This Blog is about Software and related topics. Here I write about the things I do and the things that happen to me, most of which have to do with software use and design. Favourite topics are social software, social networking and social aspects of software development. I am not a techie so do not expect code. Consider me a reflective user and observer who likes to write her thoughts every now and then.
On the Social Web Foundation…
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About nine months ago, I ran into Evan Prodromou at an event at Meta. The
social media giant was telling an audience of Fediverse and decentralized
social ...
Welcome, Prashanth!
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Last March, I shared that we were starting to look for a new CEO for Stack
Overflow. We were looking for that rare combination of someone who… Read
more "W...
The Path to Self-Sovereign Identity
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Today I head out to a month-long series of events associated with identity:
I’m starting with the 22st (!) Internet Identity Workshop next week; then
I’m s...
ELIZA's grandchildren
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Natural language processing has come a long way. One popular application is
in chat bots. One of the first and most famous was text-based "computer
therapi...
In these dark rooms where I live out empty days, I wander round and round trying to find the windows. It will be a great relief when a window opens. But the windows aren't there to be found --- or at least I can't find them. And perhaps it's better if I don't find them. Perhaps the light will prove another tyranny. Who knows what new things will expose? (Constantine Cavafy)
Fire and Ice
Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. - From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice. (Robert Frost)