Want to help? Have technical skills? That's probably not a good idea. Here are some thoughts based on 10+ years seeing well-meaning technical folks getting involved in crises 🧵 "Cool ideas" coming from a place of limited contextual knowledge can be dangerous.

One of the frustrating things about technology built/deployed in capitalist systems is that any technology built in the public interest is called #TechforGood. It's shorthand for technology built focused on good stuff, not on bad stuff.

Using shorthand here is very problematic. I see (in the UK) #TechforGood debates and conversations happening separately from policy conversations about governance, questions of rights, and the debates raging over how we should manage all of our digital systems in pro-social, anti-racist, and net benficial ways.

THREAD: Some takeaways from ~decade of remote management.

1/ Remote work creates distance between what you feel and say. Use that space to improve the consistency, sensitivity, and strategy of your comms with those you manage. Don't hit send unless it's positive & constructive. 2/ Remote meetings can be way better or way worse than in-person. Good ones leverage parallel contributions in shared docs, shared review of content, and built-in excellent documentation. Bad ones rely on caucus formats (loudest and surest speak most) and people check out.