May 2013
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“And I am not advising younger women (or any woman) to tough it out. You can lash...”
– How to Be a ‘Woman Programmer’ - NYTimes.com (via techladymafia)
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“You can see the elegance of the programming or the lack of it—code that is...”
– “Printing Makes Stuff Easier to Read,” Ellen Ullman, WIRED, April 16, 2013.
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I’m trying to write something at the moment, and the code is definitely larded.
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“Independent learning suggests ideas such as “self-taught,” or “autodidact.”...”
– Don’t Go Back to School – a must-read on how to fuel the internal engine of lifelong learning. (via explore-blog)
GO KIO GO! Read her book.
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“But data has a dark side too. Chase it far enough and almost all advocacy data...”
– “Hard Questions About Data in Advocacy,” Christopher Wilson, Engine Room, May 16, 2013.
It’s interesting (and I think correct) to begin with the assumption that information security is going to be compromised at some point, and that that means the safety of people is going to be...
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WatchAfter watching this, you will likely admire Emilie and her genius work with food, desire, design, and behavior as deeply as I do. Highly recommend.
Link.
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Red Pen →
Red Pen lets you upload your design, share a short URL, and get live, annotated feedback super-fast. It remembers you— there’s no logging in, no project management, no bullshit.
I enjoy the design and copy of this. Feels right.
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“You mean the generation that paid three times as much for college to enter a job...”
– When comments are better than the article, Atlantic edition (“The Cheapest Generation: Why Millennials arent’ buying cars or houses, and what that means for the economy”)
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“So here is what works. Retweet the hater’s tweet, appending the phrase “I love...”
– Dear Twitter Haters: I, Eli Lake, Love Your Passion - The Daily Beast (via brooklynmutt)
It’s a week for some great zingers. This is my favorite part of the post:
You should do this yourself the next time you are attacked on Twitter. And to any of my haters reading this who feel compelled...
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The New Yorker Launches Strongbox
futurejournalismproject:
newyorker:
Today, The New Yorker launches Strongbox, an online tool for sources to anonymously send confidential information to our writers and editors. Read more about the platform here: http://nyr.kr/12b4Byx
What does everyone make of this tool then?
I am obviously very interested in this. Workflow internally (receiving the info) seems a little overly complex,...
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explore-blog:
Every once in a while — often when we least expect it — we encounter someone more courageous, someone who choose to strive for that which (to us) seemed unrealistically unattainable, even elusive. And we marvel. We swoon. We gape. Often , we are in awe. I think we look at these people as lucky, when in fact, luck has nothing to do with it. It is really about the strength of their...
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“After learning my flight was detained 4 hours,
I heard the announcement:
If...”
– Naomi Shihab Nye (b. 1952), “Wandering Around an Albuquerque Airport Terminal.” (via awelltraveledwoman)
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Really like the idea of traveling with a plant to stay rooted to somewhere. Airport gates can be transient communities too, as there is a shared experience for part of a day in a...
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“I’m not telling you to make the world better, because I don’t think that...”
– Joan Didion (via kateoplis)
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WatchMy sister Kat and her collaborator Christopher LaMarca have just launched a Kickstarter for their documentary “Boone.”
It’s a great trailer (I like how they focus on the moments in the everyday life of new farmers) and a big thing for me is that the film doesn’t include experts or theorists - the footage is all this beautiful real.
Here’s the Kickstarter page.
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“The book is short, easy to read, and full of low-hanging symbols.”
– “Why I Despise The Great Gatsby,” Vulture, May 6, 2013.
Great line. When I taught the book at an agricultural high school in 2001 to hundreds of 11th graders, I had them form groups to power through the first two chapters - the first chapter just animates the narrator puppet and the...
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I have a new jam.
March 15 was my last day at HuffPost. It was a position I never really announced, and one I felt ambivalent about when I gave notice after eight months. Sometimes we join organizations to change them from within, and I met some truly talented people that I will work with again. It’s really a small world. I am proud of a few things from my watch that would otherwise not have happened, which...
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