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Safari 15 on Mac OS, a user interface mess
All in all, I liked what I saw at this year's WWDC keynote. Until Apple showed the new user interface of Safari 15.
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What Is Gridifcation
A 50-year comparison of Billboard’s top songs shows how recorded music became machine-perfect.
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I'm sorry
Yesterday I made a mistake . Without thinking, I put up a mean tweet about some code that Heather Arthur wrote. And I want to apologize. ...
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A Word to the Resourceful
January 2012 A year ago I noticed a pattern in the least successful startups we'd funded: they all seemed hard to talk to. It felt as if there was some kind of wall between us. I could never quite tell if they understood what I was saying. This caught my attention because earlier we'd noticed a pattern among the most…
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Procrastination is flight, deadline is fight, freeze is staring at the screen
Procrastination is a flight response, depression is freeze, anxious attachment is fight.
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Writing that changed how I think about programming languages
Every so often I come across a paper, blog post, or (occasionally) video that completely changes how I think about a topic in programming languages and compilers. For some of these posts, I can’t even remember how I thought about the idea before reading it—it was that impactful.
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I only care about the helpful notifications, not the promotional ones
Here’s a scenario. First, you download an app for a service that has some sort of in-person component, like picking up an order or meeting a driver at the curb. When using that app for the goal, be it that order or that meeting, it’s very helpful to have notifications, since they give you the current status and it can…
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Old Geek
I’m one. We’re not exactly common on the ground; my profession, apparently not content with having excluded a whole gender, is mostly doing without the services of a couple of generations.
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Observations from people-watching
Painting weddings for a few years now, I have spent a fair bit of time observing strangers move through a room.
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A desktop made for one
Philosophy - Sciences - Geekery - Art - Life - Coaching - Fun < Simplify Everything
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Grief gets an expiration date, just like us
Grief gets an expiration date. Just like us.
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Why don’t more people live close to friends?
A few theories why
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I'm done with Google
My auntie is in hospital for christmas this year. It's been identified as flu, but it seriously affected her because she has a lot of heath problems inclu...
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Kate Bush’s “Running Up That Hill” synth sounds
Breaking down the Fairlight and Yamaha CS-80 sounds of Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill from Hounds of Love.
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To the future occupants of my office at the MIT Media Lab
To the occupant(s) of E15-351 Re: About the window. Hi. My name is Ethan Zuckerman. From 2011-2020, I enjoyed working in this office. I led a research group at the Media Lab called the Center for Civic Media, and I taught here and in Comparative Media Studies and Writing. I resigned in the summer of… Read More »To the…
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I need to grow away from these roots
Installation artwork by Vitling
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ADHD, a Lifelong Struggle (2018)
I fight a disease every day that is considered a joke by society
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I Like That the Boat Is Stuck
I know it's bad that the boat is stuck, but I like that the boat is stuck.
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Doors of McMurdo
Doors, in a variety of shapes and styles.
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Good sleep, good learning, good life
Author: Dr Piotr Wozniak Date: 2000-2018 For an extended modular version see: Science of sleep