@tryberg Could they have needed to do that to attract funding and customers?
New question for #edtech and others. Is Silicon Valley good or evil (broadly speaking)? Why, exactly?
Which software do you use every day that isn't corporate-backed? #edtech, I'm particularly asking you.
So this could be my favorite startup pitch ever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlR1Y2Lwz48
The target of the Lavabit case was - drumroll please! - Edward Snowden. I mean, duh. http://www.wired.com/2016/03/government-error-just-revealed-snowden-target-lavabit-case/
Accel Partners just raised a $2bn fund, and counts enterprise open source software among its focus areas: http://www.businessinsider.com/accel-raises-2-billion-2016-3
@hjarche @amyburvall I actually think I may have figured it out, but that's something for later ;)
@hjarche @amyburvall I do too. Strongly, particularly in education. The trick is finding a way to do it sustainably.
@hjarche Only six months after we first open sourced it! (And 10 months after launch.) That's really cool :) @amyburvall
@hjarche It powers the intranet for at least three national governments - I'm okay with how it did ;)
For its first 6 years, Elgg was entirely built on Windows machines. I prefer Mac now, but shrug. https://twitter.com/_jamesward/status/710491964412715009
Quest bars are the blandest, sandiest snack I've ever put in my mouth. Only 3g carbs - but essentially made of tears.
True story. I mention this only to warn you that if you pinch me for not wearing green today, I will fight you.
As a 4yo, an entire factory of Albanian seamstresses lined up to pinch me, while my parents stood by helplessly for diplomatic reasons.
I'm a giant @girlziplocked fanboy at this point. Definitely worth checking out her writing. https://medium.com/@girlziplocked
I've just noticed I made the most incredible Freudian slip earlier. https://twitter.com/benwerd/status/710299981475778561
I am reminded, often, that @erinjo is brilliant at what she does.
Kudos to the person staffing @sfbart tonight - really impressively good.
I'm looking forward to putting my homebot on my business card.
The web is about voices, not technologies. The most important thing is that one size doesn't fit all, and everyone can be heard.
We still talk about home*pages*, but that forces form onto an idea. Let's talk about homes and identities. Apps, services and destinations.
Ownership is freedom, but meaningless without control: if you can't make use of your property, you might as well not known it at all.
The Darth Vader of my Darth Vader is my Leia? https://twitter.com/zachary/status/710095444563591168
My friends at KQED are looking for a lead engineer. This is a great gig on a great team, serving public media: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/109795013
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