Doug Belshaw
@dougbelshaw.com
"If you've heard this story before, don't stop me, because I'd like to hear it again." (Groucho Marx)
Founding member of We Are Open Co-op. General man about town.
🟡 Some capacity for new projects
Founding member of We Are Open Co-op. General man about town.
🟡 Some capacity for new projects
The so-called 'post-naive' internet era: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/10/the-socalled-postnaive-internet-era.html
November 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The so-called 'post-naive' internet era: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/10/the-socalled-postnaive-internet-era.html
More reasons to get off US Big Tech: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/10/more-reasons-to-get-off.html
November 10, 2025 at 4:54 PM
More reasons to get off US Big Tech: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/10/more-reasons-to-get-off.html
Random finds: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/08/random-finds.html
November 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Random finds: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/08/random-finds.html
Low-carbon website showcase: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/08/lowcarbon-website-showcase.html
November 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Low-carbon website showcase: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/08/lowcarbon-website-showcase.html
Life is not a series of well-designed problems: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/08/life-is-not-a-series.html
November 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Life is not a series of well-designed problems: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/08/life-is-not-a-series.html
Rewilding the Open Web: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/08/rewilding-the-open-web.html
November 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Rewilding the Open Web: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/08/rewilding-the-open-web.html
Words that don't translate: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/08/words-that-dont-translate.html
November 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Words that don't translate: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/08/words-that-dont-translate.html
Words that don't translate: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/06/words-that-dont-translate.html
November 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Words that don't translate: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/06/words-that-dont-translate.html
Ambiverts, travel, and 'hermit mode': https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/06/ambiverts-travel-and-hermit-mode.html
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Ambiverts, travel, and 'hermit mode': https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/06/ambiverts-travel-and-hermit-mode.html
It's worth considering the glass to be half-full: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/06/its-worth-considering-the-glass.html
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
It's worth considering the glass to be half-full: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/06/its-worth-considering-the-glass.html
My existing, extremely minimalist, home page is at dougbelshaw.com
I'm thinking of replacing it with this. What do you reckon?
I'm thinking of replacing it with this. What do you reckon?
November 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
My existing, extremely minimalist, home page is at dougbelshaw.com
I'm thinking of replacing it with this. What do you reckon?
I'm thinking of replacing it with this. What do you reckon?
The geopolitics of the post-oil age is going to be interestingly different.: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/01/the-geopolitics-of-the-postoil.html
November 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The geopolitics of the post-oil age is going to be interestingly different.: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/01/the-geopolitics-of-the-postoil.html
Monocultures are perilous not just in agriculture, but in software distribution as well.: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/01/monocultures-are-perilous-not-just.html
November 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Monocultures are perilous not just in agriculture, but in software distribution as well.: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/01/monocultures-are-perilous-not-just.html
Seizing the means of ontological production: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/01/seizing-the-means-of-ontological.html
November 1, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Seizing the means of ontological production: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/11/01/seizing-the-means-of-ontological.html
November 1, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Microcast #109 — Wild camping: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/10/30/microcast-wild-camping.html
October 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Microcast #109 — Wild camping: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/10/30/microcast-wild-camping.html
We can't control what life throws at us, but we can choose how we deal with the hand we're dealt: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/10/28/we-cant-control-what-life.html
October 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
We can't control what life throws at us, but we can choose how we deal with the hand we're dealt: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/10/28/we-cant-control-what-life.html
Iimmediacy, emotion, spectacle, brevity: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/10/28/iimmediacy-emotion-spectacle-brevity.html
October 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Iimmediacy, emotion, spectacle, brevity: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/10/28/iimmediacy-emotion-spectacle-brevity.html
Everything you'd need to start exploring fungi and computing could be as small as a compost heap: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/10/27/everything-youd-need-to-start.html
October 27, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Everything you'd need to start exploring fungi and computing could be as small as a compost heap: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/10/27/everything-youd-need-to-start.html
Without being Luddites, some of my dearest friends reject certain elements of modern technology in order to protect their innate abilities.: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/10/24/without-being-luddites-some-of.html
October 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Without being Luddites, some of my dearest friends reject certain elements of modern technology in order to protect their innate abilities.: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/10/24/without-being-luddites-some-of.html
A vehicle for self-understanding: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/10/24/a-vehicle-for-selfunderstanding.html
October 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
A vehicle for self-understanding: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/10/24/a-vehicle-for-selfunderstanding.html
I love it; I hate it; I resent that I need it. I wouldn’t miss it if it vanished—but of course, I also would.: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/10/24/i-love-it-i-hate.html
October 24, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I love it; I hate it; I resent that I need it. I wouldn’t miss it if it vanished—but of course, I also would.: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/10/24/i-love-it-i-hate.html
What is still human in our lives lingers on in the interstices of a vast inhuman mechanism: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/10/24/what-is-still-human-in.html
October 24, 2025 at 6:01 AM
What is still human in our lives lingers on in the interstices of a vast inhuman mechanism: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/10/24/what-is-still-human-in.html
This is coming from someone who’s allegedly running a company that’s building a tool that should usher in a new era where computers will replace most of human work: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/10/23/this-is-coming-from-someone.html
October 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This is coming from someone who’s allegedly running a company that’s building a tool that should usher in a new era where computers will replace most of human work: https://thoughtshrapnel.com/2025/10/23/this-is-coming-from-someone.html