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Tools like ResistBot make direct contact less powerful, says @zeynep. For a movement to succeed it must have teeth. #nmvsummit
"If this [historic moment] doesn't turn into political gains, the disillusionment sets in fast." We have a limited time to build. @zeynep
Super-privileged to get to see @zeynep speak. I have her book, which is vital reading for today's moment. #nmvsummit
Excited to be at the #NMVSummit today. So many amazing people in the room thinking about the future of media and democracy.
My personal laptop is finally dying. I'll probably get a MBP, but if anyone can recommend a Linux box with great battery life, I'm in.
Just passed a dude with a T-shirt that says "test.allTheThings()" and all I can think is that "allTheThings.test()" would be a better API.
I'm making it a personal mission to help people who work on open products for the benefit of society to be able to make a good living.
Astonishing; heartbreaking. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-story/524490/
What is open source? Revisiting a piece I wrote last year. https://words.werd.io/what-is-open-source-cfbe3ccd22ea
Innovate on what's most core and important; don't create roadblocks to those goals by needlessly making your project weird in other areas.
Good people, doing something really important, beautifully. https://www.makechange.aspiration.com/articles/2017/5/12/can-a-coffee-table-magazine-break-the-stigm...
I will say this: the movie about all this is going to be amazing. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-revealed-highly-classified-information-...
Chrome is glitching for me in amazing ways this morning. On one hand, it's beautiful. On another, I live out of my browser, so frustrating.
The MP3 is officially, legally, dead. http://gizmodo.com/developers-of-the-mp3-have-officially-killed-it-1795205540?utm_campaign=socialflo...
Literally three episodes behind on Doctor Who. This has never happened to me before.
I love this story so much. The global ransomware attack was halted by a 22 year old who lives with his mum: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/13/accidental-hero-finds-kill-switch-to-stop-spread-...
Did a little coding this morning. Felt good. It's been a while, which is still amazing to me.
I'm loving Keybase more and more. Cryptographically-secure chat, filesharing & publishing with people you know: https://keybase.io/
A federal court has set precedent that the GPL, and licenses like it, are enforceable contracts by law. A big deal. https://qz.com/981029/a-federal-court-has-ruled-that-an-open-source-license-is-an-enforceable-contra...
A lot of subscriptions now come with a community membership. If only someone had made a community platform that plugged into your website ..
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