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Refined thinking (JS Party #288)

Aug 17, 2023
Guest
Jim (Hyphen) Nielsen
Jim Nielsen, a guest with experience in Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, and websites, joins the hosts to discuss language-level toll roads, quitting, social networking, and the state of the world in publishing thoughts on the internet. They talk about the embarrassment of looking back at old blog posts and explore the impact of writing and feedback. They also delve into the concept of language-level toll roads and the benefits of Lua as a programming language. The hosts discuss the challenges of finishing a project versus quietly quitting, the power and freedom of podcasting, and the decline of content creation for the open web. They also explore the appeal of Google Reader and the potential for a TypeScript RSS project.
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The Impact of Writing and Feedback
01:56 • 5min
3
Language-level Toll Roads and Open Source
06:45 • 27min
4
The Benefits of Lua as a Language and the Concept of Being Done
33:44 • 3min
5
Understanding the Difference Between Finishing and Quitting and the Stratification of Social Networking
37:00 • 4min
6
The Power and Freedom of Podcasting
40:34 • 16min
7
Exploring Twitter handles as name tags, the appeal of titles over content, and the nostalgia for Google Reader
56:46 • 4min
8
Exploring the Appeal of Google Reader and the Potential for a TypeScript RSS Project
01:00:41 • 4min