I'd like to direct the audience to Nine Inch Nail's Year Zero. A dystopian sci-fi concept album taking place starting in the year 2022. Though you have to read the pieces from the ARG to really...
I'd like to direct the audience to Nine Inch Nail's Year Zero. A dystopian sci-fi concept album taking place starting in the year 2022. Though you have to read the pieces from the ARG to really capture the whole story. Sadly the tv show never got off the ground.
I've been listening to it non-stop since the election. But this blog post really hammers home the core message of the resistance.
Art is Resistance
Here is one thing that the government wants you to forget You have a voice
How are you going to use it?
Art is witness Speak the truth
Art is commmunity You will be heard
Art is action without violence
Art changes hearts without breaking bodies You Can Act
Thank you for bringing up Year Zero, vord—I wasn't familiar with this NIN project. It's important to see that this feeling is more common than we may think. I've added a note about both the album...
Thank you for bringing up Year Zero, vord—I wasn't familiar with this NIN project. It's important to see that this feeling is more common than we may think. I've added a note about both the album and your thoughtful pointer at the end of the post, so others may discover it.
I really think we have to fight to protect our time and attention. It's war against companies way more powerful than us and our own will power. We have to keep raising awareness and creating...
I really think we have to fight to protect our time and attention. It's war against companies way more powerful than us and our own will power. We have to keep raising awareness and creating strategies and tools to help each other, not doing anything and we're guaranteed to lose. Great read, thanks for sharing!
@kodo, assuming you are the owner of this website you've linked, then the way it looks to me is that you are using Tildes primarily as self-promotion. You haven't made a comment in years and about...
@kodo, assuming you are the owner of this website you've linked, then the way it looks to me is that you are using Tildes primarily as self-promotion. You haven't made a comment in years and about half the links you post are to your own site. That's against the Code of Conduct:
If you have your own site/project/channel/etc. that you'd like to share on Tildes, that's generally fine (in moderation), but it shouldn't be the primary reason that you post on the site. Tildes is a community, not a free advertising platform. Sharing your own content is welcome as long as you're involved in the community, but don't just treat Tildes as a source of an audience.
Have you got a response?
EDIT: I meant my final line as a neutral attempt to open a dialogue about it, but looking at it now it looks like an attack. That isn't how I meant it, but I'm struggling to come up with better wording at the moment, so I'll just leave this explanatory edit.
Thanks for raising this thoughtfully. I recently asked Deimos to update my username to match my name—I wanted to be transparent rather than hide anything. My submissions include both personal and...
Thanks for raising this thoughtfully. I recently asked Deimos to update my username to match my name—I wanted to be transparent rather than hide anything.
My submissions include both personal and third-party content that I find valuable for the community. I understand the need for a balance between sharing and engaging. I appreciate the feedback about being more present, and I'm happy to adjust my participation to better align with community expectations.
I feel my little ramblings have sparked constructive discussions here, which I'm grateful for. I usually let the ideas in the links speak for themselves unless directly asked to participate, as you've done now. :)
I can be more active in discussions going forward and will gladly follow your guidance on ratios or recommendations for this—even if it means limiting certain types of sharing! :)
Thanks for responding so openly and willingly. I appreciate it. Your transparency is also appreciated, don't get me wrong. I don't really think any guidance from me is necessary, or even...
Thanks for responding so openly and willingly. I appreciate it. Your transparency is also appreciated, don't get me wrong.
I don't really think any guidance from me is necessary, or even appropriate, since I'm just another user here without authority, and we all have to work out our own ways of participation. I do have a question, though: may I ask what is the reason you are here, if it wasn't already to engage with the other users? I feel that attempting to hit some proper ratio, as a sort of metric to be allowed to self-promote, just misses the point again.
I understand refraining from joining the discussion on your own links, as that could be seen as arguing or belaboring the point (though I believe there are ways to respond in those discussions without doing either). But there are plenty of other discussions to be had on other posts.
I am here because I like reading civilized opinions and meaningful (more signal than noise) links. I follow a lot of it (to an extent, like another couple of websites.) And you have a good point...
I am here because I like reading civilized opinions and meaningful (more signal than noise) links. I follow a lot of it (to an extent, like another couple of websites.) And you have a good point again. I had to reason about it.
Quite openly, I find it easier to spend whatever time I need on writing something before sharing it, whereas comments are a bit more complex to handle, as I'm never sure if I've had enough time to reflect and if it's already obsolete or superseded when I have. I don't think it's anything more than that, but I'm happy when it's a conversation with someone directly and I can answer.
I also like what other people write, and occasionally, I'd be curious to hear what others think about what I found interesting. So I share those links. I'm not sure if it's fair—it's just how I feel.
But again, here I am. This is more like DMs in public, but here I am as far a commenting and conversing goes. :)
This is a good, important read. Right now, I want all of you to go into your phones notification settings and turn off all notifications except the 3 or 4 most important things for you. We are...
This is a good, important read. Right now, I want all of you to go into your phones notification settings and turn off all notifications except the 3 or 4 most important things for you.
We are locked in a battle to direct our attention where we want it. Our attention has been commodified and failing to be cognizant of where your attention is going is detrimental to your goals and your health.
I did it some time ago, only calls from my parents and siblings, nothing else is allowed to notify me. Helps a lot, I have more time to dive deep into reading Tildes :) But really, it helps a lot....
I did it some time ago, only calls from my parents and siblings, nothing else is allowed to notify me. Helps a lot, I have more time to dive deep into reading Tildes :)
But really, it helps a lot. I no longer get distracted so easily.
That's useful advice. In terms of having enough time to interact mindfully, I also found that lowering animation speed by 2x in Developer Settings (for those on Android) beats black-and-white...
That's useful advice.
In terms of having enough time to interact mindfully, I also found that lowering animation speed by 2x in Developer Settings (for those on Android) beats black-and-white modes any day—forcing thinking before tapping. The phone starts to go at the speed of life.
I see designing tech like that as deploying deliberate, or mindful, friction. Giving friction the same dignity as speed.
Most UX development optimizes for the opposite, so that setting in Android is like gold to me.
I'd like to direct the audience to Nine Inch Nail's Year Zero. A dystopian sci-fi concept album taking place starting in the year 2022. Though you have to read the pieces from the ARG to really capture the whole story. Sadly the tv show never got off the ground.
I've been listening to it non-stop since the election. But this blog post really hammers home the core message of the resistance.
Thank you for bringing up Year Zero, vord—I wasn't familiar with this NIN project. It's important to see that this feeling is more common than we may think. I've added a note about both the album and your thoughtful pointer at the end of the post, so others may discover it.
You may also be interested in My Chemical Romance's Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys.
I really think we have to fight to protect our time and attention. It's war against companies way more powerful than us and our own will power. We have to keep raising awareness and creating strategies and tools to help each other, not doing anything and we're guaranteed to lose. Great read, thanks for sharing!
@kodo, assuming you are the owner of this website you've linked, then the way it looks to me is that you are using Tildes primarily as self-promotion. You haven't made a comment in years and about half the links you post are to your own site. That's against the Code of Conduct:
Have you got a response?
EDIT: I meant my final line as a neutral attempt to open a dialogue about it, but looking at it now it looks like an attack. That isn't how I meant it, but I'm struggling to come up with better wording at the moment, so I'll just leave this explanatory edit.
Thanks for raising this thoughtfully. I recently asked Deimos to update my username to match my name—I wanted to be transparent rather than hide anything.
My submissions include both personal and third-party content that I find valuable for the community. I understand the need for a balance between sharing and engaging. I appreciate the feedback about being more present, and I'm happy to adjust my participation to better align with community expectations.
I feel my little ramblings have sparked constructive discussions here, which I'm grateful for. I usually let the ideas in the links speak for themselves unless directly asked to participate, as you've done now. :)
I can be more active in discussions going forward and will gladly follow your guidance on ratios or recommendations for this—even if it means limiting certain types of sharing! :)
Thanks for responding so openly and willingly. I appreciate it. Your transparency is also appreciated, don't get me wrong.
I don't really think any guidance from me is necessary, or even appropriate, since I'm just another user here without authority, and we all have to work out our own ways of participation. I do have a question, though: may I ask what is the reason you are here, if it wasn't already to engage with the other users? I feel that attempting to hit some proper ratio, as a sort of metric to be allowed to self-promote, just misses the point again.
I understand refraining from joining the discussion on your own links, as that could be seen as arguing or belaboring the point (though I believe there are ways to respond in those discussions without doing either). But there are plenty of other discussions to be had on other posts.
I am here because I like reading civilized opinions and meaningful (more signal than noise) links. I follow a lot of it (to an extent, like another couple of websites.) And you have a good point again. I had to reason about it.
Quite openly, I find it easier to spend whatever time I need on writing something before sharing it, whereas comments are a bit more complex to handle, as I'm never sure if I've had enough time to reflect and if it's already obsolete or superseded when I have. I don't think it's anything more than that, but I'm happy when it's a conversation with someone directly and I can answer.
I also like what other people write, and occasionally, I'd be curious to hear what others think about what I found interesting. So I share those links. I'm not sure if it's fair—it's just how I feel.
But again, here I am. This is more like DMs in public, but here I am as far a commenting and conversing goes. :)
This is a good, important read. Right now, I want all of you to go into your phones notification settings and turn off all notifications except the 3 or 4 most important things for you.
We are locked in a battle to direct our attention where we want it. Our attention has been commodified and failing to be cognizant of where your attention is going is detrimental to your goals and your health.
I did it some time ago, only calls from my parents and siblings, nothing else is allowed to notify me. Helps a lot, I have more time to dive deep into reading Tildes :)
But really, it helps a lot. I no longer get distracted so easily.
That's useful advice.
In terms of having enough time to interact mindfully, I also found that lowering animation speed by 2x in Developer Settings (for those on Android) beats black-and-white modes any day—forcing thinking before tapping. The phone starts to go at the speed of life.
I see designing tech like that as deploying deliberate, or mindful, friction. Giving friction the same dignity as speed.
Most UX development optimizes for the opposite, so that setting in Android is like gold to me.