@aral glad you're #ownyourdata blogging :)
Counter-examples for you:
Consumer OSS: #Firefox #Chrome #Android
Enthusiast-first tech: URLs #hashtags Twitter Facebook
(all of which were iterated and eventually mass adopted)
Instead of worrying about OSS/enthusiast-tech failures (good to document, but mere strawmen to argue against),
At indiewebcamp we prefer to focus on successes, research & analyze them, and do better. You should join us more often in IRC and read/contribute to the wiki: http://indiewebcamp.com/
@aral @braempje #indieweb #UX-focussed since start.
"mainstream" before #selfdogfood is a known anti-pattern: http://indiewebcamp.com/antipatterns#mass_adoption
i.e. before you have designed and built a good UX to #ownyourdata or even just to own your notes on your site before tweeting them, for *yourself*, how do you expect to design and build a good UX for the mainstream?
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