The Weekly Squeak — Your smart essential dungeon
Still in Melbourne… This week I cover how smart speakers are affecting music, new programming languages, D&D going mainstream, and more!
Audio version features an interview with Pooh Eamcharoenying of Mojobot, who are creating a coding board game.
Counterclockwise: Using an Essential Phone in 2019 — www.pixelspot.net
An underrated beast, and I love mine!
Smart speakers: Why your voice is a major battle in music — www.bbc.com
Success on smart speakers comes down to how well record labels and artists can optimise their songs’ metadata. How will this change musicians?
A Fight Over Specialized Chips Threatens an Ethereum Split — www.wired.com
The Ethereum community is divided over whether some chips are too powerful, pricing out small miners. The dispute also reflects heightened US-China tensions.
Microsoft’s New Programming Language ‘Bosque’ Keeps Your Code Simple — fossbytes.com
Microsoft has launched a new programming language called Bosque. The company says Bosque has been designed to write code that is simple, obvious, and easy to reason for both humans and machines.
San Francisco, the City That Apps Built, or Destroyed — www.theatlantic.com
A lot of software developers, according to an unprecedented new analysis.
What Does Critical Role’s Record-Breaking $11 Million Kickstarter Mean for D&D? — www.dndbeyond.com
What Does Critical Role’s Record-Breaking $11 Million Kickstarter Mean for D&D?
