Stephen Downes

Knowledge, Learning, Community

We've all experienced the many irritants that tech has brought into our everyday lives - everything from panes that cover up the content (aka 'dickover'), one of which you'll experience on this article as you go to read it, to anoying email subscriptions following product purchases ('limpitlisting'), self-checkout travails ('baggravation'), parking lots that require you to download an app ('parkware'), and products that require fees in order to be used ('hostageware'), among many more. Someone should write an article with an equivalent list for edtech.

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Stephen Downes Stephen Downes, Casselman, Canada
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Last Updated: Aug 18, 2026 11:37 a.m.

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