Victor Loux Bookmarks Tag: tech_culture

16 bookmarks tagged “tech_culture

As Google Maps Renames Neighborhoods, Residents Fume - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2018/08/02/technology/google-maps-neighborhood-names.html
Google’s digital maps have become the world’s default atlas and the arbiter of what neighborhoods are called, even when many residents disagree.

Pixel Envy

pxlnv.com/
A sassy weblog written by Nick Heer, updated daily to cover the technological zeitgeist.

Digital Technology doesn't have values. People do. - Digital

blogs.gov.scot/digital/2017/03/13/technology-doesnt-have-values-people-do/
“Once you skip ahead to think technology will either harm everything or solve everything, you’ve effectively removed the need to apply critical thinking.” (Amy Webb)

Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber — Susan J. Fowler

susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19/reflecting-on-one-very-strange-year-at-uber
As most of you know, I left Uber in December and joined Stripe in January. I've gotten a lot of questions over the past couple of months about why I left and what my time at Uber was like. It's a strange, fascinating, and slightly horrifying story that deserves to be told while it is still fresh in my mind, so here we go.