Sublime

As Web 2.0 companies began to deeply understand the powerful potential of their innovations — the game-ish reaction buttons, the follower graph, the algorithmic ‘newsfeed’ — they became adept at a clever stratagem. Rather than committing to perpetual openness, they could offer new user tools or developer APIs and encourage the community to use them... See more

- aggregation (distribution 2.0)

What I talked about at Stripe Sessions: Craft and Quality, and professional grade software at @linear

More often than not, the greatest innovations bring us back to the way things once were. Before the internet and before the advent of the “firm” during the industrial revolution, the reputation of people and relationships mattered more than anything else. My hope is that the latest technology returns us to our roots and enriches the potential of in... See more

Artisanal software

In a speech delivered years ago, Ev Williams used agriculture as a metaphor to understand what’s possible on the Internet.

Agriculture was a tremendous invention – it got people fed and freed them to do many things. But agriculture – taken to the extreme in the pursuit of profit leads to a sick and obese population and industrial... See more

New in the Screenshot Essays series: Humble Giants are Unbundling the Internet: http://estromberg.com/humble-giants