Just got reminded of this talk I gave in 2011. Feels like a lifetime ago.
Watching it back, I cringe every time “#UX”—instead of just #design—and “users”—instead of people—comes out of my mouth. That, and my naïve embrace of “#open” and how mistaken I was to value it over free (as in freedom).
You can see I’m starting to question the business model of people farming but it’s so timid; almost an afterthought. But, hey, it’s been (and is) a journey, I guess.
https://archive.org/details/podcast_fronteers-videos_aral-balkan-the-future-is-na_1000106521975
@aral does it make you wonder what things from your current talks and writings will make you cringe in a decade?
(To be clear, this is not meant as criticism; I'm genuinely curious.)
@FiXato Hopefully fewer things. I like to think there’s progress. But ask me again in ten years’ time ;)
Not much to be ashamed of, when you said what you said at the time it was where we all was in our thinking, and you just pointed at a likely point ahead of us, even then. :)
Here is Aral speaking at Future Of Web Design conference in London 2010 btw: