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This weeks continuation of our oral culture discovery: "Orality, community and the sacral". You only get nervous about things that are important.

"Verbomotor Lifestyle". Is it why no one wants to talk on the phone anymore? Is this the first twist for aliteracy and why we're still good with subtitles?

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My exploration of Ong's 'Orality and Literacy'. Now "Oral Memorization" or is it "Generative Memorization"? From oral through literate to today, has memorization gone full circle?

Today I saw that the Georgia Straight launched an insiders club. It reminded me, why aren't we seeing more traditional publication business models? It's not just the fire-hose or the vault. I've got i...

Have you noticed nothing seems that new anymore? "Conservative or traditionalist" - The next topic in my exploration of Ong's, Orality and literacy.

Your brain isn’t what it used to be.

What have I been up to since last I weeknoted? Trying to flex the brain. A bit on Orality, a bit on ActivityPub.

Back to the exploration of Ong's characteristics of an Oral Culture. Focusing on "Empathetic and Participatory Rather than Objectively Distanced

I've been digging into a thought for the past week starring out into the void wondering what to do next. With Decentralized/Federated Social Media, I'm seeing a lot of discussions on how do we want to...

A humorous exploration of the uncanny resemblance between AI company logos and human anatomy. Discover why circular, gradient-based designs dominate the AI industry, and what this design convergence t...

The word 'cyberculture' was coined by Alice Mary Hilton in 1963 and by the mid-90s was in common use. But Hilton never got her due, especially compared to her contemporary Marshall McLuhan.

Where was I? I've forgotten where I was in reflecting on Ong's Psychodynamics of Orality with our current culture. So this recap is partly for me as it is you. Sounded Word as Power and Action You Kno...

Noticed I missed last week did you? It's been that kinda few weeks where one gets sucked into the suck of the web. I'm Canadian, I have a lot of hope, but man... that hope is being tested for sure. I ...

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Make a mess clean a mess I tell my kids this all the time. This week I made the mess. Long story short, with Power Pages and Power Platform I was given the choice of “blue door” and “blue door” and I ...

I keep meeting people who are extremely burned out. I meet them so often that I’m beginning to think burnout is something that exists by design

A former OpenAI researcher who raised concerns about the company is dead at 26.

"ONG" an abbreviation for “on God" is used to express honesty, strong belief, or strong emotions. Learn all about it here, ONG.

So long and that's for all the follicles. That's a wrap to Movember! Plus, have you read GitLab's Handbook? Holy Schmoly it's good!

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... agonistically toned! "No, you're agonistically toned!" In, Ong's, Orality & Literacy, I have to admit for me, "Agonistically toned" was one of the lesser argued characteristics. Perhaps it's becau...

Movember is coming to an end. Thank you to everyone whose donated. Let's see.... this week 🤔... this week 🤔... I used my todo list Get new phone. I'm feel like the only person who won't go big, sticki...

Kirby has floated onto my blog post. Inhaling everything.

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With what's happened this week in the US, I'm going to focus in on the next characteristic of an oral culture that I think fits the bill. While moments like these have many more moving parts and are m...