Tim Cook:
The United States government has demanded that Apple take an unprecedented step which threatens the security of our customers. We oppose this order, which has implications far beyond the legal case at hand.
This moment calls for public discussion, and we want our customers and people around the country to understand what is at stake.
I hope most tech companies will finally back Apple in this fight for privacy and freedom!
In a race to go faster, cheaper and wider, it's tempting to strip away elegance, ornamentation or subtlety. If you want to reach more people, aim for average. The market, given a choice, often picks something that's short-term, shoddy, inane,...
"Ein paar Prozent" vom Umsatz seien doch fair, meint Tim Höttges, wenn Unternehmen ihre neuen Dienste auf dem Netz der Carrier anbieten.
Ich wünschte, diese Nachricht wäre im Postillon veröffentlicht worden.
Jakob Augstein:
Enttäuschung, Lüge, Hass, Gewalt - wenn aus diesen Zutaten Politik wird, entsteht Faschismus. In Deutschland ist es wieder so weit. Leider scheut sich die Nation, bei der Ursachenforschung tief genug zu graben.
Sascha Lobo:
Das Europaparlament erklärt, für Netzneutralität gestimmt zu haben - in Wahrheit hat es dagegen gestimmt. Wie geht das? Der Begriff wurde umgedeutet, was in der Netzpolitik oft vorkommt. Der Bürger verliert dabei den Durchblick.
Auf wen sollte man eher hören, wenn im Raum steht die Netzneutralität abzuschaffen? Dem Erfinder des Internets oder gewinnorientierten Unternehmen, die ein kommerzielles Interesse an der Abschaffung haben?
Natürlich letzteren! Danke Kapitalismus! Tschö, Netzneutralität.
Will we ever decouple perceived effort and long hours with our rewards system?
In 2011, a study [pdf link] by the Harvard Business School researchers Ryan Buell and Michael Norton found that people using a flight-search website actually preferred to wait longer for search results—provided they could watch a detailed progress display to see the site “working hard” to canvas each airline’s database.
This would be no more than an intriguing quirk of consumer behavior—if it weren’t for the fact that we apply the same twisted standards to ourselves. Call it the “Effort Trap:” it’s dangerously easy to feel as though a 10-hour day spent plowing through your inbox, or catching up on calls, was much more worthwhile than two hours spent in deep concentration on hard thinking, followed by a leisurely afternoon off. Yet any writer, designer or web developer will tell you it’s the two focused hours that pay most—both in terms of money and fulfillment.
Just re-watched the excellent “Street Photography: Documenting the Human Condition”-documentary.
Marco Arment:
Today, I’m launching my own iOS 9 content blocker, called Peace, to bring peace, quiet, privacy, and — as a nice side benefit — ludicrous speed to iOS web browsing.
It’s using the Ghostery database to detect a website’s trackers and advertisers. I’ve been using Ghostery for quite some time now for Safari on my Mac and it’s something I don’t want to miss anymore. A lot of websites load considerably faster and I feel safer using it.
And with iOS 9, it’s now possible to do the same on iOS. Well, unless you have an ancient iPhone 5 like me, which is not supported. I bought Peace on my iPad Mini 2, only to find out later it’s not compatible with my iPhone. :-( First world problems, I guess. Anyhow, it’s working a treat on the iPad!
[Update]: Well, apparently no content blockers can run on an iPhone 5:
@jpwain: @marcoarment No support for iPhone 5? (Not sure if that’s content blockers as a whole or just Peace…)
@marcoarment: @jpwain All content blockers require 64-bit at the OS level, unfortunately.
Here’s one example:
PSYC 4410: Obsessions of the Programmer Mind
Identify and understand tangential topics that software developers frequently fixate on: code formatting, taxonomy, type systems, splitting projects into too many files. Includes detailed study of knee-jerk criticism when exposed to unfamiliar systems.
The case for the 32-hour workweek
Treehouse ceo Ryan Carson is out to prove that working more hours doesn’t necessarily mean having more success.
Explaining the motivations for an universal basic income.
Seth Godin tells you what school is for.
It’s often the seemingly banal things that make your software buggy and frustrating. I certainly have stopped counting the days I’ve spent debugging code around time (zone) problems.
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