BSW

Best Software Writing I is an anthology piled up by Joel Spolsky. Although it costs a certain amount in the dead-tree version, most of the essays within are already available on the net. Therefore it was easy to find about this site providing links to the main chapters.

Quote, from the essay I’m reading today :

Sociable technologies not only supported, but encouraged pseudonymous participation; … People were encouraged to fragment their identity into different pseudonyms … They were encouraged to develop multiple selves.
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Think about how asinine that is. Why on earth should we encourage people to perform a mental disorder in the digital world?? We do so because we’ve built technology that does not take into consideration the subtle nuances of the identity faceting with which people are already accustomed. …

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