Category: Links of Interest
What Companies Value Shows in What They Do
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There are many things to like about Github’s published document on how they should communicate. I like the idea of asynchronous communication as priority. I love that they want to write things down, and in an ideal world they want to maintain documentation as a first priority in a project. Really I have nothing to…
Standby Mode – Apple Wants You To Pay Even More Attention to Their Phone
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So with iOS 17 Apple has introduced Standby mode which turns your device into a clock, or lets you place some widgets on it of your choice. At first this seemed like a good feature but after a few days I feel like it’s just another bid by Apple to make their phone steal even…
Is Apple Really Committed to the Environment?
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At the recent Apple event there was a segment featuring Octavia Spencer as Mother Nature where Apple touted it’s efforts to make it’s products better for the environment. While Apple may be ahead of some companies in their efforts to reduce the impact of their products on the environment, there is one big step they…
Matt Has Music Suggestions
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Matt has been sharing an album a day for a while now as part of a 365 project. I give pretty much everyone at least one listen and have found some great music from the project.
Greg’s Right Social Media is not Docs
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Again Greg is right social media is not documentation. It may be an easy way to pat yourself on the back to say you’ve got documentation, but it’s not documentation. Just like Discord is not documentation and it’s not a very effective customer communication channel. In the case Greg cites, I don’t even think I…
Cory Doctorow is Funding his Audiobook on the Climate Emergency
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Cory Doctrow is funding the audiobook for his upcoming release the lost cause. I just got a signed hardcover to go with the last one I funded, The Internet Con, which came in the mail last week.
Greg on Manual Practices for Digital Tasks
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Today’s post revisits Greg’s thoughts from a few days back about Bullet Journals. I have come to terms with the fact that, despite my love of physical things, digital tools suit me better. I started a new Bullet Journal this year and I’m sure at some point I’ll neglect it. I don’t let that get…
EVs Don’t Solve Many Problems
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While many look to electric cars to solve the current problems of our current dead dinosaur cars, there are a number of problems they don’t solve. They won’t solve the tire dust/plastic problem. In fact, they’re heavier so they’re going to wear out tires and roads faster. Every time I see a story about investing…
BIG – a newsletter about Monopolies
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I recently found out about BIG and subscribed. The latest issue was all about what the FTC has done in September to combat monopolies. I recommend the newsletter.
Four Onewheel Deaths = recall
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So it took four deaths on a Onewheel to get a recall of all of the products. Sure there are some software fixes to resolve these issues, but remind me again how many deaths happen due to cars and bad road design? Why aren’t we recalling all cars and redesigning the roads? Somehow Onewheels are…