The Sick, Refreshing Honesty of Web3
“From the start, online businesses have presented themselves as making culture, even as they really aimed to build financial value. Now, at last, the wealth seeking is printed on the tin.” [Link]
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Fairness Friday: HealthRIGHT 360
I’m posting Fairness Fridays: a new 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 HealthRIGHT 360. Based in San Francisco, HealthRIGHT 360 provides “integrated medical, dental, behavioral health outpatient and residential treatment,
Tips on writing an engineering resume
This year I’ve directly hired for lots of different engineering positions and skillsets: in particular, Ruby on Rails, React, DevOps, and QA. In the process, I’ve read through thousands of resumes. Some patterns and anti-patterns have become clear. I can’t speak for any other Head of Engineering
No, you don't need to live in San Francisco or Miami
To illustrate why geographic ecosystems are important, I used to tell a story of three cities. It went something like this: I founded my first startup in Edinburgh, Scotland. At the time, there was no startup ecosystem at all: there was no money, and no culture of support. Everyone told
Wet Leg - Oh No (Official Video)
I love Wet Leg. Their latest song is all about social media addiction and (like everything else they’ve done) it’s brilliant. [Link]
Humanitarian organizations keep getting hacked because they can’t spend to secure data
“What we see over and over again is that humanitarians are being expected to hold some of the most sensitive data in the world of the most vulnerable people in the world and have the resources of mall cops to protect against the cyber hacking equivalent of Delta Force.” [Link]
American Capitalism Needs a Reboot
“Enda Brophy, associate professor of the labor studies program at Simon Fraser University, says there’s more frustration with capitalism as a system now than at any time since perhaps the 1960-’70s. “Significantly, poll after poll tells us that younger generations and millennials above all have highly negative opinions
Reading on a smartphone affects sigh generation, brain activity, and comprehension
“In this study, we investigated the cause for comprehension decline when reading on a smartphone by simultaneously measuring respiration and brain activity during reading in 34 healthy individuals. We found that, compared to reading on a paper medium, reading on a smartphone elicits fewer sighs, promotes brain overactivity in the
Europe’s crackdown on those annoying consent banners is a huge deal
“For one thing, [...] American lawmakers and regulators have often looked at the “consent spam” polluting Europe and pointed to it as one of the worst consequences of GDPR. This new decision [...] exposes that spam to be a violation of the law, not a fulfillment of it.” [Link]
Tesla drivers say their cars are making random stops
““My wife has requested that I don’t use cruise control or autopilot while she’s in the car, as we experienced an unwarranted, aggressive automatic braking episode which caused great pressure against her pregnant belly on a previous road trip,” one driver said in their report.” I drive a
‘We’ll keep reporting, whatever the risk from the junta,’ say Myanmar’s journalists
“A year after the coup, the military continues to egregiously restrict media freedoms across the country and attempts to terrorise journalists into silence. Nearly all the journalists who were working in Myitkyina before the coup have fled. Many are unable to continue reporting at all.” [Link]
Want to Make Real Progress in Newsroom DEI? Audience Engagement is Essential
“What does a truly inclusive culture look like? Most newsrooms think of diversity and inclusion work primarily as an internal affair — being respectful to everyone in the organization and treating everyone within that sphere equally. But inclusion work can’t succeed in a bubble.” Useful insights and tactics for improving