TechTakes

If the house doesn’t have a roof, don’t paint the walls.

i adore this line. because yeah, what i see the rest of the tech industry doing is either:

• scrambling to erect their own, faster, better, cheaper roofless house
• scrambling to sell furniture and utilities for the people who are definitely, inevitably going to move in
• or making a ton of bank by selling resources to the first two groups

without even stopping to ask: why would anyone want to live here?

"Whiteboards, whiteboards everywhere, yet not a thought to think!"

My man spent 10 paragraphs failing to describe the intended vibe of the event he's organizing. This is what happens when you only read tweets and substacks, you completely lose the ability to describe the immaterial.

From a comment thread:

Other ideas we chatted about having at LessOnline include maybe having some discussions about doing research inside and outside of academia, and also about learning from GlowFic writers how to write well collaboratively.

snerk

"cozy/spaciousness"

The Danes do not have a term for this, but if they did, it might be* hyggelig dimensioner*. A good name for an oversized couch at Ikea. Also, the Danes would not include "whiteboards everywhere" as part of cozy, warm, intellectual conversation, but hey.