T A R A @tara@mastodon.technology
Code cutting killer cat owning cheese lover. All views are pinched from my cat. No views expressed in this account represent past, current or future employers.
"How to Call B.S. on Big Data: A Practical Guide"
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/how-to-call-bullshit-on-big-data-a-practical-guide https://mastodon.technology/media/LORRc8b_dCndTKsR6m4
I really hope worms spread by Wifi doesn't become a thing http://blog.exodusintel.com/2017/07/26/broadpwn/
The blockchain paradox: Why distributed ledger technologies may do little to transform the economy.
Interview with Mike Banks from UR records https://www.mixcloud.com/benjib/mike-banks-interview-110517/ #techno #detroit
A Guy Called Gerald Fac 51 Hacienda Live Set
https://soundcloud.com/platform/a-guy-called-gerald
"Hydra team"
Defined as one #agile team with many heads
A Year in the Metabolist
Future of 1972
Here’s why looking at buildings can literally give people headaches http://www.citymetric.com/fabric/here-s-why-looking-buildings-can-literally-give-people-headaches-3087
What am I trying to solve? What am I trying to accomplish? How does my work provide value to people?
https://dev.to/sishaarrao/demystifying-the-pagerank-algorithm
If you want to do broad ambitious things, you need to be accountable to articulate why it is the right thing to do
https://hackernoon.com/what-really-happened-with-vista-4ca7ffb5a1a
1962-1971
Diane Arbus in the park
A legendary lens prowls New York's green spaces
http://mashable.com/2017/05/20/diane-arbus-in-the-park/#YaA4SnIuDkqT
"Going mad on a desert island, only with sycophants and room service"
http://lithub.com/rebecca-solnit-the-loneliness-of-donald-trump/
Toyota’s 5S principles, which ushered in lean manufacturing in the 1980s, are experiencing a renaissance.
I have a hard enough time getting people to run their upgrades as-is; THIS kind of shenanigans is just beyond the pale. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/21/netgear_updates_router_with_phone_home_feature/
NHS mulling Ubuntu switch after Windows XP fail?
http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/nhs-ubuntu-switch-windows-xp-fail-jeremy-hunt
#nhs already uses #gnu #linux at back end. Why not desktops too?
Nearly chocked on my cornflakes this morning when I read this bit.
"A levy on tech companies – similar to that charged on gambling companies – will also be used to "support awareness and preventative activity to counter internet harms"
In the spirit of Mastodon, TOOT TOOT - Budgie Desktop 10.3 has dropped in our Backports PPA for Ubuntu Budgie. The Release notes are available here - https://ubuntubudgie.org/blog/2017/04/24/release-notes-for-budgie-desktop-v-10-3
#Linux #Ubuntu #BudgieDesktop #UbuntuBudgie
With all that has happened so far, its worth reading Hunter S. Thompson's obituary on Richard Nixon https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1994/07/he-was-a-crook/308699/
