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Fresh Fusion

A weekly show where we discuss the business, the art, the ethics of content creation on the open web. Hosted by Jared White.

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49:24

Hey, So For How Long Has Open Source Been a Nazi Bar?

Fresh Fusion ·

2025/10/22

As folks may know, I try to avoid deep-dives into "programming" topics here on Fresh Fusion. But as many recent events have proven, the slow creep of edgelord dank meme cosplay-fascist culture online has affected all kinds of communities, and unfortunately the world of open source technology is not immune. This episode is in part about Ruby, Ruby Central, Rails and the various players thereof, but it's really about a larger question: is this kind of behavior OK? Will we just continue to

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30:09

Living in Portland 4.0

Fresh Fusion ·

2025/08/11

In what has apparently become an ongoing series, this installment of Living in Portland has our intrepid hero (me, that's me!) sharing all about the journey of personal discovery he went on as part of his real-world journey through the Pacific Northwest as a digital nomad. In addition, time to spill the beans and talk about what it's like to move into a new place as a Portlander once more; only this time, with newfound intentionality and a design sense better than "raised by wolves". Also

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00:13:24

125: …or at Least, “a Voice of a Generation” (Z)

Fresh Fusion ·

2025/05/05

Like all pundits worth their salt, when I want people to know more about the plight of today’s youth, I ask the only youth I know well. Yes that’s right: today I’ve put on my Mr. Dad hat.

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00:46:56

124: Uh, We Already Live in Gilead, So…

Fresh Fusion ·

2025/04/14

We need better stories. The Hero's Journey isn't going to help us. No plucky band of rebels is going to land a blow and take the fascists out in one punch.

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00:28:09

123: Life on the Road! It’s As Easy As…

Fresh Fusion ·

2025/03/16

As Fern, the protagonist of Nomadland (an incredible award-winning film), says: I’m not homeless, I’m houseless. There is a difference!

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00:19:21

122: Digital Nomad Once Again

Fresh Fusion ·

2025/02/04

Just like Steve Martin apparently, I'll be ramblin' around a lot this year, so it's time to take my mobile workspace seriously and bid adeiu to being tethered to a desktop Mac (and, well, macOS in general). How will I get things done while I'm on the road? Who knows—I mean, yes, this episode will explain everything!

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00:45:51

121: Happy New Year to You! (Not You Zuck)

Fresh Fusion ·

2025/01/10

It’s 2025 y’all, and everything’s going great so far! 😜 But seriously, I have some good news to report (really, I do!) even while expressing my supreme frustration that yet another commercial social media platform has proven itself to be absolutely terrible, the broligarchy is in full swing, and there are no good billionaires. Thankfully, we can exercise our freedom of association by refusing to entertain these clowns or have anything to do with their gross and unsafe platforms.

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00:34:35

120: My 2024 Nerd Thanksgiving List

Fresh Fusion ·

2024/11/27

It’s that time of year again in the U.S. of A.—time to take stock of where we’ve been and find all of the silver linings. And it’s time for this podcaster to geek out over some very special blessings, from weird quirky indie horror films to weird quirky indie web browsers as well as weird quirky indie…OK, I think you get the idea.

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00:37:08

119: Good Vibes, Fediverse Rising

Fresh Fusion ·

2024/10/09

Why has the mood changed so suddenly on Threads? How has Meta dropped the ball at this pivotal moment for the nascent social network? Meanwhile, other social networks and the Fediverse as a whole are kicking some serious ass. It’s a real shift in a short amount of time from just earlier in the summer, and I’m here to talk all about it…and how much I just love Mastodon 4.3 + Tangerine UI 2.0.

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00:33:44

118: Midsummer Vibes Check

Fresh Fusion ·

2024/08/22

It's the summer of our content, as we take time to enjoy the great outdoors and spend quality moments IRL with friends and family. At least, that's what I've been doing, as well as making structural changes in my day-to-day such as a studio move and an email newsletter move from ConvertKit to Buttondown. But even as the sun is shining and the birds are singing, what's happening on social media right now is…weird. And I'm not sure how to feel about it. Like, what IS going on with the Fediverse

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00:21:21

117: There’s a Great Deal of History That You Should...

Fresh Fusion ·

2024/07/15

There's no doubt that Riven is the G.O.A.T. of puzzle adventure games as pioneered in the 1990s, and this year we're blessed with the tremendous opportunity to fall in love with Riven all over again, as Cyan has developed and published a modern remake in glorious real-time 3D.

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00:29:32

116: Those Who Can, Teach…Those Who Can’t, Influence

Fresh Fusion ·

2024/06/26

I’ve often found that most of the people out there who have genuine talent and real success are more than happy to pass their well-founded wisdom on to others. Unfortunately, those experts who have a proven track record, having made predictive claims grounded in reality over time, are often not the popular figures in our society. With alarming frequency, many “influencers” with high follower counts are fairly good at one thing: influencing…not the actual topics they claim to understand based on

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00:39:03

115: Embrace Generative Art, Reject Regurgitated Slop

Fresh Fusion ·

2024/06/03

Generative art, aka artistic output that's produced by a sophisticated set of parameters, cycles, connections, and yes, even algorithms, has been around for decades—especially in music—and has a prestigious and invigorating history. More importantly, generative art tools have helped usher in countless new art forms. Contrast that with…well…y'know.

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00:34:55

114: Threadiverse / Threadsadverse?

Fresh Fusion ·

2024/04/25

A tale of two Threads: one—the Threadiverse—is a subportion of the Fediverse dedicated to replicating the kind of experiences we’re familiar with on Reddit, Hacker News, and the like; the other is Meta’s fast-growing competitor to X. Not confusing at all! 😂

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00:46:09

113: The “Irrelevance” of Alternative Social Networks...

Fresh Fusion ·

2024/04/02

Sigh. It's frustrating to still feel like an early adopter of open web technology. How many years has it been? 25? 30? But here we are, trying to convince the masses that you can use open protocols, networks, and software to build lasting publishing businesses and outlets for your creativity.

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00:29:26

112: The Subtle Art of Giving a Toot

Fresh Fusion ·

2024/03/06

Microblogging is an artform, just like any other creative endeavor people publish on the web. In this episode, I talk about one of the subtle techniques I sometimes use to microblog which increases the likelihood of engagement and boosting—but beware! You can definitely overdo it, and you can also manipulate people with it if you're a bad actor. Use responsibly.

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00:50:42

111: The Ethical AI Layer Cake

Fresh Fusion ·

2024/02/27

How I *might* be willing to acknowledge an ethical approach to using generative AI tools, and why virtually all tools in widespread use today fall *wildly* short in the morality department—which makes the embrace of these tools by corporations incredibly disappointing. But can we thread this needle? Is there a viable path forward? Let’s discuss.

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00:22:41

110: Fediverse Goes Mainstream

Fresh Fusion ·

2024/02/06

Folks have been talking about different terminology and ways of describing this brave new world of decentralized social networking. But with Threads’ staggering growth to 150 million MAU (Monthly Active Users), combined with its embrace of the colloquial term “fediverse”, I make the case that fediverse is here to stay. I also touch on the recent news around Google’s flailing leadership causing Googlers to get real grumpy real fast.

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00:50:47

109: Sneak Preview of The Internet, Reviewed (Push...

Fresh Fusion ·

2024/01/31

People will remember the “browser wars” of the 1990s, but they may not remember the “webtop wars” — that is, the battle for who will control the Push Technology which transforms your OS desktop into a tuner for live web channels. Learn about this fascinating blip in early internet history which eventually gave rise to a much simpler technology still in use today…one might even call it Really Simple (Syndication).

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00:27:40

108: Podcasts to Listen to in 2024

Fresh Fusion ·

2024/01/16

It’s a new year, I’m moving my business away from HEY & Basecamp, and I’m listening to a lot of podcasts! I talk about all of that in this episode as well as my latest blogging kick due to a small but mighty design tweak on my website. And in the Fusion+ segment: Is podcasting still as great as it ever was?

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