2018-08-18 (Saturday)
Links
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Shirky: A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy
Clay’s 2003 ETech talk about online communities is still a good read.
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General Magic: Oral History of the Influential Tech Company
“Oral history” seems to mean “interviews broken into tiny snippets to give the impression of a conversation” but this excerpt of a book is still good. I remember that interface from an early Wired article.
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Making
Detailed and fascinating look at the issues with trying to make the time HTML element work for dates hundreds or thousands of years old. (via:tominsam)
Liked tweets
Astonishing graphic from @CNN, identifying civilian massacres in Yemen with the bomb makers - Raytheon, Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics. This should be standard in war reporting. Searing images. cnn.com/2018/08/17/mid…