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       title: January 2nd, 2024

     

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       I point people at Robert Merki’s [[Wildcard]] definition often enough I should have an entry here.

     

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       I seem to keep having trouble finding [[Boris Anthony]]’s [[libra.re]] web eBook project. Now I have it.

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       Robert Merki does a great job of defining a Wildcard person:

     

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       > A Wildcard is a person who can take on many different roles as needed. They are fundamentally problem solvers who enjoy tackling new challenges. A Wildcard's role at any given time is dictated by the problem that needs solving.

     

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       > These people thrive in early stage startups, and not all have the desire to be CEO. Most just enjoy the challenge of doing new stuff.

     

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       > https://merki.ca/blog/what-is-a-wildcard-person

     

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       I consider myself a Wildcard and tend to be good at identifying them.

     

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       tags:

     

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         - ebook

     

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       <https://libra.re>

     

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       [[Boris Anthony]]’s web ebook project. 

     

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       > Ebooks, as they have been made available to us, do not afford the attendant contextual experiences that books in the physical world do. Sadly, they seem to only address the most basic technical—and mercantile—experience of books: read it once, then find another to buy.

     

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       > I built this web-based platform to explore how we might recapture some of those missing experiences… and what novel ones may be made possible with digital technologies.

     

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       > It turns out that actually living with ebooks, especially in any social way, comes very close to contravening digital copyright legislation.

     

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