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Month: December 2018

  • Social media outpaces print newspapers in the U.S. as a news source

    Completely unsurprising, and yet utterly terrifying.

    Published December 15, 2018
  • The Divide Between Silicon Valley and Washington Is a National-Security Threat

    Amy Zegart and Kevin Childs: In the past year, Google executives, citing ethical concerns, have canceled an artificial-intelligence project with the Pentagon and refused to even bid on the Defense Department’s Project JEDI, a desperately needed $10 billion IT-improvement program. While stiff-arming Washington, Google has been embracing Beijing, helping the Chinese government develop a more […]

    Published December 15, 2018
  • Tech Companies Insist on Ruining Great Cities

    Jack Nicas and Karen Weise reporting: “Every day as a C.E.O., you have employees coming to you saying, ‘I don’t make enough to buy a house for my family,’ and you already feel like you are paying through the nose,” said Glenn Kelman, chief executive of Redfin, the real estate site based in Seattle. “Almost […]

    Published December 14, 2018
  • Starting from Scratch – Base Wardrobe, Steve on Everyday Wear

    This was a lot of fun/work putting together. It’s quite interesting to imagine you have no clothes and you are rebuilding from scratch. We actually wrote these independently, but they came out very similar in areas. My post on this comes Monday. In the mean time, check out how Steve would rebuild his wardrobe.

    Published December 14, 2018
  • Tom Bihn Road Buddy Duffels

    These are the best duffels I tested this year, and the best I have ever used.

    Published December 13, 2018
  • A Packable Bag For One Bag Travel

    Why are packable briefcases not a thing companies make?

    Published December 11, 2018
  • Snack Pick of the Week — 12/10/18

    MmmmmmmyuummmmmmMMM

    Published December 10, 2018
  • JIRA is an Antipattern

    Jon Evans: Let me reiterate: to write elegant software, you must keep both the macro and the micro vision in your mind simultaneously while working. JIRA is good at managing micro pieces. But you need something else for the macro. (And no, a clickable prototype isn’t enough; those are important, but they too require descriptive […]

    Published December 10, 2018
  • I’ve tried logging my exercise and diet – but are health apps really a good idea?

    Solid read. It is pretty clear that most ‘health’ apps are far more concerned with engagement than with help. Though I suspect most genuinely start off by wanting to help. There’s long been a trend with Nicholas Felton at the top of that, about logging your life to analyze the data. I call bullshit. Most […]

    Published December 10, 2018
  • Fun with Shortcuts

    Randomly selecting things from a text file.

    Published December 10, 2018
  • Google is Still Shady, Even If You Try to Dodge It

    The DuckDuckGo blog: Private browsing mode and being logged out of Google offered very little filter bubble protection. These tactics simply do not provide the anonymity most people expect. In fact, it’s simply not possible to use Google search and avoid its filter bubble. Ultimately: We often hear of confusion that private browsing mode enables […]

    Published December 10, 2018
  • Notes and LiquidText

    Gabe Weatherhead: I’ve spent my entire career working with PDFs as reference material. I have thousands of documents and many, many notes. I feel like I spent my life doing it all wrong. LiquidText is an indispensable tool for any researcher or student. Such a killer app. If I still worked in real estate it […]

    Published December 10, 2018
  • GORUCK MACV-1s First Impressions

    A purpose built rucking boot, you knew it was coming.

    Published December 7, 2018
  • Getting in Shape

    Wherein I manage to talk about backpacks and how they got me in shape.

    Published December 7, 2018
  • Casio G-Shock GD350-1B

    My new alarm clock.

    Published December 6, 2018
  • TOLL, an action-thriller novel by Matt Gemmell

    Out today, I had it in pre-order myself on Apple Books. Really enjoyed the first novel in the series and have been looking forward to reading this one too.

    Published December 5, 2018
  • Apple News is Secretly Really Great

    It’s my new RSS.

    Published December 5, 2018
  • Snack Pick of the Week — 12/3/18

    MmmmmmMMMMMMmmmmMMMmm

    Published December 3, 2018
  • Filtering Out Stress

    Some key lessons I learned to manage my stress and get a good nights sleep.

    Published December 3, 2018
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