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  • UK data watchdog fines Facebook maximum legal amount for Cambridge Analytica scandal by James Vincent (The Verge)

    The fine is just £500,000, but regulators say it should have been ‘significantly higher’

  • Server to Client by Ali Alabbas (alistapart.com)

    Before anything can happen in a browser, it must first know where to go. There are multiple ways to get somewhere: entering a URL in the address bar, clicking (or tapping) on a link on a page or in another app, or clicking on a favorite. No matter the case, these all result in what’s called a navigation. A navigation is the very first step in any web interaction, as it kicks off a chain reaction of events that culminates in a web page being loaded.

  • http://scottmallinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/44580389_504602653355225_534340483416876841_n-2.jpg

    Can I? Should I? Will I? A fellow @beijinghikers assessing one of the many peaks in the Baicheng Landform.

  • http://scottmallinson.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/43816407_128895578083109_1207915326575704037_n-1.jpg

    Thank you @mathiasheng for awarding me first prize 🏆 for this photo from our recent trip to Xinjiang. A special thanks to @beijinghikers for organising the incredible and eye-opening trip.

  • The Baicheng Landforms in Xinjiang are how I’d imagine the surface of Mars to look. Vast and barren with rich reds and browns.

  • The tool and the task. — ethanmarcotte.com (ethanmarcotte.com)

    Our design tools change the design of our products and, at times, they can change us. How do we talk about that?

  • Research, Empathy, Simplicity, Speed: A recipe for great digital products – Designer News (Designer News)

    Research, Empathy, Simplicity, Speed: A recipe for great digital products

  • André Staltz – Reinvent the Social Web
  • Google’s CEO confirms it’s returning to China with a censored search engine by Michael Grothaus (Fast Company)

    The censored search engine is known internally as “Dragonfly” and has been in testing since last year.

  • A thread written by @real_vijay (threader.app)

    1/ Google is working on a new search engine code-named “Dragonfly” that will aid China’s effort to censor information from its citizenry.

    As a former Google engineer I wanted to share some information on what it’s like to be inside Google as these decisions are made https://t.co/HAts5wXwsU