PSA: If you—or a friend who's coming to you for tech support—suddenly can't access certain websites today, they might be on a very old/outdated operating system. @letsencrypt's root certificate expired and older OSes don't have the new one: scotthelme.co.uk/lets-encrypt-o…

I'm trying to put together a list of amazing, but older blogs. Could be individual posts or full archives. Generally speaking, think: 2005-2015 time frame. What would you include?

The power of the internet revealed through GameStop trading is inspiring. It's a reminder that people still have power to challenge institutions. This can lead to progress or chaos or both. That's the point. Freedom is empowering but unpredictable. And in the end, freedom wins.

How did anyone get anything done before the Internet was created? Also, how does anyone get anything done after it was created? People are a clever, adaptive bunch.

In May 1973, the Internet had 42 computers (squares) and 36 nodes (ovals). Today, it's billions. Imagine what technology today is at the stage where the Internet was in 1973, and where it will be in 50 years. pic.twitter.com/1pHvHLGazG

In the 21st century, digital viruses (cyberattacks) may do more damage to human civilization than biological viruses.

50% of indexed data on the internet is either porn (10%) or spam (40%). Sex and money. We humans sure are a funny bunch.

Modern humans developed: - fire 125-300k years ago - language 50-150k years ago - math 10-30k years ago Internet has been around for ~40 years. It's a new thing.

In social media 2006-2020 we saw first movers on the platforms that won gain audiences and advantages of being first, those who continued to provide value did really well. We are seeing the same in NFT land, a lot of projects are doing very well because of the timing …

My top 20 tweets of 2020 in one thread…⬇️