The USDS is both a way to be genuinely patriotic, and a great opportunity: https://www.whitehouse.gov/digital/united-states-digital-service
@KevinHarvell I'll check them out! Out of interest, are you mostly using Twitter for promotion?
The more often I go to the gym, the more podcasts I need.
I've never heard the #BerkeleyBoom, because I'm up in N Berkeley, but yikes: unsettling, random explosions. http://www.berkeleyside.com/2015/03/31/the-unsolved-mystery-of-the-berkeley-boom/
I'd like to think .google was created purely for this purpose. https://com.google
@Merriiman @amysteohen I also think it's hard to battle against fundamentalism with nuanced arguments. We tend to undervalue marketing.
This #transdayofvisibility, thinking of the struggles trans people endure simply to be who they are. So many amazing voices in my timeline.
Choose Boring Technology. http://mcfunley.com/choose-boring-technology +1
On Saving the World and Other Delusions. This is good: http://www.moreright.net/on-saving-the-world-and-other-delusions/
Celebrities! About to make a high-profile announcement? I'll clean your Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc for you for just $9,999. Bargain!
"We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community." #CesarChavezDay
Hey @frame_io, couldn't you have picked something more thoughtful than bikini pics to include in your mailshot today?
Outdated, bigoted values have no place in technology. cf Indiana, as well as this: https://modelviewculture.com/news/gamergates-next-target-is-the-tech-industry-are-we-ready
@iboxifoo I hadn't been paying attention, but this looks like the CSS we've been waiting for.
Are you a startup founder? Did you forget to build a lame joke for April 1? Are you stuck for ideas? Here you go: http://fool.academy/
@jmathai Strongly strongly strongly agree with this. Strongly.
@mapkyca I'd say there's a case for making a clearer division between "free as in speech" and "free as in beer". A tax is not realistic.
"Don't use proprietary software, because what if they go out of business?"
"Oh, no, we can't pay for software."
Huh.
In all seriousness, the Amazon Dash button - or something like it - would be a godsend for prescriptions. Running out? Just hit the button.
Open source (including us!) needs to do a better job of going natively mobile. Meet users where they are, not where we think they should be.
Placing a GPS tracker on you may violate the 4th Amendment. But what if you already carry one? http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/03/supreme-court-if-youre-being-gps-tracked-youre...
A: it's a platform, so yes I can. https://www.amazon.com/oc/dash-replenishment-service
Soooo ... can I get one of these for whisky ...? https://www.amazon.com/oc/dash-button/
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