I’m posting Fairness Fridays: a new community social justice organization each week. I donate to each featured organization. If you feel so inclined, please join me. This week I’m donating to Montgomery Pride United. Based in Montgomery, Alabama, Montgomery Pride United hosts “support groups, supply emergency food, hygiene
“The problem, according to Mazda, was that the radio station sent out image files in its HD radio stream that did not have extensions, and it seems that Mazda's infotainment system of that generation needs an extension (and not a header) to tell what a file is. No
Does my excitement outweigh my hesitations? Who benefits financially or reputationally from my work? Does this project have the potential, if successful, of helping me succeed in my personal mission? Does this project make the world better? What does it meaningfully change? How likely is it to succeed, given the
Another Wordle alternative. I was daunted at first, but it’s pretty fun! The need for equations to resolve mathematically adds a really satisfying extra dimension. [Link]
“The White House denounced Florida’s bill in an emailed statement on Tuesday, adding that the legislation “is not an isolated action,” as more Republican lawmakers “take actions to regulate what students can or cannot read, what they can or cannot learn, and most troubling, who they can or cannot
Far more religious than I'd like, and decidedly dated, but it hits the nail on the head more often than it doesn't. My own codependence is not a result of a relationship with an alcoholic, but the symptoms, discussion of internal self-talk, and potential solutions feel
And Amy’s has hired a firm to squash worker attempts to form a Union. Really disappointing. [Link]
“Concerns and anger over tech companies’ impact in the world is nothing new, of course. What’s changed is that workers are increasingly getting organized. Whether writing public letters, marching in protest, filing lawsuits, or unionizing, the labor force that makes the corporate tech world run is finding its voice,
The more distributed a team gets, the more important great communication becomes. Distributed can mean many things: * Geographically - not in the same place * Temporally - either not in the same timezone or on the same schedule * Organizationally - the organization might have grown to a point where people aren’
“Web3 will succeed, or fail, to the extent that it solves human problems, to the extent that it makes navigating Web0 more tractable—not to the extent that it monetizes everything conceivable, or enables a small number of people to make a financial killing.” [Link]
“NASA said that commercially operated space platforms would replace the ISS as a venue for collaboration and scientific research.” Ugh. [Link]
“Anyway, right now, I’m working on the revision of Book 2 of the Great Cities. A friend asked me how to do revisions, so I figured I might as well lay out my process here. Note that this is my process; as with all other writing advice, you should