Community is a Blob

"You Gotta Go to Work on Myra's Feet"

Sheneneh and the Cosmic Nod of Humility "Sheneneh!" As I started setting up my homemade mani-pedi station, one of my favorite quotes came to mind: "You gotta go to work on Myra's feet." It comes from...

Pt 2. A Platform Isn't Just a Stage

An idea pops into your head, and before you've had a chance to let that baby marinate, you've got to "Smack it up, flip it, rub it down. Oh noooo..." On no, indeed. And the call is as persistent as...

Pt 1. Who You Callin' a Flop?!

"U.N.I.T.Y., U.N.I.T.Y. that's a unity." Please. Stop the violence. It's boring. There's something about the latest conversation around Lizzo's album sales that keeps bothering me and it's not really...

Pt 4. of ADS. Beyond Ownership (The Ecology of Interoperability)

The universe is just winking at me at this point. Shoutout to chell for introducing me to Subvert. "On May 12, we opened Subvert to the public." So begins Subvert's latest update, the music worker...

The Fabric of the Lie

I’m listening to Spotify’s top songs of all time for me, and then Beyoncé comes on. I act like I’m shocked, but then I look down at the numbers, as if Spotify is saying: "You stupid b*tch, we knew...

fromntoi's Design Principles

fromntoi was born from the realization that my creative output is inseparable from the environments I build and the boundaries I enforce. These principles remind me that my work is a living, evolving...

Pt 3: Scaling Sovereignty: A Living Blueprint

We know that human-centered review gates build trust equity. But the multi-million-dollar question for the future of the social economy remains: How do you scale human-centered care without...

Part 2: Creative Review & The Eye of Sauron

The first part of this conversation surfaced something deeper about the brittle reality of legacy digital ecosystems where structural vagueness and automated indifference treat creators as corporate...

Part 1: The Trap of Arcane Foundations

Sometimes the algorithm brings my researcher brain treats that I’ve been exploring for a while now. So, this video appeared. https://youtu.be/uXwGHSPfBp4?si=SjPXrTapAFKMsHQG It’s by a prominent...