Apps and Tools for Life-Long Learners. (Personal tweets: @elsewisemedia)
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Joined March 2014
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Why do we put so much effort into writing job openings at Basecamp? Partly as a revulsion to trash like this. angel.co/company/apex-10/job…
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I want our newsrooms and our audiences to get comfortable being uncomfortable a bit more, and be open to hearing voices that aren't their own. Voices they don't get to control. (Also, stop emailing me talking about how I need to stop saying "like" so much. PLEASE.)
/FIN
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The "diversity, BUT" critique of my colleague's voice isn't too much better than saying, "Sure, I'm all for gay rights, as long as they don't, like, kiss in public." Or, "Sure, all about women in the workplace, but I should never have to see them breastfeed."
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👋 I was feeling all reflective and wrote up a post about a few things I used to *strongly* believe as a junior dev...which turned out not to be the full picture 😉 Tell me if you can relate! monicalent.com/blog/2019/06/…
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Superhuman is an email surveillance app that encourages its users to spy on friends and co-workers without their consent. Why the ethics of this matter and what it says about Superhuman as a company. New post on Mike Industries: mikeindustries.com/blog/arch…
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If you’re a programmer using your skills to make women or any marginalized group of people feel less safe, kindly throw away your keyboard and forget how to code.
We have a responsibility to build things that help people, not hurt them.
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I focus on smart brevity but I know lots and lots of talented women, trans and non-binary folks and lots of people of color that have thousands of word the world needs to hear.
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Open question to anyone at Apple: Is there any chance to release SwiftUI for older OSes? I know it’s a giant ask but without any backwards compatibility, it will be 2+ years before I get to use it for actual work.
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Don't applaud giving up nights and weekends with families. #WWDC19
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OMG! Finally iTunes won't start when I connect device? Can I upgrade immediately?! #wwdc19
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“Sprints” —> horrible word to use when talking about work. Especially when the next thing that comes after a sprint is another sprint!
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There's $1635 left to raise. If we get there by 11 AM we will have done it in < 24 hours. Let's do this. medium.com/@hellopicoc/this-…
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Some days I'm convinced that people don't want to hear knowledge but rather bullshit that resonates. And this kills me.
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On MLK day, remember how he was put under surveillance as if he were a terrorist. slate.com/articles/technolog…
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