Ben Werdmuller @benwerd@mastodon.social

On doing something that scares the shit out of me: https://werd.io/2021/on-writing-in-public

Some thoughts on the Green New Deal, inspired by my cousin Jonathan Neale’s new book on the subject: https://werd.io/2021/the-green-new-deal

Some things I’ve been thinking about, wrt the internet and life. https://werd.io/2021/42-admissions

Some thoughts on what needs to happen next. https://werd.io/2021/the-task-ahead

I've turned some of my illustrations into limited-edition non-fungible tokens, which are available for bidding. All you need is a crypto wallet like Metamask, and some ETH. https://werd.io/2021/buy-my-heart

Setting a norm of longer working hours isn't just bad management: it's a literal dick move, ensuring that your startup and your community will be dominated by mostly younger, predominantly white dudes with few personal ties outside of work. https://werd.io/2021/working-on-the-weekends

I'm an advocate for news and journalism. I believe passionately that it's the bedrock of a functioning democracy. I'm also an advocate for antitrust reform, privacy, and decentralization. But I don't at all understand the lawsuits many organizations bring against big tech. Help me out. https://werd.io/2021/de-faanging-local-news

https://werd.io/2021/iterating-my-remote-meeting-tech

Every month I collect the notable articles, links, and media that I found interesting. Here's my list for January, 2021. https://werd.io/2021/reading-watching-playing-using-january-2021

https://werd.io/2021/my-medium-experiment

I wrote some very important advice that could improve your life. https://link.medium.com/uWY8sAIlpdb

Here's how I think about professional development on teams I run. https://benwerd.medium.com/the-whole-employee-professional-development-plan-5f97703a6b18

I hope this helps. https://benwerd.medium.com/how-to-startup-like-a-bro-7ec1cf29ebc7

Thoughts on how to do no harm in a career in software. https://benwerd.medium.com/do-no-harm-ae7cbebf4a3

Thanks to everyone who's filled this out so far. It's really helpful. Some folks have used anonymous contact info, which is totally fine by me. The data is the really important thing. (But if you *are* willing to have a chat about your answers, that's really helpful too.)

Hi! If you’re saving for retirement (or hope to), I’d love about 30 seconds of your time for some feedback. Thank you so much! https://forusall.typeform.com/to/NOYJyCuS?utm_source=mastodon_benwerd

"But the world has changed. We're addicted to these tiny devices that happen to have huge amounts of storage, sophisticated processors, and incredibly fast, always-on connectivity. I think it's only a matter of time before someone - potentially Apple, potentially someone exponentially smaller than Apple - uses this to create an entirely new kind of peer to peer application infrastructure." https://werd.io/2021/paradigm-shift

https://werd.io/2021/the-year-of-self-respect

https://werd.io/2021/thinking-broader

https://werd.io/2021/the-ambient-future