I knew podcasting was for real when I heard back from listeners who were surprised that's what my voice sounds like.#

I wish I had a time machine so I could travel to the future and read the history books to find out why all the Repub congresspeople retired back in 2018.#

It occurred to me after reading this thread on Twitter, that I'd like to start learning what it's like to be a blogger/pundit and computer programmer in Putin's Russia. Pretty good chance that's where we're going in the USA. Let's get it out now, in the form of a book, before they've completely locked down the press, and get it out in print, so it survives after the rule of law is gone. We can do a lot at this point to help ourselves on the "other side." Listen to Trump. He wants to control speech. He's probably figured out how to get there. 2017 was a year of learning for him. Now he understands what he's up against. #

Changed my Twitter motto to -- "Blogging is thinking aloud into an outliner that has a Publish button on it." It was previously "I've been blogging as long as there's been blogging."#

Light blogging the last few days. I'm head-down on a new piece of software, it's taking most of my attention. #

Every blog should have a Subscribe button. In an open ecosystem this is a problem, a problem that silos don't have. Which is the advantage Twitter (a silo) has over the open web.#