suggested reads for October 25, 2020

• Epic’s battle for “open platforms” ignores consoles’ massive closed market — Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo demand the same platform control—and the same 30% fee;
• The Office Will Never Be the Same (That’s probably a good thing)
• Is Cyberpunk Dead?;
• How to destroy surveillance capitalism – the new book of Cory Doctorow;
• Speed Kills – Fast is never fast enough… an essay by Mark C. Taylor

suggested reads for October 18, 2020

• What to write down when you’re reading to learn;
• Why beginners should teach — Beginners teaching will create more compassion, combat imposter syndrome, and diversify industry voices.
• How to talk to conspiracy theorists—and still be kind
• Major jQuery Changes on the Way for WordPress 5.5 and Beyond
• What’s New in WordPress 5.5 — A Deep Dive Into an (Epic) Release — by Kinsta a super detailed post on all the news of the latest release of WordPress;

suggested reads for October 11, 2020

• DuckDuckGo Tips & Tricks – 12 tips for a better DuckDuckGo usage;
• 10 proposte nerd per intrattenere i bambini a casa — 10 nerdy proposals to entertain children at home… this post is in Italian, but a Translator should help you to get the most out of it;
• Leadership is Something You Do – print this, and put it where it’s always visible;
• 50 Possibilities for an Easier Life;
• How to Change the World in a Dozen — to me number 8 is the more ‘panful’ to accept;

suggested reads for October 4, 2020

• Lawn chairs and kitchen tables: Ergonomics in the involuntary work-from-home era – Or, how to work at home for the long haul without violating workplace health and safety laws. Via Ars Technica;
• When Workers Can Live Anywhere, Many Ask: Why Do I Live Here?
• Why WFH Isn’t Necessarily Good for Women – Anche l’Harvard Business Review dedica un articolo all’impatto che il lavoro da casa sta avendo sulle donne;
• Amazon shares your private info unless you do these steps

suggested reads for September 27, 2020

• Linux Journal is back — after an year one of the oldest magazines on Linux is back, thanks to the Slashdot publishing group;
• An Evangelist for Remote Work Sees the Rest of the World Catch On – Matt Mullenweg, the founder of Automattic, which runs the publishing platform WordPress.com, says working remotely is “good for the environment” and “good for the economy.”
• On Emotional Constancy – come sempre Erin ‘Folletto’ Casali offre grandi spunti di riflessione;
• Challenge to scientists: does your ten-year-old code still run? – Missing documentation and obsolete environments force participants in the Ten Years Reproducibility Challenge to get creative;
• Build effective remote design teams with the right communication model

suggested reads for September 20, 2020

• 1password is coming to Linux 🎉
• Systematic inventive thinking: the power of thinking inside the box
• Epic’s battle for “open platforms” ignores consoles’ massive closed market – Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo demand the same platform control—and the same 30% fee;
• Which version is that command tool? — “if Apple doesn’t tell us in the release notes for a macOS update, not only do we not know what has been fixed or improved, but there’s no way of finding out much of what might have changed.”

suggested reads for September 13, 2020

• The Era of DNA Database Hacks Is Here – A major data breach shows genetic information is vulnerable to attack;
• Cloak your photos with this AI privacy tool to fool facial recognition – Privacy tool Fawkes makes your selfies less like yourself;
• Why jK8v!ge4D isn’t a good password – There’s a fundamental issue with password validation;
• How to write an about us page that’ll make your customers fall in love with your brand.

suggested reads for September 6, 2020

• Practical Typography – an online book on typography by Matthew Butterick. I’ve really enjoyed this one (and the correlated projects);
• How to Feel Better When You Don’t Know What’s Wrong — have you ever noticed we’re into the situation of having a partner, a house, a job, be in good shape after all and still feeling like something’s missing? Mee too;
• Google’s Top Search Result? Surprise! It’s Google — Once they weren’t evil and a web search would point you to the best provider for the things you wanted. Now they point you to themselves… how do you catalogue them?
• Streamline your scientific research with PubMed feeds – Research biomedical literature by following custom PubMed feeds on Feedly;