Scripting News: How I wish software worked

Sunday August 13, 2023; 9:54 AM EDT

Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Rick Danko, Van Morrison, Bob Dylan and Robbie Robertson in The Last Waltz. #
I got this picture from a Facebook post on Woodstock and the 60s. #
My generation of software developers totally fucked this up. Everyone went their own way. Nowhere near enough working together. There was some collaboration however with people in the news world, and we created media that empowered millions of individuals to publish. We got stuff done, but we could have done much better. #
The next generation should look for ways to all play on the same stage, make each other sound better, inspire each other to their greatness. To show, visibly, what we can accomplish by working together. #

Last update: Sunday August 13, 2023; 3:35 PM EDT.

You know those obnoxious sites that pop up dialogs when they think you're about to leave, asking you to subscribe to their email newsletter? Well that won't do for Scripting News readers who are a discerning lot, very loyal, but that wouldn't last long if I did rude stuff like that. So here I am at the bottom of the page quietly encouraging you to sign up for the nightly email. It's got everything from the previous day on Scripting, plus the contents of the linkblog and who knows what else we'll get in there. People really love it. I wish I had done it sooner. And every email has an unsub link so if you want to get out, you can, easily -- no questions asked, and no follow-ups. Go ahead and do it, you won't be sorry! :-)