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Apr 6, 2024
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Sierra Elman
The Future of PoetryIs AI Smarter Than an 8th Grader?
Mar 12
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Mar 12
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Microsoft Design
The hidden power of typographyThe science behind how design choices influence perception and behavior.
Mar 21
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Mar 21
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Prism & Pen
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Natalie S. Ohio
A Trans Girl Approached Me in the Ladies’ Bathroom and It Bothered MeWhy the girls’ bathroom is a sacred space for women and how we must seek to keep it that way.
Dec 12, 2023
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Dec 12, 2023
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Developer rants
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Tamás Polgár
Agile has failed. Officially.Either I’m a gifted oracle, and all of my friends are, or Agile really was just a stupid idea to begin with. After many years of agony…
Dec 2, 2023
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Dec 2, 2023
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Emily M. Bender
Opening remarks on “AI in the Workplace: New Crisis or Longstanding Challenge”On Thursday 9/28, I had the opportunity to speak at a virtual roundtable convened by Congressman Bobby Scott on “AI in the Workplace: New…
Oct 1, 2023
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Oct 1, 2023
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The Conversation
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The Conversation U.S.
Your chances of getting an internship are better if you’ve already had oneSuccess in finding an internship is tied to factors that range from prior experience to local unemployment rates, new research has found.
Oct 4, 2023
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Oct 4, 2023
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Clive Thompson
Harry Styles and “The Liar’s Dividend”The advent of AI deepfakes means we’ll waste endless hours arguing about what’s real
Sep 28, 2023
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Sep 28, 2023
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Odin Halvorson
The Compassionate User’s Guide to MastodonThere are plenty of “idiots guides” but what about a guide that’s kind?
Nov 8, 2022
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Nov 8, 2022
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Dave Troy
No, Elon and Jack are not “competitors.” They’re collaborating.Wherein I attempt to clarify a number of ridiculous and false narratives currently taking hold about Musk and Dorsey’s “rivalry.”
Oct 29, 2022
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Oct 29, 2022
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Simone Basso
How I structure my teams for growthHaving worked in a number of scale-ups in the last 10 years, there are a few principles I have adopted for scaling Tech and Product teams.
Jul 27, 2022
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Jul 27, 2022
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Darius Foroux
The Dark Art of Pretending You Are FineConsistency is more important to me than how much progress I make
Jun 15, 2022
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Jun 15, 2022
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Doteveryone
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Rachel Coldicutt
Tech ethics, who are they good for?For ethical declarations or principles to be taken seriously they need to have subjects. It needs to be clear who they are referring to
Jun 8, 2018
Jun 8, 2018
Jumana Abu-Ghazaleh
The Metaverse Pretends That Life Is A Game. That’s The Whole Problem.If gamification is indeed a learning technique, what is the metaverse going to teach us?
Jun 8, 2022
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Jun 8, 2022
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Towards Data Science
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Tessa Xie
6 Essential Steps to Building a Great Data CultureSo questions like “what was our revenue last year” are not being thrown around as “data requests” anymore
Feb 6, 2021
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Feb 6, 2021
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Scott Wortley
Legislative drafting exercise for students — 2022AN INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
Jun 4, 2022
Jun 4, 2022
Cory Doctorow
The Dawn of EverythingAn essential reminder that we are in charge of our own destiny.
Mar 8, 2022
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Mar 8, 2022
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CodeX
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Sunny Srinidhi
The Dunning-Kruger Effect In TechThe Dunning-Kruger effect is very real in the tech industry. In this post, I talk about my experience with it in the industry.
Nov 28, 2021
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Nov 28, 2021
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Careful Industries
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Rachel Coldicutt
A Careful Industries updateThis is not so much a weeknote as a “two-year note” — an attempt to pull together the different strands of work we’re doing at Careful…
Jul 21, 2021
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Jul 21, 2021
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CodeX
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Brian Olson
XKCDs I send a lotDisclaimer: All opinions are my own
Apr 2, 2022
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Apr 2, 2022
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OneZero
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Micah Sifry
Can Tech Strengthen Civil Society Now?Why aren’t there more Wikipedia-scale successes online?
Apr 13, 2022
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Apr 13, 2022
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