are worth solving, but they don&#39;t because people have got used to them and established workarounds.”<br/><br/>— [@nick_tune](<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@nick_tune">https://hachyderm.io/@nick_tune</a> ) <br/><br/><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nick-tune_as-a-consultant-i-noticed-my-presence-would-activity-7273045368907476992-A6vt">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nick-tune_as-a-consultant-i-noticed-my-presence-would-activity-7273045368907476992-A6vt</a> 2024-12-19T01:37:10Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsruc37mu7nfgn6yyp9k3vec7m96d329t2nws5xnh05gjryf06p8eqzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vuwngq0u “I sent you scientists”<br/><a href="https://indieweb.social/@johnallsopp/113377565503532903">https://indieweb.social/@johnallsopp/113377565503532903</a> 2024-12-13T21:36:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs92sauqcymy35xn70ymvlt7ch7xx9u6zeerlu4sjd4lhr7wtqgecczyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vuedzpvs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8zdfepnp92cugtah4xgtxtn72fsdvhljejrk3pj84pj37mglyrrqtvfvw8'>nevent1q…fvw8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Complex systems have a history. Not only do they evolve through time, but their past is co-responsible for their present behaviour. Any analysis of a complex system that ignores the dimension of time is incomplete&#34;<br/><br/>- Paul Cilliers, Complexity and Postmodernism: Understanding<br/>Complex Systems 2024-12-13T15:00:31Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgwxwj460uccheslqd2t9q5q28cpy0aaxuql2zf5ds8aflvcczz6szyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vukehzlq “When I read Fahrenheit 451 for the first time,” LeVar Burton says, “I couldn’t imagine that situation in my reality. It was a shame, right? Wow. Those poor people in that misguided society. I live in that society now. That dystopian story has become my truth.”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.gq.com/story/levar-burton-wants-you-to-read-banned-books">https://www.gq.com/story/levar-burton-wants-you-to-read-banned-books</a><br/><br/>Via <br/><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@Jennifer/113634651121357362">https://m.ai6yr.org/@Jennifer/113634651121357362</a> 2024-12-11T22:20:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8zdfepnp92cugtah4xgtxtn72fsdvhljejrk3pj84pj37mglyrrqzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vu9kfvxn Day 11 #AdventOfSystemSeeing<br/><br/>Narrative History: Unwinding Threads<br/><br/>Pick up a thread in the situation (in your verbal or visual narrative, or in your experience of it), and explore how it took shape and came to be.<br/><br/>What were the various paths of influence and unfolding? What are some stories of the history that you were there for, or have heard others tell?<br/><br/>While you have time (in the 15-20 minute window), pick up other threads and explore those and notice interconnections. 2024-12-11T05:43:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp0vp6gnw73lfzceqr7l6swcwx7snjppqdskhz0fmcfehexv0ds2qzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vux0r25n “Prentice defined leadership as “the accomplishment of a goal through the direction of human assistants” and a successful leader as one who can understand people’s motivations and enlist employee participation in a way that marries individual needs and interests to the group’s purpose. He called for democratic leadership that gives employees opportunities to learn and grow—without creating anarchy”<br/><a href="https://hbr.org/2004/01/understanding-leadership">https://hbr.org/2004/01/understanding-leadership</a> 2024-12-03T20:07:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9uz8vnudnshjhtdugrfztma8wwd4xfkgl7w5jjmcyh2lzesfs8tqzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vu6dt8gn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswn3ccfgtscv67dfmhcatfxcs9yg084lruwm7actwp2k7mc8ssqdgdpdstk'>nevent1q…dstk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“Sketches are a way of externalizing ideas, of turning internal thoughts public, of making fleeting thoughts more permanent. Of course, written language can do the same [.] Sketches can also convey abstract ideas metaphorically, using elements and spatial relations on paper to express abstract elements and relations.<br/>Expressing ideas in a visuospatial medium makes comprehension and inference easier”<br/><br/>— Barbara Tversky, What do Sketches say about Thinking? 2024-12-03T04:33:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswn3ccfgtscv67dfmhcatfxcs9yg084lruwm7actwp2k7mc8ssqdgzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vuvvpltr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswk3mnv3hp9na8jsgrcpcq9f303ggay6e0ywdzxu0qfkuvjuvec4qpgsw3t'>nevent1q…sw3t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you’re participating in this Advent(ure) in System Seeing, and already completed the journal exercise upthread, this is a fun watch:<br/><br/><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KFaenm8J--Y">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KFaenm8J--Y</a><br/><br/>The exercise may play to uncertainties we have about our drawing skillz (alas), but we can take confidence in this: our sketches can spark our curiosity and invite us into a conversation with the sketch, prompting questions where we just had… invisible (to us) assumptions… Not just about bicycles, but our perception and retention. 2024-12-01T23:44:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswk3mnv3hp9na8jsgrcpcq9f303ggay6e0ywdzxu0qfkuvjuvec4qzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vucqm593 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9vm97agg7ecsk92e9mafp6mvtcf4er0a6ahz4xmxhag738yt22tg9gcftw'>nevent1q…cftw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>“Sketching is conducted both to clarify existing ideas and to develop new ones. In the early stages, the artist may wish to preserve many visual options, restricting [..] imagery to global structures, or using notes and signs that implicate multiple alternatives. Paper sketching uses denotation systems that include tolerances and indeterminacies in ways that can amplify the artist&#39;s ability to perceive or imagine many options.”<br/><br/>— Fish and Scrivener<br/><br/><a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/article/601802">https://muse.jhu.edu/article/601802</a> 2024-12-01T16:22:00Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9vm97agg7ecsk92e9mafp6mvtcf4er0a6ahz4xmxhag738yt22tgzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vu4fsmgz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy3rh75damzu7fs7zhukfgejjxth9fv7txydr7mth8arc7j22ceaq5f6dwx'>nevent1q…6dwx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is a “warm-up exercise,” so what are we warming up for?<br/><br/>A daily practice of noticing (what we don’t notice, too). Of using a journal to probe deeper. To learn from systems and how we encounter them.<br/><br/>A daily practice of doing just enough, just good enough to learn something.<br/><br/>A daily practice of using different perceptual and conceptual tools. 2024-12-01T14:19:25Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy3rh75damzu7fs7zhukfgejjxth9fv7txydr7mth8arc7j22ceaqzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vuuzpup6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst0n5glf4xpymgglz04lzeffxh5pxn56ae8mcugd3mmqa2dwekglgxsmnkp'>nevent1q…mnkp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Bubble diagrams are used in building architecture, but are useful in mapping more conceptual spaces too. Variations include Bubble Maps and Concept Models.<br/><br/>Diagram source: <a href="https://illustrarch.com/articles/8702-bubble-diagram-in-architecture.html#google_vignette">https://illustrarch.com/articles/8702-bubble-diagram-in-architecture.html#google_vignette</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/575/910/391/949/693/original/1d50f907f2e4f055.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-12-01T05:32:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst0n5glf4xpymgglz04lzeffxh5pxn56ae8mcugd3mmqa2dwekglgzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vula9f28 Day 1 #AdventOfSystemSeeing<br/><br/>Draw a Bicycle<br/><br/>1. Draw a Bubble Diagram of a Bicycle. Use labelled bubbles (circles) to express the key concepts of a bicycle; use placement and size to convey relationships.<br/><br/>2. Now draw a bicycle.<br/><br/>3. What do we notice (more)? Jot down some notes /observations about drawing to see, to think, .. 2024-12-01T05:24:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgge677p6yvnfla0hnlzyqgcugf4yswd8dnu90thv3resf29075mczyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vume2ce3 “Folks are leaving Goodreads, which was purchased by Jeff Bezos’ company Amazon in 2013, for The StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned company. Founder and CEO Nadia Odunayo, who started the book-tracking app as a side project, launched the space in 2019.”<br/><br/><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/storygraph-amazon-goodreads-jeff-bezos_l_673e2013e4b0f17b35e0a123">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/storygraph-amazon-goodreads-jeff-bezos_l_673e2013e4b0f17b35e0a123</a><br/><br/>Via <br/><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@fmhilton/113544425193959815">https://mastodon.sdf.org/@fmhilton/113544425193959815</a><br/><br/>Via <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1quds2lwn2y87ppgnmscenj2xtq0cwpknyvuwn90j436nu46f5h8q63q43s" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>StillIRise1963</span> (<span class="italic">npub1qud…q43s</span>)</a></span> 2024-11-25T20:12:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd05t9aysm6u82ytzgg0hfaqn79lfft5sddd36wemmndz87jw2r9qzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vuxmqczt I guess we need to think carefully about what we value, and invest accordingly. <br/><br/>We need mastodon (and fedi more broadly) to be viable and thrive even, as times get more challenging. <br/><br/>It needs work. Both work by us as the relationship and content creators to make it warm and kind and useful, and work on its affordances, capabilities and infrastructure. 2024-11-13T13:43:56Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy5xd8rsj7qmfehualtwwdhe3tmatg2qc7f3hztpnychf5q37dj2czyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vukyf38v Michelle Obama “to the men who love us”<br/><br/>Really really powerful. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/video/michelle-obama-warns-how-another-trump-presidency-could-affect-women-s-health-222776901881">https://www.nbcnews.com/video/michelle-obama-warns-how-another-trump-presidency-could-affect-women-s-health-222776901881</a> 2024-10-29T02:23:46Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9c6009yeazt07jdz6lskd74acx8d34jx644mprhng0epr3v709egzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vu0w295u Penzeys Spices for Harris is putting the words out there! This is courage Bezos didn’t show! <br/><br/><a href="https://instagram.com/p/DBkn8L3AveU/">https://instagram.com/p/DBkn8L3AveU/</a> 2024-10-27T00:22:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsypr66pe6zejd8j87duy24eqw3axtcdy0sv38r9fy5gpjxwscyy7gzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vuqe4hhl TIL:<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/325/122/995/301/582/original/3ae117d6f74be22b.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-10-17T22:29:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgn63mg7gylvnjv2ac2dsu6qkwcd96zc3mk97m3c2q5t7e9xyvkxszyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vu9jt7mt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg0kuu3sngpfuzj4x3je39x2569wutkpfc86hgulhpmtpggv6ddwqt42p4m'>nevent1q…2p4m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>WhiteDudesForHarris:<br/><br/> We&#39;re proud to be part of the #UniteForAmerica livestream TONIGHT with Oprah, Kamala Harris , WinWithBlackWomen, and others working toward a brighter future. <br/><br/>Let’s unite for action! Register now: <a href="http://UniteForAmerica2024.com">http://UniteForAmerica2024.com</a>!<br/><br/>Also: <br/>PaisansforKamala ready to mobilize Italian-Americans<br/><br/>Also: <br/>PoetsForHarris <br/>SwiftiesForKamala <br/><br/>And many more 2024-09-19T23:55:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg0kuu3sngpfuzj4x3je39x2569wutkpfc86hgulhpmtpggv6ddwqzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vu05g6sz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrqcltv6tatvzjg5x93xg9rqqeau8n8dmxt0myqg35plyd672vhjccn525z'>nevent1q…525z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We’re on a mission to make it the biggest virtual rally ever, y’all! 2024-09-19T22:49:29Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrqcltv6tatvzjg5x93xg9rqqeau8n8dmxt0myqg35plyd672vhjczyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vuvwz3a4 What hashtag are we using for the Oprah-Harris watch party tonight? (8pm Eastern)<br/><br/><a href="https://m.youtube.com/live/iPB0dmWyqZI">https://m.youtube.com/live/iPB0dmWyqZI</a> 2024-09-19T22:48:06Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstvqfuz95y8u5x30uthl4wuq6axhu7x4jref9n4zu7uhzux5msa9czyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vuxpjk4z True in other areas too. If we think back over who we notice contributing to our practice and tooling, who have we thanked or otherwise expressed appreciation to and for? (I often do this by quoting and mentioning, but that is less direct than a thank you.) <br/><br/>Image is this post: <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@millerdl/113163742007482917">https://mathstodon.xyz/@millerdl/113163742007482917</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/165/151/587/964/273/original/bed4cc8ab36f3025.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-19T16:25:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqstg5h55xhvceg7ld7yv6he00zqdcsj0u3akn2u2zk020fvjnnn95qzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vuqyaw2n “New Zealand’s Long-term Insights Briefings may not make the headlines, but they should. They’re a little unusual, internationally. Every three years, public service departments are mandated to think long-term—about the trends, risks, and opportunities that could shape our lives over the next 10, 20, even 50 years.”<br/><br/>— Victoria Mulligan<br/><br/><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/victoriamulligan1_civilsociety-publicservice-futuresthinking-activity-7242301381728985089-1gY6">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/victoriamulligan1_civilsociety-publicservice-futuresthinking-activity-7242301381728985089-1gY6</a> 2024-09-19T11:44:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdzpfg3rvvvvnvx4ut42dzhtpwdz8crxeu4t6ynjekl4lxjchlhcgzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vuqxhcp6 Underreported data center CO2 emissions load:<br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/15/data-center-gas-emissions-tech">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/sep/15/data-center-gas-emissions-tech</a><br/><br/>Climate change increases number and intensity of wildfires.<br/><br/>Underreported methane emissions from wildfires: <br/>“ Using a new detection method, UC Riverside scientists found a massive amount of methane, a super-potent greenhouse gas, coming from wildfires”<br/><br/>And<br/>“Methane warms the planet 86 times more powerfully than carbon dioxide over the course of 20 years”<br/><br/><a href="https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2023/04/17/methane-megafires-more-spew-we-knew">https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2023/04/17/methane-megafires-more-spew-we-knew</a> 2024-09-16T08:14:13Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxl59v9e7uml80vj78uy6qq24404yts92clkcggcnytafsqqd77wczyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vugr5s70 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfnzkq0jwu8x5ngrv0u9specjuqs97ej2nnuyy3ft57pw2rt0ndmsldycv0'>nevent1q…ycv0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Uh. I should add… (please) Don’t dismiss Meadows due to the dates — the examples are of their time, but she’s a wonderful teacher and it’s neat to have some access to that, reach us almost 50 years later :) 2024-09-13T17:48:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfnzkq0jwu8x5ngrv0u9specjuqs97ej2nnuyy3ft57pw2rt0ndmszyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vupk54yd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgcx6ry62kdycqxv67stagggyxzcn3mtng9ac2jav2ef3nc33wm6s9tlyhs'>nevent1q…lyhs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And more recently:<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1yp0r5gkwvtjtmceeuygdlmzkkmj7u38jwlzxmsf4jruqqvys7mrs8rzd34" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Hibri Marzook</span> (<span class="italic">npub1yp0…zd34</span>)</a></span> at Agile on the Beach:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hibri_decoding-paradoxes-exploring-counter-intuitive-activity-7215059742061146113-NJGx">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hibri_decoding-paradoxes-exploring-counter-intuitive-activity-7215059742061146113-NJGx</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/131/463/737/530/871/original/4b746e63bd53df75.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-13T17:38:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgcx6ry62kdycqxv67stagggyxzcn3mtng9ac2jav2ef3nc33wm6szyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vux9p66z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrpw4rlc2khpz26ggx6ydtl4k8naqkjqt3pf7t67vnqkx6djpjxnq0ks9hh'>nevent1q…s9hh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And [@jessitron](<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@jessitron">https://hachyderm.io/@jessitron</a> ) has done a lot to bring dynamic modeling and CLDs to the software space, with talks, posts (like this one from 2018: <a href="https://medium.com/@jessitron/which-came-first-the-chicken-or-the-egg-6f94003a4097">https://medium.com/@jessitron/which-came-first-the-chicken-or-the-egg-6f94003a4097</a>), and workshops (with Kent Beck).<br/><br/>Image from Jessica Kerr&#39;s post (linked above):<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/131/422/441/338/859/original/6de4304bd6af2cdc.webp"> <br/> 2024-09-13T17:31:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrpw4rlc2khpz26ggx6ydtl4k8naqkjqt3pf7t67vnqkx6djpjxnqzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vu7zh9fr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8hzda6ctujuarhwskj32ejeq0p87vwprh0uden0tyt9r7y0y553cm9lpl6'>nevent1q…lpl6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>CLDs? <br/><br/>Here&#39;s Donella Meadows: <br/><br/>&#34;Whole Earth Models and Systems&#34; (1982):<br/><a href="https://donellameadows.org/wp-content/userfiles/Whole-Earth-Models-and-Systems.pdf">https://donellameadows.org/wp-content/userfiles/Whole-Earth-Models-and-Systems.pdf</a><br/><br/>And Meadows teaching CLDs in 1977:<br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL_lOoomRTA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XL_lOoomRTA</a> 2024-09-13T17:20:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8hzda6ctujuarhwskj32ejeq0p87vwprh0uden0tyt9r7y0y553czyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vuv0y68j Causal Loop Diagrams are showing up in more talks and things <br/><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chrissimon-au_defence-of-technical-excellence-causal-activity-7240116864884883456-88cV">https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chrissimon-au_defence-of-technical-excellence-causal-activity-7240116864884883456-88cV</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/131/331/123/619/995/original/d20ef97d5c90f581.png"> <br/> 2024-09-13T17:05:49Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0j36hyjq2x5ju4syetv0a8sr2wvzy7xt0rq8pn0yqznsrhf4rfwgzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vujgvsl6 i love this comic by Tom Gauld… <br/><br/><a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/0-tom-gauld-on-overthinking/">https://www.newscientist.com/article/0-tom-gauld-on-overthinking/</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/090/531/958/679/454/original/6219292d4c6efb86.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-06T12:31:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0pehsjqmk0l5qh4dzzp0md7us7sy3lexmkzqxdp0vd8yp2aa6tmqzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vuss56vx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgtyxchd6glxcrmvj9f88jmc55jmvd6nq7dylj20zxvd9ruk6qevcwz6xk6'>nevent1q…6xk6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Related. ;)<br/><br/>Judgment about where to apply judgment. Where to slow down and attend.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/017/825/386/407/240/original/6369a7a19414da65.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-08-24T16:05:18Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgtyxchd6glxcrmvj9f88jmc55jmvd6nq7dylj20zxvd9ruk6qevczyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vukp5tq4 “A[n architecture] decision view provides a useful complement to the traditional sets of architectural views and viewpoints. It gives an explanatory perspective that illuminates the reasoning process itself and not solely its results.” (Kruchten et al 2009)<br/><br/>Emphasis on “illuminates the reasoning process”<br/><br/>I’ll say things like “it’s a form of asynchronous mentoring to write down the (various) experience(s) and research that informed the decision” and I get looks.<br/><br/>Explanatory perspective. Better 2024-08-24T15:35:42Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz4lc2uvru0l826etuckyh5u58gpxpyurljp7e0g037q7l53mgz6qzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vutmgh0k Is there like a co-op for (tech) folk who are between jobs? Like, to be a space of lifting up and learning/sharing and whatever the community needs? Where folk flow through, and provide mutual buoying? 2024-08-14T17:48:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdlgphvjpgzdu0s8wnhlxpfqd903sks0vffuz2dvv7thg77xttvrqzyplrp45aquydrr5drsmfpqehzsqsl4seha7d9kkvvfl9xn6m825vuqxcez6 Infrastructure “ Becomes visible upon breakdown. The normally invisible quality of working infrastructure becomes visible when it breaks: the server is down, the bridge washes out, there is a power blackout. Even when there are back-up mechanisms or procedures, their existence further highlights the now-visible infrastructure.”<br/>— Susan Leigh Star, “The Ethnography of Infrastructure&#34;<br/><a href="https://ics.uci.edu/~wscacchi/GameLab/Recommended%20Readings/ethnography-infrastructure-Star-1999.pdf">https://ics.uci.edu/~wscacchi/GameLab/Recommended%20Readings/ethnography-infrastructure-Star-1999.pdf</a> <br/><br/>Paper, and emphasis on “Becomes visible upon breakdown.” via <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1gqwx664hvtfepe62jnxjzrkk57sd5qpm3ht7n9erd7lk5kma4vps555sps" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Yvonne Lam</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gqw…5sps</span>)</a></span> 2023-01-17T00:00:14Z