What is #opensource? Is it a viable alternative? What are the issues? An explainer: https://words.werd.io/what-is-open-source-cfbe3ccd22ea#.mrsaan578
Friends have been telling me America is intrinsically militaristic, fascist & imperialist for decades. Not sure they're being dissuaded ...
Enjoying Now I Know. Important extra fact: the Czech Budweiser is a good beer, while the American one is ... not. http://nowiknow.com/buds-but-not-buddies/
Ooh! Nadia Eghbal published her report on digital infrastructure (including #opensource) with the Ford Foundation: http://www.fordfoundation.org/library/reports-and-studies/roads-and-bridges-the-unseen-labor-behind-...
Observation: I genuinely may never understand why people say they love their countries, or why people stay in the same communities let alone the same nations, but my friends that do seem pretty happy.
My favorite thing about this story is that no journalist has apparently seen fit to ask them. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-36733450
What is an API? What are open APIs and personal APIs? An overview for non-technical readers: https://words.werd.io/what-is-an-api-bd913f45ff23#.mazb4qzci
What is an API? I wrote an introduction, including open APIs and personal APIs. https://words.werd.io/what-is-an-api-bd913f45ff23?source=linkShare-3b16402f5b9d-1467731643 #edtech #opensource #opendata #api
What are APIs, anyway? And what is a Personal API? https://words.werd.io/what-is-an-api-bd913f45ff23#.fteulfohq #edtech #apis #opensource #opendata
I've always wondered this. Fun to see it asked by my friend, reported by my friends at KQED, and powered by Hearken. http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/06/30/how-much-truth-is-there-to-those-speed-enforced-by-aircraft-sign...
Every month, I have a donation that goes to @Mozilla. Every time, @BofA_Help suspends my card. Can't a guy support the open web in peace?!
How I built my personal #bot: https://words.werd.io/how-i-built-a-robot-me-19beb27d57e3#.nfv9twpzk
October: Boris Johnson is new British Prime Minister.
November: Donald Trump is new American President.
December: Canada builds a wall.
@adamscrabble Yes. That's an important battle for another day. This is about gun legislation and needs focus. Can't fix everything at once.
Gabby Giffords - who was shot in the head while a state representative - wrote a powerful letter for gun control: https://medium.com/@GabbyGiffords/no-bill-no-break-812a94ef60bb#.lsox6qsof
File under "depressing but not surprising". https://hbr.org/2016/06/are-u-s-millennial-men-just-as-sexist-as-their-dads
Insert complaint about the reductive, sexist assumptions made in all Father's Day cards here. #killjoy
Hey, Britain. Please accept my apologies. #brexit https://words.werd.io/dear-britain-541f066703ac?source=linkShare-3b16402f5b9d-1466009218
"Bread Face uses all of the funds to pay for her breads." http://www.techinsider.io/woman-puts-bread-on-her-face-instagram-breadface-2016-6
Farewell, ThinkUp. I'm sad - but it's clear to me, too, that these kinds of products / models aren't tenable. https://medium.com/@anildash/the-end-of-thinkup-e600bc46cc56#.xa7w65g3u
Children are picking up on Trump's dog whistles and using them to bully. Playgrounds still just a microcosm. http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/09/california-primary-trump-rhetoric-school-bully?CMP=sh...
Kimmy Schmidt, Lady Dynamite and Bojack Horseman are all shows about mental health. Curious what Netflix knows about millennial trends.
@timweston I'm not a libertarian - right now I think America needs more social infrastructure. Too many people fall through the cracks.
Spent the day with PostIts and whiteboards. It's like coming home!
More than a little sad to not be at #dwebsummit today. An important conversation for everyone who builds and uses the web.
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