Tim Saunders
@anthrotechnic.com
Consultant and Digital Anthropologist
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Most of the internet used to be like this. This is actually the default, it took companies enclosing the internet and adding weird, soul-killing incentives to make people behave the way they do now. In a way, there is truly nothing special about Wikipedia except that it survived longer.
“Wikipedia is this economic anomaly. In many ways, it’s sort of magical that people will just volunteer without explicit economic incentives to create artifacts that are meant to share knowledge with everyone in the world”
July 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Most of the internet used to be like this. This is actually the default, it took companies enclosing the internet and adding weird, soul-killing incentives to make people behave the way they do now. In a way, there is truly nothing special about Wikipedia except that it survived longer.
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New book "Histriographies of Game Studies" #OA punctumbooks.com/titles/histo...
Lots of good stuff, I'm excited about this chapter:
ping @poppywilde.bsky.social @doktornick.bsky.social
Lots of good stuff, I'm excited about this chapter:
ping @poppywilde.bsky.social @doktornick.bsky.social
July 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
New book "Histriographies of Game Studies" #OA punctumbooks.com/titles/histo...
Lots of good stuff, I'm excited about this chapter:
ping @poppywilde.bsky.social @doktornick.bsky.social
Lots of good stuff, I'm excited about this chapter:
ping @poppywilde.bsky.social @doktornick.bsky.social
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Very nicely put by @cjfrieman.bsky.social and co-writers. Article is open access (link in the thread below)
January 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Very nicely put by @cjfrieman.bsky.social and co-writers. Article is open access (link in the thread below)
Reposted by Tim Saunders
Ursula K. LeGuin on technology
January 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Ursula K. LeGuin on technology
Rochester cathedral looking suitably brooding last night.
December 14, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Rochester cathedral looking suitably brooding last night.
Liverpool, what a fabulous city - the architecture is just spectacular.
November 28, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Liverpool, what a fabulous city - the architecture is just spectacular.
Never quite found anything to replace Fogbugz. It’s old and janky now, and clearly on the way out. Is there something new that I’m missing that could replace it…
November 28, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Never quite found anything to replace Fogbugz. It’s old and janky now, and clearly on the way out. Is there something new that I’m missing that could replace it…
Interesting afternoon stealthily introducing Wardley mapping to people. 🤫 I’ve found that if I go to fast with it people glaze over.
November 27, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Interesting afternoon stealthily introducing Wardley mapping to people. 🤫 I’ve found that if I go to fast with it people glaze over.