Sandstorm is no longer a startup, but remains an active open source project. https://sandstorm.io/news/2017-02-06-sandstorm-returning-to-community-roots
Thinking of the nation's daughters and feeling my blood boil, once again. What an unpleasant, backwards message. http://www.ibtimes.com/donald-trump-white-house-dress-code-policy-female-staffers-must-dress-women-p...
A week and a half without catered lunches, including a pizza-eating week in New York, and I've lost four pounds. #hmm
Bannon is now on the National Security Council. Republicans, I'd love to hear where you stand on all this. Urgently. https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/trump-holds-calls-with-putin-leaders-from-europe-and...
That thing where your plane descends fairly rapidly somewhere over Nebraska. Avoiding turbulence, I assume. Still weird. #nervousflyer
Hey, beloved friends at @Medium: is there any chance we could get a "share draft" app feature? Just realized it's impossible on mobile :(
I love that this list descends very quickly from "have more fun" to "believe in the multiverse". https://thebolditalic.com/thirteen-ways-to-channel-inauguration-angst-7eae7895f8f5#.c3j2i7asu
I really love this. Perspective Cards challenge you to think about your work in more inclusive ways. https://www.producthunt.com/posts/perspective-cards
Reminder: some of the smartest minds in digital media are looking for new roles. Medium's team is world-class, and now they can join yours.
At my desk I keep: a motivational note. Some coloring-in that reminds me to stay calm and positive. And a Post-It saying I look like a duck.
Posting without comment, because I have no words. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/12/opinion/silicon-valley-takes-a-right-turn.html
Thinking a lot about online communities today. This one made me believe in the web: https://words.werd.io/we-are-the-monkeys-of-rum-70f81d4a02df#.n43r7en8d
Anonymity is not a problem online: people behave better and their profiles are protected. Perhaps the issue was ads? https://blog.coralproject.net/the-real-name-fallacy/
My health KPIs for 2017:
10K push-ups; 10K sit-ups
200 workouts
Back down to 196 pounds (pre-CA weight)
Run a 10K by EOY
Hold me to it?
This seems worth reposting in the era of #Brexit and #MAGA. My future children won't have a nationality or religion: https://words.werd.io/no-nationality-no-religion-6a556d718e3e?source=linkShare-3b16402f5b9d-14829523...
Happy holidays to all my friends and family everywhere, whether you're celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, or just a nice Sunday. Peace to all.
Matter's Corey Ford on the future of media - and what needs to be done to preserve democracy. I hope he's right. http://www.niemanlab.org/2016/12/the-year-of-the-rebelprenuer/
A lot of open source adopters have myopia: "everyone needs to see the value in this!" Well, they don't. Trick is to succeed given that.
This piece stops just short of the obvious conclusion: we need a better web. But yes: apps aren't the answer. http://adage.com/article/digitalnext/app-downloads-future/306853/
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