My career so far looks like a 1:87 scale, software-eaten, buggy, budget version of Stewart Brand’s.
I’m not alone. A bunch of us shady tech world D-list “network celebrities” are basically 3nd gen ersatz Stewart Brands. He’s TED; we’re TEDx’s.
https://fredturner.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/Turner-Larson-Network-Celebrity-PC-2015.pdf …
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Rough mapping: I was born in 1974, started ribbonfarm in 2007 (age 33), refactor camp in 2012 (age 38), my consulting biz in 2011 (age 37). I’ll turn 45 this year. Gives me 13 years to figure out a 1:87 scale, software eaten, buggy, budget version of long now. Clock and all.
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It always cracks me up to situate myself in some sort of downward, democratizing, ephemeralizing, cheapening trend. Moore’s law of scenestering: the number of BrandXs doubles every 18 months (power halves)
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I’m calling this the BrandX stack. You are a full-stack BrandX if you do all of this at > 1:87 Stewart scale. I’m almost there.
Self-published writing
Consulting
Small events/community
Marquee events
Fellowships and grants
Vague Nonprofit Activity
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In case you’re wondering about the 1:87 scale part... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HO_scale
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You missed the whole travelling with Ken Kesey and handing out LSD bit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merry_Pranksters …) That was probably crucial.
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and MotherOfAllDemos
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snort lol @ BrandX
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