Social
Social networks come and go, and I really like posting social media. In this section (currently called ‘Social’), I’m trying to mirror the stuff I post to social networks. There’s also just a photos page or just a notes page. You can follow what I post here using my whole site RSS feed.
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31 January 2019 18:35 UTC
I’ve discovered how to survive a hellishly busy Stansted airport: glass of champagne, blasting Mogwai in my earphones, and writing up some thoughts on blockchain.
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31 January 2019 15:32 UTC
Started reading Shoshana Zuboff’s The Age Of Surveillance Capitalism on my flight. It is 🔥🔥 terrifying 🔥.
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30 January 2019 20:45 UTC
I’ve put my slides from yesterday’s talk, ‘People might actually use this’ online with accompanying text. It’s not a transcript, but when the video is up, I’ll post it (with captions) so you can get a real idea of how inarticulate I am in person.
People might actually use this, a presentation by Laura Kalbag
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30 January 2019 20:16 UTC
If you care about the people joining the web community, please read this. Access is incredibly important, we need more technology shaped by folks who don’t come from privilege. (And tools and frameworks not determined by people with ulterior motives.)
HTML, CSS and our vanishing industry entry points by Rachel Andrew
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30 January 2019 14:16 UTC
Whenever I’m at a conference’s diversity panel, I can’t help but feel we’re sitting here begging to be included. The power dynamic is already against us, and it’s tiring always having to make arguments from a position of perceived inferiority.
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30 January 2019 08:09 UTC
I’ve made it, I’ve finally been called an SJW on Reddit.
(That is an amazing self-own in the title.)
Ah crypto = cryptocurrencies. cons = conferences.
Still, this one is a truly original comic genius.
(Non-English names are scary, aren’t they?!)
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29 January 2019 11:04 UTC
Meritocracy is not a “cool governance model.” It’s a model that values and reinforces privilege. #aracon
Amazing.
Panel question “How do we ensure we’re not just creating new elites in the people who understand blockchain…?” Panellists: silence.
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28 January 2019 14:28 UTC
Yeah, I think it’s a deceptively cutesy term too…
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28 January 2019 12:56 UTC
Hi Berlin. You’re cold. And I forgot how much people smoke here.
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25 January 2019 16:45 UTC
Nearly a year ago I gave a talk at Webstock, and was really pleased with it. It brings together my work on accessibility/inclusivity and ethics. This week, I finally put the slides online in a lovely readable format. (You can find the video there too.)
Sabotaging Our Future Selves, a presentation by Laura Kalbag
(Thanks to Notist for making it really easy to upload slides and convert them into something more accessible.)
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25 January 2019 10:51 UTC
Made a bumper quantity of pease pudding 😋
Read more…
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24 January 2019 11:56 UTC
If you find human rights in tech an overwhelming topic/don’t know where to start, I really recommend David Meyers’s Connected Rights newsletter.
It’s easy to read, and David’s recent use of “positively homeopathic fine” made me spit coffee down myself.