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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 20:07:46 JST Aral Balkan

   Just got reminded of a talk I gave 11 years ago. Feels like a lifetime ago.

   Watching it back, I cringe every time “#UX”—instead of just #design—and “users”—instead of people—comes out of my mouth. That, and my naïve embrace of “#open” and how mistaken I was to value it over free (as in freedom).

   You can see I’m starting to question the business model of people farming but it’s so timid; almost an afterthought. But, hey, it’s been (and is) a journey, I guess.

   https://archive.org/details/podcast_fronteers-videos_aral-balkan-the-future-is-na_1000106521975

   #web

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 20:13:50 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Sean O’Sullivan :tardis:

     @seanosullivanuk 💕

   • Sean O’Sullivan :tardis: (seanosullivanuk@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 20:13:51 JST Sean O’Sullivan :tardis:

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     @aral An indicator of your personal and professional development, I’d say. 👍🏻

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 20:38:14 JST Aral Balkan

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     • FiXato

     @FiXato Hopefully fewer things. I like to think there’s progress. But ask me again in ten years’ time ;)

   • FiXato (fixato@toot.cat)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 20:38:15 JST FiXato

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     @aral does it make you wonder what things from your current talks and writings will make you cringe in a decade?
     (To be clear, this is not meant as criticism; I'm genuinely curious.)

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 20:54:55 JST Aral Balkan

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     • FiXato
     • Mathias Hellquist 🤘

     @mathias @FiXato 💕

   • Mathias Hellquist 🤘 (mathias@moc.d-x-b.com)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 20:55:34 JST Mathias Hellquist 🤘

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     • FiXato

     @aral

     Not much to be ashamed of, when you said what you said at the time it was where we all was in our thinking, and you just pointed at a likely point ahead of us, even then. :)

     Here is Aral speaking at Future Of Web Design conference in London 2010 btw:

     https://flic.kr/p/87zqgZ

     @FiXato

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 21:14:22 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Alx 🐈

     @alx Thanks :) In retrospect, that’s a bad use of the word naïve. I was instead misinformed and wrong. I see naïve as a much more positive word and I do try to approach things naïvely (and be disappointed if need be). To be naïve, in a sense, is to assume things are as they should be. And many times you’re disappointed because we live in a world where (usually due to greed and shortsightedness) they’re not. So I’d much rather approach things naïvely and be disappointed than become jaded.

   • Alx 🐈 (alx@mastodon.design)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 21:14:23 JST Alx 🐈

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     @aral I think I can relate to your feeling (same reactions every time I re-read my old essays or blogs). We’ve all been naive at some point, and maybe depending on subjects and points of view we still are. I find valuable to admit it and recognise ‘I was wrong’ because it means you’ve grown and deepen your knowledge ;)

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 23:40:02 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Alx 🐈

     @alx You’re too kind; thank you 💕

   • Alx 🐈 (alx@mastodon.design)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2022 23:40:04 JST Alx 🐈

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     @aral I wouldn’t be necessarily so harsh on you. Awareness grows with time and through a process of acquiring knowledge for parsing certain information in the correct form. Though you were misinformed and wrong, you moved on to a place now that allows you to see it, which is an achievement onto itself, isn’t it?