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All this WordPress 5.0 Gutenberg stuff got me thinking. With WordPress it seems like the Indieweb starts making serious and cool progress and the WordPress people come along and knock the game board… Source: Blog Engines and Indieweb Controlling Upstream | Brad Enslen
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Today, Nextcloud 15 has been made available. As there is so much new and improved in this release, we have dedicated separate blogs to each main area of improvement. This blog covers the brand new Nextcloud Social, introducing social networking to Nextcloud. Download now! The Mastodon project is excited that… Source: Nextcloud introduces social features,…
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Up close with New Zealand’s most notorious gang
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Since 2007, photographer Jono Rotman has been documenting the Mongrel Mob, a violent brotherhood with over 30 networks across New Zealand. Source: Up close with New Zealand’s most notorious gang
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Snapshots from a couple of weeks ago. These photos of @xjtlu’s Central Building – my second home – were taken 6 days apart when air pollution dropped from absurd to bearable 😷🙁
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China’s Orwellian Social Credit Score Isn’t Real by Jamie Horsley (Foreign Policy) Blacklists and monitoring systems are nowhere close to Black Mirror fantasies.
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Early days with my new OnePlus 6T but the night mode camera has produced some nice photos so far.
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At China’s Internet Conference, a Darker Side of Tech Emerges (nytimes.com) The World Internet Conference in Wuzhen, China, has long showcased flashy new tech. This year, discussions also dealt with counterterrorism, data breaches and surveillance.
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China’s state-run press agency has created an ‘AI anchor’ to read the news by James Vincent (The Verge) But the agency’s new host isn’t any more sophisticated than a CGI puppet
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How MTV Alumni Came to Rule Digital Media by Jessica Toonkel (The Information) MTV is trying to re-establish itself as the network for millennials. What would help is if it could hire back just a few of the many executives it has lost over the past decade to internet firms like Facebook, Spotify and YouTube.Perhaps…
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The business value of design (McKinsey & Company) How do the best performers increase their revenues and shareholder returns at nearly twice the rate of their industry counterparts? The value of design comes from top management rigor, company-wide teamwork, rapid iteration, and relentless user-centricity.