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IMO you have some misguided views on what we are all doing here on earth. It's not a zero sum game, we should all be building bigger and better things. You sho

by breck 4y ago

IMO you have some misguided views on what we are all doing here on earth. It's not a zero sum game, we should all be building bigger and better things. You shouldn't worry about people copying your old stuff, because you should be on to the next thing. Building the next bigger, better thing. #buildInPublic has worked great for you—you reached the next level. But now you are considering pulling the ladder up, so you can look down on people, rather than looking ahead to the next hill to climb. I'd urge you to not only not stop building in public, but to double down and build even more in public. For starters, ditch the copywrong and go public domain. After all, this world wide web that you are 100% dependent on to make your business was built by TBL and released to the public domain.

czue 4y ago
(author here) This is an interesting take, and I agree with a lot of it. As I mentioned in the post, I'm not going to stop building in public entirely, and to some extent part of why I'm changing up what I'm doing is to be on to the next bigger, better thing. I felt the current version was leading to stagnation. "More bigger swings" is an emerging theme for me. I didn't understand your last point - possibly because "copywrong" and "TBL" are new terms to me...
- breck 4y ago
  TBL = Tim Berners Lee copywrong = A better term than the one we use. Sorry, I've been involved with the "Intellectual Freedom Movement" for about 17 years. We say IP = "imaginary property" and we say things like (c)opywrong and (c)hains. Further reading: https://breckyunits.com/how-the-public-domain-can-win.html https://breckyunits.com/how-the-public-domain-can-win.html https://breckyunits.com/the-intellectual-freedom-amendment.html https://breckyunits.com/the-intellectual-freedom-amendment.h... https://breckyunits.com/an-unpopular-phrase.html https://breckyunits.com/an-unpopular-phrase.html > (author here) I really enjoyed the post, Btw

by breck 4y ago

czue 4y ago

(author here) This is an interesting take, and I agree with a lot of it. As I mentioned in the post, I'm not going to stop building in public entirely, and to some extent part of why I'm changing up what I'm doing is to be on to the next bigger, better thing. I felt the current version was leading to stagnation. "More bigger swings" is an emerging theme for me. I didn't understand your last point - possibly because "copywrong" and "TBL" are new terms to me...

breck 4y ago
TBL = Tim Berners Lee copywrong = A better term than the one we use. Sorry, I've been involved with the "Intellectual Freedom Movement" for about 17 years. We say IP = "imaginary property" and we say things like (c)opywrong and (c)hains. Further reading: https://breckyunits.com/how-the-public-domain-can-win.html https://breckyunits.com/how-the-public-domain-can-win.html https://breckyunits.com/the-intellectual-freedom-amendment.html https://breckyunits.com/the-intellectual-freedom-amendment.h... https://breckyunits.com/an-unpopular-phrase.html https://breckyunits.com/an-unpopular-phrase.html > (author here) I really enjoyed the post, Btw