Branko Šabarić

UX Designer, wannabe flyer and the Universe admirer

[Branko Šabarić @bsabaric]

OMG! I knew you used Dreamweaver at some point 🤭

[Hrvoje Blažeković @HrvojeKC]

Wed development circa 2001 :D cc @bsabaric

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File over app

File over app is a philosophy: if you want to create digital artifacts that last, they must be files you can control, in formats that are easy to retrieve and read. Use tools that give you this freedom.

File over app is an appeal to tool makers: accept that all software is ephemeral, and give people ownership over their data.

In the fullness of time, the files you create are more important than the tools you use to create them. Apps are ephemeral, but your files have a chance to last.

The pyramids of Egypt contain hieroglyphs that were chiseled in stone thousands of years ago. The ideas hieroglyphs convey are more important than the type of chisel that was used to carve them.

The world is filled with ideas from generations past, transmitted through many mediums, from clay tablets to manuscripts, paintings, sculptures, and tapestries. These artifacts are objects that you can touch, hold, own, store, preserve, and look at. To read something written on paper all you need is eyeballs.

Today, we are creating innumerable digital artifacts, but most of these artifacts are out of our control. They are stored on servers, in databases, gated behind an internet connection, and login to a cloud service. Even the files on your hard drive use proprietary formats that make them incompatible with older systems.

Paraphrasing something I wrote recently:

> If you want your writing to still be readable on a computer from the 2060s or 2160s, it’s important that your notes can be read on a computer from the 1960s.

You should want the files you create to be durable, not only for posterity, but also for your future self. You never know when you might want to go back to something you created years or decades ago. Don’t lock your data into a format you can’t retrieve.

These days I write using an app I help make called Obsidian (@obsdmd), but it’s a delusion to think it will last forever. The app will eventually become obsolete. It’s the plain text files I create that are designed to last. Who knows if anyone will want to read them besides me, but future me is enough of an audience to make it worthwhile.

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I just earned the 'Flamenco (Level 28)' badge on @untappd! https://t.co/M9Ekuse30h

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I just earned the 'Verified Adventure (Level 21)' badge on @untappd! https://t.co/jcq2w0g4W8

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I just earned the 'Middle of the Road (Level 83)' badge on @untappd! https://t.co/c4rHDyziWr

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I just earned the 'I Believe in IPA! (Level 19)' badge on @untappd! https://t.co/ktJ8byLrCe #ibelieveinIPA

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I just earned the 'To Go Please (Level 17)' badge on @untappd! https://t.co/0aWflxvjF8

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I just earned the 'For the Can (Level 24)' badge on @untappd! https://t.co/zQzcj05wuq

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My 13yr old Nintendo addict, the gamer mastermind, resurrected gaming Jesus challenged me to play Street Fighter… Hoo boy! 😂

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I just earned the 'Flamenco (Level 27)' badge on @untappd! https://t.co/34MZe8hcR9

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I just earned the 'Lager Jack (Level 41)' badge on @untappd! https://t.co/1lOIPgpGDH

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I just earned the 'Wheel of Styles (Level 24)' badge on @untappd! https://t.co/8AYaof07UU

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I just earned the 'Beer of the World (Level 35)' badge on @untappd! https://t.co/XNYVpsa7br

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I just earned the 'Riding Steady (Level 72)' badge on @untappd! https://t.co/mAfpKiOyIj

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I just earned the 'Verified Adventure (Level 20)' badge on @untappd! https://t.co/TG8loyKhdt

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Aproximación a #Split , de las más bonitas que hay, a la izquierda Trogir con el campo de fútbol anexo al Castillo del Camarlengo.

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