Mind, I think anonymity per se *is* a problem, because it prevents a lot of social tools from working right -- some amount of persistent identity is, in my experience, necessary for the functioning of a good community. But pseudonymity, in my experience, is the best balance point: enough persistence to build community, without flailing around at the mistaken idea that online identities should be synonymous with real-world ones... This was originally posted via DreamWidth, at http://jducoeur.dreamwidth.org/1558617.html, where there are currently
The Real Name Fallacy
Mind, I think anonymity per se *is* a problem, because it prevents a lot of social tools from working right -- some amount of persistent identity is, in my experience, necessary for the functioning of a good community. But pseudonymity, in my experience, is the best balance point: enough persistence to build community, without flailing around at the mistaken idea that online identities should be synonymous with real-world ones... This was originally posted via DreamWidth, at http://jducoeur.dreamwidth.org/1558617.html, where there are currently
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Thoughts on Reactive Systems
This one's just for the programmers/architects, and mainly for the experienced ones: Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Building Reactive Systems.…
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The rationale for using Scala.js
[Mainly for the programmers, and this time mainly for folks who have to touch web browsers.] I'm currently catching up on old articles I've…
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Oh, lord, I'm turning into a functional programmer...
It's been a long time coming, but I'm finally beginning to grok pure FP. I'm in the process of rewriting SpaceCore (one of the most dead-central…
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