"...who builds the systems and selects the sorts and sources of data used will deeply affect the influence they may have, [reflecting] socially and culturally held stereotypes, not objective truths."
Thank you for this important piece Abeba! 👊🔥 x.com/Abebab/status/…
As a certain president gets ever more media coverage, for consistent non-surprising behavior, it's easy to miss the bigger news.
The ebola outbreak in Congo is now declared an international health emergency by @WHO
x.com/reuters/status…
Read more about the Congo ebola crisis at @MSF: doctorswithoutborders.org/ebola-outbreak…
"Note: border agents may find it suspicious if you present them with a device with no data or apps on it. This, in turn, may give them justification to confiscate your device, flag your name for future border screenings, or deny you entry to the country." x.com/ProtonPrivacy/…
↪ Replying to @rachelcoldicutt
@rachelcoldicutt My addition to the comments in this thread would be: what you want to accomplish should be a core part of any bio. Knowing someone's passion is usually what makes me want to hear more from them.
But yes, short rather than long. If long, tell a story. 😊
↪ Replying to @berkun
@berkun This is the skill that I attribute most of my success as a designer to.
So, in essence, yes :)
But I'd also have to discuss what 'designer' means for you to express a considered opinion on 'all designers'. And also the word 'basic'.
↪ Replying to @unknown
@JustinAmphlett Nice. Which version do you have?
While it's pretty much impossible to remove Amazon from your life, does anyone have experience with competing e-book readers - like the Nook or Kobo variants?
Although I am wary of the Nook after this weird misstep in 2012: they replaced all occurences of the word Kindle with Nook in their e-books. So in War and Peace they don't kindle fires, they nook(!) them.
huffpost.com/entry/war-and-…
↪ Replying to @unknown
@opassande Väldigt förvirrande formgivning. Jag ställer mig också frågande till varför en person är på väg uppför trappan.
@opassande Kunde inte släppa det. Hur svårt kan det vara liksom?
@opassande Ytterligare problem är förstås avsaknaden av information till människor med funktionsnedsättningar...
↪ Replying to @jmspool
@jmspool This was interesting. Overwhelmed and whelmed were once synonyms. I thought otherwise you had found an English word for hygge. :)
merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whe…
@jmspool Kind of mindblowing that people weren’t underwhelmed until the 1950s. 😏
Cool, Google are closing down the project that did not exist.
Google officially closes 'Dragonfly,' its controversial Chinese search project engadget.com/2019/07/17/goo…
Do you, like me, hate marketing notifications in your iPhone apps?
Did you know that these apps are likely in violation of Apple’s Review Guidelines for the App Store?
« 4.5.4 Push Notifications must not be required for the app to function, and should not be used for advertising, promotions, or direct marketing purposes or to send sensitive personal or confidential information. Abuse of these services may result in revocation of your privileges. »
I suggest you write reviews (on the app page in the App Store) for apps that send marketing and promotional messages in their notifications, pointing out this violation. Unfortunately Apple does not provide a coherent way for users to report apps.
Accepting others for who they are is not about empowering them, it's about empowering you.
If you can provide a safe space for people you previously met with prejudice, that's you empowered.
Like any power, it requires regular training.
The rewards are immense.
I am far from perfect in this area, but I practice regularly through coaching. Attending a coaching program (in my case an ICF-accredited education) is one of my best career decisions, impacting all aspects of life.
↪ Replying to @jmspool
@jmspool I brought up the problems with this fallacy in a talk last year and it was astonishing to me how many came up to me after to defend it.
There are so many of these truthisms being repeated... adding to the complexity of teaching, when others in teaching roles believe them.
I'm halfway through Brainstorm: Detective Stories from the World of Neurology by Suzanne O'Sullivan and it is an amazing read. My intent is to do a write-up when I'm through it later this week.
The more convenience we have, the less we need to plan and know.
The less we plan, and the less we know, the more convenience becomes a gateway to exploitation.
As more exploitation happens, the more wicked our problems.
Wicked problems are inconvenient.
But not if you can ignore them.
Because it's convenient.
↪ Replying to @z_rose
@z_rose Did you see this? Made me laugh. 😬 An Onion contender.
thehardtimes.net/harddrive/scar…
Utnämner man någon till expert måste allmänheten kunna lita på det. Bra genomgång av hur Thomas Erikson (författaren till Omgiven av idioter med efterföljare som spred idén om människor som färger) lyckades sälja sina ogrundade påståenden som vetenskap.
”Dan Katz, leg. psykolog och leg. psykoterapeut, förklarar varför Thomas Eriksons framgångar med boken ’Omgiven av idioter’ är en av de största pseudovetenskapliga skandalerna i Sverige de senaste åren.”
Folkvett 2019:1 från Vetenskap och folkbildning.
https://www.vof.se/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Katz-Erikson-19-1.pdf
På samma tema vill jag verkligen rekommendera lyssning på Emma Frans sommarprat från i lördags.