The Weekly Squeak — Polly Pengwin Pod
Hello! I am back in Berlin, and have loads of interviews now in progress, so much lovely content for you coming soon.
In the meantime, this issue has an interview with Hayden Barnes about the Pengwin project, an optimised Linux for the Windows Linux Subsystem. Also it has articles on coffee pods, digital newspapers, polymaths and more!
xx Chinch
Podcast version
Turns out coffee pods are actually pretty good for the environment — www.wired.co.uk
Coffee pods still make foul tasting coffee, but might not be as bad for the environment as we all thought.
F-Shaped Pattern of Reading on the Web: Misunderstood, But Still Relevant (Even on Mobile) — www.nngroup.com
Eleven years after discovering the F-shaped reading pattern, we revisit what it means today.
Want to see what one digital future for newspapers looks like? Look at The Guardian, which isn’t losing money anymore — www.niemanlab.org
It’s a remarkable turnaround for an institution that’s been losing money for what seems like forever, and there are lessons to be had for other digital publishers.
The Man Who Tried to Redeem the World with Logic — getpocket.com
A sad tale about a key figure to computing theory.
The top-selling game consoles of all time, magnificently animated — thenextweb.com
Video game consoles have been an integral part of culture for over 40 years, but… which one has sold the most? Here’s the answer, animated.
The last days of the polymath — www.1843magazine.com
People who know a lot about a lot have long been an exclusive club, but now they are an endangered species. Edward Carr tracks some down
Apache Software Foundation joins GitHub open source community — github.blog
Good or bad news?
