The Weekly Squeak — Mind the Dragon and it won’t mind you
OK, I’m back!
What with endless travel, and then loads of interviews from KubeCon to catch up with (that you can listen to here and here), I neglected my newsletter. I’m sorry, it won’t happen again (no promises).
I’m off for two weeks holiday, so will actually have some time to work on the personal projects I’ve been promising for so long, but in the meantime, enjoy some geeky loveliness.
xx Chinch
Interview — The state of mobile networks
My interview this week is with Ian Fogg of OpenSignal, we discuss the current state of 4G and what this might mean for 5G.
How to Disappear — getpocket.com
Is it possible to move through a smart city undetected? And what can you do to avoid detection.
Teach British tourists the truth about empire — they can take it
www.theguardian.com
Hotels and museums do their best to hide the horrors of the past from those who visit, but it needn’t be this way, says Guardian columnist Afua Hirsch
The mindfulness conspiracy
Is mindfulness really helping us, or are we blissfully unaware?
How The Cryptocurrency World Is Responding To Facebook’s Libra — www.gizmodo.com.au
Facebook finally announced its anticipated cryptocurrency. What will it all mean? 🤔
To Revive the Mac, Apple Wants to Kill Electron — onezero.medium.com
Is project catalyst Apple’s attempt to bury the cross-platform double edged sword that is Electron?
The Rise and Fall of Visual Basic — medium.com
I was taught VB at University many moons ago, and it’s still lurking around in quiet dark corners. Just about.
What Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” Tells Us Now — www.newyorker.com
Salman Rushdie on what the books “Slaughterhouse-Five,” by Kurt Vonnegut, “Catch-22,” by Joseph Heller, and others tell us about the nature of war and humanity.
Dungeons & Dragons & Design Thinking — uxdesign.cc
Does D&D teach good team work?
