I used to rely on Goodreads for making a buying decision if I was in a bookstore, weighing up two books. It quickly became apparent relying on this was useless, and Goodreads is vulnerable to all the polarization and…
I was laid off in December, a week after a rallying speech from the CEO declaring all jobs were safe. I was surprised at how difficult it was to get an interview as I have a somewhat unique skillset. But understandable…
At some point in the past I dove headfirst into the PKM craze where people are encouraged to link freely to find 'unexpected' and 'interesting' connections. With the benefit of hindsight, I can't find many examples…
There is a rich history of monopolistic practices throughout history that gave rise to antitrust laws. "Does it actually affect people negatively if the result is a positive online user experience" could just as easily…
I use an extension called SingleFile, and have it save EVERY page I visit. It saves every page locally with a timestamp at the beginning of the filename followed by the page title. Normally, I can find what I'm looking…
Back in the dial-up days, my family's internet account was shaped by time. We had thirty hours of internet usage per month. We had an notebook where you had to log what hours you intended to use it. I always thought it…
The problem I have with some layoff articles like this, is that they ascribe mass hiring during the pandemic to a CEO or single 'throat to choke'. My experience is hiring decisions are primarily political in nature.…
I used to rely on Goodreads for making a buying decision if I was in a bookstore, weighing up two books. It quickly became apparent relying on this was useless, and Goodreads is vulnerable to all the polarization and…
I was laid off in December, a week after a rallying speech from the CEO declaring all jobs were safe. I was surprised at how difficult it was to get an interview as I have a somewhat unique skillset. But understandable…
At some point in the past I dove headfirst into the PKM craze where people are encouraged to link freely to find 'unexpected' and 'interesting' connections. With the benefit of hindsight, I can't find many examples…
There is a rich history of monopolistic practices throughout history that gave rise to antitrust laws. "Does it actually affect people negatively if the result is a positive online user experience" could just as easily…
I use an extension called SingleFile, and have it save EVERY page I visit. It saves every page locally with a timestamp at the beginning of the filename followed by the page title. Normally, I can find what I'm looking…
Back in the dial-up days, my family's internet account was shaped by time. We had thirty hours of internet usage per month. We had an notebook where you had to log what hours you intended to use it. I always thought it…
The problem I have with some layoff articles like this, is that they ascribe mass hiring during the pandemic to a CEO or single 'throat to choke'. My experience is hiring decisions are primarily political in nature.…