This post by Bill Mills about power and communication in open source is great:
Being belittled and threatened and told to shut up as a matter of course when growing up is the experience of many; and it does not correlate to programming ability at all. It is not enough to ...
May 31, 2015
Twitter - by far the social network that I use the most - is struggling to break 300 million monthly active users and is not hitting revenue targets. (Contrast with Facebook's 1.44 billion monthly actives.) Even investor Chris Sacca has warned that he's going to start making "suggestions".
Instagram - still a ...
May 25, 2015
Memorial Day is an American holiday that commemerates people who have lost their lives in service to the United States. It's similar to Remembrance Day in the commonwealth countries, except that it's also a long weekend that marks the start of the summer.
My dad spent the first few years of his life ...
May 25, 2015
"Daddy," Wendy said, looking up at the sky, the cloudless blue stretching opaquely in all directions. "Can people fly?"I smiled at her. "They say that some people can," I said."Can I fly?"I shook my head, smiling. "No, honey," I said, gently. "Mommy and daddy can't fly either.""Why not?""Well, for one ...
May 17, 2015
Known gives you the ability to share the content you create across social media platforms at the point of publishing, with just one click. I'm deliberately not doing that with this post.
If you're reading it, it's because you came to my site, or you picked up the content in a feed ...
May 5, 2015