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The New Aesthetic (+10) | booktwo.org

booktwo.org/notebook/the-new-aesthetic-10/

• art, tag
• culture, tag
• aesthetics, tag
• 2010s, tag
• photos, tag
• ·2 days ago

🚨 What really happened at Basecamp - Platformer

platformer.news/p/-what-really-happened-at-basecamp

How a list of "funny" customer names triggered an internal reckoning

• basecamp, tag
• culture, tag
• communication, tag
• racism, tag
• ·2 weeks ago

White women are the most dangerous upholders of white supremacy in Silicon Valley, and holding them accountable could cost you your career, your community, and your sanity. | by Britt Caldwell | Apr, 2021 | Medium

brittwcaldwell.medium.com/white-women-are-the-most-dangerous-upholders-of-white-supremacy-in-silicon-valley-and-holding-ee62b2ec1bc1

• career, tag
• business, tag
• management, tag
• work, tag
• allyship, tag
• culture, tag
• ·2 weeks ago

Questions to ask in a job interview that reveal company culture

fastcompany.com/90622890/10-questions-to-ask-in-a-job-interview-that-will-really-expose-a-companys-culture

• career, tag
• interview, tag
• culture, tag
• advice, tag
• interviewing, tag
• management, tag
• ·3 weeks ago

The Road to Terfdom – Lux Magazine

lux-magazine.com/article/the-road-to-terfdom/

• gender, tag
• editorial, tag
• mumsnet, tag
• transphobia, tag
• culture, tag
• ·3 weeks ago

Those pesky pull request reviews – Jessitron

jessitron.com/2021/03/27/those-pesky-pull-request-reviews/

No one wants to review pull requests. This is a sign of a deeper problem than "people aren't following the process"

• programming, tag
• culture, tag
• process, tag
• development, tag
• collaboration, tag
• ·1 month ago

What does sponsorship look like? | Lara Hogan

larahogan.me/blog/what-sponsorship-looks-like/

Illustration by Catt Small

• management, tag
• career, tag
• diversity, tag
• sponsorship, tag
• mentoring, tag
• culture, tag
• ·2 months ago

Bitcoin and other PoW coins are an ESG nightmare | Great Wall of Numbers

ofnumbers.com/2021/02/14/bitcoin-and-other-pow-coins-are-an-esg-nightmare/

• cryptocurrency, tag
• bitcoin, tag
• environment, tag
• climate, tag
• culture, tag
• energy, tag
• ·2 months ago

The internet didn’t kill counterculture—you just won’t find it on Instagram

documentjournal.com/2021/01/the-internet-didnt-kill-counterculture-you-just-wont-find-it-on-instagram/

Collectible but Not Consumeristic

• culture, tag
• internet, tag
• capitalism, tag
• avantgarde, tag
• counterculture, tag
• ·3 months ago

The Zoom Gaze — Real Life

reallifemag.com/the-zoom-gaze/

Video conferencing offers an illusory sense of unilateral control over conversations

• culture, tag
• communication, tag
• zoom, tag
• conferencing, tag
• technology, tag
• ·4 months ago

Small tech

scattered-thoughts.net/writing/small-tech/

• business, tag
• career, tag
• entrepreneurship, tag
• capitalism, tag
• culture, tag
• dev, tag
• ·4 months ago

The Spell Checkers Agenda

kottke.org/20/10/the-spell-checkers-agenda

• technology, tag
• racism, tag
• names, tag
• language, tag
• culture, tag
• ·4 months ago

The coming war on the hidden algorithms that trap people in poverty | MIT Technology Review

technologyreview.com/2020/12/04/1013068/algorithms-create-a-poverty-trap-lawyers-fight-back/

A growing group of lawyers are uncovering, navigating, and fighting the automated systems that deny the poor from housing, jobs, and basic services.

• algorithms, tag
• technology, tag
• ethics, tag
• poverty, tag
• ai, tag
• algorithm, tag
• data, tag
• culture, tag
• ·5 months ago

The 100 Most Influential Sequences in Animation History

vulture.com/article/most-influential-best-scenes-animation-history.html

From Bugs Bunny to Spike Spiegel to Miles Morales, the 128-year history of a boundless art form that continues to draw us all in.

• animation, tag
• cartoon, tag
• history, tag
• culture, tag
• television, tag
• ·7 months ago

Social Cooling - Big Data's unintended side effect

socialcooling.com/

Social Cooling: is big data making us more well behaved.. but less human?

• algorithms, tag
• internet, tag
• politics, tag
• cooling, tag
• culture, tag
• effect, tag
• privacy, tag
• ·7 months ago

A Better Code Review | Gilad Peleg

giladpeleg.com/blog/better-code-review/

"Everyone gets the experience. Some get the lesson." T.S. Eliot Contributing to a project is not an easy task, especially if you're new to the project, new to…

• code_review, tag
• culture, tag
• management, tag
• ·7 months ago

People expect technology to suck because it actually sucks @ tonsky.me

tonsky.me/blog/tech-sucks/

• culture, tag
• software, tag
• technology, tag
• product, tag
• ·7 months ago

What’s missing from corporate statements on racial injustice? The real cause of racism. | MIT Technology Review

technologyreview.com/2020/09/05/1008187/racial-injustice-statements-tech-companies-racism-racecraft-opinion/

On August 31, Airbnb launched Project Lighthouse, an initiative meant to “uncover, measure, and overcome discrimination” on the home-sharing platform. According to the company, Project Lighthouse will identify discrimination by measuring whether a renter’s perceived race correlates with differences in the rate or quality of that person’s bookings, cancellations, or reviews. This project comes amid…

• culture, tag
• ethics, tag
• diversity, tag
• advocacy, tag
• ·8 months ago

If Management Isn’t A Promotion, Then Engineering Isn’t A Demotion – charity.wtf

charity.wtf/2020/09/06/if-management-isnt-a-promotion-then-engineering-isnt-a-demotion/

“Management is not a promotion, it’s a change of career.”

• career, tag
• management, tag
• work, tag
• leadership, tag
• information, tag
• culture, tag
• ·8 months ago

TheirTube

their.tube/

Theirtube is a Youtube filter bubble simulator that provides a look into how videos are recommended on other people's YouTube.

• education, tag
• youtube, tag
• ai, tag
• bubble, tag
• algorithm, tag
• culture, tag
• bias, tag
• ·9 months ago