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The EU’s Link Tax Will Kill Open Access and Creative Commons News (Electronic Frontier Foundation) All this month, the European Union’s “trilogue” is meeting behind closed doors to hammer out the final wording of the new Copyright Directive, a once-noncontroversial regulation that became a hotly contested matter when, at the last minute, a set of…
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How China complicates Apple’s chest-thumping about privacy by https://www.facebook.com/contentnewton (The Verge) A former Facebook executive points out that Apple likely has to make compromises, too
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Headless WordPress: The Ups And Downs Of Creating A Decoupled WordPress (Smashing Magazine) Everyone knows that if a website is slow, users will abandon it. Many studies demonstrate the connection between website performance and conversion rates. In this article, Denis Žoljom shares his experience and the basics of creating a decoupled WordPress.
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China systematically hijacks internet traffic: researchers (iTnews) Exploited omission in US-China cyber detente agreement.
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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’
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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…
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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.
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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.
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The Baicheng Landforms in Xinjiang are how I’d imagine the surface of Mars to look. Vast and barren with rich reds and browns.
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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?
Scott Mallinson
Software development engineer