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Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Aug-2023 17:22:39 JST Aral Balkan

I’m excited to announce to our latest startup… Schnailmail™: Free Real Mail Forever!™
https://ind.ie/archive/summit/videos/opening-keynote/index.html
https://ar.al/notes/schnail-mail-free-real-mail-for-life/
(An oldie but a goldie from almost a decade ago now – from when we were just starting out – that I was just reminded of.)
#schnailmail #freeRealMailForever #SiliconValley #VC #PeopleFarming #surveillance #capitalism

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- flip (flip0xfff@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Aug-2023 19:19:32 JST flip
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  @aral Did someone ever make use of that offer?
  
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- Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Aug-2023 19:19:32 JST Aral Balkan
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  - flip
  @flip0xfff Oh, there were always lots of people who put their hands up when I first asked the first question and always at least one who kept their hands up when I revealed the business model.
  So… yeah… 🤷♂️
  
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- Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Aug-2023 01:28:14 JST Aral Balkan
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  - Filipe
  @filipesm Thanks, Filipe, fixed :)
  
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- Filipe (filipesm@mastodon.green)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Aug-2023 01:28:15 JST Filipe
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  @aral btw the Domain link on this page is broken: https://ar.al/bio/
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    Aral’s been making things with computers since he was 7 years old. // Progressive enhancement, innit? ;) const years = Math.round((new Date().getTime() - new Date('1983-11-08').getTime())/1000/60/60/24/365) document.write(`(That’s approximately ${years} years ago. And yes, he still thinks computers are magic portals into endless universes.)`) Along the way, he dabbled in Flash, did some consulting, taught some workshops, gave a few talks, organised a smattering of conferences, made some apps, helped launch an after-school coding initiative for kids, got rather enraged by Silicon Valley’s bullshit, and co-founded Small Technology Foundation to do something about it.
- Filipe (filipesm@mastodon.green)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Aug-2023 01:28:16 JST Filipe
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  @aral two of the best talks I've seen Aral :)
  
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- Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Aug-2023 01:33:17 JST Aral Balkan
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  @filipesm Thanks, Filipe :) 💕
  
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