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My first experience with the term “digital gardening” was in this adult swim commercial for “For Profit Online University”. In that context digital gardeners we
by zwkrt 4y ago
My first experience with the term “digital gardening” was in this adult swim commercial for “For Profit Online University”. In that context digital gardeners were basically people given jobs on Mechanical Turk. Ive used the term with my friends over the last decade to describe any sort of endless digital grind-like toil. New crypto games come to mind. (So does Animal Crossing…)
https://youtu.be/XQLdhVpLBVE https://youtu.be/XQLdhVpLBVE (Concept is introduced at 6:30, but the whole video is hilarious)
- washywashy 4y agoIsn’t this kind of like Soylent branding. Not sure if that shake company name was tongue in cheek or if they didn’t know there’s a Charlton Heston movie called Soylent Green where the Soylent refers to the color of the edible substance made from humans
- nikodunk 4y agoAlso present in this great piece: https://herman.bearblog.dev/my-product-is-my-garden/ https://herman.bearblog.dev/my-product-is-my-garden/
- richbell 4y agoThat was also my first thought; I'm having a hard time decoupling the OP's thoughtful metaphor from that absurd sketch.
- washywashy 4y agoA sandwich will be mailed to you later
- blt 4y agoDigital gardening is a meaningful task!
- FridgeSeal 4y agoI’m not afraid of H.O.W.A.RD.