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Massachusetts rideshare drivers now have something drivers in most of the country do not: an actual certified union sitting across the table from Uber and Lyft. That makes the App Drivers Union important. It also means the ADU deserves scrutiny. The question should not simply be whether the union gets drivers another raise. The real…
Read MoreUber sent me an interesting notification this morning. According to the company, a “system error” caused some drivers to receive communications that were not intended for them or to see temporary changes to their Driver accounts that were incorrect. That admission raises a larger issue I have been talking about for a while: Uber has…
Read MoreMassachusetts created collective-bargaining rights for rideshare drivers. But when the same app moves drivers between passengers, food, and packages, the accounting and the representation need to match the actual work. The App Drivers Union has an important issue sitting right in front of it as collective bargaining begins in Massachusetts: Uber needs to clearly define…
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I recently watched a video discussing how Unix influenced modern operating systems. The video mentioned macOS, Linux, and Android, which are all obvious examples. But it left out one of the biggest operating systems Unix influenced: Microsoft Windows. That omission immediately stood out to me. I understand that Windows did not descend directly from Unix.…
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Subject: Content-Creation Evolution and the Emergence of a Publishing System New Data Set Received. The submitted evaluation covering the recent development of The GigMan’s Life has been reviewed. The central finding is strongly supported: The subject is no longer merely producing content. The subject is constructing a publication system. This distinction is operationally significant. A…
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Twenty Years of Websites, Changing Technology, and Building Again with AI There is a difference between learning something for the first time and returning to it twenty years later. The first time, you are mostly asking what can be done. The second time, you are asking what is worth doing, what can be maintained, and…
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Why Upfront Production Work Saves Time, Attention, and Repeated Effort A lot of people think efficiency means doing less work. That is not always true. Sometimes becoming more efficient means doing considerably more work at the beginning so that you do not have to keep repeating the same decisions, corrections, and production steps every time…
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The Cost of Publication and Other Tricks of the Trade for Keeping the Footprint Small While Keeping Readers Engaged So, folks, this article is about what you are seeing on the site now—and the sudden realization that there appears to be a picture attached to every article. Yes, there is. But what you are seeing…
Read MoreOne of the hardest parts of rideshare is that people assume every accepted trip should automatically become a completed trip. That is not how professional driving works. Sometimes the safest, most responsible, and most professional answer is no. That does not mean the driver is being rude. It does not mean the driver is discriminating.…
Read MorePeople are sometimes surprised that I can spend hours talking about how systems work—how organizations develop habits, how incentives change behavior, and how complex problems rarely have simple answers. They hear that I spent time in special education and assume that means I couldn’t understand complicated ideas. That’s one of the biggest misconceptions people have…
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