Small is Beautiful #17

Lessons learned working against the grain of the mainstream

Broadcast on April 21, 2022

In this informal stream, Laura and I discuss some of the lessons we learned working against the interests of surveillance capitalism for close to the past decade.

Topics covered

Economic challenges (funding and the challenges of remaining independent)
Things may take longer than you thought (and that’s ok)
The challenges of working in an environment where tools and infrastructure have been built to fit needs of large corporations and centralised systems that exploit people for profit.
Why you might not want to use crowdfunding
Embracing your humanity (don’t try to emulate corporate models, practices, etc.)
Design vs. Decoration
The advantages of iteration, sharing, and working in the open (as well as the challenges)

Streamed using our own Owncast instance.