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Then you need to … ","reading_minutes":15},{"id":"3e91c132-35d3-4f06-abc0-57527178dc1e","slug":"s18e06-low-hanging-fruit-information-processing","subject":"s18e06: Low-Hanging Fruit, Information Processing, and People Problems","title":"Low-Hanging Fruit, Information Processing, and People Problems","publish_date":"2024-04-04T18:08:26.658098+00:00","year":2024,"month":4,"season":18,"episode":6,"episode_label":"s18e06","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s18e06-low-hanging-fruit-information-processing/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2193,"context":" … with that. Some of the ways in which software might help, e.g. <mark>interoperability</mark> standards and mandates are just ways in which software can be applied towards an … ","reading_minutes":11},{"id":"da25dc4c-9c67-47fa-9b55-ce44ca25a8da","slug":"s17e07-the-great-social-network-heist","subject":"s17e07: The Great Social Network Heist","title":"The Great Social Network Heist","publish_date":"2024-02-02T21:49:24.001600+00:00","year":2024,"month":2,"season":17,"episode":7,"episode_label":"s17e07","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s17e07-the-great-social-network-heist/","is_premium":0,"word_count":3696,"context":" … Before we start on this job, you need to accept that open protocols, standards, and <mark>interoperability</mark> are good. There are lots of arguments for this. 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We're not going to get that one to-do list to … ","reading_minutes":9},{"id":"81f6912e-a65c-45c7-a6d4-8a3b7b4c7f79","slug":"s14e07-platform-exclusivity-microsoft-activision","subject":"s14e07: Platform Exclusivity: Microsoft / Activision Blizzard","title":"Platform Exclusivity: Microsoft / Activision Blizzard","publish_date":"2023-01-11T17:15:21.464460+00:00","year":2023,"month":1,"season":14,"episode":7,"episode_label":"s14e07","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s14e07-platform-exclusivity-microsoft-activision/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1419,"context":" … I've written about this before, but a thing that's happening with technology and media is the construction of non-<mark>interoperable</mark> silos combined with the attempt to … ","reading_minutes":7},{"id":"9a536cce-359d-4747-923a-f637723db22c","slug":"s13e24-the-careless-conversation-the-shape-of","subject":"s13e24 - The Careless Conversation; The Shape of Things","title":"The Careless Conversation; The Shape of Things","publish_date":"2022-12-16T20:08:53.369788+00:00","year":2022,"month":12,"season":13,"episode":24,"episode_label":"s13e24","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s13e24-the-careless-conversation-the-shape-of/","is_premium":0,"word_count":3304,"context":" … because, duh, it's just bits and we have things called\nstandards\nand <mark>interoperability</mark> and protocols and so on.\n\nI have a slight feeling that this is not … ","reading_minutes":17},{"id":"68566582-63e2-48fd-a3ea-57ae01c865f4","slug":"s13e18-mastodon-or-what-happens-when-your-7233","subject":"s13e18: Mastodon, or What Happens When Your Software Has Opinions And Now You Have Choices","title":"Mastodon, or What Happens When Your Software Has Opinions And Now You Have Choices","publish_date":"2022-11-01T20:59:04.364353+00:00","year":2022,"month":11,"season":13,"episode":18,"episode_label":"s13e18","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s13e18-mastodon-or-what-happens-when-your-7233/","is_premium":0,"word_count":4393,"context":" … That is clearly not going to happen now and not because there's a lack of <mark>interoperable</mark> protocols. No, it's not going to happen because of a … ","reading_minutes":22},{"id":"3b725989-8c48-4dd1-8a0e-8778c96d4973","slug":"s12e18-actually-its-about","subject":"s12e18: Actually, It's About...","title":"Actually, It's About...","publish_date":"2022-06-09T21:02:28.048092+00:00","year":2022,"month":6,"season":12,"episode":18,"episode_label":"s12e18","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s12e18-actually-its-about/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2085,"context":" … Actually, it's about <mark>interoperability</mark> and portability, combined with money\n.\n\nI will also point you at, well, everything Raph Koster has ever written, and you could probably start … ","reading_minutes":10},{"id":"707d7233-a317-44e2-8d1a-e70fe45cc526","slug":"s09e05-eleven-things-and-im-still-terrified-about","subject":"s09e05: Eleven things, and I'm still terrified about that Twitter one","title":"Eleven things, and I'm still terrified about that Twitter one","publish_date":"2021-03-09T17:05:27.139000+00:00","year":2021,"month":3,"season":9,"episode":5,"episode_label":"s09e05","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s09e05-eleven-things-and-im-still-terrified-about/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1874,"context":" … act on it first, bringing with it on the one hand a bonus (<mark>interoperability</mark>) and a user experience negative (yay, pop-ups every time you open a document … ","reading_minutes":9},{"id":"0e79d709-a4b3-48db-b8eb-626414fb64c0","slug":"s08e21-an-amateur-with-opinions","subject":"s08e21: An amateur with opinions","title":"An amateur with opinions","publish_date":"2020-10-17T23:26:08.214000+00:00","year":2020,"month":10,"season":8,"episode":21,"episode_label":"s08e21","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s08e21-an-amateur-with-opinions/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2470,"context":" … 99% OF THE TIME, THERE WAS NO PLOT\nMatt Webb has smart thoughts, continued, this time about\nvideo calling <mark>interoperability</mark>\nand it prompted a whole bunch of reactions … ","reading_minutes":12},{"id":"fece2383-38bd-4d4b-b00e-0bf619688dfe","slug":"s07e25-little-things-snow-crashing-ch-14-part-1","subject":"s07e25: Little things; Snow Crashing Ch 14 part 1","title":"Little things; Snow Crashing Ch 14 part 1","publish_date":"2019-12-09T20:48:36.192000+00:00","year":2019,"month":12,"season":7,"episode":25,"episode_label":"s07e25","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s07e25-little-things-snow-crashing-ch-14-part-1/","is_premium":0,"word_count":3185,"context":" … December 9th 2019\n5\nRetweets\n18\nLikes\nCory Doctorow wrote about\nlate-stage adversarial <mark>interoperability</mark>\n, which is another way of saying, I think, that capitalism and market forces … ","reading_minutes":16},{"id":"deb2d677-f4c6-403b-8387-e11725ec77a1","slug":"s5e05-nobody-expects-the-hiatus-newsletter","subject":"s5e05: Nobody expects the hiatus newsletter","title":"Nobody expects the hiatus newsletter","publish_date":"2018-01-13T00:00:00+00:00","year":2018,"month":1,"season":5,"episode":5,"episode_label":"s05e05","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s5e05-nobody-expects-the-hiatus-newsletter/","is_premium":0,"word_count":3091,"context":" … assistants, speakers and so on with a corresponding mixed software environment is an <mark>interoperability</mark> nightmare.\n\n\n\nIn other words: I predict (and thus will be wrong) that there’ll … ","reading_minutes":15},{"id":"54dcae7e-f8ae-42cf-897b-3fdd8d0c7bf9","slug":"episode-one-hundred-and-ninety-two-bureaucracy-is","subject":"Episode One Hundred and Ninety Two: Bureaucracy Is An Algorithm; Vapourware; No New Ideas","title":"Bureaucracy Is An Algorithm; Vapourware; No New Ideas","publish_date":"2015-02-17T00:00:00+00:00","year":2015,"month":2,"season":null,"episode":192,"episode_label":"episode 192","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/episode-one-hundred-and-ninety-two-bureaucracy-is/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1245,"context":" … Things don't \"just work\" the way they were claimed to, online services are getting bloated and broken, network <mark>interoperability</mark> has been ruined by carriage disputes over eyeballs … ","reading_minutes":6},{"id":"c2968c5a-d2a5-4e46-87ba-6316b44aeb10","slug":"episode-one-hundred-and-one-dangerous-not-trying","subject":"Episode One Hundred and One: Dangerous; Not Trying Is A Signal (2); What's Mine; Laundry","title":"Dangerous; Not Trying Is A Signal (2); What's Mine; Laundry","publish_date":"2014-06-13T00:00:00+00:00","year":2014,"month":6,"season":null,"episode":101,"episode_label":"episode 101","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/episode-one-hundred-and-one-dangerous-not-trying/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2243,"context":" … That's the whole point of <mark>interoperable</mark> specifications.\n\nSo. Who does Tesla want using these patents, and what do they want them to use them for?\n\n[1]\nhttp … ","reading_minutes":11}]}