Hello friends of the stateless internet ā sorry, I didnāt have time to write the usual newsletter this week. But DONāT EVEN WORRY, thereās still content for you to consume.
Nerdnite have asked me to do a talk about the metaverse in October. I said yes, because I want nothing more than to tell as many people as possible what I think about it.
As a special treat for you (and to practice talking out loud in a coherent way) I recorded a small preview of the talk. Watch it and ālearnā things that you probably already knew (itās 4mins long). I wish I could directly embed the video but Substack doesnāt have the functionality yet and Iām not about to start a youtube channel just for this.
The night is happening in London on the 19th of October. I have no idea what the audience will be like, and Iām not the most confident public speaker so please come and give me a warm friendly wave if youāre around. :)
āļøOh and hereās another thing
Recently someone outside of tech asked me about what I do, and for once I gave an answer that was more than just āI complain about technology constantlyā. It got me thinking about why I am critical of nearly the entire sector ā I unpacked these thoughts into the below tweet thread.
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Thank you for reading, see you next week!