Jason Scott Talks His Way Out of It

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The Interface Faith Episode Jul 26, 2026

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The Interface Faith Episode: Appreciating Good Times, Walking the Stacks, The Missing Piece, A Little History Lesson, File Directories, Designers, Redesign, Help Is Not Arriving, A Wonderful API, The Many Types of Users, A Call to the World, A Faith of Interface.Pointing out, while a little under the weather, that the Internet Archive has a one size fits all interface, that doesn't quite fit all, and all the pieces of make different skins and experiences are right there. Go for it!

The Crowdsource and Volunteer Episode Jul 25, 2026

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The Crowdsource and Volunteer Episode: Experiments in Crowdsourcing, The Internet Archive Deluge, TEXTFILES.COM Alone, Character, The Lessons of Volunteering.As I do more experiments with having crowds of people sort items at the archive, and as I work with individuals from random walks of line in this, I am reminded of the lessons I've learned about volunteer work from the last twenty-five years. In summary: Don't mistreat volunteers, ever. (Plus a few other details.)

The Mark Pines Auction II Episode Jul 06, 2026

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The Mark Pines Auction II Episode: Mark Pines, The Second Surprise Auction, The Life of a Reseller, Bidding from Korea, The Contents of the Second Set, An Unexpected Subset, More Mark to Come.About the previously unknown second set of Mark Pines materials that was bid on, and what it means for the Mark Pines collection. https://archive.org/details/markpines?sort=-publicdate always has the new Mark Pines stuff.

The Stacks of Catalogs Episode Jul 04, 2026

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The Stacks of Catalogs Episode: A New Round of Sorting Catalogs, The Miracle of the Catalog, Desktop Publishing, Forgotten Labor, The Rise of the Instant Change, The Guided and Adored Catalog Scanning, Treasure.Another rumination in just how much I love old catalogs, on the occasion of sorting the 40,000+ catalogs collection at the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/catalogs

The DMZ Episode Jul 02, 2026

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The DMZ Episode: Visiting the DMZ in Korea, A Bus Ride With a Passport Count, Burgers, Grenades, Bridge, Mines, Observation, Denial of Visitation, A Very Deep Tunnel, The Spectacle and the History. Plus: Not Forgetting.Some notes while visiting a war zone, albeit one with a relatively small amount of action by the day.

The Medical Tourism Episode Jun 30, 2026

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The Medical Tourism Episode: Signing Up for a Medical Vacation, The Hospital, A Robe and a Keycard, Dozens of Rooms, Minutes and Seconds, Expertise and Experience, A Room of Sleeping People, The Shutoff Switch, The Results, The Chance at One Person Convinced.How I went to South Korea and did a little medical tourism. I don't think there's anything to offend or bother the squeamish in it, but I did get a colonoscopy at one point. To make clear, nothing major was found, I just need to take care of myself and see doctors in the future.

The Ending Not Ending Episode Jun 29, 2026

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Before getting on a plane, I sometimes wonder if I'm leaving the ground with my life in order. Let's find out.

The Aadam Jacobs Episode Jun 12, 2026

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The Aadam Jacobs Episode: A Six Hour Round Trip, A Documentary, Aadam Jacobs, Collections and Curation, Professional Recordings, Melomaniac, A Special Power Outlet, Club Owners and Bands, The Internet Archive Collection, The Live Music Archive, The Results of a Life, No Crash.About Mellomaniac, a documentary featuring Aadam Jacobs. The documentary is actually available online: https://vimeo.com/866218283 And the archive of tapes is growing here: https://archive.org/details/aadamjacobs

The Pile of Badges Episode Feb 02, 2026

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The Pile of Badges Episode: A Soft Crash, Gathering, Badges of All Sorts of Shapes and Materials, Attending Conferences, A Late Start, Some Early Predecessors, Keeping the Badges and Keys, Looking Down the Range of Forever, A Mass of Moments, A Life Lived.Contemplating my many dozens, possibly hundreds, of conference badges now hanging on my wall.

The Scarecrow Video Episode Jan 30, 2026

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The Scarecrow Video Episode: Visiting Seattle, Walking into Scarecrow Video, My Own Mind, The Shelves, The Subjects, The Uniqueness, A Short History, The Scarecrow Video of Internet Archive, Bang, Disgust-o-Meter, Harvard Square Basements, Textfiles and Materials, The Inevitable Jumble.My experience visiting Seattle's legendary Scarecrow video: https://scarecrowvideo.org/

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