People complaining that @finkd is giving away value made by them miss the point. You got value from Facebook; otherwise you wouldn't use it.
These audio reactions to questions about AIDS in Reagan-era White House press briefings should make you furious. http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/11/reagan-administration-response-to-aids-crisis
I've just discovered the American remake of the Great British Bake-Off. Mary Berry intact. Sadly no Mel and Sue or Paul. Still: hilarious.
People and brains are diverse and complicated. Yet more evidence that gender stereotypes are reductive and dumb. http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/nov/30/brain-sex-men-from-mars-women-venus-not-so-says-new-s...
@funnymonkey I do think it's *possible* to offer a respectful app store. eg, Mozilla have offered some interesting proofs of concept there.
Google is spying on students. Apps for Education and Chromebooks come with a big trade-off. https://www.eff.org/press/releases/google-deceptively-tracks-students-internet-browsing-eff-says-com... #edtech #edtechchat
@MyFreePersonals I'm not sure I think there's anything inherently wrong or valueless about profit. Break-even is still precarious.
@MyFreePersonals Yep; they're inherently less accessible, and make a less open web. Advertising *can* be good. #VRM may be the solution.
Congratulations to friends and fellow @mattervc Three alumni Stringr on their $1.5m raise! http://techcrunch.com/2015/12/01/stringr-funding/
Delighted that "thanks, ants; thants" has become a company meme. Look Around You is an integral part of company culture.
Fun that @DroneDeploy is moving in across the street from @MatterVC. We have an idea for aerial coffee & croissant deliveries ...
@mathewi Latest in a long line of CEOs and companies preparing the market for subscriptions. See also: YouTube. Advertising is crashing.
CEOs keep preparing the market for subscriptions. Today: Pandora. As advertising dies, free is going away. http://www.businessinsider.com/pandora-ceo-on-why-music-thats-free-all-the-time-is-a-problem-2015-12
CEOs keep preparing the market for subscriptions. Today: Pandora. As advertising dies, free is going away. http://www.businessinsider.com/pandora-ceo-on-why-music-thats-free-all-the-time-is-a-problem-2015-12
Where's the best place to find mince pies in the San Francisco Bay Area? I'm willing to travel a radius of ~100 miles for this.
Why Trump will win Iowa and New Hampshire: a slightly depressing must-read about media and politics. https://medium.com/soapbox-dc/7-reasons-why-trump-will-win-be76b33de2df
In the US, COINTELPRO infiltrated activists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO
The UK had similar programs. http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jan/19/undercover-policeman-married-activist-spy
History shows that again and again, intelligence agencies infiltrate activist organizations. "Trust, but verify" is a vital approach.
Encryption is becoming ever more important. Further, I don't think we can trust everyone who claims to be fighting for our civil liberties.
On an anti-surveillance march in SF a few years ago, our faces were filmed "for a documentary". Funnily enough, that video never emerged.
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