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I’m planning to write an essay loosely titled “Hypermedia Surfing”, and it’s like a thread running through all of my internet-nerd-media thoughts.
Here are the tweets I’m likely to reference in that thread
Here are the tweets I’m likely to reference in that thread
My verdict: the jetpack of 2020 is a network of smart friends who care about you and will provide you with interesting and relevant information about anything you ask for. A truly social search engine.
Twitter is the best place to do it as far as I know
Twitter is the best place to do it as far as I know
Funny irony: hardly anybody running social media companies seems to have any real, deep understanding about what the real potential power of social media
We used to say “surf the web”. We don’t say it much anymore, now that we’re mostly scrolling through infinite linear feeds. But I think the future of hypermedia is a return to surfing. 🏄♀️ 🏄♂️
We used to also imagine The Information Highway, which would’ve been a commute from here to there, there being InfoLand. We no longer imagine this because the commute is now instantaneous. We are all in InfoLand now. You can check out any time you like,,
Social media itself does not fully appreciate this, but users who appreciate this surf the social web with grace
It is not necessary for you do any of this alone. I don’t think any of us can truly do this alone. Friends are the meaning of life, and if you choose them well, friends can help you investigate meaning itself. Hypermedia is a game you can play as you like
You can use Twitter to make friends with dozens of people in any major city in the world who share your interests, and they will be happy and eager to receive you when you get there. Yes, I have Skillz (you can too), but how would I do it without the tool?
The secret of the Internet is people
Assemble the Mindcity! 🧠🕸🌃
