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It Is Expensive to Be Poor - The Atlantic

theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/it-is-expensive-to-be-poor/282979/

Minimum-wage jobs are physically demanding, have unpredictable schedules, and pay so meagerly that workers can’t save up enough to move on.

• economics, tag
• article, tag
• poverty, tag
• wage, tag
• feminism, tag
• ·7 years ago

The mythical 10x programmer - <antirez>

antirez.com/news/112

• programming, tag
• productivity, tag
• article, tag
• tech_culture, tag
• ·7 years ago

graphic design is a nostalgic field

i.liketightpants.net/and/graphic-design-is-a-nostalgic-field

“will these hands never get dirty”

• graphic_design, tag
• article, tag
• design, tag
• culture, tag
• digital, tag
• software, tag
• hacking, tag
• ·7 years ago

Trump’s Data Team Saw a Different America—and They Were Right - Bloomberg

bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-10/trump-s-data-team-saw-a-different-america-and-they-were-right

The president-elect’s analysts picked up disturbances others weren’t seeing—the beginning of the storm that would deliver Trump to the White House.

• politics, tag
• USA, tag
• data, tag
• article, tag
• election, tag
• ·7 years ago

The Eternal Promise | Meet the man who wants to be president, and then live forever

theverge.com/a/transhumanism-2015/cryogenics-human-research

• transhumanism, tag
• article, tag
• future, tag
• cryonics, tag
• immortality, tag
• ·7 years ago

The Typekit Blog | Setting Type for User Interfaces

blog.typekit.com/2013/03/28/setting-type-for-user-interfaces/

• typography, tag
• ui, tag
• design, tag
• reading, tag
• type, tag
• article, tag
• ·7 years ago

Intellectual Proletarians

theanarchistlibrary.org/library/emma-goldman-intellectual-proletarians

“though the intellectuals are really proletarians, they are so steeped in middle-class traditions and conventions, so tied and gagged by them, that they dare not move a step.”

• art, tag
• politics, tag
• proletariat, tag
• institutions, tag
• labour, tag
• article, tag
• 1914, tag
• ·7 years ago

Write code that is easy to delete, not easy to extend

programmingisterrible.com/post/139222674273/write-code-that-is-easy-to-delete-not-easy-to

Write code that is easy to delete, not easy to extend. “ “Every line of code is written without reason, maintained out of weakness, and deleted by chance” Jean-Paul Sartre’s Programming in ANSI...

• process, tag
• code, tag
• architecture, tag
• programming, tag
• coding, tag
• article, tag
• ·8 years ago

James Micken - This World of Ours

usenix.org/system/files/1401_08-12_mickens.pdf

• cryptography, tag
• security, tag
• pocket, tag
• article, tag
• filetype:pdf, tag
• ·8 years ago

Les genres heureux - Libération

liberation.fr/societe/2015/08/05/les-genres-heureux_1359210

• lang:fr, tag
• gender_dysphoria, tag
• children, tag
• article, tag
• transgender, tag
• ·8 years ago

Through Her Eyes | Signature Intl

signatureintl.com/emmanuelle-seigner/through-her-eyes/

A fully immersive digital experience with Emmanuelle Seigner through Creativity.

• webdesign, tag
• inspiration, tag
• typesetting, tag
• animation, tag
• article, tag
• interveiw, tag
• ·9 years ago

The best UI typeface goes unnoticed

thomasbyttebier.be/blog/the-best-ui-typeface-goes-unnoticed

Thomas Byttebier is a freelance web designer creating minimalist and easy to use websites and user interfaces. Thomas lives and works in Gent, Belgium.

• typography, tag
• design, tag
• ui, tag
• UX, tag
• article, tag
• ·9 years ago

The Post-Mobile Era — Fraser Speirs

speirs.org/blog/2014/12/17/the-post-mobile-era

• article, tag
• technology, tag
• cloud, tag
• deployment, tag
• chrome_os, tag
• apple, tag
• ·9 years ago

The secret to the Uber economy is wealth inequality – Quartz

qz.com/312537/the-secret-to-the-uber-economy-is-wealth-inequality/

• economics, tag
• inequality, tag
• uber, tag
• services, tag
• capitalism, tag
• article, tag
• ·9 years ago

From Isaac Newton to the Genius Bar - Issue 18: Genius - Nautilus

nautil.us/issue/18/genius/from-isaac-newton-to-the-genius-bar

• culture, tag
• history, tag
• elitism, tag
• article, tag
• ·9 years ago

Le Big Data, un cauchemar pour la fraude bancaire | bigdatafrance

bigdatafrance.wordpress.com/2014/08/29/le-big-data-un-cauchemar-pour-la-fraude-bancaire/

• article, tag
• big_data, tag
• bank, tag
• money, tag
• fraud, tag
• models, tag
• lang:fr, tag
• ·9 years ago

Let’s talk about margins — The Message — Medium

medium.com/message/lets-talk-about-margins-14646574c385

• design, tag
• details, tag
• perception, tag
• article, tag
• ·9 years ago

Please Don’t Learn to Code

blog.codinghorror.com/please-dont-learn-to-code/

Software developers tend to be software addicts who think their job is to write code. But it's not. Their job is to solve problems. Don't celebrate the creation of code, celebrate the creation of solutions.

• coding, tag
• article, tag
• curriculum, tag
• programming, tag
• ·9 years ago

Code et créativité | Smwhr...

blog.smwhr.net/2014/02/11/code-et-creativite/

• article, tag
• blog, tag
• code, tag
• créativité, tag
• pensée_critique, tag
• apprentissage, tag
• programmation, tag
• lang:fr, tag
• ·9 years ago

Pourquoi les Big Data nous angoissent « InternetActu.net

internetactu.net/2014/06/11/pourquoi-les-big-data-nous-angoissent

Plus les données sont volumineuses, plus les signaux critiques sont invisibles

• big_data, tag
• article, tag
• vie_privée, tag
• surveillance, tag
• security, tag
• trust, tag
• lang:fr, tag
• ·9 years ago